Week 28 - 2023

Meta has announced the results of its deliberative process involving over 6,000 participants from 32 countries and 19 languages to inform decisions regarding the company's responsibility in creating the metaverse. Following the success of this process, Meta has committed to running a similar one for generative AI, joining other organizations exploring democratic approaches. For more details about this process, you can check the link below.

European Commission adopts adequacy decision on EU-US Data Privacy Framework (DPF), recognizing US as providing adequate data protection to EU. Personal data can now flow freely from EU to US self-certified companies without extra safeguards, as detailed revisions are made to Privacy Shield framework. For more details, you can check the link below.

The js13kGames competition is an annual coding event for web game developers that has been running since 2012. The challenge is to create a game within a 13 kilobyte file size limit. The competition starts on August 13th at 13:00 CEST and ends on September 13th at the same time in 2023. If you want to participate, you can check the resources detailed in the post of the link below.

China's Baichuan Intelligence launches Baichuan-13B, a promising large language model (LLM) for commercial use. Baichuan's founder, Wang Xiaochuan, aims to create a Chinese version of OpenAI. The LLM is based on the Transformer architecture, like GPT, and trained on Chinese and English data. Baichuan-13B offers free access to academics and developers and can run on consumer-grade hardware. For more details about the launch of the new model, check the link below.

Google Chrome OS is finally getting the Material You update, bringing rounded corners to webpages and tabs. The latest update in the Canary channel allows users to customize the pixel radius, controlling the size of the corners. The feature is not yet available in the Dev 116 version, so users outside the Canary channel will have to wait for the update to roll out universally.

Google Lens integrated into Bard lets you upload images with text, enhancing creativity and imagination in conversations. Also, over 40 languages were added, and even more awesome features are now available, and that you can check in the link below.

Anthropic's Claude 2, is now available to the public. Claude 2 scored well on tests, but ChatGPT's responses were more thorough. It can process up to 100,000 tokens, allowing for improved and contextual responses, and you can use it for free. Anthropic aims to be responsible and ethical, implementing evaluations and manual checks to prevent misuse. To learn more about capabilities, API pricing, and availability, you can check the links shared below.

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