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PitchBook: in 2022, investors pumped $1.37B+ into generative AI companies across 78 deals, almost as much as the investment in the previous five years combined (New York Times)

New York Times: PitchBook: in 2022, investors pumped $1.37B+ into generative AI companies across 78 deals, almost as much as the investment in the previous five years combined  —  An investment frenzy over “generative artificial intelligence” has gripped Silicon Valley, as tools that generate text …

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New Part Day: ESP32-P4 Espressif RISC-V Powerhouse

It seems every day there’s a new microcontroller announcement for which the manufacturer is keen to secure your eyeballs. Today it’s the turn of Espressif, whose new part is the ESP32-P4, which despite being another confusingly named ESP32, is a high-performance addition to their RISC-V line-up. On board are dual-core 400 MHz and a single-core

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Where was 5G at CES?

From the front row to a no-show. | Image: The Verge When it wasn’t being overshadowed by covid resurgences, CES, for the past few years, has partially functioned as a big 5G pep rally. But as cars, smart home standards, and so many screens took center stage at this year’s show, 5G took a back

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Mojo Vision, which demonstrated a working prototype of its smart contact lenses in 2022, pivots to focus on micro-LED display tech and lays off 75% of staff (Ina Fried/Axios)

Ina Fried / Axios: Mojo Vision, which demonstrated a working prototype of its smart contact lenses in 2022, pivots to focus on micro-LED display tech and lays off 75% of staff  —  Mojo Vision, a startup that had embarked on a years-long effort to create a smart contact lens with a built-in display …

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A doctor says she faced a wave of anti-vaccine harassment after Twitter ignored her pleas to stop the spread of an image of a fake tweet created in her name (Brandy Zadrozny/NBC News)

Brandy Zadrozny / NBC News: A doctor says she faced a wave of anti-vaccine harassment after Twitter ignored her pleas to stop the spread of an image of a fake tweet created in her name  —  Growing concerns over impact of medical misinformation on public health  —  When Dr. Natalia Solenkova woke up Monday morning

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GPTZero, an app made by a Princeton student to detect if an academic essay was written by a human or by OpenAI’s ChatGPT, goes viral (Tony Ho Tran/The Daily Beast)

Tony Ho Tran / The Daily Beast: GPTZero, an app made by a Princeton student to detect if an academic essay was written by a human or by OpenAI’s ChatGPT, goes viral  —  “Humans deserve to know when the writing isn’t human.”  —  Deputy Editor, Innovation & Tech … Edward Tian was fast asleep when

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Sources: Microsoft is working on incorporating existing and future versions of OpenAI’s GPT in Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, and other productivity apps (Aaron Holmes/The Information)

Aaron Holmes / The Information: Sources: Microsoft is working on incorporating existing and future versions of OpenAI’s GPT in Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, and other productivity apps  —  In a move that could change how more than a billion people write documents, presentations and emails, Microsoft has discussed incorporating …

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Happy New Year, Hackaday!

[Tom Nardi] and I were talking on the podcast about 2022, and how it went from the hacker’s perspective. As the global chip shortage entered its second full year, we both thought back on the ways that we all had to adapt and work around the fact that we just couldn’t get the parts we

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