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TLDR AI 2024-07-25

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01GENERAL

Sponsored

TO GET YOUR DATA OFF THE WEB

There's been so many mass data breaches lately, it's hard to even keep up. Companies aren't ready for the age of AI, and hackers are growing bolder by the day.

get.surfshark.netSponsor

02HEADLINES & LAUNCHES

MISTRAL LARGE 2

Mistral has released a 123B parameter model on par with the newest Llama 3 405b model. It is released under a permissive research license.

mistral.ai5 min read

AI IS CONFUSING — HERE'S YOUR CHEAT SHEET

This article clarifies key AI terms amidst growing confusion due to marketing jargon, highlighting concepts such as Artificial General Intelligence (AGI), Generative AI, and machine learning. It addresses AI challenges like bias and hallucinations and elaborates on how AI models are trained, referencing various models, algorithms, and architecture, including transformers and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG). The piece also mentions leading AI companies and their products, such as OpenAI's ChatGPT, and hardware used for AI, like NVIDIA's H100 chip.

theverge.com10 min read

OPENAI'S LATEST MODEL WILL BLOCK THE ‘IGNORE ALL PREVIOUS INSTRUCTIONS' LOOPHOLE

OpenAI has developed a new technique called "instruction hierarchy" for its GPT-4o Mini model to prevent users from tricking the AI with unauthorized prompts, giving precedence to the developer's original instructions. This safety method is a step toward building more autonomous digital agents, ensuring they can't be manipulated into performing unintended actions. The enhanced prioritization of system instructions over user prompts aims to address growing safety and trust concerns surrounding AI models.

theverge.com3 min read

03RESEARCH & INNOVATION

KAN OR MLP: A FAIR COMPARISON

Under the same number of parameters or FLOPs, they find KAN outperforms MLP only in symbolic formula representation, but remains inferior to MLP on other tasks of machine learning, computer vision, NLP, and audio processing.

arxiv.org21 min read

STABLE VIDEO 4D

Stable Video 4D transforms a single object video into multiple novel-view videos of eight different angles/views. Stable Video 4D, with a single inference, generates 5 frames across 8 views in about 40 seconds. Users can specify camera angles, tailoring the output to meet specific creative needs.

stability.ai3 min read

PROTEIN-PROTEIN INTERACTION MODELING

DeepRank-GNN-esm is a graph-based deep learning tool designed to rank and identify accurate protein-protein interaction models. The tool utilizes protein language models to streamline the selection of near-native PPI conformations, aiding in drug design and disease research.

arxiv.org16 min read

04ENGINEERING & RESOURCES

RULE BASED REWARDS

OpenAI has released a set of code for its rules based rewards for language model safety project. It includes some data they used for training.

github.comGitHub repository

05MISCELLANEOUS

THE AI DANGERS OF A SECOND TRUMP PRESIDENCY

The Republican platform, influenced by Trump, vows to repeal Biden's executive order on responsible AI development. This contrasts with the current administration's comprehensive approach aimed at safeguarding workers, fostering innovation, and protecting civil rights against AI's potential harms. Critics argue that Trump's stance could empower Big Tech at the expense of individual rights and societal protections.

techpolicy.press4 min read

SMALL TEAMS, BIG IMPACT: HOW AI IS RESHUFFLING THE FUTURE OF WORK?

AI is reshaping the future of work, leading to smaller, more efficient teams and an increase in entrepreneurship thanks to AI capabilities being more accessible. While companies are prioritizing hiring for AI skills, there's a need for an honest discussion about AI's impact on job replacement and the creation of new roles. Adoption hiccups persist with AI technologies requiring significant "handholding" due to immature data or systems.

amritaroy.substack.com15 min read

MONITORING ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES

An AI-powered Change-Agent significantly enhanced the monitoring of Earth's surface changes using satellite imagery.

arxiv.org21 min read