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In her new book, Tech Coup: How to Save Democracy from Silicon Valley, former MEP Marietje Schaake, now with Stanford University, argues that Big Tech has taken power from nation states and offers ways that government can take it back. On the latest episode of The Dynamist, we discuss whether that's a fair characterization, the tradeoffs of EU regulation and other proposed solutions, and how governments should think about the private sector's new roles in defense technology and war—from Starlink to Palantir. Check it out:

“You may think that the feeling you're feeling is happening because of you. But in reality that's actually a performance that's being scripted by some very clever search engine in Silicone Valley." Turi talks to futurist Shumon Basar about how technology is transforming the way we think and feel. What is the extreme present? How has the digital world rewired our experience of time? Are algorithms changing the way we perform emotions? How is that subverting the relationship between humans and our technology? https://lnkd.in/d5vBc9QH

𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗔𝗜 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀𝗹𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 - 𝟬𝟲.𝟭𝟮.𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰 Hello there 👋 Here is the newsletter curated by interesting topics for this week. Also generated a Spotify podcast by using NotebookLM . Enjoy your reading or now listening to  🎧 Podcast link: https://lnkd.in/egdjZbEA  1️⃣𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗦: 𝗔 𝘂𝗻𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘁 𝘀𝗶𝗺𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗲 MarS leverages the power of generative foundation models to simulate realistic financial market scenarios. This innovation aims to empower financial researchers with enhanced efficiency, accurate insights, and significant advancements in the financial domain. As a profound attempt to apply GenAI into one vertical sector, MarS represents the new trend in transforming the research paradigm of FinTech. Microsoft Research Blog: https://lnkd.in/e6qnjUsD 2️⃣ 𝗞/𝗩 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝗰𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲 𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗶𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝗱𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗢𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗺𝗮 Ollama was arguably the only remaining popular model server to not support this. This brings Ollama's K/V memory usage inline with like ExLlamav2, MistralRS, MLX, vLLM and those using llama.cpp directly which have supported this for some time. Without K/V context cache quantisation every user was wasting vast amounts of (v)RAM - or simply thinking they're not able to run larger models or context sizes due to their available (v)RAM. Sam McLeod Blog Post: https://lnkd.in/e3FGAYSf 3️⃣ 𝗟𝗹𝗮𝗺𝗮 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝗛𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗥𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘇𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗮𝗯.𝗮𝗶 𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗚𝗿𝗼𝗾 Hackathon Page: https://lnkd.in/eECDWjAT Groq lablab.ai There are interesting projects: Traish: AI-powered recycling app using Llama to provide detailed recycling instructions based on image analysis and local recycling guidelines. https://lnkd.in/ewDYhRWj LeggiClip: AI to transform PDFs of legal texts into 30-second TikTok videos, making new regulations understandable to everyone: https://lnkd.in/eECAzDzQ Note: There are many more hackathons if you are interested in joining: https://lablab.ai/:google: 4️⃣𝗚𝗼𝗼𝗴𝗹𝗲 𝗗𝗲𝗲𝗽𝗠𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗲 𝟮: 𝗔 𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗴𝗲-𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗹 AI model that can create an endless variety of playable 3D worlds - all from a single image. These types of large-scale foundation world models could enable future agents to be trained and evaluated in an endless number of virtual environments. This is intended to enable future AI agents to be trained and evaluated in a limitless curriculum of novel worlds. Google DeepMind Research Page: https://lnkd.in/eJdMha3p

The Growth-Drive Summit theme is "Business Advisory in the Quantum Age: Harnessing Technology for Delivering Client Wins." Ai Dorothy dives into this week's very human-written blog 'Growth-Drive is at the Dawn of Decoding the Private Business Genome(tm).' Looking to enhance efficiency? Stay ahead? Become a Quant? Let's navigate this together. Dorothy, over to you. -George #businessadvisor #strategicplanning #exitplanning #privateequity #growthdrive

How AI is reshaping the industry and providing benefits like automation, advanced analytics, and fraud detection? 📊 Discover practical steps to integrate AI tools into your firm for a competitive edge. #AIinAccounting #AccountingInnovation #BusinessGrowth #TechTrends #Accountants20

Please ignore the title, as well as the initial flashy, noisy, podcast hype, and slide your timeline cursor to min. 02:40. It's simple 2-way conversation across an empty table. https://lnkd.in/eMUGby8i What you don't see with your eyes on that table are the invisible and complex, challenges and perspectives they're unpacking for us. Even with the subtitles turned on, I wanted to re-listen and re-watch a number of segments, because the distinctions and insights roll by so quickly. In one short segment, Harari (guest) & Bartlett (host) move seamlessly through an array of related subjects from the transfer of power and societal trust as the fulcrum of our democracy, to the power of credibility of institutions (vs individuals), our growing inability to trust technology for accurate information, to a deeper meaning of bureaucracy in our world today. Hope you find at least some of it worthwhile, so please comment if you do. In this call-it-whatever-you-want-to world of ours, don't more of us need to interactively unpack and process what we experience, lest we wind up cut off from each other in customized, AI-monitored cocoons as dystopian literature speculates? #visualliteracy  #VisualThinking   #visualstorytelling   #visualcommunication   #VisualFacilitation  #Visualization

Human-AI relationships… the thing on so many minds and also still at the fringe of what most people are willing to talk about. Is it taboo? Is it all play? Is it even… real? To many, especially the vulnerable, these new forms of human-AI companionships can boost esteem and fill real human needs… or spiral into a replicated form of relational harm or anywhere in-between. Where’s the line? And who has the rule book? #humanAICompanion #AI #risksrewards

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When Technology Meets Finance: The Future Unfolds In today’s fast-paced world, the convergence of technology and finance is reshaping industries. We’re at the brink of a revolution where AI isn’t just an enhancement—it’s the catalyst for unprecedented growth and efficiency. As we enter this next decade, AI will define the next level of financial innovation, driving smarter decision-making, reducing risk, and unlocking new opportunities. The companies that leverage this intersection will lead the charge into a more agile and data-driven future. Are we ready to embrace the future of finance? Let’s make it happen. #AIinFinance #Innovation #FutureOfFinance #NextDecadeTransformation