The Daily Index — Friday, September 1, 2023 · TLDR Index

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Tesla has officially unveiled its Model 3 refresh. Updates include a 'facelifted' front-end design, more screen space, and increased range. The company claims that more than half the parts of the vehicle were replaced. It appears that the photo of the new vehicle leaked in April was real. The refreshed Model 3 is now available for order on Tesla's European sites. More details about what was updated are available in the article.

electrek.co · 8 min

TLDR AI

META RELEASES FACET DATASET

Meta has released a new AI benchmark, FACET, designed to evaluate the “fairness” of AI models that classify and detect things in photos and videos, including people.

techcrunch.com · 2 min

TLDR InfoSec

JAPAN’S CYBERSECURITY AGENCY ADMITS IT WAS HACKED FOR MONTHS

Japan's National Center of Incident Readiness and Strategy for Cybersecurity (NISC) has confirmed that it was hacked for as long as nine months. The Chinese military is suspected to be behind the breach, which was discovered in June 2023. Email conversations were exposed to unauthorized parties, and there were also "suspicious phone calls and emails" from people posing as employees of Japan's NISC.

bitdefender.com · 2 min

TLDR Crypto

BLACKROCK, FIDELITY

The SEC has postponed its decision on the approval of bitcoin ETF applications from firms like BlackRock and WisdomTree until October. The delay will allow for extended comment periods and broader public feedback on the applications. This came as somewhat of a disappointment as the markets seemed to have been anticipating a quick approval after the SEC’s loss in the Grayscale case.

coindesk.com · 2 min

TLDR Design

HOW (NOT) TO GET PEOPLE TO DOWNLOAD YOUR APP

Whenever a user visits Reddit, usually coming from a search engine, they get asked five times to download and use the app. The screen has so many modals that it’s impossible to see the content below. None of the prompts explain why opting for the app is a better choice despite the mobile website experience being unintuitive and pushy with cluttered interfaces.

builtformars.com · 9 min

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OPENAI’S MOONSHOT: SOLVING THE AI ALIGNMENT PROBLEM

OpenAI is dedicating 20% of its computing power to solve the AI alignment problem by 2027. The AI alignment problem is the idea that AI systems might not have goals that align with those of humans. This may become a significant issue in the future if superintelligent AI systems are developed. This article features an interview with Jan Leike, OpenAI's head of alignment research, where they talk about solving the AI alignment problem and OpenAI's subgoal of building an aligned AI research tool to help solve the alignment problem.

spectrum.ieee.org · 12 min

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CAN SAMSUNG FOOD USHER IN A NEW ERA FOR THE SMART KITCHEN?

Samsung Food is a culmination of everything that Samsung has been working towards since it released a smart fridge with an Android tablet in 2016. The software can scan food, offer up tailored recipes, and sync kitchen appliances together to create meals. It uses generative AI to create meal plans and build grocery lists. Samsung is planning to create compatible cooktops, microwaves, refrigerators, water filters, and other cooking devices.

theverge.com · 5 min

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RARE OXYGEN ISOTOPE DETECTED AT LAST — AND IT DEFIES EXPECTATIONS

Oxygen-28 has been detected for the first time. While the isotope was predicted to be stable, it disintegrated rapidly after creation. Oxygen-28 is an isotope of oxygen with 12 extra neutrons in its nucleus. The new findings mean that physicists might have to update theories of how atomic nuclei are structured.

nature.com · 8 min

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SERVER COMPONENTS

React Server Components (RSCs) are React components that run on the server instead of the client. Frameworks that support RSCs allow developers to define where code runs. Server components are able to fetch data from directly within the component and stream that data to the client, making fetching data fast and simple. This article discusses how Mux moved over to using RSCs and covers why Server Components matter, what they're good and bad at, how to use them, how to incrementally adopt them, and the kind of advanced patterns to use to keep RSCs under control.

mux.com · 20 min