Chaos and Amazement

Tech News European Commission emphasizes that the ECB won't have access to individuals' identities with the new currency. Critics fear it's a surveillance tool. The tough sell is explaining what the  Digital Euro  is and addressing industry concerns.  Privacy fears dominate launch of digital euro plan McDonald's dropped a tasty purple milkshake to celebrate  Grimace 's birthday...

Tech News IEEE Spectrum has distilled the published thoughts and pronouncements of 22 AI luminaries on large language models, the  likelihood of an AGI (Artificial General Intelligence) , and the risk of civilizational havoc.  How worried are top AI experts about the threat posed by large language models like GPT-4? Stanford research reveals that leading AI models, like OpenAI's GPT-4 and Goog...

Tech news The recent blackout on  Reddit  has caused major disruptions and threatens advertising strategies.  https://digiday.com/marketing/reddits-recent-blackout-could-be-a-real-problem-for-advertisers/ As of this writing, more than 8,400 subreddits have gone private or into a restricted mode. The blackouts caused Reddit to briefly crash on Monday. Reddit communities with millions of followers p...

Tech news 👉 If I could go back in time and contact my 19 year old self, I’d advise her to buy  Nvidia  stock. Watch this Nvidia demo and imagine actually speaking to AI game characters. 👉 The  Turing Test , originally called the imitation game by Alan Turing in 1950, is a test of a machine's ability to exhibit intelligent behaviour equivalent to, or indistinguishable from, that of a human. I...

TikTok is fine, thank you very much 👉 TikTok has announced that it will give Oracle full access to its source code and data, as part of its deal to address US national security concerns. TikTok CEO Shou Chew says Oracle has begun reviewing TikTok's source code and the app is “on track” to have all its US user data hosted and overseen by Oracle. 👉 TikTok: We are challenging Montana’s unconsti...

New Book: Content Marketing like a PRO 👉 “Zoals Het Hoort” [in Dutch] is an inspirational session on business podcasts. This event will also serve as the exclusive launch event for my highly anticipated handbook, "Content Marketing like a PRO." Fighting the Law 👉 This week, the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee hearing delves into the governance of AI. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, IBM's Ch...

Google I/O Conference 👉 PaLM 2: A new and improved large language model that powers over 25 products and features, including a smarter version of Bard. PaLM 2 can handle various tasks such as coding, writing and mathematics in more than 100 languages. As Google tries to play catch-up with the likes of Microsoft and OpenAI, it unveiled a series of AI advancements to try and get ahead in the AI rac...

Welcome to Chaos & Amazement, where we explore the impact of digital technology on our daily lives. ---- AI Rules and Regulations 👉 Geoffrey Hinton, a renowned computer scientist and cognitive psychologist, has significantly influenced the field of artificial intelligence with his pioneering research in deep learning, which has revolutionized computer vision, natural language processing, and...

Welcome to Chaos & Amazement, where we explore the impact of digital technology on our daily lives. ---- The Four Horsemen of the Infocalypse 👉 WhatsApp, Signal, and other encrypted messaging apps sign a letter urging the UK government to rethink the Online Safety Bill, which would weaken online privacy. See also: The Four Horsemen of the Infocalypse (terrorists, pedophiles/child molesters, a...

Welcome to Chaos & Amazement, where we explore the impact of digital technology on our daily lives. ---- The Four Horsemen of the Infocalypse 👉 WhatsApp, Signal, and other encrypted messaging apps sign a letter urging the UK government to rethink the Online Safety Bill, which would weaken online privacy. See also: The Four Horsemen of the Infocalypse (terrorists, pedophiles/child molesters, a...

Welcome to Chaos & Amazement, where we explore the impact of digital technology on our daily lives. ---- Booms and Busts 👉 TikTok led the global short video field over the last few years — 2023 is the first time that run may be challenged 👉 February was a false boom for NFTs. There was no resurgence, just a combination of factors that led a few whales to get greedy, and the resulting feeding...

Welcome to Chaos & Amazement, where we explore the impact of digital technology on our daily lives. ---- Tech news 👉 In one year’s time, text to image AI tool Midjourney has come a long way. These images on instagram , both with the same prompt (“Donald Trump and Barack Obama playing basketball”) but generated one year apart, reveal how fast AI art has progressed in just 1 year 👉 Midjourney...

Welcome to Chaos & Amazement, where we explore the impact of digital technology on our daily lives.    ----   Tech news 👉 Watermarking ChatGPT, DALL-Eand other generative AIs could help protect against fraud and misinformation . “These watermarks can be baked into the generative AI systems by watermarking all the training data, after which the generated content will contain the same watermark...

Welcome to Chaos & Amazement, where we explore the impact of digital technology on our daily lives. We started only a few weeks ago with a live broadcast on SocialRunner's Facebook Page, and now it's evolved to a weekly podcast show! ---- 📕 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝘄𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗲𝘀 GPT3, GPT 3.5… GPT4! 👉 Microsoft has integrated GPT-3.5 into Teams and Bing. It plans to bring GPT-4 to its Office apps through a new f...

Welcome to Chaos & Amazement, where we explore the impact of digital technology on our daily lives. We started only a few weeks ago with a live broadcast on SocialRunner's Facebook Page, and now it's evolved to a weekly podcast show!      ▫️ Youtube • https://youtu.be/whlis0XFKX4 ----     📕 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝘄𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗲𝘀    Wednesday was International Women's Day! 👉 T...

Welcome to Chaos & Amazement, where we explore the impact of digital technology on our daily lives. We started only a few weeks ago with a live broadcast on SocialRunner's Facebook Page, and now it's evolved to a weekly podcast show! ---- 📕 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝘄𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗲𝘀 👉 Dutch artist Jasper van Loenen has created a novel AI camera that describes what it sees to an AI image generator, synthesizing the picture a...

Welcome to Chaos & Amazement, where we explore the impact of digital technology on our daily lives. We started only a few weeks ago with a live broadcast on SocialRunner's Facebook Page, and now it's evolved to a weekly podcast show! ---- 📕 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝘄𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗲𝘀 👉 "Algorithms are trained on available data, but all this data is still subject to human judgment and human behaviors. This means that societal...

Welcome to Chaos & Amazement, where we explore the impact of digital technology on our daily lives. We started only a few weeks ago with a live broadcast on SocialRunner's Facebook Page, and now it's evolved to a weekly podcast show!    ----   📕 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝘄𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗲𝘀   👉 Twitch’s AI-generated Seinfeld show was banned after a “stand-up comedy” set that included transphobic comments.&n...

Welcome to Chaos & Amazement, where we explore the impact of digital technology on our daily lives. We started only a few weeks ago with a live broadcast on SocialRunner's Facebook Page, and now it's evolved to a weekly podcast show!    ----   🎧 𝗣𝗼𝗱𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗸𝘀   ▫️ 𝙔𝙤𝙪𝙩𝙪𝙗𝙚 • https://youtu.be/ZJGDfsKkAk0 ▫️ 𝘼𝙥𝙥𝙡𝙚 • https://podcasts.apple.com/be/podcast/chaos-and-amazement/id...

Welcome to Chaos & Amazement, where we explore the impact of digital technology on our daily lives. We started only a few weeks ago with a live broadcast on SocialRunner's Facebook Page, and now it's evolved to a weekly podcast show!   ----   📕 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝘄𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗲𝘀 👉🏼 Content production? There’s an AI for that.  This website sounds like a useful tool for businesses and individuals looki...

Welcome to Chaos & Amazement, where we explore the impact of digital technology on our daily lives. We started only a few weeks ago with a live broadcast on SocialRunner’s Facebook Page, and now it’s evolved to a weekly podcast show! -   📕 Shownotes   👉 Podcasts: Listen and Watch with Video -  The trend of incorporating visual elements into podcasts is becoming increasingly po...

Welcome to "Chaos and Amazement" with host Phil Verheyen and tech expert Clo Willaerts.   The show covers the latest news in the tech industry. We provide in-depth analysis and insights on the most important and exciting technology trends. We cover various topics, from new gadgets to groundbreaking software. Whether you are a tech enthusiast or simply looking to stay informed on the latest in...

Welcome to "Chaos and Amazement" with host Phil Verheyen and tech expert Clo Willaerts. The show covers the latest news in the tech industry.  We provide in-depth analysis and insights on the most important and exciting technology trends. We cover various topics, from new gadgets to groundbreaking software. Whether you are a tech enthusiast or simply looking to stay informed on the latest inn...