Embracing Digital This Week — 2023-04-03

This Week at a Glance

This week focuses on pivotal trends in digital transformation, emphasizing the importance of innovation and strategic alignment.

Staying informed about these trends enables organizations to adapt swiftly, ensuring competitive advantage and operational efficiency.

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This is BIG: Elon Musk, Bill Gates, and other tech leaders call for a pause in t…

This is BIG: Elon Musk, Bill Gates, and other tech leaders call for a pause in t…

This is BIG: Elon Musk, Bill Gates, and other tech leaders call for a pause in the ‘out of control’ AI race. 1,100+ notable signatories just signed an open letter asking “all AI labs to pause for at least 6 months immediately”. The letter, which was also signed by the CEO of OpenAI, said the pause should apply to AI systems “more powerful than GPT-4.” It also said independent experts should use the proposed pause to jointly develop and implement a set of shared protocols for AI tools that are safe “beyond a reasonable doubt.”

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BT has partnered with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to test 5G edge computing in Man…

BT has partnered with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to test 5G edge computing in Man…

BT has partnered with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to test 5G edge computing in Manchester using AWS Wavelength. The trial will investigate how edge computing can enhance the performance of BT's 5G network in three key areas: augmented reality, immersive gaming and industrial automation. The aim is to improve customer experience by providing faster and more reliable services. The trial is part of a larger collaboration between the two companies to explore edge computing's potential in the UK.

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Artificial Intelligence

This is BIG: Elon Musk, Bill Gates, and other tech leaders call for a pause in t…

This is BIG: Elon Musk, Bill Gates, and other tech leaders call for a pause in t…

This is BIG: Elon Musk, Bill Gates, and other tech leaders call for a pause in the ‘out of control’ AI race. 1,100+ notable signatories just signed an open letter asking “all AI labs to pause for at least 6 months immediately”. The letter, which was also signed by the CEO of OpenAI, said the pause should apply to AI systems “more powerful than GPT-4.” It also said independent experts should use the proposed pause to jointly develop and implement a set of shared protocols for AI tools that are safe “beyond a reasonable doubt.”

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Cerebras Systems Releases Seven New GPT Models Trained on CS-2 Wafer-Scale Syste…

Cerebras Systems Releases Seven New GPT Models Trained on CS-2 Wafer-Scale Syste…

Cerebras Systems Releases Seven New GPT Models Trained on CS-2 Wafer-Scale Systems. First time a company has used non-GPU-based AI systems to train LLMs up to 13 billion parameters and is sharing the models, weights, and training recipe via the industry standard Apache 2.0 license. A series of seven GPT models with 111M to 13B parameters. Typically a multi-month undertaking, this work was completed in a few weeks. All seven Cerebras-GPT models are immediately available on Hugging Face and Cerebras Model Zoo on GitHub.

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Google Bard with Wordle – it could have gone better. After correcting the bot an…

Google Bard with Wordle – it could have gone better. After correcting the bot an…

Google Bard with Wordle – it could have gone better. After correcting the bot and reminding it only to guess five-letter words, it apologized and returned with SLANTS, then carried on with different variations of the word SLANT ☹

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Intelligent Edge

BT has partnered with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to test 5G edge computing in Man…

BT has partnered with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to test 5G edge computing in Man…

BT has partnered with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to test 5G edge computing in Manchester using AWS Wavelength. The trial will investigate how edge computing can enhance the performance of BT's 5G network in three key areas: augmented reality, immersive gaming and industrial automation. The aim is to improve customer experience by providing faster and more reliable services. The trial is part of a larger collaboration between the two companies to explore edge computing's potential in the UK.

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Comcast has announced expanded partnerships aimed at improving connectivity in s…

Comcast has announced expanded partnerships aimed at improving connectivity in s…

Comcast has announced expanded partnerships aimed at improving connectivity in smart buildings and environments. The partnerships include agreements with advanced metering infrastructure provider Sensus and BuildingIQ, an artificial intelligence-based energy management solutions provider. The goal is to provide smarter energy management, better water management, and improved building automation. These partnerships are part of Comcast's efforts to improve connectivity for commercial customers through its network of Wi-Fi hotspots, sensors, and other IoT devices.

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