Episode 441: The whole point of AI is laziness

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 Episode 441

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
Microsoft Ignite 2023: all the AI news from Microsoft’s IT pro event
Microsoft and Photonic join forces on the path to quantum at scale - Microsoft Azure Quantum Blog
Introducing Copilot in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Guides - Microsoft Industry Blogs
Microsoft rebrands Bing Chat to Copilot, to better compete with ChatGPT

OpenCost and Azure

Announcing OpenCost Integration with Microsoft AKS Cost Analysis
Export cost details using the FinOps Open Cost and Usage Specification (FOCUS)

Relevant to your Interests

Microsoft restricts employee access to OpenAI's ChatGPT
Scoop: Amazon is ditching Android for Fire TVs, smart displays
Octoverse: The state of open source and rise of AI in 2023
Clouded Judgement 11.10.23
Keycaps » Special Edition Drop » dbrand
In a first, cryptographic keys protecting SSH connections stolen in new attack
Linux Foundation Creating The High Performance Software Foundation (HPSF)
2023: The State of Generative AI in the Enterprise - Menlo Ventures
Threat Spotlight: Reported ransomware attacks double as AI tactics take hold
YouTube, Ad Blockers & the Advertising "Tax"
Google sues scammers that allegedly released a malware-filled Bard knockoff
Apple gets 36% of Google search revenue from Safari, Alphabet witness says
RHEL and Alma Linux 9.3 released
Amazon will officially merge Comixology with Kindle in December

Nonsense

AWS staffer shows off former-prison offices on social media
Buc-ee’s and Mercedes-Benz are partnering to add high-speed chargers
In the Office Auto-Reply Emails for a Hybrid Work Schedule

Listener Feedback

Facets | Helping you adopt Platform Engineering
8GB RAM in M3 MacBook Pro Proves the Bottleneck in Real-World Tests

Conferences

Jan 29, 2024 to Feb 1, 2024 That Conference Texas

Code BF24 gives $300 off any professional ticket until Nov. 27.

If you want your conference mentioned, let’s talk media sponsorships.

SDT news & hype

Join us in Slack.
Get a SDT Sticker! Send your postal address to stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com and we will send you free laptop stickers!
Follow us: Twitch, Twitter, Instagram, Mastodon, BlueSky, LinkedIn, TikTok, Threads and YouTube.
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Recommendations

Brandon: The Killer
Matt: Keychron Q10 (Alice Layout) with Gateron G Brown Pro switches and a wooden palm rest

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The whole point of AI is laziness

Episode 441

November 17th, 2023

1 hr 3 mins

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About this Episode

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 Episode 441

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

• Microsoft Ignite 2023: all the AI news from Microsoft’s IT pro event

• Microsoft and Photonic join forces on the path to quantum at scale - Microsoft Azure Quantum Blog

• Introducing Copilot in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Guides - Microsoft Industry Blogs

• Microsoft rebrands Bing Chat to Copilot, to better compete with ChatGPT

• OpenCost and Azure

• Announcing OpenCost Integration with Microsoft AKS Cost Analysis

• Export cost details using the FinOps Open Cost and Usage Specification (FOCUS)

Relevant to your Interests

• Microsoft restricts employee access to OpenAI's ChatGPT

• Scoop: Amazon is ditching Android for Fire TVs, smart displays

• Octoverse: The state of open source and rise of AI in 2023

• Clouded Judgement 11.10.23

• Keycaps » Special Edition Drop » dbrand

• In a first, cryptographic keys protecting SSH connections stolen in new attack

• Linux Foundation Creating The High Performance Software Foundation (HPSF)

• 2023: The State of Generative AI in the Enterprise - Menlo Ventures

• Threat Spotlight: Reported ransomware attacks double as AI tactics take hold

• YouTube, Ad Blockers & the Advertising "Tax"

• Google sues scammers that allegedly released a malware-filled Bard knockoff

• Apple gets 36% of Google search revenue from Safari, Alphabet witness says

• RHEL and Alma Linux 9.3 released

• Amazon will officially merge Comixology with Kindle in December

Nonsense

• AWS staffer shows off former-prison offices on social media

• Buc-ee’s and Mercedes-Benz are partnering to add high-speed chargers

• In the Office Auto-Reply Emails for a Hybrid Work Schedule

Listener Feedback

• Facets | Helping you adopt Platform Engineering

• 8GB RAM in M3 MacBook Pro Proves the Bottleneck in Real-World Tests

Conferences

• Jan 29, 2024 to Feb 1, 2024 That Conference Texas

• Code BF24 gives $300 off any professional ticket until Nov. 27.

• If you want your conference mentioned, let’s talk media sponsorships.

SDT news & hype

• Join us in Slack.

• Get a SDT Sticker! Send your postal address to stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com and we will send you free laptop stickers!

• Follow us: Twitch, Twitter, Instagram, Mastodon, BlueSky, LinkedIn, TikTok, Threads and YouTube.

• Use the code SDT to get $20 off Coté’s book, Digital WTF, so $5 total.

• Become a sponsor of Software Defined Talk!

Recommendations

• Brandon: The Killer

• Matt: Keychron Q10 (Alice Layout) with Gateron G Brown Pro switches and a wooden palm rest

Photo Credits

• Header

• Artwork

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