The Daily Index — Monday, October 9, 2023 · TLDR Index

SCIENCE & FUTURISTIC TECHNOLOGY

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The SP80 and Syroco teams have built two boats designed to beat the current world sailing speed record of 65.37 knots. Both teams are using huge kites attached to the boats and aim to achieve a target speed of 81 knots. This article takes a look at how both teams are progressing with their projects. Pictures and videos of the sailboats are available.

newatlas.com · 5 min

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UNBUNDLING AI

LLMs allow users to ask anything and almost get an answer to everything. However, the answers it returns could be wrong, and even if the answers are correct, they might not be the right way to solve the problem. They are probabilistic models that provide the most probable answers. Large language models are currently a general-purpose technology that can do some theoretically magic stuff, but for many people, they still look a bit like the PC ads of the late 1970s that promised computers could be used for anything.

ben-evans.com · 15 min

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HOW RENDER SCALED KNATIVE TO100K+ WEB APPS

Render is a cloud infrastructure provider that saw a surge in popularity after Heroku announced the end of its free offering in the second half of 2022.

render.com · 15 min

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23ANDME SAYS PRIVATE USER DATA IS UP FOR SALE AFTER BEING SCRAPED

The data allegedly contains origin estimation, phenotype, health information, photos, and identification data - 23andMe's CEO was aware the company had been hacked two months earlier but never revealed the incident.

arstechnica.com · 5 min

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AI-ASSISTED DECISION-MAKING

A guide on how to use ChatGPT to make better decisions.

every.to · 9 min

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MICROSOFT REPORTEDLY PLANS TO LAUNCH ITS OWN AI CHIP NEXT MONTH

Microsoft's new artificial intelligence chip will be similar to Nvidia's GPUs and is designed to run data servers that train and run large language models.

thenationalnews.com · 3 min

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MEANINGLESS

Google's Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro come with the promise of seven years of OS upgrades, security updates, feature drops, and AI innovations.

theverge.com · 6 min