LensLinks Issue 383

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• ChatGPT 4o vs Gemini 1.5 Pro: It's Not Even Close

• Tied game: China, US and Europe hit quantum internet milestone at the same time

• BlackRock spot bitcoin ETF's over 400 holders is 'mind boggling': Bloomberg analyst

• How a Chinese police raid on $2bn underground bank augurs new crypto clampdown in Asia

• Nolan Ryan Legends To The Moon Collectible NFT Card Season 1

• #2152 Brett Adcock on the 2024 Billionaires - Brett Adcock founded robot maker Figure in 2022

• Unitree Robotics unveils G1 humanoid for $16K

• A wave of retractions is shaking physics

• Mastercard picks new batch of crypto and blockchain Start Path firms

• Coinbase records third-largest Bitcoin outflow of 2024, totaling nearly $1 billion

• Crypto Trader Says Bitcoin Is out of the Post-Halving ‘Danger Zone’ – Here’s His Outlook - The Daily Hodl

• Elon Musk Deepfake Scam Used To Promote Fraudulent Crypto Trading Platform, Hong Kong's Financial Regulator Warns

• ESG: Senate votes to kill SEC crypto accounting rule

• And Much, Much, More…

#regimentco #elonmusk #ESG #nolanryan #ChatGPT4o

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"Today's vote, coming more than two years after the SEC wrote the bulletin, and applying to a staff bulletin rather than a rule, is far outside the scope of the CRA. We should not be holding this vote."

- Sen. Elizabeth Warren

NOTABLE

ChatGPT 4o vs Gemini 1.5 Pro: It's Not Even Close

We have done an in-depth comparison between ChatGPT 4o and Gemini 1.5 Pro. From reasoning to multimodal and coding tests, we have tested both models thoroughly.

beebom.com/chatgpt-4o-vs-gemini-1-5-pro/#:~:text=ChatGPT%204o%20performs%20much%20better,to%20generate%20the%20correct%20code.

The Singularity
AI, Quantum Computing, Robotics, Bio-engineering & Other Stuff on the way

Tied game: China, US and Europe hit quantum internet milestone at the same time

Researchers create entanglement networks in Hefei, Boston and Delft in separate studies that bring uncrackable encryption closer to reality.

www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3263022/tied-game-china-us-and-europe-hit-quantum-internet-technology-milestone-almost-same-time

Blockchain, Tokens & DeFi

BlackRock spot bitcoin ETF's over 400 holders is 'mind boggling': Bloomberg analyst

Eric Balchunas is impressed by the early performance of BlackRock's spot bitcoin ETF.

www.theblock.co/post/294957/blackrock-spot-bitcoin-etfs-over-400-holders-is-mind-boggling-bloomberg-analyst

Crypto Trading

How a Chinese police raid on $2bn underground bank augurs new crypto clampdown in Asia

A Chinese police crackdown on money transfers is sweeping up crypto.

www.dlnews.com/articles/regulation/how-a-chinese-police-raid-on-bank-augurs-crypto-clampdown

VR, AR, Spatial Computing, Metaverse & Gaming

Nolan Ryan Legends To The Moon Collectible NFT Card Season 1

Lynn Nolan Ryan Jr. is one of the best pitchers of all-time and a retired Hall of Famer who played for the New York Mets 1966-1971, California Angels 1972-1979, Houston Astros 1980-1988 and Texas Rangers 1989-1993. He was a fierce competitor and one of baseball’s most intimidating figures on the pitching mound for four decades.

opensea.io/assets/ethereum/0x495f947276749ce646f68ac8c248420045cb7b5e/41314482428197005280555066651670080632515441313460844824046079292524111855617

The Singularity - a little more…

Brett Adcock

#2152 Brett Adcock on the 2024 Billionaires - Brett Adcock founded robot maker Figure in 2022; investors including Microsoft, Nvidia, Jeff Bezos and OpenAI

www.forbes.com/profile/brett-adcock/?sh=5d0bc1341fc3

Mike Oitzman on LinkedIn: Unitree Robotics unveils G1 humanoid for $16K | 14 comments

The new Unitree Robotics G1 humanoid robot has become the talk of the 2024 ICRA show in Japan. Most notably, the G1 is a smaller humanoid than it's H1 sibling.… | 14 comments on LinkedIn

www.linkedin.com/posts/mikeoitzman_unitree-robotics-unveils-g1-humanoid-for-activity-7196563905895088129-YrzF?utm_source=combined_share_message&utm_medium=member_desktop

A wave of retractions is shaking physics

Grappling with problematic papers and poorly documented data, researchers and journal editors gathered in Pittsburgh to hash out the best way forward.

www.technologyreview.com/2024/05/15/1092535/a-wave-of-retractions-is-shaking-physics/#:~:text=Grappling%20with%20problematic%20papers%20and,out%20the%20best%20way%20forward.&text=Recent%20highly%20publicized%20scandals%20have,its%20reputation%E2%80%94and%20its%20future.

Blockchain, Tokens & DeFi - a little more…

Mastercard picks new batch of crypto and blockchain Start Path firms

Mastercard has welcomed five new firms to its Start Path startup programme specifically for firms in the cryptocurrency and blockchain space.

www.finextra.com/newsarticle/44158/mastercard-picks-new-batch-of-crypto-and-blockchain-start-path-firms

Coinbase records third-largest Bitcoin outflow of 2024, totaling nearly $1 billion

Coinbase's balance shrinks as two large Bitcoin transactions are spotted, totaling 16,000 BTC.

cryptoslate.com/insights/coinbase-records-third-largest-bitcoin-outflow-of-2024-totaling-nearly-1-billion/#:~:text=Coinbase's%20balance%20shrinks%20as%20two,are%20spotted%2C%20totaling%2016%2C000%20BTC.

The Fastest Blockchain Processed 91M Transactions in a Day | CoinGecko

Which blockchains are the fastest when it comes to actual processing speed, with up to 1,504 real TPS?

www.coingecko.com/research/publications/fastest-blockchains

Crypto Trading - a little more…

Coinbase Upgraded to Neutral From Underperform at Bank of America on Positive Crypto Market Dynamics

The current macro backdrop has been positive for crypto market cap growth and trading volumes, the report said.

finance.yahoo.com/news/coinbase-upgraded-neutral-underperform-bank-130615461.html

Crypto Trader Says Bitcoin Is out of the Post-Halving ‘Danger Zone’ – Here’s His Outlook - The Daily Hodl

A cryptocurrency analyst and trader believes Bitcoin (BTC) is no longer at risk of a further market correction.

dailyhodl.com/2024/05/17/crypto-trader-says-bitcoin-is-out-of-the-post-halving-danger-zone-heres-his-outlook

Elon Musk Deepfake Scam Used To Promote Fraudulent Crypto Trading Platform, Hong Kong's Financial Regulator Warns

Warning issued about fraudulent cryptocurrency platform using deepfakes of Elon Musk to scam victims, highlighting growing use of AI fraud in Asia.

www.benzinga.com/markets/cryptocurrency/24/05/38895127/elon-musk-deepfake-scam-used-to-promote-fraudulent-crypto-trading-platform-hong-kongs-fina

ESG (Environmental, Social & Governance)

Senate votes to kill SEC crypto accounting rule

A resolution condemning a rule on how to account for cryptocurrency assets has been passed by both houses of the U.S. Congress, setting up a likely veto by the White House.

www.axios.com/2024/05/16/sec-crypto-accounting-rule-sab121-senate

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