Coffee Briefing Aug.22-Women-led Canadian startups qualify for Google accelerator program; Canadians think generative AI increases productivity; Government of Canada invests in small modular reactor project in Saskatchewan; and more
Coffee Briefings are timely deliveries of the latest ITWC headlines, interviews, and podcasts. Today’s Coffee Briefing is delivered by IT World Canada’s editorial team! Missed last week’s Coffee Briefing? We’ve got you covered. Three women-led Canadian startups join Google for Startups Accelerator: Women Founders program Source: Google BorderlessHR, Monark and
Read MoreComment on With Many Eyeballs, All Bugs Are Shallow by GPTs, program engineering, and a new age of hacking – InfoTrace
[…] defense rests on a misunderstanding about program flaws. Not all bugs are the same. Most bugs are shallow bugs–mistakes that are very easily acknowledged, pretty frequent, and easy to repair service. […]
Read MoreComment on Video: Super-Realistic Dental Training Humanoid “Simroid” by Os robôs mais assustadores que são realmente reais
[…] pelo professor Hamura da Nippon Dental University e apresentado pela primeira vez em 2007 (via Crise tecnológica). Ele não apenas oferece aos alunos uma presença humanóide de aparência realista para praticar […]
Read MoreElevenLabs’ voice-generating tools launch out of beta
ElevenLabs, the viral AI-powered platform for creating synthetic voices, today launched its platform out of beta with support for more than 30 languages. Using a new AI model developed in-house, ElevenLabs says that its tools are now capable of automatically identifying languages, including Korean, Dutch and Vietnamese, and generating “emotionally
Read MoreTwitch starts testing a TikTok-like clips feed to boost discovery
Twitch’s previously announced Discovery Feed is now out in the wild as a live test following the feature’s announcement back in July. The new feed will surface short clips from streams in a TikTok-like area within the Twitch app, giving offline creators a way to connect with new viewers without
Read MoreXplore delivers internet connectivity to more than 27,000 homes in rural Quebec
New Brunswick-based rural-focused internet service provider Xplore announced today that 27,000 homes and businesses in rural Quebec are now able to connect to fibre internet. The regional county municipalities (RCMs) of Pontiac, Les Sources, Vallée de la Gatineau, La Tuque and Papineau will benefit from Xplore’s fibre network, spanning 2,700
Read MoreOpenAI brings fine-tuning to GPT-3.5 Turbo
OpenAI customers can now bring custom data to the lightweight version of GPT-3.5, GPT-3.5 Turbo — making it easier to improve the text-generating AI model’s reliability while building in specific behaviors. OpenAI claims that fine-tuned versions of GPT-3.5 can match or even outperform the base capabilities of GPT-4, the company’s
Read MoreBessemer Venture Partners, Kindred Ventures VCs and Sunshine founder join Startup Battlefield judges at TC Disrupt
We’re in the less-than-30-day countdown to TechCrunch Disrupt 202 and the show’s crown jewel, the Startup Battlefield competition. You do not want to miss the global launching pad of some of tech’s most successful companies, including Cloudflare, Dropbox, Fitbit, Mint and Yammer. More than 900 Startup Battlefield alumni companies have
Read MoreNetflix debuts ‘Rebel Moon’ teaser, Zack Snyder’s two-part sci-fi epic
Netflix released the official teaser trailer for “Rebel Moon,” a space fantasy film directed by “Justice League” filmmaker Zack Snyder, arriving on the streaming service on December 22. Notably, this is only the first part of the film, which is titled “Rebel Moon Part 1: A Child of Fire.” Netflix
Read MoreMastering live coding interviews: A guide for interviewers
Overview Live coding interviews are an effective way to identify qualified engineering candidates for technical roles. While they provide a highly realistic job simulation experience compared to traditional interviews, live coding interviews can be stressful for candidates and time-consuming for hiring teams—so it’s best to conduct these interviews on a
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