💡 Google's AI Database, Meta's Takedown, Grubhub in Colleges
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Google's AlloyDB AI transforms databases to power generative AI apps. AlloyDB, Google’s fully managed PostgresSQL-compatible database service, is gaining a few AI smarts. Google today announced the launch of AlloyDB AI, an integrated set of capabilities built into AlloyDB for PostgreSQL to support developers in building generative AI apps using their own data. By Kyle Wiggers via TechCrunch
Google’s AlloyDB AI transforms databases to power generative AI apps - Infosec Alevski (@Alevskey)
Meta's 'Biggest Single Takedown' Removes Chinese Influence Campaign. On Feb. 27, an article claiming that the United States was behind the bombing of the Nord Stream underwater pipelines in the Baltic Sea was published on the Substack and Blogspot blogging platforms. By Sheera Frenkel via The New York Times
Meta’s ‘Biggest Single Takedown’ Removes Chinese Influence Campaign - The campaign began at least four years ago and spanned thousands of accounts on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, X, Substack and Chinese websites, Meta said. - Olav Mitchell Underdal (@omunderdal)
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Grubhub is bringing Amazon's cashierless tech to colleges this fall. Grubhub's bringing Amazon's cashierless Just Walk Out technology to some colleges, the company announced today. The food delivery service will first focus on rolling out the tech to colleges, starting with Loyola University Maryland next week… By Sheena Vasani via The Verge
Grubhub is bringing Amazon’s cashierless tech to colleges this fall - Christian King (@ImChristianKing)
Nervous About ChatGPT? Try ChatGPT With a Hammer. Last March, just two weeks after GPT-4 was released, researchers at Microsoft quietly announced a plan to compile millions of APIs—tools that can do everything from ordering a pizza to solving physics equations to controlling the TV in your living room—into a compendium that would be made accessible to large language models (LLMs).  By Bruce Schneier via WIRED
Nervous About ChatGPT? Try ChatGPT With a Hammer - Dr. Craig Brown (@DrDataScientist)
Duet AI, Google Workspace's little helper, is now available to the masses. Teased at Google I/O this past May, Duet AI for Google Workspace is now generally available. As part of a collection of announcements coming out of its conference Google Cloud Next '23, the company announced the widespread release of its generative AI tool for productivity. By Cecily Mauran via Mashable
Duet AI, Google Workspace's little helper, is now available to the masses - Lucas Wyrsch (@Lucas_Wyrsch)
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