The Daily Index — Thursday, March 28, 2024 · TLDR Index

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“THE KING IS DEAD” — CLAUDE 3 SURPASSES GPT-4 ON CHATBOT ARENA FOR THE FIRST TIME

Anthropic's Claude 3 Opus has surpassed OpenAI's GPT-4 for the first time on Chatbot Arena. Chatbot Arena is a leaderboard run by the Large Model Systems Organization, a research organization dedicated to open models. Its site allows visitors to rate outputs from various models, enabling it to calculate the best models in aggregate. While Claude's rise is notable, GPT-4 is now over a year old.

arstechnica.com · 4 min

TLDR AI

DBRX MOE

Databrix and Mosaic have trained a 132B parameter MoE model with impressive performance. They trained the model on 3,000 H100s and have released the weights. The model is also available on the Databricks API.

databricks.com · 8 min

TLDR Web Dev

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT MODERN CSS - SPRING 2024 EDITION

This guide lists all the new additions to CSS, like nesting, container queries, view transitions, and :has(). Each feature comes with an explainer, demo, code example, and a quick bit of detail as to why you should care about them.

frontendmasters.com · 22 min

TLDR Crypto

THE SEC CAN SUE COINBASE FOR OFFERING UNREGISTERED SECURITIES, JUDGE RULES

A US District Judge has ruled that the SEC’s securities lawsuit against Coinbase can proceed, despite the firm’s attempt at getting a dismissal. This decision implies that cryptocurrency transactions could fall under the SEC's jurisdiction, despite Coinbase's objections. The judge dismissed claims against Coinbase's Wallet product, stating the SEC has failed to prove that it acts as a 'broker'.

theverge.com · 2 min

TLDR Design

GOOGLE WILL LET YOU SWIPE RIGHT OR LEFT ON CLOTHES TO GET BETTER FASHION RECOMMENDATIONS

Google has introduced a new feature that allows users to personalize shopping experiences by rating products with Tinder-style swipe gestures to compete with Amazon and Walmart's AI shopping tools. The tool, available on mobile browsers and the Google app, will show style recommendations based on user ratings, with options to adjust preferences for further personalized results.

techcrunch.com · 2 min

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GOOGLE’S PIXEL 9 WILL REPORTEDLY COME IN THREE SIZES THIS FALL

Google plans to release three models of the upcoming Pixel 9 this year. There will be two versions in the premium range, the Pixel 9 Pro and Pixel 9 Pro XL. The Pixel 9 will have a 6.03-inch display, the Pixel 9 Pro will have a 6.2-inch display, and the Pixel 9 Pro XL will have a 6.5-inch display. Both Pro models will include a triple-camera system on the back. The new Pixels aren't expected to be released until October.

theverge.com · 2 min

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ELON MUSK SAYS TESLA OPTIMUS ROBOT SHOULD COST ‘LESS THAN HALF OF A CAR’

Elon Musk says that Tesla's general-purpose humanoid robot Optimus, designed to take over repetitive tasks from humans, should cost less than half the price of a car. He has previously claimed that the demand for the robot could be as high as 10 to 20 billion units and that it would account for a majority of Tesla's long-term value. There is no clear timeline for when the robot will begin production, but Tesla has been listing more jobs for its robot program lately, including positions related to supply chains and manufacturing.

electrek.co · 3 min

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SCIENTISTS FIND HUMAN BRAINS ARE GETTING LARGER AND LARGER

A study on MRIs of people born in the 1930s through to the 1970s found that babies in the 1970s had nearly 15% more brain surface area and 6.6% more brain volume than in the 1930s. Parts of the brain associated with memory and learning have also increased in size. It is unclear if larger brains make people more intelligent, but it could still be a plus as there are links to better brain health. Larger brain structures may reflect improved brain development and health. The percentage of people diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease has decreased every decade.

futurism.com · 2 min

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THE ONE ABOUT THE WEB DEVELOPER JOB MARKET

The developer job market is the worst it has been in over two decades, even with the AI bubble in full force. It is unlikely to ever fully bounce back. Finding a good job is only going to get harder - the overall market might fluctuate, but there isn't much on the horizon that seems likely to turn the decline around. Effective documentation, information, and training will likely start getting harder to find, especially in areas where AI is even less effective than normal.

baldurbjarnason.com · 35 min