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May 29, 2023, 12:05 PM

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Bloomberg:
Nvidia announces a range of AI products and updates, including the DGX GH200 supercomputer platform, data center networking tools, and a robotics platform  —  In a two-hour presentation in Taiwan, Nvidia Corp. Chief Executive Officer Jensen Huang unveiled a new batch of products and services tied …
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Hands-on with Meta's Quest 3 prototype: lighter, thinner, faster, and with better video pass-through than the Quest 2, but the VR displays have similar clarity  —  This week, I go hands-on with Meta's yet-to-be-announced Quest 3 and explain how it may be the biggest challenger to Apple's new headset.
Steve Lohr / New York Times:
In July, NYC will start enforcing a law requiring firms using AI in hiring to notify candidates of its use and have independent auditors check for bias annually  —  New York City's pioneering, focused approach sets rules on how companies use the technology in work force decisions.
Michael Brooks / MIT Technology Review:
An interview with IBM VP of Quantum Computing Jay Gambetta on the company's plan to build a 100,000-qubit computer within 10 years, finding scientists, and more  —  The company wants to make large-scale quantum computers a reality within just 10 years.  —  Late last year, IBM took the record …
Mark Kleinman / Sky News:
Source: HSBC intends to rebrand Silicon Valley Bank UK as HSBC Innovation Banking, and plans to announce the change during London Tech Week in June  —  Europe's biggest lender will next month announce that SVBUK is being renamed HSBC Innovation Banking, Sky News learns.  —  City editor @MarkKleinmanSky
Christopher Mims / Wall Street Journal:
Apple's MR headset could succeed where others failed by adding more 3D content and interfaces but faces a challenge in balancing computing power and wearability  —  Augmented and virtual reality have mostly been dead ends so far.  How Apple's vision could succeed where others have failed.
Columbia Journalism Review:
A look at media coverage of generative AI over the past six months, as journalists and academics criticize the hype and provide ways to improve reporting  —  The Tow Center looked at how news organizations have been covering generative AI over the past six months.
Andrew Logan / Texas Monthly:
A profile of Tapbots co-founders Paul Haddad and Mark Jardine; former Twitter executive Amir Shevat says third-party apps once accounted for ~17% of engagement  —  After Elon Musk killed their Twitter app, two software developers in the North Texas suburbs are trying to shape the future of social media.
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