Tech News #37 | First AI "Software Engineer" - Devin, xAI open sources Grok-1 and Elon sues OpenAI

Join us for this month’s tech news! Meet Devin, the groundbreaking AI software engineer revolutionizing coding, explore Stable Diffusion 3 for enhanced image generation, and get the scoop on .NET 9 Preview 1 & 2. Find out about the ongoing battle between Epic Games and Apple, and get the lowdown on Nvidia’s powerful new ‘Blackwell’ chips. Sam Altman returns to the OpenAI board, while Elon Musk sues the organization and much more!

Links to Tech News:

https://www.cognition-labs.com/introducing-devin
https://twitter.com/cognition_labs/st… (Video: 1:50)
https://stability.ai/news/stable-diff…
https://github.com/dotnet/core/discus…
https://github.com/dotnet/core/discus…
https://techcrunch.com/2024/03/14/aft…
https://techcrunch.com/2024/03/06/app…
https://www.nextplatform.com/2024/03/…
https://www.theverge.com/2024/3/17/24… xai-org/grok-1: Grok open release (github.com) https://www.anthropic.com/news/claude… (diagrams on page)
https://www.theverge.com/2024/3/8/240…
https://www.reuters.com/legal/elon-mu…
https://openai.com/blog/openai-elon-musk

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William Liebenberg

William is a Solution Architect with over 18 years of professional experience spanning multiple industries such as Heavy Engineering, Mining, 3D Graphics, Education and Finance.

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Tech News #37 | First AI “Software Engineer” – Devin, xAI open sources Grok-1 and Elon sues OpenAI