The Daily Index — Wednesday, November 1, 2023 · TLDR Index

Repositories, courses and useful tools

Resources & Tools

TLDR · GitHub repository

LOCAL AI STACK

This repository contains a starter kit to build local-only AI apps. It allows anyone to make a simple AI app for document Q&A for free. The kit uses Ollama for inference, LangChain for LLM orchestration, and Next.js for app logic.

github.com

TLDR AI · GitHub repository

EFFICIENT VIDEO UNDERSTANDING

This project introduces TESTA, a method designed to speed up the process of understanding long videos by combining similar frames and patches. Using TESTA, researchers managed to greatly reduce the computational load and improve performance in matching paragraphs to videos and answering questions about long videos.

github.com

TLDR AI · GitHub repository

IMPROVING MULTI-MODAL LLMS

Researchers dived deep into the visual encoders used in Multi-modal Large Language Models (MLLMs) and discovered that certain features from CLIP and DINO models are especially effective for detailed visual tasks. They then introduced COMM, a strategy that combines the strengths of both models.

github.com

TLDR AI · GitHub repository

A NEW IMAGE DENOISING APPROACH

The study introduces PUCA, a new self-supervised denoising approach that maintains J-invariance, a critical aspect for effective denoising.

github.com

TLDR Web Dev · Tool

MATERIAL DESIGN 3

Material Design 3 comes with the addition of a web-based set of components that implement the Material UI design system. The release also includes 19 different components, CSS theming, and accessibility best practices baked in.

m3.material.io

TLDR Web Dev · GitHub repository

STREAMDAL

Streamdal is an open-source data observability and governance tool consisting of a server, an SDK, and a console UI. Its features include data observability, data quality monitoring, data governance and enforcement, data transformation, and data obfuscation.

github.com

TLDR Design · Tool

MOCKUP GENERATOR

Shots is a tool that generates mockups for devices such as smartphones, tablets, laptops, and even wearables.

shots.so

TLDR Design · Tool

COLOR FUSE AI

Let AI decide the right colors for your design projects and apply colors with a single click.

colorfuseai.com