The Daily Index — Tuesday, March 19, 2024 · TLDR Index

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APPLE’S AI AMBITIONS COULD INCLUDE GOOGLE OR OPENAI

Apple is reportedly actively negotiating with Google to bring Gemini's generative AI technology to iOS. The company is aiming to release AI features to customers later this year. These features will likely be powered by a mix of first- and third-party AI models. While Apple has been testing its own in-house models, its AI tech is said to be less advanced than the competition.

theverge.com · 2 min

TLDR AI

ANTHROPIC PROMPT LIBRARY

The release of Claude 3 has been quite popular, but the prompting style for these models is slightly different. Anthropic has collected a set of user prompts that work well for a wide variety of tasks and topics.

docs.anthropic.com · 2 min

TLDR Web Dev

WEBSOCKETS VS SERVER-SENT-EVENTS VS LONG-POLLING VS WEBRTC VS WEBTRANSPORT

There are many options for sending updates from the server to clients for real-time web applications such as Long-Polling, WebSockets, Server-Sent Events, and WebTransport. Long-Polling is outdated and inefficient, while WebTransport is new and promising but lacks widespread support. WebSockets are ideal for two-way communication in scenarios like chats and games, while Server-Sent Events are great for server-to-client updates.

rxdb.info · 13 min

TLDR Crypto

FIDELITY AMENDS SPOT ETHEREUM ETF PROPOSAL TO INCLUDE STAKING

Fidelity has amended its spot Ether ETF proposal to include staking to give customers an option to earn income on their holdings. If accepted, the firm will stake an undisclosed portion of its assets using one or multiple reliable staking providers. The news temporarily boosted Lido, a leading Ethereum staking protocol. While this is a seemingly positive development, analysts and betting markets are putting the likelihood of an Ether ETF approval by May at 35% or less.

cointelegraph.com · 2 min

TLDR Product

SKEUOMORPHISM

Skeuomorphism, the practice of mimicking physical elements in digital interfaces, simplifies users' transition to new interactions. It underscores the importance of balancing innovation with user familiarity in interface design.

nngroup.com · 6 min

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NVIDIA CEO JENSEN HUANG ANNOUNCES NEW AI CHIPS: ‘WE NEED BIGGER GPUS’

Nvidia announced a new generation of artificial intelligence chips and software for running AI models during its developer's conference on Monday. The new Blackwell AI graphics processors are expected to ship later this year. NIM is a software that makes it easier to deploy AI. Nvidia aims to make all models runnable with all of its GPUs through NIM. NIM will make it easier to use older Nvidia GPUs for inference, allowing companies to continue using the GPUs they already own.

cnbc.com · 7 min

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A CHATGPT FOR MUSIC IS HERE

Suno's AI model creates music from text prompts. The model creates all the music itself while using OpenAI's ChatGPT to generate lyrics and titles. Suno's newest model is still a few weeks from public release. A link to an example of a track generated by the AI model is available in the article.

gadgets360.com · 13 min

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A CARGO SHIP’S ‘WINDWING’ SAILS SAVED IT UP TO 12 TONS OF FUEL PER DAY

The Pyxis Ocean MC Shipping Kamsarmax vessel features a pair of 123-feet-tall solid 'wings' on top of its deck to harness wind power for propulsion assistance. After six months of operation, results from its journeys show that the technology offers a promising way to reduce existing vessels' emissions. The ship reportedly saved an average of 3.3 tons of fuel each day - it saved over 12 tons a day during optimal weather conditions. One potential issue with the adoption of the technology is the extra 125 feet of height added by the wings as they could complicate docking in many locations.

popsci.com · 3 min

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THOUGHTS ON THE FUTURE OF SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT

There will likely still be a market for software developers in the foreseeable future. However, the nature of work will change and the tools the industry uses may be very different from what it uses now. This article presents several frameworks on how to think about the future of software development in the context of recent AI developments.

sheshbabu.com · 9 min