The Daily Index — Friday, July 21, 2023 · TLDR Index

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Today’s Index

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CHATGPT CAN NOW REMEMBER WHO YOU ARE AND WHAT YOU WANT

ChatGPT's new custom instructions feature lets users tell the chatbot things it should always know about them and how to answer questions. It is designed to make ChatGPT quicker and more helpful as a virtual assistant. Custom Instructions is available now for ChatGPT Plus subscribers everywhere but the UK and EU on an opt-in basis. The feature is still in beta. It works everywhere that ChatGPT does.

theverge.com · 3 min

TLDR AI

AND WINDOWS

Meta and Microsoft have announced the support for Llama 2, a family of large language models, on Azure and Windows, marking its first commercial release. The partnership enables developers to build, fine-tune, and deploy Llama 2-powered models on Azure while also optimizing for local use on Windows. It aims to bolster Azure’s model catalog, democratize AI, and reinforce Microsoft’s position as a global supercomputing platform for AI, while also upholding responsible AI practices through safety measures and risk mitigation.

blogs.microsoft.com · 4 min

TLDR Web Dev

FRAMEWORKS

The main problem front-end frameworks set out to solve is change detection, meaning detecting changes to application state so that the UI can be updated accordingly. This article dives deep into how each framework (React, Angular, Vue, and Svelte) tackles change detection. For example, React’s change detection is straightforward, while Angular’s change detection is a disaster.

themer.dev · 7 min

TLDR Crypto

CUSTOMERS

Amidst regulatory concerns, Coinbase is terminating its Borrow program for retail customers, officially sunsetting it on November 20. The move comes after it disallowed new loans earlier in May. Borrow users have until the end date to repay any remaining balances, and Coinbase will sell any Bitcoin collateral needed to close the loans. This decision is confined to retail customers and doesn't impact institutional users or Coinbase Prime customers. The decision to scrap the Borrow program happens amidst ongoing legal dispute between Coinbase and the SEC.

theblock.co · 2 min

TLDR Founders

SPACE TECH FUNDING COMES BACK TO EARTH

Less venture funding dollars are going to space tech startups. In 2021, $12.1 billion went to space tech across 450 deals. In 2022, this decreased by 25% to $9 billion. So far in 2023, we’ve only seen $2.4 billion go to them. To the moon, maybe, maybe not.

news.crunchbase.com · 3 min

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AZURE CUSTOMERS

Microsoft is making Meta's Llama 2 model available on its Azure cloud computing service. Meta said in a blog post that Microsoft is its preferred partner for Llama 2. The partnership will give developers more choice in the models they build on. Meta says that it is not focused on monetization for Llama 2. Llama 2 will also be available through Amazon web services and Hugging Face.

cnbc.com · 2 min

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SYSTEM

The US Federal Reserve is set to launch FedNow, a service that will allow US citizens to send and receive funds in seconds. FedNow has been in the works since 2019. It will launch with 41 banks and 15 service providers, with more banks and credit unions to be onboarded later this year. FedNow payments will settle directly in central bank accounts. There will be no fees from FedNow to use the service. FedNow has a maximum payment limit of $500,000, but banks can choose to lower that cap if required.

reuters.com · 2 min

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TEACHING ROBOTS TO TEACH OTHER ROBOTS

Lifelong Learning (LL) is a growing area of machine learning research in which AI agents continually learn as they encounter new tasks while retaining knowledge of previous tasks. A team of LL researchers recently discovered that AI agents can quickly learn a wide range of tasks by sharing knowledge with each other at the same time. Their system has many similarities with the concept of crowdsourcing. The researchers believe that their technique could transform any field that requires vast, diverse knowledge or dealing with complex systems.

viterbischool.usc.edu · 4 min

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GITHUB COPILOT CHAT BETA NOW AVAILABLE FOR EVERY ORGANIZATION

A limited public beta release of GitHub Copilot Chat is now available to enterprise companies and organizations on Visual Studio and VS Code. GitHub Copilot Chat turns GitHub Pilot into a context-aware conversational assistant, allowing developers to execute tasks with prompts. The feature will help developers create much faster and democratize software development as we know it. Information on how organization admins can enable the feature is available in the article.

github.blog · 4 min