Tech News #6 – OpenAI API that writes for you, AI Instagram models, Neurosurgery using HoloLens

Join Adam Cogan as he breaks down some interesting news from August 2021.

00:00 – Introduction

00:18 – All of NSW is going into major lockdown
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/aug/16/nsw-covid-19-lockdown-restrictions-sydney-suburbs-regional-new-south-wales-lgas-act-canberra-update-coronavirus-face-mask-rules-explained-5km-radius-travel-masks

01:55 – Australian Schools to do their big HSC exams remotely:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-08-06/planned-return-to-school-for-hsc-students-in-nsw/100355408

03:27 – TikTok overtakes Facebook!
https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Technology/TikTok-overtakes-Facebook-as-world-s-most-downloaded-app

03:59 – Open GitHub editor with a fullstop “.” as a shortcut:
https://twitter.com/i/status/1425505817827151872

05:18 – Visual Studio 2019 .NET Hot Reload User Experience for editing managed code at runtime
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/releases/2019/release-notes#NET-HotReloadGA

06:07 – Euclideon partnership: World’s largest geospatial data platform coming to Azure!
https://news.microsoft.com/en-au/features/euclideon-plans-worlds-largest-geospatial-data-platform-on-microsoft-azure-accelerates-innovation-opportunity/

09:24 – Digital Twins – watch the whole video here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVS-AuSjpOQ

10:45 – Michael Grieves:
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Michael-Grieves

11:17 – Tesla’s Autopilot Full Self-Driving Hardware:
https://www.tesla.com/autopilot

11:31 – Neurosurgery using Microsoft HoloLens 2:
https://news.microsoft.com/apac/features/mixed-reality-and-neurosurgery-removing-brain-tumors-with-3d-precision/

1:04 – OpenAI introduces new API to build on top of the existing code:
https://www.infoworld.com/article/3629469/openai-offers-api-for-github-copilot-ai-model.html

18:04 – Samsung is using AI to automate the design of computer chips:
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/08/samsung-has-its-own-ai-designed-chip-soon-others-will-too/

18:42 – Chinese AI models are becoming Instagram influencers:
https://www.insider.com/chinas-flawless-ai-influencers-the-hot-new-queens-of-advertising-2021-8

19:22 – 600 million in Crypto stolen! 😧
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2021/08/hackers-siphon-600-million-in-digital-tokens-crypto-network-says/
https://www.techbusinessnews.com.au/news/hacker-returns-over-260-million-in-cryptocurrency-after-poly-attack/

21:04 – Classic Aussie comedy “The Castle” (1997) becomes highschool curriculum:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118826/

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