The Daily Index — Monday, July 8, 2024 · TLDR Index

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FIGMA PULLS AI TOOL AFTER CRITICISM THAT IT RIPPED OFF APPLE'S DESIGN

Figma's "Make Designs" AI feature was temporarily pulled amidst concerns it generated designs too similar to Apple's apps. CEO Dylan Field attributes the similarity to third-party models and a design system the company commissioned, rather than training on Figma's own content. Figma plans to ensure future AI features align with quality standards and user privacy choices.

theverge.com · 4 min

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AI RESURRECTS DECEASED ACTORS' VOICES TO READ AUDIOBOOKS

AI company ElevenLabs has launched a Reader app featuring voice-overs by digital versions of deceased celebrities, stirring questions of morality and legality in AI's use in media. While partnerships with estates enable monetization, concerns about authenticity and ethical implications persist. The emergence of such technologies heralds a potential expansion in markets such as audiobooks, where celebrity voices drive demand.

edition.cnn.com · 3 min

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OPTIMIZING SUB BILLION PARAMETER MODELS

Thorough and interesting paper by Meta that shows how to train small models to be as performant as possible.

arxiv.org · 25 min

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CAPPA TRAINING REPORT

The CapPa vision model trained by Craiyon shows state-of-the-art performance on a number of challenging vision benchmarks.

wandb.ai · 17 min

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MEDICAL IMAGING

Researchers have developed a new generative model to improve MRI image translation between different sequences without requiring paired samples.

arxiv.org · 16 min

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SDXL TRAINED FROM SCRATCH WITH A FULL LLM EMBEDDER (HUGGING FACE HUB)

A great and open alternative diffusion model with strong text understanding.

huggingface.co

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REAL-TIME 3D RECONSTRUCTION FOR SURGERY

An SfM-free method for 3D reconstruction of surgical scenes has been introduced, addressing the limitations of previous approaches that struggled with minimal textures and photometric inconsistencies.

arxiv.org · 14 min

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FUN AUDIO GENERATION AND UNDERSTANDING

The Tongyi speech team released extremely strong audio understanding and generation models.

fun-audio-llm.github.io · 6 min

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SUPERINTELLIGENCE—10 YEARS LATER

A decade after Nick Bostrom's influential book "Superintelligence," AI advancements have brought the possibility of AGI and its risks into mainstream discussions. The AI research community is now urgently addressing AI safety, with 2024 marking a pivot toward ensuring control and alignment with human values. The field grapples with ethical and safety challenges previously considered speculative as AI technologies rapidly progress.

humanityredefined.com · 10 min

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GOOGLE SMART PASTE

Google's core code tooling team has trained a smart paste model that adjusts code pasted in based on the context. They found a 42% acceptance rate for 6% of all copied code.

research.google · 12 min

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APPLE M5 CHIP'S DUAL-USE DESIGN WILL POWER FUTURE MACS AND AI SERVERS

Apple will reportedly use a more advanced System on Integrated Chip (SoIC) technology for its M5 chips.

macrumors.com · 1 min

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APPLE INTELLIGENCE AND A BETTER SIRI MAY BE COMING TO IPHONES THIS SPRING

Apple's Siri is set to improve with the iOS 18.4 update releasing in Spring 2025, which will introduce new features like advanced photo searching and possibly AI-driven emoji and writing tools.

theverge.com · 2 min