Scientists have discovered the first indication of nuclear fission occurring amongst the stars. The discovery supports the idea that neutron stars create superheavy elements that break down via nuclear fission to birth elements like gold. It brings scientists a step closer to solving the mystery of where the universe's heavy elements come from. The research also indicated that elements with atomic masses greater than 260 may briefly exist around neutron star smashes.
2023.12.14·space.com·8 min read·TLDR This blog post describes five solid examples for making llamafile more productive on the command line. It shows various ways to use one-liners to produce specific results. Each example contains code and demo files.
2023.12.14·justine.lol·17 min read·TLDR This page contains a collection of familiar navigation patterns for structuring iOS apps. The collection covers structural, overlay, and embedded navigation patterns. Each section contains an example and a detailed breakdown of the pattern.
2023.12.14·frankrausch.com·9 min read·TLDR Monetizing open source software is notoriously difficult. This post describes Avalonia's approach to creating a sustainable business around a popular open source project. Avalonia's 30% month-over-month growth during 2023 came with many challenges, which meant that its team needed to expand to handle its community's growing needs. The project gains income through development services, support agreements, in-person training, donations, and by making a paid product.
2023.12.14·avaloniaui.net·9 min read·TLDR European lawmakers have reached a provisional deal on artificial intelligence rules. The EU AI Act uses a tier system that ranks AI applications based on risk. High risk AI systems, systems that could impact safety or fundamental rights, and General Purpose AI Systems, have the most onerous regulatory restrictions. Many parts of the legislation were heavily contested even until the final hours before the deal was approved. The full approved AI Act text won't be available for several weeks.
2023.12.14·theverge.com·9 min read·TLDR Sponsored
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2023.12.14·brilliant.org·Sponsor·TLDR Meta is beginning to test making Threads posts available on ActivityPub-supporting services.
2023.12.14·theverge.com·2 min read·TLDR OpenAI will train its generative AI models on Axel Springer's content and add recent articles from the publisher to ChatGPT.
2023.12.14·techcrunch.com·2 min read·TLDR It's easy to choose a design system, but getting teams to align with and understand the resulting decision-making around design systems is difficult.
2023.12.14·quinnkeast.com·7 min read·TLDR llmware is a framework that provides tools for rapidly building industrial-grade enterprise LLM-based applications.
2023.12.14·github.com·GitHub repository·TLDR This guide discusses what Gemini is, analyzes its performance across a range of computer vision tasks, and shares resources for building with Gemini.
2023.12.14·blog.roboflow.com·6 min read·TLDR Elon Musk is intent on setting up a primary and secondary school in Austin, Texas, that will focus primarily on STEM - the school will eventually expand and develop into a university.
2023.12.14·gizmodo.com·2 min read·TLDR Open source AI grants from a16z have provided money and compute to groups working at the frontier of open-source AI. The second batch of grants went out to projects like Axolotl and Lmsys.
2023.12.14·a16z.com·4 min read·TLDR AI Google has launched Imagen 2, an enhanced AI image model available to approved Google Cloud Vertex AI users that offers new capabilities like text rendering, logos, and multilingual translations.
2023.12.14·techcrunch.com·2 min read·TLDR AI Cerebras makes AI training chips. It has released a framework for training huge models on its systems. The framework is simple and it doesn't require splitting up large models across multiple GPUs and nodes.
2023.12.14·cerebras.net·5 min read·TLDR AI Gemini does better than many open models in a variety of vision tasks. It also seems very competitive with GPT-V on the same tasks.
2023.12.14·blog.roboflow.com·8 min read·TLDR AI This research introduces a method for compressing large language models using reduced order modeling, significantly reducing memory and time constraints without needing high-end hardware.
2023.12.14·arxiv.org·3 min read·TLDR AI FIND introduces a versatile interface for AI models, enabling them to understand images and datasets better without altering the core model.
2023.12.14·x-decoder-vl.github.io·3 min read·TLDR AI Sponsored
Building automated test coverage in-house takes years to scale. But manual QA, while more affordable, wastes time and causes bugs to sneak into production. Consider QA Wolf - they get web apps to 80% coverage in just 4 months [11]. They build and maintain your test suite in open-source Playwright and offer unlimited parallel test runs on their
2023.12.14·qawolf.com·Sponsor·TLDR AI Microsoft's newest model is available for research purposes on HuggingFace.
2023.12.14·huggingface.co·3 min read·TLDR AI The HyperRouter method improves the efficiency of large language model training by dynamically adjusting router parameters.
2023.12.14·github.com·GitHub repository·TLDR AI This project delves into the application of the CLIP pre-training paradigm in medical imaging, discussing its adaptation, applications, and limitations. It aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of how CLIP can enhance medical image analysis.
2023.12.14·github.com·GitHub repository·TLDR AI Horizontal software, software designed to solve a user's pain regardless of the type of user that feels it, has defined the last 10 years of SaaS. Vertical SaaS, by contrast, is designed for a single or narrow user set, enabling the solution to be tailored to their needs. In this article, a Greylock partner forecasts that moving forward, users’ expectations around tailored services will govern how we build software.
2023.12.14·greylock.com·14 min read·TLDR AI The EU's AI Act, after a lengthy negotiation process and last-minute debates over facial recognition and foundational AI models, reached a provisional deal that could set a blueprint for global AI regulation. The Act, which categorizes AI systems based on risk, includes a two-tier system for general-purpose AI Systems and provisions for systems posing an "unacceptable" risk. It faces the challenge of adapting to rapidly evolving AI technologies.
2023.12.14·theverge.com·5 min read·TLDR AI Why did Google, arguably the pioneer of all things generative AI, feel the need to juice its marketing around the launch of Gemini? It boggles the mind and shows just how much is at stake here in the game of winner-takes-all in AI.
2023.12.14·bigtechnology.com·3 min read·TLDR AI Sponsored
80% of enterprise data lives in difficult-to-use formats (HTML, PDF, CSV, PNG, PPTX…). Unstructured’s software makes this data available for vector databases and LLMs. Start with open-source or
2023.12.14·unstructured.io·Sponsor·TLDR AI AI infrastructure company Anyscale has introduced JSON mode and function calling capabilities to its Anyscale Endpoints service, significantly enhancing the usability of open models. Developers can now ensure LLM output consistency with JSON format and tailor them to specific schema requirements, as well as empower models to use APIs while choosing the right functions and arguments to call.
2023.12.14·anyscale.com·5 min read·TLDR AI OpenAI has reached an agreement with Axel Springer, a Berlin-based owner of publications including Business Insider and Politico, to train its generative AI models on the publisher’s content and add recent Axel Springer-published articles to ChatGPT.
2023.12.14·techcrunch.com·2 min read·TLDR AI Simplify business travel with an AI assistant.
Coinbase is launching spot crypto trading on its international platform, enabling institutional international investors to trade Bitcoin and Ether against the USDC stablecoin. The rollout, aimed at reducing concerns over US regulatory uncertainties, will soon be extended to retail users with added assets and features. This follows Coinbase's expansion of its perpetual futures service to non-US retail traders in October.
The US Financial Accounting Standards Board has updated its guidelines to allow corporations to recognize changes in the "fair value" of their cryptocurrency holdings. The rule change, taking effect after December 15, 2024, will benefit companies that hold crypto on their balance sheets. Under the new guidelines, companies will report the fair value, cost-basis, and types of assets they possess, versus solely reporting a loss if assets are worth less than the purchase price, as is the current practice.
Eclipse, an Ethereum L2 solution leveraging the Solana Virtual Machine, launched on Ethereum's Sepolia and Celestia's Mocha testnets. This is a crucial step towards deploying the Eclipse Mainnet, which combines Ethereum for settlement, Celestia for data availability, and the SVM for execution. Developers can now bridge Sepolia ETH and launch contracts on this final stage of testnet rollouts. Notably, the first 1,000 developers to deploy to the Eclipse Testnet will receive a special NFT on the upcoming Eclipse Mainnet.
Pirex ETH, a two-token Ethereum liquid staking solution, is now live on the Ethereum mainnet. The system consists of pxETH for liquidity and apxETH for increased staking yields. It aims to provide a straightforward and flexible solution to solo staking and liquid staking tokens. While security is being prioritized, the next steps in the process include introducing enhancements and expanding user integrations. This launch marks the initial phase of the Dinero protocol, which involves the creation of an overcollateralized stablecoin.
This report lays out Bitwise's predictions for 2024, which include Bitcoin trading over $80,000, the approval of spot bitcoin ETFs, and Coinbase doubling its revenue. It also predicts stablecoins will settle more value than Visa and that J.P. Morgan will tokenize a fund and launch it on-chain. One of the more aggressive predictions the firm has is that Taylor Swift will use NFTs to interact with fans. Each prediction they outline is supported by a short summary and some data points.
2023.12.14·bitwiseinvestments.com·18 min read·TLDR Crypto This article delves into the complexities of the application layer in crypto, which is comprised of state (assets) and logic (applications). It emphasizes Ethereum's expansion of both layers, but points out the lack of significant use cases as a challenge, discussing speculation-driven market activities. The authors outline a model, broken down into quadrants, to understand other potential applications, arguing for less reflexive, more real-world use cases. Expanding the application layer to incorporate non-crypto assets and off-chain applications can drive tangible value and reduce crypto market volatility.
2023.12.14·figmentcapital.medium.com·8 min read·TLDR Crypto The Chairman of the CFTC, Rostin Behnam, recently stated on CNBC that most crypto assets could be categorized as commodities under current laws. He also noted a regulatory "turf war" between the CFTC and the SEC over jurisdiction of the crypto industry. This debate has blocked progress in creating clear guidelines for digital assets and the broader crypto industry.
Deutsche Bank is reportedly planning to launch a euro-based stablecoin in Frankfurt, aiming for mainstream adoption of tokenized assets and regulatory approval.
This article goes over L1 and L2 blockchain technologies, focusing on their design differences, tradeoffs, and impacts on blockchain applications and user experiences.
This thread explains a new protocol called MND that allows users to build programmatic trading strategies with a visual user interface aided by AI.
Binance is arguing its $4.3 billion settlement with U.S. regulators should not affect the outcome of its ongoing SEC lawsuit, challenging the SEC's interpretation of securities laws.
Adobe’s new design system adds more splashes of color to make its tools even more intuitive, inclusive, and joyful to use across platforms. Parts of Spectrum 2 can already be spotted in recent Adobe web apps like its Firefly generative AI service, Adobe Express, and some of the new Adobe Acrobat web experiences.
Apple has introduced spatial video capture for iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max, allowing users to record special moments in three dimensions. These spatial videos can be viewed on Apple Vision Pro, offering a unique and immersive experience. Users can access their spatial videos across devices with iCloud. The feature arrives ahead of the Apple Vision Pro debut.
This year's Adobe Creative Trends Report highlights the visual styles and themes expected to become increasingly popular. As users reimagine how creativity is made, this edition reflects their desire to experiment, play, and create. 2D and 3D worlds increasingly merge into fantastical AI-generated visuals and simple, beautiful images.
Components accelerate design-to-engineering timeframes and increase return on investment (ROI) for design teams. However, the first step is adoption. This two-part series discusses best naming conventions, indexing/search, auto-layout best practices, and how to motivate your designers to use your complex, well-built system.
2023.12.14·smashingmagazine.com·23 min read·TLDR Design