Monday Byte [5]

Monday Byte: 8 Bits of information to kick start your week

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Hi there! 👋

On this edition:

1. Disney is actually into robotics and unveils a real-life WALL-E 🤖

   1. Disney Imagineering’s latest robot looks right out of Star Wars (The Verge)

      1. Out of the Disney Research facilities in Zurich, Switzerland, this mostly 3D printed robot is not only cute, but can also waddle difficult terrain, keep its balance and get back up if kicked down… almost ready to combat the Galactic Empire 👾

2. Now you can create images with generative AI from your Google Search page 🧙‍♂️

   1. New ways to get inspired with generative AI in Search (Google blog - The Keyword)

      1. Way easier to use than Midjourney, no setup necessary like with ComfyUI, and for free 🔮

         1. (Available only in the US, India, and Japan at the moment of writing…🫤)

3. Another victory for Nikola Tesla 😎

   1. I’m Charging My Toothbrush With Wireless Power Over Distance—and It’s a Trip (Wired)

      1. The legendary visionary dreamed of a system for transmitting electricity through the air… 80 years after he left this reality, an Israeli company found a way to turn this idea into a reality. ⚡️

4. Glass is the future of storage 🔎🪞🔮

   1. Sealed in glass (Microsoft Unlocked)

      1. Stone tablets → Paper → Magnetic tapes → HDDs → SSDs → Glass. Full circle 🔄

      2. Microsoft’s Project Silica is using coaster-size glass plates to hold several terabytes of data on each (!), allowing that data to be kept for 10,000 years (!!) and without the need for electricity on any of the storage units (!!!)… the caveat: the data is written and persisted only once. 🤯

5. OpenAI reopens its famous residency program 👩‍🔬

   1. OpenAI Residency (OpenAI)

      1. A 6 month program in San Francisco, with a pay of $210K, unlimited time off, accommodation and Work Sponsorship (if required) included. You’re right, one must be really outstanding to get a spot. ⭐️

6. AI can now predict earthquakes one week before they happen 🌎📈

   1. AI-powered earthquake forecasting proves to be a success (Open Access Government)

      1. With a proven 70% accuracy and a week in advance, this development has the potential to save millions of lives in places like Italy, Mexico, Türkiye and China, where earthquakes have left an infamous mark. ❤️‍🩹

7. Another challenger to the battle of the AI chips 🤖

   1. Microsoft reportedly plans to launch its own AI chip next month (Mashable)

      1. For a long time, Nvidia has dominated the market of AI computing with their even-more scarce GPUs, but under the code-name Athena, the American company may unveil their new processor at Microsoft's Ignite on mid-November. 🚀

         1. Keep in mind that OpenAI is also considering to develop their own AI chips, so with the alliance between Microsoft and the company behind ChatGPT, this could be it.

8. HODL or a Ferrari? 😅 🏎️

   1. Ferrari to accept crypto as payment for its cars in the US (Reuters)

      1. In case you have some digital currency that you are saving for later, this might be a thing to catch your eye. 🤠

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