Who let the birds out? ??????

Who let the birds out? ??????

Last few weeks, all eyes were on Elon Musk and his Twitter bid. The real-life Iron Man is inches away from being the sole owner of the microblogging platform (?2+ billion users?) he calls the de facto ‘digital town square’. The Tesla chief had earlier lit into Twitter top brass over content moderation and curtailing free speech.

"I hope that even my worst critics remain on Twitter because that is what free speech means,"?tweeted?Musk. But, will he?walk the talk?once the deal is closed?

Spam jam

Musk has called spambots the 'single most annoying problem' plaguing Twitter. And as the boss man, his first order of business would be to crack down on spambots and fake accounts.

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But, here’s the rub. As per SparkToro,?39 million?of his total of 89 million followers, are?fake.

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Read:?Entering a period of uncertainty, Twitter's CEO tell employees

Read:?Jeff Bezos ignites China conspiracy theory as Musk seals Twitter deal

Twitter has been Musk’s biggest PR vehicle saving him millions of dollars in ad spend for his companies. From trolling?Bill Gates?to manipulating?Dogecoin prices, Musk's tweets are a clinic on marketing and have played a huge role in crafting his public image. Check out a few exhibits below:

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Highlights

Twitter block:?Twitter developers recently added a public repository on GitHub called '?the algorithm,' and then removed it before the source code was locked. Read the complete story?here.?

Musk effect:?The price of Dogecoin jumped 27 percent after the news of the deal broke.

Musk tweets:?If you are a data scientist or an analyst, check out Elon?Musk's Twitter dataset?on Kaggle.

Read:?Data science hiring process at Twitter


Articles in Focus?

Is AWS SageMaker's serverless inference worth exploring?

AWS?launched?a serverless inference service in December at?Amazon's re: Invent?event last year. Check out the full story?here.?

Why do big tech firms open-source their feature stores?

Many companies, including LinkedIn, Uber, Databricks, Google, AWS, etc., have started open-sourcing their feature stores. What is the reason for this? Click?here?to know more.?

India fast-tracks quantum research, joins hand with Finland

India, in collaboration with Finland, recently signed a joint declaration to set up a virtual network centre on quantum computing. Check out the roadmap of collaboration, areas of interest, applications and more?here.?

Why are VC firms investing in chip startups?

Many chip startups, including Ampere, SambaNova Systems, etc., are attracting a lot of VC interest. Find out why?here.?


AIM Research

Here's a glimpse of our upcoming report, Analytics & Data Science Jobs in India — 2022, from AIM Research.?

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Research & Papers?

Top papers at ICLR 2022?

Check out the outstanding ICLR 2022 papers?here?.?


People & Tech?

Craig Martell?

The US Department of Defense recently appointed?Craig Martell?as chief digital and AI officer (CDAO).?

Neharika Agarwal?

Agarwal is the head of analytics and business intelligence at Bharti Axa Life Insurance. Check out her exclusive interview with AIM?here.


Event in Focus??

'Data science student championship' by Praxis

Open only for students in the south zone, the Data science student championship starts on May 12, 2022. Register for the hackathon?here, and win prizes worth INR 50K.?


Funding & Acquisitions?

Convin.ai raises INR 16 crore in seed funding

ideaForge raises $20 Mn

Fembots raises $3 Mn in Series A

Kristal.AI acquires Globalise

Cactus Communications acquires Mind the Graph


Top News of the Week??

New book on Kaggle released with inputs from over 30 experts

Tech Mahindra launches a new suite of AI offerings, brands it as amplifAI0->∞

Group of ML experts from big tech to create Adept.AI

Meta to open its first physical retail store in California?

Consumer insights firm NielsenIQ to hire 5,500 professionals in India

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