Smartphone Regulation for Children
Google Gemini
Sergey Brin, co-founder of Google, has returned to the company’s offices to help with the development of their AI model, Gemini. Gemini is a new AI project that is competing against ChatGPT. The program was created by Demis Hassabis of DeepMind and is based on the AlphaGo program, which defeated a champion player of the board game Go in 2016.
There is no mention of how Brin is specifically helping with the development of Gemini, but it is possible that he is providing guidance on coding or helping to keep the project on track for its rumored release in October of this year.
Gemini has already been praised as an AI that could surpass ChatGPT, and it is expected to be used in a variety of Google products, including search, documents, and Google Home.
Brin and co-founder Larry Page are still active on Google as board members.
Where is Amazon AI?
Amazon is working on developing its own AI technology. The project is led by Rohit Prasad, the SVP and head scientist for Alexa.
Tech History
Aug 3, 1977, Lewis Kornfeld announced the TRS-80 Model I microcomputer. This 8-bit computer had 4KB RAM, 4KB ROM, 12-inch RCA video, and came with the CP/M OS. $399.95, but add all the extras and it would come to $599.95
Aug 6, 1997, Steve Jobs announced a 5 year alliance, then brought in Bill Gates. The Microsoft alliance, which happened at MacWorld Expo, would make certain patents cross-license. Office for Mac would be created, as well as Internet Explorer.
Aug 9, 1999: AMD introduced the Athlon processor, which replaced the K7 line. This was a Slot-A processor, which was a processor on a Slot-A card. Speeds from 500 MHz to 650 MHz, with prices from $249 to $849.
What was your first processor? Let me know!
Oppenheimer 70mm IMAX Pulls the Limits
Did you see this movie in 70mm IMAX? Did you have any glitches that happened during the film? I talk about what the problems were and how this 600 lb, 11 mile long beast can be tough to handle for a technology not used that much.
Could YouTube Break Loose to $240 Billion?
Michael Nathanson believes that YouTube will grow in revenue in the next 5 years with YouTube TV. I talk about how that could happen.
Smartphone Regulation for Children
The Cyberspace Administration of China published a draft set of rules for smartphones that would limit daily internet use by minors. This limits 40 minutes to anyone under 8, one hour for those 8-16, and two hours if you’re 16-18 years old. How does this affect people going forward?