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Update 2023-03-23

News

• GitHub Expands Partnership with OpenAI, Releases Copilot X for AI-Powered Software Development

• TikTok Fights to Regain Trust in Washington with Increased Lobbying, Ads, and Policy Changes

• Microsoft Launches Loop, Its Notion Competitor in Public Preview

• Instagram Debuts Ads in Search Results

• Opera Launches AI-Powered Tools in Opera and Opera GX Browsers

• OpenAI Fixes Bug Allowing Users to View Other's Conversation Histories

• Nvidia and Quantum Machines Unveil DGX Quantum System

• EU, UK Investigate Potential Impact of Broadcom-VMware Deal on Competition

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Big Tech

GitHub Expands Partnership with OpenAI, Releases Copilot X for AI-Powered Software Development

GitHub has announced the expansion of its partnership with OpenAI and the new version of its Copilot X, an AI-powered software development tool.

• Copilot currently writes 46% of code on the platform and helps developers code up to 55% faster.

• The upgraded Copilot is available throughout the development life cycle and includes chat and voice features for greater accessibility.

• Copilot X reduces boilerplate and manual tasks to allow developers more time for complex work, sparking innovation and accelerating progress.

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TikTok Fights to Regain Trust in Washington with Increased Lobbying, Ads, and Policy Changes

TikTok's reputation in Washington has been declining due to concerns about China and the adverse effects of social media on children. In response, the company has vastly increased lobbying spending, placed ads emphasizing its contribution to American businesses, hired former lawmakers, and implemented policy changes aimed at data privacy and misinformation.

Despite competitors' efforts to paint it as a threat to children, TikTok is pushing the message that it is ahead of industry peers in protecting children online.

Ads have been targeted towards Washington, showing commitment to data privacy, while influencers are used to spread the message on Capitol Hill. The company is attempting to build relationships with policymakers more quickly than previous tech giants.

Microsoft Launches Loop, Its Notion Competitor in Public Preview

Microsoft has launched its Notion competitor, Loop, in public preview. It is available to Microsoft Account and Azure Active Directory users, and a companion app for iOS and Android will be arriving soon.

• Loop consists of three main elements – Components, Pages, and Workspaces – that allow teams to collaborate in real-time across Microsoft 365 apps and services.

• It supports progress tracking tools for projects, two-way sync with services such as Trello, JavaScript widgets allowing collaboration while in the flow of work, flexible canvases for organizing components, and shared platforms where users can see everything relevant to their projects.

• Microsoft is building its Copilot system into Loop, which will suggest options to create a brainstorm or blueprint.

• Notion has recently introduced an AI-powered system for analyzing meeting notes which Loop will have to compete with.

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Instagram Debuts Ads in Search Results

Instagram has started testing ads in search results, which will be marked "sponsored" and appear alongside actual results. The new placements will be rolled out worldwide in the coming months. Additionally, Instagram has partnered with certain brands to deliver reminder ads for future events or launches.

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AI

Opera Launches AI-Powered Tools in Opera and Opera GX Browsers

Opera has launched new AI tools powered by ChatGPT and ChatSonic in its desktop browsers, Opera and Opera GX.

• These tools allow users to generate AI prompts by highlighting text on a website or typing it in, as well as summarize articles or webpages and write social media posts.

• The chatbots are available on the browser's sidebar and can access images from text with ChatSonic's GPT-4bot.

• Opera is planning to introduce more AI-powered features in the future that are based on its own GPT model.

• Following Operas' launch, other browsers may introduce their own AI-focused features for their respective browsers.

OpenAI Fixes Bug Allowing Users to View Other's Conversation Histories

ChatGPT users are reporting seeing other users' conversation histories in their accounts, which could have serious implications for privacy and security.

• User reported being able to view the titles of chats from different users.

• On Monday afternoon, the history function showed an error and the entire service went offline.

• OpenAI CEO Sam Altman addressed the bug on Wednesday, stating that a fix was released and a small percentage of users were affected by it.

Nvidia and Quantum Machines Unveil DGX Quantum System

Nvidia and Quantum Machines have developed a DGX Quantum system to enable powerful applications that run on classical and quantum technologies.

• The system combines the Grace Hopper Superchip from Nvidia with the OPX platform from Quantum Machines, along with PCIe cable for sub-microsecond latency between GPUs and QPUs.

• The CUDA Quantum platform allows developers to program different types of resources, along with integration and optimization for the DGX Quantum system.

• Partners involved in integrating this technology include Agnostiq, QMware, IonQ, Atom Computing, ORCA Computing, and QuEra.

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EU, UK Investigate Potential Impact of Broadcom-VMware Deal on Competition

• U.K. Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is concerned about the possible impact of the $61 billion Broadcom-VMware deal on U.K businesses.

• CMA is worried that the deal could reduce competition in server hardware components and lead to higher prices for customers.

• The CMA has given Broadcom five days to respond to its concerns, failing which it may pass on the case for Phase 2 investigation.

• The EU has also expressed similar concerns over the deal's potential impact on competition and announced an investigation into it in December 2020.

• Broadcom expects to close the deal this year, working with authorities to address their concerns regarding competition.

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🥇 AI, copyright, and open-source

A class action lawsuit was filed against GitHub in November 2022. Microsoft, GitHub, and OpenAI then asked the court in January 2023 to dismiss a proposed class action lawsuit that accuses them of scraping licensed code to build GitHub's AI-powered Copilot tool.

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