The Daily Index — Friday, October 25, 2024 · TLDR Index

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OPENAI PLANS TO RELEASE ITS NEXT BIG AI MODEL BY DECEMBER

OpenAI plans to launch its next frontier model, Orion, by December. The model has been teased by an OpenAI executive as potentially up to 100 times more powerful than GPT-4. Orion will initially be released to companies that OpenAI works closely with so they can build their own products and features. Engineers inside Microsoft are preparing to host the model on Azure as early as November. It is unclear if OpenAI will call the model GPT-5, despite it being seen internally as GPT-4's successor.

theverge.com · 2 min

TLDR AI

COHERE'S MULTILINGUAL MODEL'S DRAMATIC IMPROVEMENT

One of the best efforts at multilingual language model training, the Aya project has grown substantially since its launch earlier this year. Most of the gains in performance have come from strong post training recipes. It also processes audio input and can generate images all from non-English input.

cohere.com · 13 min

TLDR Web Dev

SMARTER THAN 'CTRL+F': LINKING DIRECTLY TO WEB PAGE CONTENT

Text fragments allow linking directly to specific text on a web page without needing an ID using a special URL syntax that highlights the desired text. They improve user experience by making deep linking easier and can even reveal hidden content when matched. This feature is supported in most modern browsers, with custom styling possible through the ::target-text pseudo-element.

alfy.blog · 5 min

TLDR InfoSec

FAKE GOOGLE MEET CONFERENCE ERRORS PUSH INFOSTEALING MALWARE

Security researchers are warning of new ClickFix campaigns that use fake Google Meet pages to distribute malware. The ClickFix campaign works by sending users a fake Google Meet link that masquerades as a Google Meet loading room informing users of an issue with their headphones or microphones. The page then prompts users to copy and execute a Powershell command to fix the issue, which downloads malware to the device. The article includes IoCs.

bleepingcomputer.com · 2 min

TLDR Crypto

PENNSYLVANIA HOUSE PASSES BIPARTISAN BILL TO BRING REGULATORY CLARITY TO DIGITAL ASSETS

Pennsylvania's House of Representatives has passed House Bill 2481 with strong bipartisan support, establishing regulatory clarity for digital assets. The bill protects self-custody rights, ensures Bitcoin payment capabilities, and provides explicit tax guidelines. The Satoshi Action Fund created the bill as part of a wider national effort. The bill will move to the Senate after the election. 12% of Pennsylvania's population owns digital assets.

foxbusiness.com · 4 min

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APPLE TEASES ‘WEEK' OF MAC ANNOUNCEMENTS STARTING ON MONDAY

Apple SVP Greg Joswiak has teased a week of Mac announcements that will start on Monday morning. Apple likely plans to announce a suite of Macs powered by M4 chips, including a low-end 14-inch MacBook Pro, high-end 14- and 16-inch MacBook Pros, a new iMac, and a new Mac Mini. Russian YouTubers have posted videos of what looks to be new MacBook Pros with M4 chips. Apple revealed its M3 chips and computers at an event on Halloween last year.

theverge.com · 1 min

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TSMC'S ARIZONA CHIP PRODUCTION YIELDS SURPASS TAIWAN'S IN WIN FOR US PUSH

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) has achieved early production yields at its first plant in Arizona that surpasses similar factories back home. The share of chips manufactured at the facility that are usable is about four percentage points higher than comparable facilities in Taiwan. The yield is critical as it determines whether companies will be able to cover the enormous costs of a chip plant. The accomplishment is a sign of progress for US efforts to revitalize local semiconductor manufacturing.

bloomberg.com · 3 min

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ANALYSIS: WHY ABU DHABI IS BETTING ON FUSION

Scientists appear to be on the verge of unlocking commercial fusion. The technology would be a major inflection point if it can be deployed at scale as it unlocks limitless, cheap energy. This would significantly threaten the fossil fuel industry. As a major oil exporter, the United Arab Emirates is not ignoring or undermining the technology - it is investing in it, exploring how to secure access to crucial fuels, and embedding itself into the fusion supply chain.

semafor.com · 5 min

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EMBEDDINGS ARE UNDERRATED

Embeddings, numerical representations of real-world objects that machine learning systems use to understand complex knowledge domains, give technical writers the ability to discover connections between texts at previously impossible scales. This article presents an overview of how embeddings work and how to use them. It is geared towards technical writers who are learning about embeddings for the first time.

technicalwriting.dev · 18 min