TLDR 2023-04-03

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Google CEO Sundar Pichai has been pushing for an AI revolution since becoming CEO. He declared that Google was an 'AI-first' company back in 2016. Google's lack of involvement in AI's 'big moment' made the company appear sluggish and vulnerable. Despite this, Pichai, in his first extended interview since ChatGPT's launch, expressed his happiness that AI was having its moment. He also remains optimistic about the state of the AI race, while also having some concerns. More highlights from the interview can be found in the article.

FIVE YEARS OF GPT PROGRESS

TODAY'S OLD FOLKS SET TO SMASH THROUGH LONGEVITY RECORDS

TRURL

trurl is a command-line tool for parsing and manipulating URLs. It allows the user to modify an URL in a number of ways, including changing the scheme, setting the host and port, appending new path or query parameters, and extracting specific parts of the URL. trurl can be a helpful tool for anyone who works with URLs regularly.

ORBSTACK

OrbStack provides a quick and easy way to run Docker containers and Linux machines on macOS. It features effortless integration, two-way command-line access, file sharing, VPN and remote VS Code support, and SSH agent forwarding. Demos are available on the OrbStack website.

GPT-4 IS A REASONING ENGINE

HE WHO SUBMITS A RESUME HAS ALREADY LOST

LEAKED MEMO: GOOGLE ANNOUNCES COST-CUTTING MEASURES ACROSS THE COMPANY

Google will cut back on employee perks, reduce hours in some office cafes, and consolidate some of its microkitchens.

AUTO-GPT

Auto-GPT is an experiment in running GPT-4 autonomously with a focus on developing and managing businesses to increase net worth.

MIT TURBOCHARGES PYTHON’S NOTORIOUSLY SLOW COMPILER

MIT's Codon compiler allows users to write Python code that runs as efficiently as code compiled in C or C++.

META STOPS OFFERING REMOTE WORK IN NEW JOB POSTINGS

HUMANNESS IN THE AGE OF AI

DETECT-SECRETS

This package is for detecting secrets within a code base, designed with the enterprise client in mind.