Subj : OpenAI agents 🤖, Sam Altman's $7T chip fund 💰, tech employment in 2024 👨‍💻 To : tldr@synchro.net From : TLDR Date : Mon Feb 12 2024 11:36 am --UT2f5PO8 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is in talks with investors to raise up to $7 trilli= on for AI chip manufacturing.=C2=A0=20 Sign Up [1]|Hire [2]|Advertise [3= ]|View Online [4]=20 =09=09TLDR=20 TLDR 2024-02-12 =F0=9F=93= =B1=20 BIG TECH & STARTUPS SAM ALTMAN SEEKING TRILLIONS FOR AI CHI= P FABRICATION FROM UAE, OTHERS (4 MINUTE READ) [5]=20 OpenAI CEO Sam = Altman is in talks with investors to raise up to $7 trillion for AI chip = manufacturing. The project aims to address GPU scarcity as the chips are = crucial for training and running large language models. Potential investo= rs include sovereign wealth funds and government entities, which may rais= e geopolitical concerns. The US has been cautious about allowing foreign = control over the supply of microchips - it recently announced a $5 billio= n investment in R&D to advance US-made semiconductor technologies.=20 = OPENAI'S NEXT AI PRODUCT COULD BE AFTER YOUR JOB (AGAIN) (2 MINUTE READ)= [6]=20 OpenAI has been reportedly developing two types of AI agent sof= tware for over a year. The first type can be used to automate complex tas= ks by taking over a customer's device. The second AI agent class handles= web-based tasks and can gather public data. It is unclear when the com= pany plans to release these agents.=20 =F0=9F=9A=80=20 SCIENCE & FUTU= RISTIC TECHNOLOGY WITH DISNEY=E2=80=99S MAGIC, FORTNITE IS POISED TO = WIN THE METAVERSE (9 MINUTE READ) [7]=20 Epic Games and Disney are de= signing an entertainment universe text full of Disney-flavored games to p= lay and things to buy. The project will use Epic's technology and Fortnit= e's social gaming ecosystem to bring Disney characters to life. Disney ha= s invested $1.5 billion into Epic as part of the deal. While Meta has bee= n busy trying to make the Oculus a mainstream consumer product, companies= like Epic have been building avatar-driven virtual worlds that are widel= y available and hardware agnostic.=20 HOW TO FAKE A ROBOTICS DEMO FOR= FUN AND PROFIT (14 MINUTE READ) [8]=20 Developments in robots and CGI = are making it harder and harder to tell what's real. Even if the footage = is real, video demos are often the best-performing clips - behind every v= ideo is likely hours and hours of video that didn't make it into the fina= l cut. CES lacked cool robotic demos, yet there are many amazing videos o= ut there. Viewers should approach these videos with discernment and skept= icism. 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Big Tech & Startups

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Sam Altman seeking trillion= s for AI chip fabrication from UAE, others (4 minute read)

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is in talks with = investors to raise up to $7 trillion for AI chip manufacturing. The project= aims to address GPU scarcity as the chips are crucial for training and run= ning large language models. Potential investors include sovereign wealth fu= nds and government entities, which may raise geopolitical concerns. The US = has been cautious about allowing foreign control over the supply of microch= ips - it recently announced a $5 billion investment in R&D to advance U= S-made semiconductor technologies.
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OpenAI's next AI product co= uld be after your job (again) (2 minute read)

OpenAI has been reportedly developing t= wo types of AI agent software for over a year. The first type can be used t= o automate complex tasks by taking over a customer's device. The second AI = agent class handles web-based tasks and can gather public data. It is uncle= ar when the company plans to release these agents.
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Science & Futuristic Technology

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With Disney=E2=80=99s magic= , Fortnite is poised to win the metaverse (9 minute read)

Epic Games and Disney are designing an = entertainment universe text full of Disney-flavored games to play and thing= s to buy. The project will use Epic's technology and Fortnite's social gami= ng ecosystem to bring Disney characters to life. Disney has invested $1.5 b= illion into Epic as part of the deal. While Meta has been busy trying to ma= ke the Oculus a mainstream consumer product, companies like Epic have been = building avatar-driven virtual worlds that are widely available and hardwar= e agnostic.
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How to fake a robotics demo= for fun and profit (14 minute read)

Developments in robots and CGI are maki= ng it harder and harder to tell what's real. Even if the footage is real, v= ideo demos are often the best-performing clips - behind every video is like= ly hours and hours of video that didn't make it into the final cut. CES lac= ked cool robotic demos, yet there are many amazing videos out there. Viewer= s should approach these videos with discernment and skepticism. This articl= e covers several ways that robotics videos can be enhanced or faked.
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Programming, Design & Data Science

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QA Wolf offers a cost-effective approach to ge= tting 80% test cov= erage in just 4 months. And they guarantee zero flakes.

They build an= d maintain your automated test suite, plus provide unlimited parallel test = runs. (24-hour maintenance included).

Skeptical? This case study show= s how AutoTrader saves $620k/year in QA engineering and custo= mer support.

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(Almost) Every infrastructu= re decision I endorse or regret after 4 years running infrastructure at a s= tartup (19 minute read)

This article looks at some of the core = decisions that an infrastructure lead had to make for a startup over the pa= st four years. It notes whether they recommend or regret the decision and p= rovides details on why. The decisions covered areas such as AWS, processes,= SaaS, software, and more.
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Toolong (GitHub Repo)

Toolong is a terminal application for v= iewing, tailing, merging, and searching log files and JSONL. It features li= ve tailing of log files, syntax highlighting for common web server log form= ats, pretty printed JSONL files, support for .bz and .bz2 files, and mergin= g via auto detection of timestamps. Screenshots and video demos are availab= le in the repository.
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All My Thoughts After 40 Ho= urs in the Vision Pro (30 minute read)

This article takes a look at the Apple = Vision Pro: its hardware, operating system, and applications. It covers eac= h part of the device, explaining how they work and how they affect the expe= rience. While the technology feels incredible to use, there's currently not= that much to do on the device. As the technology gets better, the amount o= f content will multiply and its value proposition will improve.
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Thoughts on Tech Employment= (4 minute read)

Tech companies are typically best at ad= opting new technology, leading to productivity gains. Some roles at tech co= mpanies are highly leveraged, like systems, engineering, and design, and th= e rest of the company exists to support these roles. Businesses wanting to = be more efficient will cut inefficiencies in their support roles, especiall= y when technologies exist that can replace them. Tech allows fewer people t= o create more value for society - it might be time to start finding alterna= tive ways to provide for all living beings.
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Writing a CSV importer from scratch =3D= undifferentiated heavy lifting. With OneSchema, you could have frictionless CSV import as early as tomorrow
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Social networks are getting= stingy with their data, leaving third-party developers in the lurch (14 mi= nute read)

Social networks have realized the value= of the data they are sitting on - the walls they have put up to access the= ir data have resulted in some developers moving to decentralized platforms.
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RSS is still pretty great (= 10 minute read)

RSS feeds are the best way to consume a= curated list of high-quality information with very little noise.
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Who makes money when AI rea= ds the internet for us? (6 minute read)

New forms of browsing enabled by AI all= ow people to get information without having to visit websites, removing the= incentive for content creators to make content - how creators monetize web= pages needs to evolve.
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Miracode (GitHub Repo)

Miracode is a readable version of Monoc= raft, a font based on the typeface used in the Minecraft UI.
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OpenAI Hits $2 Billion Reve= nue Milestone (1 minute read)

OpenAI believes it can more than double= this figure in 2025.
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Apple Vision Pro Could Take= Four Generations to Reach 'Ideal Form' (2 minute read)

The team working on the Vision Pro says= there's much to be done before the device can be considered refined enough= for customers to use on a day-to-day basis.
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