The Daily Index — Thursday, May 23, 2024 · TLDR Index

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Today’s Index

TLDR AI

OPENAI PARTNERS WITH NEWS CORP

OpenAI and News Corp (which includes WSJ, NYP, The Times, and other publishers) agreed to bring its news content to OpenAI's platform, which they claim will increase the usability and accuracy of generations.

links.tldrnewsletter.com · 2 min

TLDR Web Dev

SPEEDING UP FILE LOAD TIMES, ONE PAGE AT A TIME

Figma improved the load times of large and complex files by dynamically loading content as needed instead of all at once. It used its existing dependency framework, QueryGraph, to track and load read and write dependencies across pages. The Figma team implemented a shadow mode for validating dependencies and making sure data stayed consistent across unloaded pages.

figma.com · 14 min

TLDR Crypto

BITCOIN AND ETHEREUM ETPS GET APPROVAL TO LIST ON THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE

The United Kingdom's Financial Conduct Authority has given approval for WisdomTree to launch Bitcoin and Ethereum exchange-traded products (ETPs) on the London Stock Exchange. Though it will only be available to professional investors, it is the first in the UK after regulators banned crypto offerings in 2020.

links.tldrnewsletter.com · 1 min

TLDR Design

HERE'S WHY YOUR SPOTIFY LOOKS DIFFERENT TODAY

Spotify has introduced a new custom typeface called Spotify Mix. Created with foundry Dinamo Typefaces, the new font blends styles and unique details inspired by the history of audio-related typography, aiming to balance functionality and emotional appeal. The change will be gradually rolled out across Spotify's app, web player, and marketing materials.

links.tldrnewsletter.com · 2 min

TLDR Marketing

CONTENT MARKETING REPORT: INSIGHTS FROM TALKING TO 400+ GTM PROS

Content is misunderstood, undervalued, and siloed. This report aims to address the discrepancy between content marketing's perception and reality. It covers content marketing as a function, who needs to be involved in content creation, and what success looks like for today's content marketers.

beamcontent.co · 16 min

TLDR AI

STANFORD HAI RELEASES UPDATED FOUNDATION MODEL TRANSPARENCY INDEX

Stanford HAI released the latest version of its Foundation Model Transparency Index, which evaluates the transparency of 14 major AI developers, including OpenAI and Google. These companies disclosed new information previously unavailable to the public, marking a significant improvement and willingness to open up the discourse about their models. Despite this progress, the average transparency score was just 58 out of 100, highlighting significant gaps in areas like data access, model trustworthiness, and downstream impact.

crfm.stanford.edu · 7 min

TLDR AI

MICROSOFT RELEASES PHI-SILICA

Microsoft has announced the general availability of its Phi-3 models and introduced Phi-3-Silica, a small language model optimized for Neural Processing Units in Copilot+ PCs. Phi-3-Silica, with 3.3 billion parameters, offers fast local inferencing with low power consumption, marking a significant step in integrating advanced AI directly into Windows devices to enhance productivity and accessibility. It will be available in June.

links.tldrnewsletter.com · 1 min

TLDR AI

AURORA ATMOSPHERIC PREDICTION MODEL

Microsoft has trained a foundation model for atmospheric predictions which has set a new state-of-the-art on 5 and 10 day global weather prediction tests.

microsoft.com · 12 min

TLDR AI

INTRODUCING MATHBENCH: A COMPREHENSIVE MATH BENCHMARK FOR LLMS

MathBench is a new benchmark designed to provide a thorough assessment of large language models' mathematical abilities.

arxiv.org · 24 min