The Daily Index — Wednesday, September 11, 2024 · TLDR Index

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APPLE ANNOUNCES ITS NEW A18 AND A18 PRO IPHONE CHIPS

Apple unveiled the A18 and A18 Pro chips at its “Glowtime” event, promising significant CPU and GPU improvements over the A16 Bionic. The A18 Pro boasts enhanced memory bandwidth and upgraded image-processing capabilities. Both chips support advanced AI features, with the A18 Pro notably improving on-device model performance and thermal design for better gaming experiences.

techcrunch.com · 3 min

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AMD ANNOUNCES UNIFIED UDNA GPU ARCHITECTURE

AMD announced at IFA 2024 that it will unify its RDNA and CDNA architectures into a combined UDNA microarchitecture, aiming to better compete with Nvidia's CUDA ecosystem. This strategic move seeks to streamline development and bolster AMD's position in AI and HPC markets. The transition to UDNA is a pivotal step, with full-scale implementation expected beyond the upcoming RDNA 4 generation.

tomshardware.com · 7 min

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CAN LLMS GENERATE NOVEL RESEARCH IDEAS?

This longitudinal study assessed 100 NLP researchers' abilities to write novel ideas and then review those ideas. It found that LLMs can generate more novel ideas, but these ideas were slightly less feasible than the ones produced by human research scientists.

arxiv.org · 28 min

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SUPERHUMAN AUTOMATED FORECASTING

The Safe AI Institute has released research on a system that can outperform human experts at forecasting.

safe.ai · 21 min

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ADEMAMIX OPTIMIZER

This paper from Apple proposes an alternative to traditional exponential moving average optimization that uses contributions from older gradients to dramatically improve learning convergence.

arxiv.org · 32 min

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MEMORY-EFFICIENT OPTICAL FLOW

HCVFlow is a new memory-efficient optical flow method that tackles the high computational cost of all-pairs cost volumes in high-resolution images.

arxiv.org · 14 min

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CONCEPT SLIDERS

Concept Sliders are a powerful way to control the output of diffusion models. Work has been done to make them work with the new Flux suite of models.

sliders.baulab.info · 16 min

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MINIFYING HTML FOR GPT-4O: REMOVE ALL THE HTML TAGS

Stripping HTML to plain text reduces costs with minimal performance loss in GPT-4o for data extraction tasks. Tests on the Mercury Prize dataset showed that GPT-4o performs well without HTML structure and that GPT-4o mini is a cost-effective choice for unstructured questions. For structured extraction tasks, consider testing both versions to balance cost and accuracy.

blancas.io · 6 min

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WAYMO GIVING 100,000 ROBOTAXI RIDES PER WEEK BUT NOT MAKING ANY MONEY

Waymo is providing over 100,000 paid autonomous rides weekly in San Francisco, Phoenix, and Los Angeles, doubling its May numbers. Despite its growth, Waymo remains unprofitable, with Google's experimental division incurring a $2 billion operating loss. High costs for vehicles and city mapping, combined with public hesitancy, continue to challenge its path to profitability.

futurism.com · 3 min

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IOS 18.1 WITH APPLE INTELLIGENCE LAUNCHES IN OCTOBER, MORE LANGUAGES ROLLING OUT OVER TIME

Apple announced that Apple Intelligence will enter beta with iOS 18.1 in October, initially only for US English users.

9to5mac.com · 1 min

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SEGMENTATION OF INFECTED AREAS IN CHEST X-RAYS

SGSeg is a segmentation framework for chest X-rays that uses language guidance during training but enables text-free inference.

shuchangye-bib.github.io · 3 min

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HOOP (PRODUCT LAUNCH)

Hoop is an AI task management app for professionals that connects to tools like Google Meet, Zoom, and Slack.

producthunt.com