Infinite Zounds

1. ChatGPT introduced a feature "to remember something specific or let it pick up details itself." What is this feature called? 2. What is the name of Microsoft's family of 'small language models'? The latest in this was announced in Apr 2024. 3. Which browser's AI assistant is called Leo? Apps for the iPhone and iPad were launched in Apr 2024. 4. The RBI barred which Indian bank from online onboarding of customers and issuing fresh credit cards? 5. Which US company had a massive drop in share price last week, partly due to poor 'same-store sales'?

3 March '24 Edition #Fizz, a quizzical recap of recent news from AI, tech, and biz. (Answers in the first comment; to be seen after you attempt the qs) 1. What is Hindi for 'artificial'? The word has been used for a GenAI tool from the company Ola. 2. Microsoft's Copilot is getting into specific domains. On 29 Feb, a domain-specific Copilot was announced for which domain? 3. Which not-so virtuous news media portal announced it would be shutting off its website and become a provider of news to established media brands? 4. Amazon India launched WINS, a new initiative that partly rides on some labour law changes in recent years. If INS is "in Night Shifts", what does the W stand for? 5. Which 'homepage of the internet' has a mascot called Snoo and is preparing for an IPO?

Mar 23rd #Fizz! A quizzical recap of recent news from AI, tech, and biz. (Answers in the first comment; to be seen after you attempt the qs) 1. Which English football club collaborated with Google DeepMind on TacticAI, an AI model to assist football coaches, especially on corner kicks? 2. Things move fast in AI. Last week, I asked about the system?Pi.AI?by Inflection AI. Now, Inflection AI's co-founder (also DeepMind co-founder) Mustafa Suleyman is moving to head which company's new AI division? 3. If you follow generative AI literature, you'll meet the acronym RAG. What does RAG stand for? 4. Which famed publisher, described by Wikipedia as "a general knowledge English-language" resource, is planning an IPO, hopefully at a billion dollar valuation? 5. Which delivery-based Indian company recently announced an option of kurtas for its female delivery partners? Of course, this was not why it was in the news last week.

Mar 16th's #Fizz, a quizzical recap of recent news from AI, tech, and biz. (Answers in the first comment; to be seen after you attempt the qs) 1. What is the name of the much hyped 'fully autonomous AI software engineer' by a company called Cognition? 2. On March 14, Inflection.ai announced further updates to its personal intelligence system, billed as a friendly and empathetic conversational AI. What is the apt, two letter name of this system? 3. Which investment firm and financial services company announced a new 'head of firmwide artificial intelligence', a person named Jeff McMillan? 4. A relatively lesser known company founded by a man named Santiago Martin was announced to be at the top of which list making waves in India? 5. Which public figure's published photo and later retraction of the photo lead to further wild speculations about her health and whereabouts? It also made news for the role of tech and trust in the 21st century.

Each weekend, Ramanand Janardhanan posts #Fizz, a quizzical recap of recent news from AI, tech, and biz. Archived here. (Answers in the first comment; to be seen after you attempt the qs) March 9 Edition: 1. AI start-up Anthropic revealed the next iteration of its models (named Haiku, Sonnet, and Opus). What is the brand name for these, shared with the father of information theory? 2. A recent LLM paper making waves is called "The Era of ____ LLMs: All Large Language Models are in 1.58 Bits". It showcases a potentially cost-effective paradigm to LLMs. What are these types of LLMs called? 3. Media personality Chuck Lorre has donated $25 million to UCLA for scholarships in science & tech. Lorre famously created which nerd-friendly TV show named after something big in physics? 4. Which Indian company's shares rose after it announced it would split into two, one for commercial vehicles and one for passenger vehicles? 5. Cal Newport, a CS professor and author of "Deep Work" has a new book on productivity, titled "____ Productivity". What four letter word, not usually associated with the topic, completes the title?