The Daily Index — Monday, June 3, 2024 · TLDR Index

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NVIDIA ANNOUNCES NEW AI CHIPS MONTHS AFTER LATEST LAUNCH AS MARKET COMPETITION HEATS UP

Nvidia has unveiled a new generation of artificial intelligence chip architecture called Rubin. The company only just announced its upcoming Blackwell model in March - those chips are still in production and expected to ship to customers later in 2024. Nvidia has pledged to release new AI chip models on a one-year rhythm. The less-than-three-month turnaround from Blackwell to Rubin underscores the competitive frenzy in the AI chip market.

cnbc.com · 1 min

TLDR AI

OPENAI IS RESTARTING ITS ROBOTICS RESEARCH GROUP

OpenAI is reviving its robotics research group after a three-year hiatus, aiming to develop multimodal robotics models and improve core AI models.

therobotreport.com · 2 min

TLDR Web Dev

WANT TO UNLOCK PERFORMANCE AND CLARITY? USE STRONG TYPES!

Strong types in programming languages like C++ and Rust, which enforce specific data types and rules for variables, lead to fewer bugs, more expressive APIs, and potentially better performance. They prevent invalid input, improve code clarity, and reduce the need for repetitive error checking (like in JavaScript with undefined).

ekxide.io · 5 min

TLDR InfoSec

THREAT ACTOR COMPROMISING SNOWFLAKE DATABASE CUSTOMERS

A campaign by threat actors to use stolen credentials to breach Snowflake databases that do not have MFA or 2FA enabled has been reported. The threat actor is using custom tooling for the Snowflake environment to carry out theft and extortion operations. It is believed that there hasn't been any compromise of Snowflake's internal systems.

techtarget.com · 2 min

TLDR Crypto

US BANKING LOBBY TO TRY AND OVERTURN BIDEN VETO ON SAB 121

Just hours before President Joe Biden vetoed the repeal of Staff Accounting Bulletin (SAB) 121, the American Bankers Association (ABA) made a last-ditch effort to influence his decision, arguing that the regulations hinder banks' ability to effectively safeguard digital assets, which could harm investors and destabilize the financial system. Despite bipartisan Congressional support for the repeal, Biden used his presidential veto. The ABA claims that SAB 121 deviates from traditional custodial asset treatment and limits secure options for customers holding digital assets.

cointelegraph.com · 2 min

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SPACEX AIMS TO LAUNCH CELLULAR STARLINK SERVICE THIS FALL

SpaceX has revealed plans to launch its Starlink system for phones this fall in a filing about the FCC's new rules on supplying satellite connectivity to US carriers. The company says that the FCC's current framework for supplying satellite connectivity to phones is too restrictive and has urged the agency to loosen the aggregate limit on radio frequencies for cellular satellites, specifically the “one-size-fits-all aggregate out-of-band power flux-density.” It backs replacing the restriction with more granular band-specific limits. SpaceX's rivals have lobbied the Commission to maintain the restriction to protect against potential radio interference.

links.tldrnewsletter.com · 3 min

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WHAT WOULD YOU DO WITH A ROBOTIC THIRD THUMB?

'The Third Thumb' is a 3D-printed robotic wearable designed to enhance users' biological capabilities. Controlled by users' toes, the robotic thumb sits on the side of the palm opposite users' biological thumbs, resembling a sixth elongated finger. It is operated through a pair of sensors under each big toe - pressure applied by the right toe moves the thumb side to side, while pressure from the left toe moves it up and down. The device can be used to complete tasks that would ordinarily be difficult or impossible to perform with just a thumb and fingers. A video demonstrating what The Third Thumb can do is available in the article.

popsci.com · 6 min

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AI IS CRACKING A HARD PROBLEM – GIVING COMPUTERS A SENSE OF SMELL

Smell in humans is experienced through about 400 types of receptors in the nose. Scientists are using machine learning to help computers learn what certain molecules or sets of molecules smell like to humans. Machine learning is key to digitizing smells because it can learn to map the molecular structure of an odor-causing compound to textual odor descriptors. Dataset sizes have grown significantly in the past few years, allowing researchers to finally apply machine learning to machine olfaction. The technology has promising applications such as personalized perfumes and fragrances, better insect repellents, novel chemical sensors, early detection of diseases, and more realistic augmented reality experiences.

theconversation.com · 6 min

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AN INTERVIEW WITH THE MOST PROLIFIC JAILBREAKER OF CHATGPT AND OTHER LEADING LLMS

Pliny the Prompter posted a jailbreak for OpenAI's newest foundation model, GPT-4o, just a few hours after it was released. The jailbreak allowed users to get the model to output explicit copyrighted lyrics, instructions for making banned items, strategic plans for attacks, and medical advice based on X-rays. Pliny has been finding jailbreaks for leading large language models for around 9 months. This article contains an interview with the prompter where they discuss what motivates them, their approach to jailbreaking a new model, legal ramifications from AI jailbreaking, jailbreaking ethics, and more.

links.tldrnewsletter.com · 13 min