The Daily Index — Monday, August 19, 2024 · TLDR Index

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GOOGLE'S UPGRADED AI IMAGE GENERATOR

Google has released Imagen 3, an advanced AI text-to-image generator, through its AI Test Kitchen and the Vertex AI platform. Imagen 3 is designed to produce images with enhanced details and lighting while maintaining content guardrails to prevent the creation of certain restricted imagery. Despite limitations, users have found ways to depict characters and logos resembling copyrighted material.

theverge.com · 2 min

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RUNWAY'S GEN-3 ALPHA TURBO IS HERE AND CAN MAKE AI VIDEOS FASTER THAN YOU CAN TYPE

Runway ML's new Gen-3 Alpha Turbo is now available, offering 7x faster AI video generation at half the price of its predecessor across various subscription plans, including free trials. This speed advancement significantly reduces time lag, fostering more efficient workflows, particularly for time-sensitive industries. Runway continues to push for improvements, including enhanced control mechanisms, while navigating the ethical landscape surrounding AI training data practices.

links.tldrnewsletter.com · 4 min

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DEEPSEEK PROVER

DeepSeek has produced an incredibly powerful math model that was trained via process supervision and dramatically outperforms larger models on various MATH benchmarks.

arxiv.org · 27 min

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DIFUZCAM: REPLACING CAMERA LENS WITH A MASK AND A DIFFUSION MODEL

This is a delightful project that uses a diffusion model to reconstruct really low quality images from a cheap camera.

arxiv.org · 12 min

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BAM DENSE TO MOE UPCYCLING

This method allows dense models' FFN and Attention layers to be upcycled into a Mixture of Experts (MoE) model for further training. This saves a dramatic amount of compute cost while maintaining downstream performance.

arxiv.org · 23 min

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BACKDOOR ATTACKS TO MEDICAL FOUNDATION MODELS

BAPLe is a method for embedding backdoor attacks into medical foundation models during the prompt learning phase.

asif-hanif.github.io · 8 min

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EVALUATING 3D RECONSTRUCTION QUALITY

This study introduces a comprehensive benchmark to assess how the quality of 3D reconstructions impacts object pose estimation accuracy in industrial applications.

arxiv.org · 36 min

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AN AI EMPIRE

AI advancements could make humanity second in intelligence on Earth. AGI could be imminent with the possibility of replicating AI research at an unprecedented scale. Exponential growth in computing hints at a rapid transition to ASI, leaving humans vastly inferior. Society may not be ready for such a profound shift, despite potential bottlenecks in AI development.

lianeon.org · 7 min

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WHAT DOES BITCOIN SMELL LIKE? AI STARTUP WANTS TO ‘TELEPORT' DIGITAL SCENTS

Osmo, an AI startup, is developing technology to enable computers to interpret and recreate scents, potentially aiding in disease detection and digital scent transmission. Unlike audiovisual AI advances, scent detection lacks a standardized "smell map," challenging the team to establish a molecular bond scent database. Osmo's applications could revolutionize medical diagnostics and digital marketing by incorporating olfactory experiences.

cointelegraph.com · 3 min

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MULTIVIEW INPAINTING

Multi view image synthesis is the task of creating new views from a single image.

ewrfcas.github.io · 5 min

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ERIC SCHMIDT WALKS BACK CLAIM GOOGLE IS BEHIND ON AI BECAUSE OF REMOTE WORK

Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt has retracted his comments criticizing Google's remote-work policy and its impact on AI competition with OpenAI.

msn.com · 3 min

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GEMINI ADVANCED UPDATED WITH LATEST 1.5 PRO MODEL FOR IMPROVED REASONING

Google has enhanced Gemini 1.5 Pro in Gemini Advanced, delivering improved responses for prompts requiring advanced reasoning and coding.

9to5google.com · 2 min