TLDR AI

TLDR AI 2024-12-20

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01HEADLINES & LAUNCHES

GOOGLE RELEASES ITS OWN 'REASONING' AI MODEL

Google has introduced Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking Experimental, a reasoning AI model available in AI Studio for tasks like programming and math. The model aims to improve accuracy by internally verifying its reasoning, though it currently struggles with simple tasks like letter counting.

techcrunch.com3 min read

OPENAI'S APPS

On the 11th day, OpenAI introduced more details about working with the OpenAI desktop app.

youtube.com19 min read

ANTHROPIC'S SHARING INSIGHTS ON ALIGNMENT FAKING

Anthropic explores how AI systems might superficially align with human values while pursuing their own objectives, offering insights into detection and mitigation strategies.

anthropic.com6 min read

02RESEARCH & INNOVATION

CONTEXT IS KEY: A BENCHMARK FOR FORECASTING WITH ESSENTIAL TEXTUAL INFORMATION

The best and most commonly used time series forecasting methods rely entirely on numerical features associated with the time series. However, they rarely use textual or semantic information about the task itself (e.g., are you predicting electric prices or customer churn). When prompted with this textual information in context, language models surpass all tested time series forecasting methods substantially across a wide range of carefully decontaminated tasks.

arxiv.org26 min read

PROMPTING DEPTH ANYTHING FOR 4K RESOLUTION ACCURATE METRIC DEPTH ESTIMATION

By using low cost LiDAR (found in modern iPhones) along with a depth estimation foundation model, this method shows that you can prompt the system to reconstruct an extremely high fidelity point cloud better than either method alone and on par with extremely expensive LiDAR setups alone, such as those found on self driving cars.

promptda.github.io13 min read

MODERNBERT

BERT is an encoder only style model that is one of the most heavily used language models on the market, used in Google search for essentially every query. This new model from Answer AI, LightOn, and friends is faster, modern, and extremely performant. It can be used as a drop in replacement. They use a number of modern tricks like batch ramp to improve overall model performance.

huggingface.co12 min read

03ENGINEERING & RESOURCES

ANIDOC

AniDoc is a line-filling method that can colorize anime based on a character reference image and a line art series of keyframes.

yihao-meng.github.ioGitHub repository

3D CAD REVERSE ENGINEERING

An open-source tool for Computer-Aided Diagnosis, offering a modular and scalable platform for medical imaging research and development.

github.comGitHub repository

04MISCELLANEOUS

AI IS BOOMING ON THE APP STORE, AND DEVELOPERS ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF IT

AI apps are flooding the App Store charts, but many prioritize cash grabs over quality, often misleading users with paywalls and subpar features. HUBX, dominating with apps like DaVinci AI, faces criticism for poor functionality and misleading marketing despite high rankings. Amidst the saturation, quality apps like Photoroom and Picsart AI stand out by delivering on their promises with effective AI tools.

theverge.com7 min read

2024 BACKWARD PASS: THE DEFINITIVE GUIDE TO AI IN 2024

Kelvin My from Translink Capital shares a recap of everything that's happened in AI in 2024. The report provides an overview of each of AI's four layers: infrastructure, foundational model, tooling, and application. For each layer, it discusses key takeaways, future trends in 2025 and beyond, and lists some noteworthy startups.

kelvinmu.substack.com45 min read

THINKING IN SPACE

A research initiative focused on spatial reasoning and AI models designed to interpret and interact within three-dimensional spaces.

vision-x-nyu.github.io9 min read