The Daily Index — Monday, July 3, 2023 · TLDR Index

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ROUNDS MEAN GREAT WEEK FOR GENERATIVE AI

Shared more for the insightful take on Casetext, the overnight success that took a decade to build, this article gives some perspective on how transformative AI can be and how when the opportunity arises, you have to seize it.

newcomer.co · 5 min

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1 MILLION TOKENS IN CONTEXT HELPS DNA TASKS

State space models have made a splash recently. They arose as a potentially useful model alternative by sidestepping some challenging aspects of the Transformer while maintaining performance. In this work, the Hyena model is applied to DNA sequence modeling and improves in 23 tasks.

hazyresearch.stanford.edu · 8 min

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A MORE EFFICIENT WAY TO TRAIN A CLIP MODEL

CLIPA-v2 improves the efficiency of image-text matching models like CLIP by using shorter sequences, achieving a zero-shot ImageNet accuracy of 81.1% for just $10,000.

arxiv.org · 6 min

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MULTIVIEW DIFFUSION

This work allows you to take a single image and a pre-trained generative model to produce a panorama or multiple views of the image.

mvdiffusion.github.io · 6 min

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WHICH MODELS COMPLY WITH EU PRIVACY?

It is well known that Europe has stronger privacy requirements for many digital applications. This includes AI and language models. Unfortunately, many of the model providers today don't fully comply with these privacy requirements. This post explores where they fall short and which ones are the closest to full compliance.

crfm.stanford.edu · 13 min

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THE CIRCULAR STARTUP ECONOMY

Matt Rickard questions whether the symbiotic relationship between AI companies and hardware providers is a positive one.

matt-rickard.com · 2 min

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COULD A NEW RELIGION DEVELOP AROUND AI?

The Walrus examines the rise of AI religion and explores the concept of artificial general intelligence (AGI) as a potential deity. It discusses the beliefs and practices of those who see AGI as a religious force, the ethical implications of AI worship, and the motivations behind this emerging phenomenon, highlighting the role of technology in shaping our spiritual experiences and challenging traditional notions of religion.

thewalrus.ca · 4 min

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I TRIED 200+ AI TOOLS, THESE ARE THE VERY BEST

This article is about the author's experience using AI tools, which were often dissatisfying or simply did not live up to the hype they were given, and reflects on the few AI tools the author found most unpleasant.

archive.is · 4 min