The Daily Index — Tuesday, December 10, 2024 · TLDR Index

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TESLA MODEL Q IS REPORTEDLY COMING IN FIRST HALF 2025: HERE'S WHAT IT WILL COST

The Tesla Model Q will launch in the first half of 2025 and cost less than $30,000 with subsidies, or $37,499 if Trump cancels the IRA tax credit. It will be built on Tesla's existing lines. Tesla told investors during its Q3 earning calls that it planned to develop a more affordable model in H1 2025. The Model Q will be 15% smaller and 30% lighter than the Model 3. It will have a steering wheel and pedals but will be geared toward autonomous driving functionality.

teslarati.com · 3 min

TLDR AI

WAVEFORMS $40M SEED ROUND

WaveForms is an audio LLM company working to solve the Turing test for audio AI. It raised $40M in seed funding at a $200M valuation. The company was founded by Alexis Conneau, who led the development of ChatGPT's Advanced Voice Mode.

waveforms.ai · 3 min

TLDR Web Dev

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT SQLITE

SQLite has become a viable option as the main database for Ruby on Rails apps, especially for smaller apps. SQLite does have limitations like single-writer concurrency and reliance on a single host, but its strengths are its simplicity, ease of setup, and surprisingly good performance on modern hardware.

joyofrails.com · 24 min

TLDR Crypto

BROOKLYN DA SHUTTERS 40 NFT SCAM SITES AFTER ARTIST LOSES $135K

The Brooklyn District Attorney's office dismantled 40 fake NFT marketplace websites after an 85-year-old artist was scammed out of $135,000 by fraudsters posing as art dealers using a fake OpenSea-style platform. The investigation revealed a broader network of scams targeting artists, with funds traced to Nigerian accounts, and highlighted the importance of vigilance and using reputable platforms.

cointelegraph.com · 2 min

TLDR Product

BIG IDEAS IN TECH IN 2025

Looking ahead to 2025, here are the major technological trends across growth-stage tech, enterprise and fintech, consumer tech, and biohealth tech.

a16z.com · 20 min

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OPENAI RELEASES SORA, ITS BUZZY AI VIDEO-GENERATION TOOL

OpenAI has released Sora, its AI video-generation model. Sora will be available to US users and most countries internationally but OpenAI has no timeline yet for launching the tool in Europe and the UK. It will be included in existing ChatGPT Plus and Pro subscriptions. Sora is aimed at competing with video-generation AI tools from other companies like Meta, Google, Amazon, and Stability AI.

cnbc.com · 4 min

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BLUE ORIGIN SAYS NEW GLENN ON TRACK TO LAUNCH BEFORE END OF 2024

Blue Origin says it's on track to launch New Glenn before the end of the year, but it is still waiting on regulatory approval to conduct a final key test of the rocket. The hot fire test will involve powering up all seven of the first stage's BE-4 engines and firing them to full thrust while the rocket sits on the pad. It is designed to mirror how the vehicle will operate during lift-off. The 320-foot-tall rocket will be capable of carrying 45 metric tons to low Earth orbit.

techcrunch.com · 2 min

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TASK-SPECIFIC LLM EVALS THAT DO & DON'T WORK

This post shares useful evaluations for large language models that focus on simple, common tasks like classification/extraction, summarization, and translation. The post also discusses the role of human evaluation and how to calibrate the evaluation bar to balance between potential benefits and risks. It was written to be accessible for those without a data science or machine learning background.

eugeneyan.com · 33 min

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WHY THE COOLEST JOB IN TECH MIGHT ACTUALLY BE IN A BANK

Jobs in financial services companies are more desirable than they have ever been. Banks say they are still aggressively hiring. Compensation is similar for comparable roles across tech and banking. However, tech companies are no longer rolling out the red carpet for their employees. Banks are increasingly looking to publicize their AI work, invest in pure research departments, and focus on upskilling and internal development.

links.tldrnewsletter.com · 4 min