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DeepMind has detailed all the ways AGI could wreck the world

Ars Technica

As AI hype permeates the Internet, tech and business leaders are already looking toward the next step. AGI, or artificial general intelligence, refers to a machine with human-like intelligence and capabilities. Unfortunately, we don't have anything as elegant as Isaac Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics.

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Poparazzi hypes itself to the top of the App Store

TechCrunch

’ To its credit, the new app has perfectly executed on a series of choices designed to fuel day one growth — from its pre-launch TikTok hype cycle to drive App Store pre-orders to its post-launch social buzz, including favorable tweets by its backers. — Chase Stubblefield (@chasestubb) May 25, 2021.

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As ChatGPT hype hits fever pitch, Neeva launches its generative AI search engine internationally

TechCrunch

Back in December, Neeva co-founder and CEO Sridhar Ramaswamy , who previously spearheaded Google’s advertising tech business , teased new “cutting edge AI” and large language models (LLMs), positioning itself against the ChatGPT hype train. “In our upcoming upgrades, Neeva can.”

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AI isn’t and won’t soon be evil or even smart, but it’s also irreversibly pervasive

TechCrunch

Artificial intelligence – or rather, the variety based on large language models we’re currently enthralled with – is already in the autumn of its hype cycle, but unlike crypto, it won’t just disappear into the murky, undignified corners of the internet once its ‘trend’ status fades.

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What is the metaverse, and do I have to care?

The Verge

One part definition, one part aspiration, one part hype In recent months you may have heard about something called the metaverse. Maybe you’ve read that the metaverse is going to replace the internet. There’s no universally accepted definition of a real “metaverse,” except maybe that it’s a fancier successor to the internet.

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Is Instagram Useful for Nonprofit Marketing?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

From critics saying it is killing photography to hype and hoopla from marketing pundits saying it is a must-have as part of your “visual marketing tool box.” Visual marketing is becoming an important part of the online marketer’s tool box – especially because images are global, easy to digest, and distributable.

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Blockchain Technology: What Is It and How Is It Relevant for Nonprofits?

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Just as the Internet, email, social media, and other now mainstream technologies saw slow uptake in the social sector during their early years, blockchain will take time to become truly user friendly and to fully find its nonprofit legs. Overall blockchain is still very much a nascent technology.