The Daily Index — Thursday, October 26, 2023 · TLDR Index

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TLDR AI

ANSWERING QUESTIONS OVER LONG, STRUCTURED DOCUMENTS

Retrieving information from structured text documents is a well-studied problem that gets much harder when the documents are PDFs. Adobe Research has introduced a tool that allows you to condition either structure or text for retrieval. It also released a benchmark dataset for further study.

arxiv.org · 25 min

TLDR Crypto

SUSHIXSWAP V2: THE BEST CROSS-CHAIN SWAP IS LIVE

SushiXSwap v2 introduced several new features designed to streamline and strengthen its cross-chain swapping function. Among the updates, the platform added the Base network and Circle-backed USDC integration, creating a total of seven chain-agnostic token-swapping networks. New payload executors will allow swaps to be charged on the source chain, reducing dependence on destination chain tokens. Future developments will include further blockchain integration, swappable adapters, and improved cross-chain transactions with Chainlink's CCIP.

sushi.com · 2 min

TLDR AI

VIDCHAPTERS-7M: A NEW TOOL FOR EASIER VIDEO NAVIGATION

VidChapters-7M is a big collection of videos with 7 million user-made chapter marks. This new dataset helps in the creation and testing of methods for splitting videos into chapters and naming them, making it simpler for viewers to find what they're looking for.

antoyang.github.io · 4 min

TLDR AI

PEAK DATA

Peak Data explores how an internet increasingly filled with internet data might lead to model collapse, its effect on apps like ChatGPT, and possible solutions that foundation model vendors might adopt to overcome model collapse.

eastwind.substack.com · 7 min

TLDR AI

60% FASTER AND 50% SMALLER SDXL MODEL

A distillation of the current leading open source text to image model. The researchers claim a minimal reduction in image quality with a dramatic speed-up at inference time.

huggingface.co · 3 min