Machine learning is a powerful form of artificial intelligence that is affecting every industry. Here’s what you need to know about its potential and limitations and how it’s being used.
WuDao 2.0 Natural Language Processing #NLP model, by #AI researchers in China, had 1.75 trillion parameters, topping similar model by Google & OpenAI. It’s being used to simulate conversational speech, write poems, understand pictures & generate recipes.
The Viewer Certification Program enables 3D viewers across the industry to demonstrate that they can accurately and consistently display 3D products, clearing the way for reliable 3D and AR-powered shopping across multiple platforms and devices.
Interesting: SketchAR allowing artists to create NFTs directly from app.The artwork will have to be created directly in SketchAR app in order to prove the artist is legitimate rights holder. Would @Adobe ever do this? Or too hard to actually prove rights?
The inventor of the World Wide Web is taking advantage of the latest of the internet’s creations by auctioning off his original code and donating the proceeds to charity. The NFT will include the original browser, a letter, and more.
Roc-A-Fella Records, the label co-founded by hip-hop mogul Jay-Z, has sued co-founder Damon Dash for allegedly trying to auction a non-fungible token version of Jay-Z’s 1996 album Reasonable Doubt. #NFTs
RT @benedictevans What does it mean when Google, Microsoft or Apple turn your whole company into a feature? When do we let a tech giant build and when do we call the anti-trust lawyers? And what does that mean for Spotify, Yelp or printing in landscape?
MT @SleepwellCap A Discover Weekly of podcasts coming soon? Maybe, or something along those lines. No one else has solved podcast/audio discovery, one of the biggest challenges the industry is currently facing and whoever does will provide and capture a lot of value.
Facebook is launching podcasts and live audio streams in the U.S. on Monday to keep users engaged on its platform and to compete with emerging rivals .
Facebook says it will update its community standards to be clearer about how it handles satirical content, following a recommendation from its Oversight Board, which found the platform was wrong to remove a user’s comment.
MT @iron_emu To state the obvious, an EU antitrust investigation of Google’s lucrative digital advertising business would be a big deal. Google made $147 billion in revenue from online ads last year, more than any other company in the world.
Apple announced a new feature that will let users share the data from their Health app directly with their doctor through the electronic medical record.
Facebook will offer extra cash to creators who stream more and hit certain bonus targets. Creators can also now earn commissions directly from shopping posts on Instagram #Instagram#CreatorEconomy
This spring, Facebook confirmed it was testing Venmo-like QR codes for person-to-person payments inside its app in the U.S. Now it’s launching publicly to all U.S. users, allowing anyone to send or request money through Facebook Pay — even if they’re not Facebook friends.
The company announced plans to relaunch under the new name Momentive, which will become both the parent company and the brand for SurveyMonkey’s growing enterprise business.
With meeting times and stress levels on the rise, Microsoft is introducing well-being features in Teams, designed to help you cool your mind and relax at work.
RT @ShelfAwareness “Amazon’s founder didn’t want hourly workers to stick around for long, viewing ‘a large, disgruntled’ work force as a threat”…. “Company data showed that most employees became less eager over time and Mr. Bezos believed that people were inherently lazy.”
Following on their 16-month investigation into the digital marketplace and the “unregulated power wielded by Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google,” the House Judiciary committee introduced five bills that would break up and significant restrict and constrain those tech giants.
MT @wirecutter Amazon’s new free service, Sidewalk, will be automatically enabled on many Echo smart speakers, smart displays, and some Ring devices today. If you’re concerned about your privacy and security, you can turn Sidewalk off. Here’s what you need to know.
MT @justinhendrix Researchers find Google serves nearly half of all ad traffic on fake news sites - and Amazon is the top retailer advertising on low credibility sites.
Facing regulatory and political pressure, Facebook and Alphabet Inc’s Google in recent years committed a combined $600 million to support news outlets globally - many of them local or regional enterprises foundering in a digital age.
Overdrive has announced that they are going to acquire Kanopy, which is a streaming media company that provides educational content to libraries. Kanopy has 30,000 videos of highly curated films and are used by millions of students and library patrons and is available on all major web, mobile and TV platforms.
New York is now the second state to pass a bill that would ensure public libraries the right to license and lend e-books that are available to consumers in the state.
MT @JaneFriedman After reading @ashleigh_renard‘s post today, I finally have a grasp on what viable and meaningful book marketing means on TikTok for the average author (and thankfully it doesn’t require singing, dancing, or crying) #bookmarketing
Falling sales blamed as 20 jobs axed in final chapter for history of printing in the city, which stretches back to the earliest days of book publishing
From Juneteenth until Independence Day, Getting Word: Black Literature for Black Liberation is running a collective fundraiser to benefit a group of Black literary and arts organizations.
MT @BISG Do you work in publishing & have less than 5 yrs of experience? @PubWest would appreciate your input to help craft programming for their “Back to School” Fall Digital Boot Camp. Please take this short 5-question survey! #publishing#earlycareer
In 2018, BuzzFeed CEO Jonah Peretti issued a cri de coeur to the digital media industry, telling his fellow moguls that all of them, BuzzFeed included, needed to start merging so they could more effectively stand up to Google and Facebook, the internet’s advertising powerhouses.
Zoop is a new crowdfunding platform designed to fund comics and other pop culture projects and offers a suite of support services to help organizers run and fulfill their campaigns.
RT @perlberg Substack has also made Pro offers to fiction writers, although those efforts are nascent. But authors are experimenting — @mstiefvater publishes short stories behind her paywall, and @novelleist will soon serialize a novel
Eight companies, including Comcast, Charter, Altice, and Dish, have created Go Addressable, a consortium to simplify and scale the fragmented TV ad market.
Netflix Inc. is branching into toys, games and clothing based on its popular shows, looking to mine popular characters for added revenue much like Walt Disney Co.
RT @zoescaman Super smart. ‘House of Highlights believes the answer to winning Gen-Z & Millennial appointment viewing is through live, action-dense, high-stake competitions with creators & influencers serving as athletes.’
MT @TVGrimReaper Interesting info on the potential economics of direct to consumer regional sports. Sinclair hopes to charge $23/mo to local subscribers for their RSNs.
An investor group led by Hicks Equity Partners, a firm with links to the Republican National Committee and the Trumps, is snapping up cable channels in a bid to create a family-friendly TV empire.
MT @vanjchan Dismayed but unsurprised to learn that many POC writers don’t know about the writing conference circuit that happens in the summer. I myself only learned about them last year, and thru literal constant searching on Twitter. So here’s a nonexhaustive guide to stuff I applied to.
MT @libbytheflores A new an excellent prize for writers ($5000.00) to help U.S.-based writers complete substantive literary works—such as poetry books, short story collections, novels, and translations—or to help launch these works.
RT @GothamGhosts Apply for one of City Artists Corp’s 3,000 available grants! In response to the pandemic’s negative impact on New York City, the Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment is offering $5,000 grants to artists who were impacted by COVID-19.
MT @RKGyllenhaal Exciting opportunity for emerging writers! Want to become the author of a Quirk-generated idea? Well you’re in luck, because I’m holding auditions to write an adult mystery/thriller novel about multi-level marketing schemes.
RT @kishizuka A one-day, online workshop for teachers and librarians will precede the 11th National Conference of African American Librarians - July 27. Co-produced by @sljournal and @BCALA_Inc#NCAAL
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