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Last few weeks, all eyes were on Elon Musk and his Twitter bid. The real-life Iron Man is inches away from being the sole owner of the microblogging platform ( 2+ billion users ) he calls the de facto ‘digital town square’. The Tesla chief had earlier lit into Twitter top brass over content moderation and curtailing free speech.
"I hope that even my worst critics remain on Twitter because that is what free speech means," tweeted Musk. But, will he walk the talk once the deal is closed?
Spam jam
Musk has called spambots the 'single most annoying problem' plaguing Twitter. And as the boss man, his first order of business would be to crack down on spam bots and fake accounts.
But, here’s the rub. As per SparkToro, 39 million of his total of 89 million followers, are fake.
Read: Entering a period of uncertainty, Twitter's CEO tell employees
Read: Jeff Bezos ignites China conspiracy theory as Musk seals the Twitter deal
Twitter has been Musk’s biggest PR vehicle saving him millions of dollars in ad spend for his companies. From trolling Bill Gates to manipulating Dogecoin prices, Musk's tweets are a clinic on marketing and have played a huge role in crafting his public image. Check out a few exhibits below:
Highlights
Twitter block: Twitter developers recently added a public repository on GitHub called ' the algorithm,' and then removed it before the source code was locked. Read the complete story here.
Musk effect: The price of Dogecoin jumped 27 percent after the news of the deal broke.
Musk tweets: If you are a data scientist or an analyst, check out Elon Musk's Twitter dataset on Kaggle.
Read: Data science hiring process at Twitter
Articles in Focus
Is AWS SageMaker's serverless inference worth exploring?
AWS launched a serverless inference service in December at Amazon's re: Invent event last year. Check out the full story here.
Why do big tech firms open-source their feature stores?
Many companies, including LinkedIn, Uber, Databricks, Google, AWS, etc., have started open-sourcing their feature stores. What is the reason for this? Click here to know more.
India fast-tracks quantum research, joins hand with Finland
India, in collaboration with Finland, recently signed a joint declaration to set up a virtual network centre on quantum computing. Check out the roadmap of collaboration, areas of interest, applications and more here.
Why are VC firms investing in chip startups?
Many chip startups, including Ampere, SambaNova Systems, etc., are attracting a lot of VC interest. Find out why here.
AIM Research
Here's a glimpse of our upcoming report, Analytics & Data Science Jobs in India — 2022, from AIM Research.
Research & Papers
Check out the outstanding ICLR 2022 papers here.
People & Tech
The US Department of Defense recently appointed Craig Martell as chief digital and AI officer (CDAO).
Agarwal is the head of analytics and business intelligence at Bharti Axa Life Insurance. Check out her exclusive interview with AIM here.
Event in Focus
'Data science student championship' by Praxis
Open only for students in the south zone, the Data science student championship starts on May 12, 2022. Register for the hackathon here, and win prizes worth INR 50K.
Funding & Acquisitions
Convin.ai raises INR 16 crore in seed funding
Fembots raises $3 Mn in Series A
Cactus Communications acquires Mind the Graph
Top News of the Week
New book on Kaggle released with inputs from over 30 experts
Tech Mahindra launches a new suite of AI offerings, brands it as amplifAI0->∞
Group of ML experts from big tech to create Adept.AI
Meta to open its first physical retail store in California
Consumer insights firm NielsenIQ to hire 5,500 professionals in India
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