Hey it’s Jana with another episode of Dashboard
by Monolith.
Last week we talked about AMD, APP, DDR5 and…
if you have no idea what I am talking about
then take 5 and jump back a week with this
link HERE.
This week we’re talking AI, new intergalactic
collabs, VR product leaks and…
I’m not going to give it all away…
… So, let’s fire up the Dashboard.
If any ones in the market for a transcriber
so you can auto-dictate like a boss- then
you’re in luck.
AI has developed to a point where it can generate
high level human language, fast, accurately
and naturally.
GPT-3 is OpenAI’s latest language generator
and apparently it “feels like the future”.
The company has released a beta version of
this program to outside developers to test
out the scope, integration and practicality
of this new version, and so far, reviews have
been Excellent (Mr. Burns style).
The goal for this program is that by end of
year it will be commercially available for
subscription through the cloud.
In comparison to the previous model GPT-2
which utilized 1.75 billion language parameters
to generate convincing and complex text styles,
GPT-3 involves a whopping 175 billion parameters.
This means it can generate content from Tweets
to complete informative articles, computer
codes and even music tabs for guitars.
For a “naturally” promoted AI, it doesn't
have a very “natural” name.
GPT.. pffttt.
Why not “Kaiden” or “Johanna” .. Anyways,
it can probably speak and write better than
I can.
There’s lots of competition to head to space
between NASA, SpaceX and Tom Cruise.
With all this rivalry it makes sense Japan
is partnering with NASA to get back on the
moon.
The US-led initiative “Artemis” will get
Americans back to the moon with the help of
JAXA, the Japanese space agency.
Apollo was super expensive- costing the US
a casual $283 Billion.
Sharing the expedition in an official partnership
with Japan will help to foot the bill.
The Japanese will contribute their technology,
and astronauts for the human exploration portion.
The two countries' intergalactic relationship
isn’t new and Japan is also a member nation
to the ISS.
They already have a solid array of rocket
launching hardware with Mitsubishi, lunar
probes, pressurized lunar rover thanks to
Toyota, solar technology, space exploration
instruments and data to help with precision
lunar landing.
Apparently they're more advanced than many
other US based allies.
The official details for the Artemis collaboration
are unreleased but those following the mission
closely know it will involve both manned and
unmanned flybys of the Moon as well lands,
potentially in 2022.
JAXA has also shown interest in NASA’s future
project Gateway- a lunar space station for
deep space exploration.
Japan is also involved with Canada and the
European Space Agency for the production of
Heracles, a robotic transport system to manage
lunar logistics.
Regardless to say, they're keeping busy.
Well… so is AMD.
The highly anticipated Ryzen 4000 CPUs may
be coming sooner than we thought, making yet
another drop with Zen 3 CPUs for commercial
consumption by the end of this year.
Already with the Ryzen 4000 series APUs and
the Threadripper Pro, AMD has had a busy year
and still, according to VP Rick Bergman, we
haven't seen the “best of them yet”...
you can let us decide.
If you’re a fan or your curious about their
products, check them out on our website monolithgroup.ca
According to Bloomberg, a much more official
source, Nvidia has been flirting with ARM
about a potential acquisition, but they’re
not the only player in this game.
Besides being bought outright, parent company
SoftBank may decide to sell shares publicly.
We haven’t heard much from either company
as they don’t comment on “speculation
and rumours”- alrighty then…
Whatever they decide there will be a log of
regulatory hoops to jump through since so
many other companies rely on it’s work.
A few weeks ago we said goodbye to Oculus
GO in one of our episodes, check out HERE
for a link to get caught up.
Since, there’s been a potential leak from
this developer… it’s in the TwitterSphere.
Supposedly a new Oculus Quest headset is on
the horizon, so take this with a grain of
silicon.
At first glance some of the “maybe” changes
are obvious- with an off-white exterior, a
shorter side depth of the headset could mean
it's smaller and lighter.
The front cameras are now on the side allowing
for better tracking abilities, the biggest
game changer could be a new controller with
a thumbstick and buttons.
Again this is a lot of assumptions coming
from a few leaked pictures, and an improved
Oculus Quest isn’t too unreasonable to expect
given their current product lineup.
Whatever actually happens, don’t worry-
we will keep you current.
What are some features you’d like to see
in the new Oculus?
Let me know in the comments below?
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I’ll leave it at that for this week- but
I’ll be back with another for you next week!
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I’m Jana, this is Dashboard and I’ll see
you next week.
