The Daily Index — Tuesday, August 22, 2023 · TLDR Index

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Today’s Index

TLDR

THE IDEAL VIEWPORT DOESN’T EXIST

Web developers have no control over what conditions their websites will be visited on, so it's best to create flexible rules and allow browsers to calculate the best outcomes based on the conditions they find themselves in.

viewports.fyi · 13 min

TLDR AI

SNAP IS LAUNCHING A NEW GENERATIVE AI FEATURE, DREAMS

Snap is launching Dreams, a way to place pictures of you in fantastical places and scenarios using selfies and AI.

techcrunch.com · 1 min

TLDR Web Dev

NEXTJS 13 PARALLEL ROUTES: A COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE

Modern web applications require robust, versatile routing mechanisms to enhance user experience and accommodate intricate design structures. NextJS 13 has introduced Parallel Routes, which shows more than one page in the same view, like with complex dashboards or modals. Parallel Routes can simultaneously render one or more pages in the same view that can be navigated independently. This allows for more dynamic and personalized websites.

hackernoon.com · 8 min

TLDR Crypto

COINBASE BUYS STAKE IN CIRCLE, DISSOLVING USDC ISSUER CENTRE

Coinbase has acquired a stake in Circle, dissolving the Centre Consortium which issues the USDC stablecoin. Now, Circle will continue independently as the sole issuer of USDC. Revenue from interest on the dollar reserves backing USDC will now be split equally between the two companies. Circle also plans to launch USDC on six additional blockchains by the end of October. This is yet another example of Coinbase’s shift away from trading commission revenue toward a diversified revenue mix.

decrypt.co · 2 min

TLDR Marketing

THAN DECEMBER 2014

Elon Musk admitted X may fail after a glitch led to the automatic removal of pictures and links on posts made before December 2014. Without an official explanation of what caused the glitch, experts are speculating it could be the result of data storage cost saving efforts.

technext24.com · 3 min

TLDR AI

EARLY DAYS OF AI

This current era of LLMs, Transformers, and diffusion models is completely different from any prior AI period.

blog.eladgil.com · 5 min

TLDR AI

TOWARDS CREATIVE CHESS WITH ALPHAZERO

Another cool games paper from Deepmind. The researchers try to improve their AlphaZero chess playing agent to reduce hallucination and improve broad creativity. They find that the types of moves it plays are more diverse and can solve really challenging positional puzzles. Interesting to see how it works out long term.

arxiv.org · 31 min

TLDR AI

ENHANCING CHATBOTS' ROLE-PLAYING ABILITIES

Chatbots that act like fictional characters are gaining popularity, but current methods need refining for better imitation. This study presents a new algorithm using improved prompts and character memories from scripts.

arxiv.org · 18 min

TLDR AI

USING AN RNN FOR 2D GAME TILE SYNTHESIS

A fun blog about creating game assets using a classic AI technique. There are lots of good tidbits here around dataset curation, hyperparameter optimization, and human based evaluation. Could be cool to expand this with SDXL pixel LoRAs and truly synthesize maps from scratch.

voxely.net · 12 min