LensLinks: Issue 283

Google Gemini AI - Amazing Yet Different, brought to you by Regiment LLC

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Len Pacek
December 07, 2023

Today in LensLinks:

  • Google DeepMind’s new Gemini model looks amazing—but could signal peak AI hype

  • The fashion exec’s guide to gaming

  • DeFi activity on the decline, but investment rolls in: Finance Redefined

  • How Robinhood Could Beat Coinbase at Bitcoin

  • New version of The Sandbox prepares for mobile

  • Best Metaverse Games list For 2023 [Updated]

  • Metaverse Gaming: Where We Are and Where It’s Going With AI and Machine Learning | HackerNoon

  • 101: What is a Liquidity Pool (DeFi Liquidity Pool)

  • Tokens as a potential solution for DeFi and tax

  • A swath of Bitcoin articles…

  • Singularity: The Digital Antichrist—Part 1/3: Did ChatGPT Produce the First Non-organic Intelligence? | HackerNoon

  • ESG: BREAKING: In New Decision, Judge Finds Greenidge Generation's Air Permit Inconsistent with NYS Climate Law

  • And Much, Much, More…

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“…the model exceeds current state-of-the-art results on “30 of the 32 widely-used academic benchmarks used in large language model research and development.”

- Eli Collins, VP of product at DeepMind

“Could ChatGPT have produced the first non-organic intelligence or singularity?”

Frederic Bonelli

NOTABLE

Google DeepMind’s new Gemini model looks amazing—but could signal peak AI hype

It outmatches GPT-4 in almost all ways—but only by a little. Was the buzz worth it?

www.technologyreview.com/2023/12/06/1084471/google-deepminds-new-gemini-model-looks-amazing-but-could-signal-peak-ai-hype

Metaverse & Gaming

The fashion exec’s guide to gaming

Gaming has become the new normal for fashion and beauty brands. This in-depth report offers a wide overview of the key trends, platforms and projects to know now.

www.voguebusiness.com/story/technology/the-fashion-execs-guide-to-gaming

Blockchain, Tokens & DeFi

DeFi activity on the decline, but investment rolls in: Finance Redefined

DeFi financial activities declined by 15% in August, according to a new report from VanEck, indicating increasing exploits and liquidity crises on several platforms.

cointelegraph.com/news/defi-activity-on-the-decline-but-investment-rolls-in-finance-redefined

Crypto Trading

How Robinhood Could Beat Coinbase at Bitcoin

Robinhood Markets revealed crypto trading volumes were up 75% month over month in November. It could become a serious rival to Coinbase.

www.barrons.com/articles/robinhood-stock-coinbase-bitcoin-crypto-rally-d750041d

Metaverse & Gaming - a little more…

New version of The Sandbox prepares for mobile

What's new in The Sandbox? Follow all our latest news on updates in the web3 gaming metaverse. 4th December: Two months following its 0.8 release, The

www.blockchaingamer.biz/news/23033/the-sandbox-roundup

Best Metaverse Games list For 2023 [Updated]

Some of the best metaverse games list including the Farmers World, Axie Infinity, The Sandbox, Splinterlands, and Illuviam.

coingape.com/blog/best-metaverse-games

Metaverse Gaming: Where We Are and Where It’s Going With AI and Machine Learning | HackerNoon

Take a step into the future where the line between the game and reality is existing by a thread!

hackernoon.com/metaverse-gaming-where-we-are-and-where-its-going-with-ai-and-machine-learning

Blockchain, Tokens & DeFi - a little more…

What is a Liquidity Pool (DeFi Liquidity Pool)

A liquidity pool is a smart contract that contains a reserve of two or more cryptocurrency tokens in a decentralized exchange (DEX). Liquidity pools encourage investors to earn passive income on cryptocurrencies that would otherwise be idle.

www.techopedia.com/definition/liquidity-pool-defi-liquidity-pool

Tokens as a potential solution for DeFi and tax

Tl;dr: Decentralized Finance, or “DeFi,” offers an innovative way of conducting traditional finance peer to peer, without the need for intermediaries like banks or brokers. But these same innovations make it difficult to accurately tax DeFi transactions. A new primer by the Coinbase Institute explores DeFi and tax to explain how an optional “tax identity” attestation token can facilitate collection of a transaction tax.

www.coinbase.com/blog/tokens-as-a-potential-solution-for-defi-and-tax

Top 10 DeFi Platforms in 2024

In this piece, our editors have researched the Top DeFi platforms to identify the tokens worth a closer look for crypto investors.

www.bitcoinmarketjournal.com/defi-platforms

Crypto Trading - a little more…

Options Traders Are Setting Their Sights on Bitcoin at $50,000 by January

Options traders are loading up on bets that Bitcoin will surge to $50,000 by January, when many market observers expect the SEC to finally allow exchange-traded funds to directly hold the cryptocurrency.

www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-12-06/bitcoin-btc-could-reach-50-000-by-january-according-to-options-bets?embedded-checkout=true

Bitcoin surges to $44,000 for the first time since April 2022: CNBC Crypto World

CNBC Crypto World features the latest news and daily trading updates from the digital currency markets and provides viewers with a look at what's ahead with high-profile interviews, explainers, and unique stories from the ever-changing crypto industry. On today's show, Vance Spencer of Framework Ventures discusses where venture capital firms are focusing their investments as crypto recovers from the worst of crypto winter.

www.cnbc.com/video/2023/12/05/bitcoin-surges-to-44000-for-the-first-time-since-april-2022-cnbc-crypto-world.html

Nearly $100 million in bitcoin shorts liquidated on centralized exchanges in 24 hours

Almost $100 million in bitcoin short positions have been liquidated in the past 24 hours, according to Coinglass data.

www.theblock.co/post/266265/nearly-100-million-in-bitcoin-shorts-liquidated-on-centralized-exchanges-in-24-hours

The Singularity:
AI, Quantum Computing, Robotics, Bio-engineering & Other Stuff on the way

Google's Gemini isn't the generative AI model we expected | TechCrunch

Google's Gemini model is finally here. But it's probably not what you were expecting.

tcrn.ch/46MXHpw

The Digital Antichrist—Part 1/3: Did ChatGPT Produce the First Non-organic Intelligence? | HackerNoon

Uncover the truth about Q*, the rumored AGI, and understand the misleading perceptions fueled by the AI hype.

hackernoon.com/the-digital-antichristpart-13-did-chatgpt-produce-the-first-non-organic-intelligence

ESG (Environmental, Social & Governance)

BREAKING: In New Decision, Judge Finds Greenidge Generation's Air Permit Inconsistent with NYS Climate Law

The ruling finds that Greenidge Generation's crypto mining pollution operations are inconsistent with and will interfere with the greenhouse gas emissions limits of New York's Climate Law (the CLCPA), as the DEC found in June 2022

earthjustice.org/press/2023/breaking-in-new-decision-judge-finds-greenidge-generations-air-permit-inconsistent-with-nys-climate-law

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