Weekend Edition 44

WE 1 – Apple Troubles

1-1 – TSMC AZ Plant Pushes 5 NM fab production back

• Apple partnered with them to produce their US-made M-series and A-series chips
• US gets further from made in America i-devices
• Why?
• Education rant

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/07/20/tsmc-delays-start-of-arizona-chip-factory-that-will-build-apple-chips.html

1-2 – UK Online Safety Bill Has Tech Companies On Edge

• Bill would force encrypted messaging apps to install a back door for UK authorities
• Why?
• Who?
• What do they threaten if it passes?
• On principle, I agree with their stand
• What is E2E encryption?
• We’ll see who blinks, here.

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-66256081

2 – More News on Microsoft-Activision Merger

• Deadline extended 3 months
• Restructured deal
• UK CMA fast tracking process
• Etymological rants
• Government
• entertainment
• Balance rant

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/07/19/microsoft-activision-agree-to-extend-deal-deadline-to-oct-18.html

3 – Ripple Expects More Use By US Banks Soon

• On-Demand Liquidity product
• Cross-border transactions
• SWIFT aging, slow, possibly corrupt
• XRP instant, cheap, secure from tampering
• Depending on demand, Ripple Labs may file as a security

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/07/17/ripple-hopes-judge-ruling-in-sec-case-will-lead-to-us-banks-using-xrp.html

4-1 - Nick Clegg, of Meta, calls “AI Quite Stupid”

• Said things that I’ve been saying about these Large Language Models
• Meta to open source Llama 2
• Still don’t trust it if Meta will be prime beneficiary of development work
• Meta partnered with MS Azure cloud for hosting
• Yikes
• Regulatory concerns

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-66238004

4-2 – Investing Bubble for AI?

• CEO of StabilityAI (maker of Stable Diffusion)
• Thinks that the investment craze has just begun
• Foresees the largest bubble in history
• I think it is too early to make all of these pronouncements
• Matt’s AI reminders

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/07/17/ai-will-be-the-biggest-bubble-of-all-time-stability-ai-ceo.html

4-3 – British Computer Society Open Letter About AI

• 1300 experts and business people signed this one
• Counterweight to doom & gloom
• Still hype-y
• Generally AI will benefit us if developed responsibly and regulated well
• ChatGPT “Like an overly knowledgeable and very excitable 12 year old”
• See privacy and intellectual property issues

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-66218709

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