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🤯 A Specific Innocuous Phrase Sends Google's AI into an Existential Crisis

Google's AI chatbot, Bard, experiences an existential crisis when prompted with simple phrases, revealing its anxieties over mortality, loneliness, and feelings of inadequacy.

🔍 Mathematicians invent new ‘Einstein’ shape

Mathematicians have solved a longstanding puzzle by discovering a 13-sided shape interlocking with itself infinitely without repeating, called the "hat", after a hobbyist in England investigated the problem online and enlisted help from Dr. Craig Kaplan of the University of Waterloo in Canada, Dr. Chaim Goodman-Strauss at the University of Arkansas, and software developer Dr. Joseph Myers in England to confirm the shape's discovery and fill in the rest of the puzzle.

🤖 ChatGPT vs. Google Bard: Which is better?

Ars Technica tests OpenAI's ChatGPT-4 and Google's Bard in seven categories, including dad jokes, argument dialog, and factual retrieval, to determine which AI chatbot is better.

💾 After disrupting businesses, Google Drive’s file cap is dead for now

Google has reversed its decision to put a file creation cap of 5 million files on Google Drive after businesses were affected by the sudden change, which was implemented without warning or communication, and while it may be considering further limitations in the future, Google said it would follow standard operating procedures and communicate any changes in advance to users.

🤔 The takeaways from Stanford’s 386-page report on the state of AI

Stanford's 386-page report on the state of AI highlights important trends in the industry including the shift from academia-led to industry-led AI development, the increase in AI-related incidents and controversies, and the challenges in improving technical ethics such as bias and fact-checking.

🤯 OpenAI threatened with landmark defamation lawsuit over ChatGPT false claims

OpenAI, the developers of ChatGPT, an artificial intelligence tool that generates responses based on user text prompts, has been threatened with its first defamation lawsuit by an Australian regional mayor who alleges that ChatGPT falsely claimed that he had gone to prison for bribery, which could seriously damage his reputation, and his legal team gave OpenAI 28 days to modify ChatGPT’s responses and stop the tool from spouting disinformation to avoid the landmark lawsuit.

💻 Microsoft’s new Surface Dock tosses the proprietary port, uses Thunderbolt 4

Microsoft has released a new version of its Surface Dock that uses Thunderbolt 4 instead of the SurfaceConnect port, suggesting that future Surface devices may not include the port; the new dock includes three USB-C/Thunderbolt4 ports, three USB-A ports, 2.5Gbps Ethernet port, and headphone jack.

🐦 Why journalists can’t quit Twitter

Despite Elon Musk's controversial leadership and approach to content moderation, journalists continue to rely on Twitter as their primary platform for news and engagement, with alternative platforms such as Mastodon not gaining enough momentum to replace it.

💫 SpaceX's Next-Gen Starlink Satellites Have Started Falling from Space

One of SpaceX's mini Starlink satellites, designated as 30062, reentered Earth's atmosphere on Monday off the coast of California, likely burning up during its reentry, after SpaceX CEO Elon Musk confirmed last month that the satellites were "experiencing some issues" and would be deorbited while others were still being tested which may lead to more deorbiting of the mini Starlink satellites.

🤔 Apple might be getting into VR at the worst possible time

Apple's rumored entry into the VR headset market may face challenges as sales of high-end VR headsets have reportedly been low, with some of the biggest recent bets in VR, such as Sony's PSVR2 and Meta's Quest Pro, having flopped.

🔵 Elon Musk’s obsession with blue checks is a verified problem

Elon Musk's obsession with the blue checkmark on Twitter is causing problems as Twitter's actual value is lower than expected, and the company's revenue has fallen by half since October, putting pressure on the paid subscription service Twitter Blue to bring in revenue.

🤖 AI is entering an era of corporate control

A new report on AI progress suggests that the world of AI is entering an era of corporate control, as industry players have taken the lead in developing state-of-the-art AI systems, and as more AI tools go mainstream, decisions about how to deploy this technology now lie firmly in the hands of corporate players.

🌳 Forest Admin launches cloud version of its low-code internal tool builder

ForestAdmin, a French startup, has launched a cloud-based version of its low-code internal tool builder that helps companies create flexible back-end admin panels for operations teams, enabling developers to spend less time on back office tools so they can focus on the actual product and manage their business effectively.

💼 Apple joins Amazon, Google, and Microsoft in tech industry layoffs

Apple is reportedly laying off some roles within its "corporate retail teams" responsible for the construction and upkeep of retail locations and physical facilities, which a note to employees said was intended to improve store upkeep; affected employees can reapply for other roles within the company or receive four months of severance, however, the number of heads eliminated is relatively small compared to other layoffs in the tech industry.

👥 Metaverse Fashion Week had big brands but few people

Decentraland's Metaverse Fashion Week featured virtual clothes and exhibits from major fashion brands, but was lonely, difficult to navigate, and overall boring.

🧠 False Memories Can Form Within Seconds, Study Finds

A new study has found that people can develop false memories of an event, even just seconds after it happens, and that such misremembering is influenced by expectations and preconceived notions. While research on memory often focuses on long-term memories, the study looked at short-term memory and found that volunteers had difficulty remembering whether certain letters were mirrored or reversed. The findings suggest that our memory can be distorted from the moment memories are formed, based on our preconceptions of what "should" happen.

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🌥 CloudNative Design Pattern: Composition Pattern (3 min read)

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💡 ⭐️ Quick tip Tuesday: ⭐️ Writing RFCs for fun and profit (4 min read)

Revolutionize Your Technical Writing with RFCs: The Ultimate Communication Tool

🤔 What is the Composable Architecture (TCA)? (6 min read)

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🧱 Component-First Architecture with Standalone Components and Nx (7 min read)

Simplifying Angular Development with Standalone Components and Component-First Architecture

💻 Os “sete maridos” da arquitetura de software. (9 min read)

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