The Daily Index — Thursday, March 21, 2024 · TLDR Index

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GPT-5 MIGHT ARRIVE THIS SUMMER AS A “MATERIALLY BETTER” UPDATE TO CHATGPT

OpenAI is expected to release a major AI model, possibly GPT-5, sometime in mid-2024, likely during the summer. The new model will likely be a multimodel large language model with similar capabilities to GPT-4, but better. OpenAI is still reportedly training the model, after which it will go through internal safety testing to identify any issues before public release. Other issues, besides those that may come up from testing, may delay the launch.

arstechnica.com · 3 min

TLDR AI

STABLE DIFFUSION MAKER LEAVES STABILITY AI

Stability AI's research scientist Robin Rombach, crucial to developing the Stable Diffusion model, is leaving the company, marking a significant departure amidst a year of technical team changes.

sifted.eu · 1 min

TLDR Web Dev

HOW GOOGLE TAKES THE PAIN OUT OF CODE REVIEWS, WITH 97% DEV SATISFACTION

Google's code review tool, Critique, is highly rated among software engineers internally. This article looks at what makes Critique so loved and explains how it pairs with Google's code review process. It covers Google's guidelines for efficient code review, internal statistics on Google code reviews, and how Google uses AI to speed up code reviews for engineers.

read.engineerscodex.com · 10 min

TLDR Crypto

ETHEREUM FOUNDATION REMOVES WARRANT CANARY AFTER ‘VOLUNTARY ENQUIRY FROM A STATE AUTHORITY’

The Ethereum Foundation has reportedly received a confidential inquiry from a state authority, resulting in the removal of its warrant canary from the organization's website. The Foundation, a non-profit that supports Ethereum without directly controlling it, has mistakenly removed the warrant canary once before in 2019. Ethereum showed little reaction in price to the news. Experts suggest such inquiries are fairly common in the crypto industry.

blockworks.co · 1 min

TLDR Design

APPLE IPHONE 16: EVERYTHING WE KNOW, FROM DESIGN TO AI FEATURES

The iPhone 15 lineup brought significant upgrades, with the Pro model featuring a titanium body and a customizable Action Button, while the standard version included features like Dynamic Island. Expectations are high for the iPhone 16, rumored to have larger screen sizes and potential AI enhancements. The release is anticipated for September, with prices likely to remain similar to the iPhone 15's.

creativebloq.com · 2 min

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HERE'S A VIDEO OF THE FIRST HUMAN NEURALINK PATIENT CONTROLLING A COMPUTER WITH HIS THOUGHTS

Neuralink has shared a video of its brain-computer interface in action inside a human patient. The patient, a 29-year-old man named Nolan Arbaugh who is paralyzed from the neck down, is able to control a cursor on a screen using Neuralink's device. He is able to play games online for about eight hours before the implant needs to recharge. Arbaugh reports that his experience with the implant has so far been positive, despite some initial issues. The video is available in the article.

engadget.com · 2 min

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MAKING CELLS YOUNG

Aging wreaks havoc across the body, causing cells to struggle to perform functions they could previously do with ease. The field of aging has been debating how it works for decades. A new explanation for the phenomenon of aging called the 'information theory' postulates that aging is mainly driven by the loss of epigenetic information and that cells can be reprogrammed into behaving like their younger selves by reverting them to their pluripotent states. While the theory offers a path to reversing aging, there are still many challenges to overcome before the technology can be used - errors made while reprogramming cells can result in cancer and other major complications.

press.asimov.com · 15 min

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SCIENTISTS SAY THEY CAN CUT HIV OUT OF CELLS

Scientists from the University of Amsterdam claim they have successfully eliminated HIV from infected cells using CRISPR gene-editing technology. The work remains a proof-of-concept and will not become a cure for the disease any time soon. The study's findings are still being scrutinized.

bbc.com · 2 min

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REDIS ADOPTS DUAL SOURCE-AVAILABLE LICENSING

All future versions of Redis will be released with source-available licenses starting with Redis 7.4. Redis will no longer be distributed under the three-clause Berkeley Software Distribution and will be instead dual-licensed under the Redis Source Available License and Server Side Public License. The new licenses enable Redis to sustainably provide permissive use of its source code, allowing it to continue to be freely available to developers, customers, and partners through Redis Community Edition as Redis moves on to its next phase of development as a real-time data platform with a unified set of clients, tools, and core product offerings.

redis.com · 3 min