Wed. 09/23 – Microsoft “Exclusively” Licenses GPT-3

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🗓️ 23 September 2020

⏱️ 19 minutes

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All the announcements and headlines from Microsoft’s Ignite 2020. Microsoft is exclusively licensing Open AI’s GPT-3. Google has debuted an Airtable rival called Tables. Ming-Chi Kuo thinks we’ll see an iPad with mini-LED by the end of the year. What happened during Tesla’s “battery day.” Pinterest has launched Story Pins and how Spotify is enabling SEO spam in audio form. Sponsors: Amazon.com/techmeme PayPal App JoinFightCamp.com/techmeme Links: Microsoft challenges Twilio with the launch of Azure Communications Services (TechCrunch) Azure Orbital launches Microsoft into cloud-based space race with Amazon (GeekWire) Microsoft Teams is getting virtual commutes and Headspace meditation (VentureBeat) Google launches a work-tracking tool and Airtable rival, Tables (TechCrunch) Swift language tools now available for Windows 10 (iMore) Kuo: Mini-LED Displays to Debut in Apple's Next iPad Pro (MacRumors) Tesla CEO Elon Musk says company can build a $25,000 self-driving car within three years (CNBC) Elon Musk promises $25,000 Tesla and says Model S 'Plaid' is coming soon (CNN) Pinterest officially launches new Story Pins format in beta (TechCrunch) Why Spotify Has So Many Bizarre, Generic Artists Like ‘White Noise Baby Sleep’ (OneZero) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Tech Mem Ride Home for Wednesday, September 23rd, 2020.
0:08.7	I'm Brian McCullough.
0:09.7	Today, all the announcements and headlines from Microsoft's Ignite 2020 conference.
0:15.0	Microsoft is exclusively licensing open AI's GPT 3, for example.
0:20.0	Google has debuted an air table rival called Tables.
0:23.6	Ming Chiquo thinks we'll see an iPad with mini LED by the end of the year.
0:28.6	What happened during Tesla's battery day?
0:30.8	Pinterest has launched StoryPins, and how Spotify is enabling essentially SEO spam
0:36.3	in audio form.
0:37.3	Here's what you miss today in the world of tech.
0:39.7	Microsoft's Ignite 2020 conference was yesterday and I'm here to give you a
0:47.1	rundown of all the announcements. First up Microsoft launched Azure Communication Services, which will allow developers to add voice
0:55.2	and video calling, chat, text messages, and a whole lot more to their apps.
1:00.7	This would be a direct challenge to Twillio, the current king of this sort of space.
1:07.0	Quoting Tech Crunch.
1:08.0	As for the core services, the capabilities here are pretty much what you'd expect.
1:12.0	There is voice and video calling and
1:13.4	the ability to shift between them. There's support for chat and starting in
1:17.2	October users will be able to send text messages. Microsoft says developers will
1:21.3	be able to send these to users anywhere with
1:24.0	Microsoft positioning it as a global service.
1:27.0	Provisioning phone numbers 2 is part of the services
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