Wed. 08/23 – The Playstation Portal

Sony announces the PlayStation Portal handheld device. IBM announces an AI model to translate code from one type to another. OpenAI lets anyone fine tune. Is LinkedIn the big winner in social media right now? And what happens when you 3d printer comes alive like a zombie in the middle of the night.

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Links:

• Sony’s portable PlayStation Portal launches later this year for $199.99 (The Verge)
• PlayStation Portal: Hands On With Sony's New Remote Play Handheld (IGN)
• IBM taps AI to translate COBOL code to Java (TechCrunch)
• OpenAI brings fine-tuning to GPT-3.5 Turbo (TechCrunch)
• Sorry, But LinkedIn Is Cool Now (Bloomberg)
• Salesforce Leads Financing of AI Startup at More Than $4 Billion Valuation (The Information)
• Tiger Global Nears Deal to Sell Slice of Cohere Stake at $3 Billion Valuation (The Information)
• 3D printers printing without consent is a cautionary tale on cloud reliance (ArsTechnica)

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