Innovations in AI Tools and Cybersecurity Measures

Microsoft announced aggressive pricing for their AI products and got rewarded with an all-time high stock market valuation. More price aggression in the streaming wars. Meta released Llama 2. Google is asking for employees to voluntarily work on air gapped machines. And let me introduce you to the concept of “synthetic data” for LLMs.

Links:

• Microsoft and Activision Blizzard extend merger agreement to October (The Verge)
• Microsoft will charge businesses $30 per user for its 365 AI Copilot (Engadget)
• Microsoft closes at record after revealing pricing for new A.I. subscription (CNBC)
• Netflix Shakes Up Pricing: ‘Basic’ Tier Axed in UK, US (Cord Busters)
• Meta launches Llama 2, an open source AI model that allows commercial applications (Ars Technica)
• Google restricting internet access to some employees to reduce cyberattack risk (CNBC)
• Why computer-made data is being used to train AI models (FT)

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