Archive for April 2023
Featured Article : Want to be a ‘Prompt Engineer’?
No â itâs doesnât mean engineers that are punctual! In this article, we will explore the role of prompt engineers in the AI industry, why the job is necessary, why itâs suddenly a sought-after role, and what the future prospects are for prompt engineers. What is Prompt Engineering? A prompt engineer is a specialist who…
Read MoreTech Insight : What’s ‘Universal Basic Income’?
In this insight, we look at what âUniversal Basic Incomeâ is, how it relates to the tech industry, its potential benefits and pitfalls, plus what similar ideas are being discussed and explored. UBIÂ Universal Basic Income (UBI) is a policy proposal in which all individuals in a given society receive a regular, unconditional cash transfer…
Read MoreTech News : Microsoft Drops Twitter From Advertising Platform
Following Twitterâs announcement two months ago that it will be charging a minimum of $42,000 per month to enterprise users of its API, Microsoft is dropping Twitter from its advertising platform. What Is The Microsoft Advertising Platform? The Microsoft Advertising Platform is a digital advertising platform that enables businesses to create and run advertising campaigns…
Read MoreTech News : Google To Use Generative AI For Ad Campaigns
A report in the Financial Times (drawing upon an internal Google Presentation) claims that Google plans to use AI to generate new advertisements, drawing upon those already created by humans. Creates The Ads For You The use of generative AI will mean that advertisers will only need to supply a small amount of creative content…
Read MoreTech Trivia : Did You Know?
The Birth of The IC Around this time 62 years ago (April 25th, 1961), Robert Noyce (co-founder of Fairchild Semiconductor) patented his invention â a monolithic integrated circuit (IC). Jack Kilby patented a similar invention, but his version was difficult to mass produce due to external gold wire connections. Thus, Noyceâs version of the IC…
Read MoreSecurity Stop-Press : WordPress Sites Being Hacked Through Old Plugin
Cybersecurity researchers at GoDaddy-owned Sucuri have warned that an old plugin called Eval PHP, last updated a decade ago, is being used to hack WordPress websites. The plugin, which creates a backdoor and can mask its activities as cookies has been described as âdangerous.â The advice is to: – Keep your website patched and up…
Read MoreTech News : Amazon Launches AI App-Building Platform
Amazon has announced the launch of âAmazon Bedrock,â a new service which it says is the easiest way for customers to build and scale generative AI-based applications using foundation models (FMs). What Is A Foundation Model (FM)? A foundation model is an âultra-largeâ machine learning model that generative AI uses. FMs, which are machine learning…
Read MoreFeatured Article : OpenAI Now Exploring Humanoid Robots
A humanoid robotics company (1X Technologies) has announced that it raised $2.5m Series A2 funding led by ChatGPTâs creators OpenAI to pursue producing androids/humanoid robots at commercial scale. Funding The funding round to develop more androids was led by the OpenAI Startup Fund, with participation from Tiger Global and a consortium of Norway-based investors, including…
Read MoreTech Insight : What Is ‘Jailbreaking’ ChatGPT?
In this insight, we look at the âJailbreakingâ concept in ChatGPT and other LLMs, and at what steps can be taken to mitigate the risks to users. Jailbreaking Jailbreaking, in general, refers to the process of removing restrictions or limitations imposed by a device or software, often to gain access to features or functionality that…
Read MoreTech News : Quantum Threat Growing
Following large investments in quantum computing followed by the ensuing advancement of this technology in recent years, as well as looking forward to benefits this could bring, there is also the growing threat of âquantum hacking.â Quantum Computers Quantum computers can carry out complex calculations at high speed. Whereas traditional computers store data in binary…
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