摘要： 加密貨幣確認將被監管了，主管機關將是金管會。不過就目前公布的資訊，金管會預計僅管轄「支付與交易」面，不過像是 NFT 等虛擬資產，就並非其管轄範圍。 值得台灣加密產業共同關注的，還有台灣是否會針對加密貨幣設立專法等等其他細節，預計監管機關將在 3 月底對外公布具體監管方向與監理內容。

摘要： 第一共和銀行（First Republic Bank）爆發擠兌危機、瀕臨倒閉，儘管在拜登政府的推動下，美國 11 家銀行上週將向該行注資 300 億美元，但危機尚未解除。本週摩根大通執行長戴蒙再制定了一套新方案，計劃將幾大銀行存進該銀行的 300 億美元部分或全部變成資本注入。

摘要： 有「聯準會傳聲筒」 之稱的華爾街日報記者 Nick Timiraos 上週才預測聯準會有可能將在本週決議暫停升息，今日他再撰文表示，Fed 本週在升息問題上面臨艱難的決定，升息可能展現抗通膨決心，但恐會加劇銀行業危機引發的市場動盪。

摘要： Amazon rules the roost when it comes to e-commerce, with its marketplace outpacing everyone else when it comes to gross merchandise value, reach and market capitalization. That fact inevitably makes it a big part of how millions of brands and retailers sell goods online. Threecolts, a London startup founded by an ex-Amazon exec that builds software for brands and retailers to manage their Amazon sales channel, has picked up some 22,000 customers since it first set up shop in 2021. Now, to feed its growth, it’s announcing that it has raised $90 million in funding.

摘要： Two years ago, Microsoft announced Florence, an AI system that it pitched as a “complete rethinking” of modern computer vision models. Unlike most vision models at the time, Florence was both “unified” and “multimodal,” meaning it could (1) understand language as well as images and (2) handle a range of tasks rather than being limited to specific applications, like generating captions.

摘要： Another industrial automation firm is bucking VC slowdown, as Plus One Robotics this morning announces a $50 million raise. The Series C brings the San Antonio-based firm’s total funding up to $94 million to date (including a $33 million Series B back in 2021). Scale Venture Partners led the round, which also features participation from Top Tier Capital Partners, Tyche Partners and ROBO Global Ventures.

摘要： Amazon is permanently closing eight of its cashierless Amazon Go convenience stores in Seattle, San Francisco and New York. The eight stores will remain open until April 1, a spokesperson for the company told TechCrunch. The closures mark Amazon’s latest move to rein in some of its brick-and-mortar retail operations. The news was first reported by GeekWire.

摘要： In this blog, we will unfold the key problems associated with classification accuracies, such as imbalanced classes, overfitting, and data bias, and proven ways to address those issues successfully.

摘要： The fastest way to diagnose your statistical alignment

摘要： 在市場憂心聯準會恐繼續激進升息的背景下，美債近 1 個月出現大規模拋售潮，美國 1 年期公債殖利率已衝破 5%，2 年期與 10 年期美國公債殖利率的倒掛幅度已創下40年來最嚴重，甚至遠遠超過 08 年全球金融危機時。

摘要： The bias-variance tradeoff, part 2 of 3

In Part 1, we covered much of the basic terminology as well as a few key insights about the bias-variance formula (MSE = Bias² + Variance), including this paraphrase from Anna Karenina:

All perfect models are alike, but each unhappy model can be unhappy in its own way.

To make the most of this article, I suggest taking a look at Part 1 to make sure you’re well-situated to absorb this one.

摘要： Meet Carbon Maps, a new French startup that raised $4.3 million (€4 million) just a few weeks after its inception. The company is building a software-as-a-service platform for the food industry so that they can track the environmental impact of each of their products in their lineup. The platform can be used as a basis for eco ratings.