This week, we recap the key announcements from Microsoft Ignite, ponder the broader implications of A.I., provide an update on OpenCost, and share some thoughts on migrating child accounts to teen accounts.
Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episod (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YXzBJr6Plw)e 441 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YXzBJr6Plw)
Runner-up Titles
I just want to do less
Kill all the humans
Madlibbing his keynotes
They perked up and turned it off
Legs are the difficult thing
Everyone gets turned into a barnyard animal
Rundown
MSFT Ignite
With a systems approach to chips, Microsoft aims to tailor everything ‘from silicon to service’ to meet AI demand - Source (https://news.microsoft.com/source/features/ai/in-house-chips-silicon-to-service-to-meet-ai-demand/)
Microsoft Ignite 2023: all the AI news from Microsoft’s IT pro event (https://www.theverge.com/23961007/microsoft-ignite-2023-news-ai-announcements-copilot-windows-azure-office#stream-entry-79ea5641-4d45-4067-a4d0-824c3e9a9297)
Microsoft and Photonic join forces on the path to quantum at scale - Microsoft Azure Quantum Blog (https://cloudblogs.microsoft.com/quantum/2023/11/08/microsoft-and-photonic-join-forces-on-the-path-to-quantum-at-scale/)
Introducing Copilot in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Guides - Microsoft Industry Blogs (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/industry/blog/industrial-metaverse/2023/11/15/introducing-copilot-in-microsoft-dynamics-365-guides-bringing-generative-ai-in-mixed-reality-to-frontline-workers/)
Microsoft rebrands Bing Chat to Copilot, to better compete with ChatGPT (https://www.theverge.com/2023/11/15/23960517/microsoft-copilot-bing-chat-rebranding-chatgpt-ai)
OpenCost and Azure
Announcing OpenCost Integration with Microsoft AKS Cost Analysis (https://www.opencost.io/blog/aks-cost-analysis)
Export cost details using the FinOps Open Cost and Usage Specification (FOCUS) (https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/export-cost-using-focus/)
Relevant to your Interests
Microsoft restricts employee access to OpenAI's ChatGPT (https://www.cnbc.com/2023/11/09/microsoft-restricts-employee-access-to-openais-chatgpt.html)
Scoop: Amazon is ditching Android for Fire TVs, smart displays (https://www.lowpass.cc/p/amazon-vega-os-fire-tv-android)
Octoverse: The state of open source and rise of AI in 2023 (https://github.blog/2023-11-08-the-state-of-open-source-and-ai/?trk=feed_main-feed-card_feed-article-content)
Clouded Judgement 11.10.23 (https://cloudedjudgement.substack.com/p/clouded-judgement-111023?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=56878&post_id=138676070&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=2l9&utm_medium=email)
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In a first, cryptographic keys protecting SSH connections stolen in new attack (https://arstechnica.com/security/2023/11/hackers-can-steal-ssh-cryptographic-keys-in-new-cutting-edge-attack/)
Linux Foundation Creating The High Performance Software Foundation (HPSF) (https://www.phoronix.com/news/High-Performance-Software-HPSF)
2023: The State of Generative AI in the Enterprise - Menlo Ventures (https://menlovc.com/2023-the-state-of-generative-ai-in-the-enterprise-report/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axiosprorata&stream=top)
Threat Spotlight: Reported ransomware attacks double as AI tactics take hold (https://blog.barracuda.com/2023/08/02/threat-spotlight-ransomware-attacks-double-ai-tactics)
YouTube, Ad Blockers & the Advertising "Tax" (https://thisisunpacked.substack.com/p/youtube-ad-blockers-and-advertising-tax)
Google sues scammers that allegedly released a malware-filled Bard knockoff (https://www.engadget.com/google-sues-scammers-that-allegedly-released-a-malware-filled-bard-knockoff-162222150.html)
Apple gets 36% of Google search revenue from Safari, Alphabet witness says (https://www.cnbc.com/2023/11/14/apple-gets-36percent-of-google-search-revenue-from-safari-alphabet-witness.html)
RHEL and Alma Linux 9.3 released (https://www.theregister.com/2023/11/15/rhel_and_alma_linux_93/)
Amazon will officially merge Comixology with Kindle in December (https://www.geekwire.com/2023/amazon-will-officially-merge-comixology-with-kindle-in-december/)
Nonsense
AWS staffer shows off former-prison offices on social media (https://www.theregister.com/2023/11/13/aws_prison_offices/)
Buc-ee’s and Mercedes-Benz are partnering to add high-speed chargers (https://arstechnica.com/cars/2023/11/buc-ees-and-mercedes-benz-are-partnering-to-add-high-speed-chargers)
In the Office Auto-Reply Emails for a Hybrid Work Schedule (https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/in-the-office-auto-reply-emails-for-a-hybrid-work-schedule)
Listener Feedback
Facets | Helping you adopt Platform Engineering (https://www.facets.cloud/)
8GB RAM in M3 MacBook Pro Proves the Bottleneck in Real-World Tests (https://www.macrumors.com/2023/11/10/8gb-ram-in-m3-macbook-pro-proves-the-bottleneck/)
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