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TLDR AI 2024-11-06

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01HEADLINES & LAUNCHES

AI FOR STARTUPS

Microsoft and a16z advocate for collaboration between Big Tech and Little Tech to foster AI innovation and competition. They support open-source AI and have proposed policy ideas to support startups and equalize opportunities in the AI economy. Their joint focus is on creating a robust, competitive ecosystem that leverages AI to drive economic growth and innovation.

blogs.microsoft.com8 min read

META'S FORMER HARDWARE LEAD FOR ORION IS JOINING OPENAI

Caitlin Kalinowski is joining OpenAI to lead its robotics and consumer hardware efforts. OpenAI is reviving its robotics team to integrate AI into physical devices and collaborate on new AI hardware projects. Kalinowski's role will focus on partnerships to advance OpenAI's multimodal AI in hardware.

techcrunch.com2 min read

02RESEARCH & INNOVATION

MV PAINT: TEXTURE GENERATION

MV Paint synchronizes the problem of texture and UV generation for 3D assets. It achieves strong performance.

mvpaint.github.io12 min read

OS-ATLAS: A FOUNDATION ACTION MODEL FOR GENERALIST GUI AGENTS

OS-ATLAS is a strong open foundation model for taking actions on a computer. Substantial effort has been put into making it work across different GUIs by collecting millions of screenshots on a variety of devices. The model outperforms essentially all other open models and many closed models at the task of GUI navigation.

osatlas.github.io8 min read

SHORT AND LONG VIDEO UNDERSTANDING

PPLLaVA is a new model that excels in understanding both short and long videos, addressing a key challenge in video-based AI.

github.comGitHub repository

03ENGINEERING & RESOURCES

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ANDROID LAB

Benchmark for autonomous agents on the Android mobile operating system.

github.comGitHub repository

AI'S SOCIAL SKILLS TO HELP HUMANS

Constrained Human-AI Cooperation (CHAIC) is a challenge designed to assess how well AI agents can cooperate with humans facing physical limitations.

vis-www.cs.umass.edu6 min read

04MISCELLANEOUS

HOW THE NEW YORK TIMES IS USING GENERATIVE AI AS A REPORTING TOOL

New York Times reporters used AI tools, particularly LLMs, to transcribe and analyze over 400 hours of audio for an investigation. Automated transcription significantly sped up the process, with LLMs identifying key themes and topics with improved accuracy. Human reporters were used to ensure the accurate interpretation and contextual understanding of the data, showing the importance of human-AI collaboration.

arstechnica.com6 min read

WRITING AS A WAY OF THINKING

This article discusses the impact of AI on writing and thinking, questioning the notion that writing is the only form of thinking. AI, such as ChatGPT, can enhance thinking through conversation. AI tools can augment rather than eliminate various thought processes. AI will change writing by automating mundane aspects, allowing for more creative and thought-provoking content.

every.to7 min read

WAYMO EXPLORES USING GOOGLE'S GEMINI TO TRAIN ITS ROBOTAXIS

Waymo is leveraging Google's MLLM Gemini to develop an end-to-end multimodal model for autonomous driving called EMMA. The project aims to enhance decision-making in the company's robotaxis. EMMA will integrate sensor data for better trajectory prediction and object detection, indicating a shift towards using LLMs beyond common applications. Further research is required to refine and scale these models for autonomous driving tasks.

theverge.com4 min read