The Daily Index — Tuesday, February 6, 2024 · TLDR Index

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TLDR AI

QWEN 1.5 MODELS RELEASED

From 0.5B to 72B parameters. These are an impressive suite of multilingual models. Interestingly, the smallest model is the first serious sub 1B parameter language model.

qwenlm.github.io · 5 min

TLDR Web Dev

HOW WE INCREASED SEARCH TRAFFIC BY 20X IN 4 MONTHS WITH THE NEXT.JS APP ROUTER

Properly optimizing a Next.js web application can lead to much faster load times, and thus, much better search traffic from Google. Some of the techniques that can be used to speed up a Next.js web app include using server-side rendering as much as possible, fetching server-side and hydrating client-side, bootstrapping the most important data, creating ghost components, removing excess providers, and optimizing font loading. This post goes deep into the technical aspects of each of these techniques, providing detailed images, explanations, and code examples.

hardcover.app · 21 min

TLDR Crypto

MULTICOIN CAPITAL IS IN TALKS TO SELL ROUGHLY $100M FTX BANKRUPTCY CLAIM

Crypto venture firm Multicoin Capital is reportedly considering selling its FTX bankruptcy claim valued at approximately $100 million. This comes as the price of FTX bankruptcy claims has risen, with sales reaching up to 70 to 80 cents on the dollar. As the claims get closer to reaching breakeven, more firms and individuals are considering selling their claims to be able to put their capital to work instead of waiting out the claims process.

coindesk.com · 2 min

TLDR Product

HOW TECH OUTSTAYED ITS WELCOME

This article dives into the history of tech and the current state of consumer disillusionment using Apple's release of the Vision Pro as a case study to highlight the gap between the industry's lofty assurances and the actual user experience. Tech giants have lost touch with consumers due to growth-focused business strategies and a lack of meaningful innovation.

wheresyoured.at · 13 min

TLDR Design

DESIGNER NEWS IS DEAD

Designer News, once a prominent hub for product designers, has officially shut down, marking the end of its unique, text-focused discussions on nuanced aspects of product design. Initially thriving and exclusive, the platform deteriorated after opening registration to everyone, leading to a decline in post quality and an influx of spam.

solomon.io · 4 min

TLDR AI

INSIDE OPENAI’S PLAN TO MAKE AI MORE ‘DEMOCRATIC’

In May 2023, Colin Megill met with OpenAI, including co-founder Wojciech Zaremba, to discuss integrating his public deliberation platform, Polis, which used AI to enhance democratic engagement. The collaboration aimed to align AI with human values through broad public input. It sparked OpenAI's "Democratic Inputs to AI" initiative to explore AI governance with a $1 million grant program.

time.com · 15 min

TLDR AI

BOXIMATOR: CONTROLLABLE VIDEO SYNTHESIS

Video synthesis is notoriously hard to control. This work proposes using boxes and arrows to guide the generation over time, which improves human preference judgment but still doesn’t give perfect guidance to the user.

arxiv.org · 22 min

TLDR AI

A NEW OPTIMIZATION METHOD FOR ALIGNING AI

Kahneman-Tversky Optimization (KTO) is a new approach for training AI models to align better with human thinking. By utilizing concepts from Kahneman & Tversky's prospect theory, KTO focuses on maximizing utility rather than just preference likelihood.

arxiv.org · 17 min

TLDR AI

MULTIMODAL HALLUCINATIONS IN AI

This paper sheds light on why large vision-language models (LVLMs) sometimes incorrectly describe images, a phenomenon known as multimodal hallucination. Semantic shift bias, particularly around paragraph breaks, is a key factor.

arxiv.org · 6 min