Microsoft has launched Copilot Chat, an offering similar to ChatGPT: Blog post: https://aka.ms/CopilotChat LinkedIn: Microsoft, CMO Web version: https://copilot.cloud.microsoft/ WhatsApp, Telegram: Copilot for Social Apps It seems generally free to use. There are some advanced features¹ on a pay-per-use basis, and a $... Read more 16 Jan 2025 - 2 minute read
Substantiating on my earlier assessment of the gap between hype and reality in quantum computing, the recently updated report on quantum computers by the German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) and comments by Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang provide comprehensive background. Key points: Quantum advantage in cryptanalysis remains el... Read more 12 Jan 2025 - 3 minute read
Recent discussions about artificial intelligence like to focus on its environmental impact, particularly its energy consumption. The intricacies of this issue surfaced first in private conversations, then on LinkedIn, prompted by a comprehensive article from BloombergNEF, a respected strategic research provider covering global commodity markets ... Read more 12 Jan 2025 - 2 minute read
The current state of Large Language Models, their costs and performance was discussed following up on Dr. Holger Schmidt, Editorial Editor at German newspaper FAZ, advertising an “AI Overview” article. Cost-Performance Considerations The discussion highlighted the complexity of comparing AI models based on cost-performance metrics. While the a... Read more 05 Jan 2025 - 2 minute read
Simon Willison has surfaced renewed cases where Google Search shows so-called “featured snippets” (🇩🇪 “hervorgehobene Snippets”) that answer the user search flat-out wrong. Simon writes on Bluesky: This is a particularly bad case-study in how badly AI summarization can go when its exposed to the wilds of the internet It’s not “AI Summarizat... Read more 29 Dec 2024 - 1 minute read