Google Cloud accidentally deleted a company's entire cloud environment (Unisuper, an investment company, which manages $80B). The company had backups in another region, but GCP deleted those too. Luckily, they had yet more backups on another provider.
https://t.co/v5WFxqUtaB
A fascinating thread on Reddit:
People asking if teams working on NLP areas in Big Tech are panicking, given ChatGPT seems to render a lot of their work less useful - and the implications could impact investment in year-long projects that feel dated.
https://t.co/sslYdcc6Ng
Since "Chinese Spy Balloon" is trending: In 1945, the crew of USS New York spotted a sphere that they thought might be a Japanese balloon weapon. The captain ordered it shot down but none of the guns could score a hit. Finally, a navigator realized they were attacking Venus.