The Daily Index — Wednesday, March 20, 2024 · TLDR Index

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DEEPMIND CO-FOUNDER MUSTAFA SULEYMAN WILL RUN MICROSOFT’S NEW CONSUMER AI UNIT

Microsoft has hired Mustafa Suleyman to run a new consumer AI unit called Microsoft AI. Suleyman is one of Google DeepMind's cofounders and chief executive of AI startup Inflection. Microsoft AI will combine consumer-facing products like Copilot, Bing, and Edge into one team. Microsoft will hire most of Inflection's staff, including AI engineers, researchers, and large language model builders. Inflection will switch its focus from its consumer chatbot to selling enterprise AI software to businesses.

arstechnica.com · 3 min

TLDR AI

INFLECTION CO-FOUNDERS LEAVE FOR MICROSOFT AI

Mustafa Suleyman and Karén Simonyan are leaving Inflection to start Microsoft AI. Sean White is joining as the new CEO. A few senior team members from Inflection are also joining Microsoft AI.

inflection.ai · 4 min

TLDR Web Dev

THE ARCHITECTURE OF DOORDASH'S SEARCH ENGINE

Elasticsearch was not scaling well for DoorDash’s search engine and lacked customization for the company’s needs in modeling complex data and search ranking, so DoorDash built its own search engine using Apache Lucene, a core search library, and designed its own indexer and searcher to meet its specific requirements. The indexer processes documents into easily searchable formats, while the searcher replicates index data and uses Lucene's search functionality to match queries and rank results.

blog.quastor.org · 6 min

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BLACKROCK BEGINS ASSET TOKENIZATION WITH LAUNCH OF DIGITAL LIQUIDITY FUND

BlackRock, the world's largest asset manager, has filed a form with the SEC for its first tokenized asset fund: the BlackRock USD Institutional Digital Liquidity Fund. The fund will have a minimum investment of $100,000, be tokenized on the Ethereum blockchain, and be offered by U.S. digital assets securities firm, Securitize.

cointelegraph.com · 2 min

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META JUST SHOWED OFF THREADS’ FEDIVERSE INTEGRATION FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME

Meta showed off a brief demo of how users will eventually be able to connect their accounts to the fediverse during the FediForum conference on Tuesday. The company's integration will let users share their posts across different platforms through Threads. It currently allows users to post to other services that interoperate through ActivityPub, but they can't view replies and can only see the likes they get, a fact Meta is working hard to change. A video showing how the integration currently works is available in the article.

theverge.com · 4 min

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‘MASS HUMAN EXPERIMENT’: INSIDE JAPAN’S FUTURISTIC $15 BILLION SMART CITY

Toyota's Woven City project, located close to the foot of Japan's Mount Fuji, will complete Phase 1 of its development by the end of the year and start trials in 2025. The city will be used to pilot experiments and innovations in personal mobility, automated driving, robots, and artificial intelligence. It will have streets for automated driving, pedestrians, and pedestrians using personal mobility vehicles, as well as underground roads for goods transportation. The project will begin with around 350 residents, mainly senior citizens, families with young children, and inventors. It will help Toyota develop next-generation cars and realize a mobility society in which everyone can move freely.

forbes.com.au · 6 min

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‘A LANDMARK MOMENT’: SCIENTISTS USE AI TO DESIGN ANTIBODIES FROM SCRATCH

Researchers have used a generative AI tool called RFdiffusion to make completely new antibodies for the first time. The proof-of-principle work paves the way for the design of antibody drugs at the touch of a button. The technology is still a long way from reaching the clinic.

nature.com · 3 min

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IS THE “AI DEVELOPER” A THREAT TO JOBS – OR A MARKETING STUNT?

There have been a number of news stories about AI developers recently. While some developers are concerned that the technology may soon take over their jobs, these claims are likely just attempts at grabbing attention. AI may not remove the need for developers - it will likely just create the need for AI developers. The future of software development will likely still involve humans - the exaggerated claims made by startups today are just marketing.

blog.pragmaticengineer.com · 12 min