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Casemark’s chrome extension allows legal professionals to summarize and create documents, perform legal research, and improve general workflow management all in the browser. They are working now to build LLMs that run in secure environments.
Microsoft today announced a slew of new AI-powered shopping tools for its new Bing search engine and the Bing AI chatbot in the Edge sidebar.
Stability AI, the artificial intelligence startup that has been struggling to raise funding at a $4 billion valuation, has secured a $25M convertible note from investors.
CME Group is planning to introduce ETH-BTC ratio futures by July 31, subject to regulatory approval. The ETH-BTC ratio is one of the most popular ratios crypto native traders use to understand market cycles. DeFi users also often trade this ratio when there are relative value opportunities. Now with this instrument, traditional funds can get exposure to this ratio. This comes after the exchange's addition of daily expirations for bitcoin and ether futures options contracts in May.
Coinbase is challenging allegations by the SEC that it has been facilitating unregistered trading in certain digital tokens. In a recent filing, the company countered that the tokens in question do not qualify as securities. Further, Coinbase accused the SEC of misapplying securities law, arguing that its due process rights have been violated and highlighting what it perceives as inconsistencies in the SEC's decisions. This is yet another example of the company's firm stance against the SEC's onslaught on crypto.
Coinbase's L2 blockchain, Base, is nearing its mainnet launch following extensive security audits. As a refresher, the chain was developed collaboratively with Optimism using the OP stack with an eye toward building an L2 and underlying ecosystem that can onboard the masses. The security measures employed included testing for potential vulnerabilities in all Optimism's pre-deployments and auditing smart contracts. They also utilized a technique called "fuzzing" and engaged over 100 external security researchers to identify and mitigate potential risks.
Blockchain identity project Worldcoin has partnered with identity management software provider Okta to launch its identity protocol, World ID, in Germany. Worldcoin's new feature, 'Sign in with Worldcoin', has been added to Okta's Auth0 marketplace, providing an alternative sign-in option for app developers. The project’s stated aim is to enhance privacy and provide a way to differentiate between humans and bots. It is set to launch across thousands of apps. Worldcoin currently boasts 1.9 million users in 30 different countries.
Uniswap has announced v4, which features four improvements: Hooks, Singleton, Flash Accounting, and Native ETH. Hooks allow developers to create customizable liquidity pools. Singleton decreases pool deployment costs by 99%. Flash Accounting simplifies complex pool operations. Native ETH permits both ETH and WETH pairs. One of the main advantages of v4 is its programmability, with hooks significantly enhancing the flexibility and customizability of liquidity pools. However, this flexibility comes with risks, including potential bugs and new attack vectors. Given the wider array of customization, developers leveraging v4 will need to exercise caution and fully understand the implications of their design choices.
This guide from Shopify illustrates how to design and implement a tokengated storefront using Shopify's Hydrogen and Headless platforms. The tutorial guides developers through using the Gates API, applying gated discounts through Shopify Functions, and interacting with a connected crypto wallet. The end goal is to facilitate a customer journey that grants automatic discounts to various customer segments like loyal customers or token holders of another brand. Developers going through this guide should already have some knowledge of creating gates through the Gates API and establishing Shopify Functions for gated discounts.
In the midst of the bear market, builders can start to lose the spark that initially got them into the space. To counter this, the author of this blog takes a look at some of the most promising projects they’ve seen in the space. They discuss projects like 0xSplits, Protocol Guild, Nouns, and SongCamp, highlighting their innovative works, which infuse optimism into the crypto space amidst scams and grifters. 0xSplits develops 'hyperstructures': fee-less, on-chain fiscal tools that could be core building blocks for a non-custodial financial future. Protocol Guild helps align incentives of Ethereum contributors toward a common goal. Nouns, an on-chain art project, runs daily auctions. Lastly, SongCamp unites creators in an 8-week experiment to produce and distribute songs and complimentary content. These projects reaffirm the author's faith in experimentation and long-term thinking in crypto.
The UK has turned a bill into law that enables financial regulatory supervision over crypto and stablecoins. Approved by King Charles, the Financial Services and Markets Bill grants more power to financial regulators, attempting to create a path for safer adoption of crypto assets in the UK. The law views all crypto as regulated activity and allows for supervision over crypto promotions. It also includes stablecoins under its payments rules. This move aligns with the government's plans, revealed earlier this year, to make the UK a hub for cryptocurrency.
The Bitcoin Script Project, an open initiative for Bitcoin development, is a concept that invites developers to re-focus on innovation on Bitcoin script itself. Recently, more development has been focused on Bitcoin “L2s” and “sidechains”, but this author argues that the space needs more focus on Bitcoin itself.
In this call-to-action, programmable retro-funding is suggested as a solution to inadequate traditional funding methods for open-source software projects, enabling fair, retrospective, and decentralized fund distribution.
After a flurry of rumors that it would do so, Fidelity Investments has refiled paperwork for its previously rejected Wise Origin Bitcoin Trust, a spot bitcoin ETF, two weeks after BlackRock's similar application.
Polygon Labs has released its 2.0 vision and architecture. This framework, coined as the Value Layer of the Internet, consists of four layers: a Staking Layer for decentralization, an Interop Layer for secure cross-chain communication, an Execution Layer for block production, and a Proving Layer for transaction proof generation.
In less than two months after the launch of their first chatbot Pi, Inflection AI and CEO Mustafa Suleyman have raised $1.3 billion in new funding. AI is only accelerating.
NFX drops some science around what it means to dive into this next technology go-around: get on board and hurry up, this train is leaving the station. We’re on the cusp of something we only see every 14 years but most founders won’t take advantage: (from the article) “They’ll move too damn slow.”
People often go into building companies with friends as co-founders but don’t really test their relationship until tensions start to fray. This article provides a great framework for both the before and after bad times in any founder relationship.
This article explains the importance of setting up a strong monetization system as it can increase the chances of retaining customers in the long-term.
It never hurts to bone up on the simple stuff. Your welcome email is no different, especially if it’s for your newsletter.
Evan Armstrong dives into the causes of the creator economy winter, which include a decrease in venture investment, shuttered startups, and layoffs among the creator economy giants.
An extremely deep dive into where Roblox came from, where it stands today, and where it’s going.
An interesting case study on how to build an LLM-powered generative application.
The article argues that Figma, a popular design tool, is an intermediary tool that can actually lead to problems down the road. Instead, it recommends designing directly in HTML and CSS, which is more efficient and produces better results.
Employers who mandated a full return to the office after the pandemic were met with resistance from employees who had grown accustomed to working from home. This led to high turnover rates, decreased productivity, and increased costs.
This article provides an overview of the emotional cost of scaling a startup, discussing how team dynamics and the founder's role must change in the process, and provides advice for other founders on how to manage the process.
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The blog post details the design principles, tradeoffs, and tricks used to build, deploy, and run Feelback, an API-centric SAAS platform for collecting user signals. The API-centric platform, hosted on Fly, is designed around simplicity, low maintenance, and cost-effectiveness, with a backend composed of an API, a Worker for scheduled jobs, and a PostgreSQL database.
Structures, or structs, allow us to combine several variables to create a new data type. Some other languages support the same concept but call it “records”. If you come from object-oriented programming, you can think about them as classes without methods. C and C++ are commonly used for backend infrastructure in supporting web services, where structs are a valuable tool. This article is a deep dive on structs, starting with the basics and going deep into their attributes, memory management, and more.
This tutorial teaches readers how to create a bot that answers questions about technical documentation leveraging Windmill, OpenAI, and Supabase, with an approval step. Supabase is used to store embeddings, OpenAI is used for GPT access, and Windmill is used to create a scheduled flow that ingests your data and converts them to embeddings.
Boba is an experimental AI co-pilot for product strategy & generative ideation designed to augment the creative ideation process. The creators learned some useful lessons on how to build these kinds of applications while developing Boba that they have formulated into patterns. These patterns allow applications to help users interact more effectively with Large Language Models (LLM), orchestrate prompts to gain better results, navigate a path of an intricate conversational flow, and integrate knowledge that the LLM doesn't have available.
Performing well at work is supposed to earn you recognition and opportunity for growth. But in some cases, overachieving can actually hurt your career. This article will help you to assess if you fit into this category and offer valuable solutions.
This post covers EmberJS’s release strategy, how to upgrade, what to expect, and deprecated APIs that were removed.
gpt-code-search is a tool that enables you to search your codebase with natural language. It utilizes OpenAI's function calling to retrieve, search, and answer queries about your code, boosting productivity and code understanding.
DevPod is a tool used to create reproducible developer environments, similar to GitHub Codespaces. Each developer environment is specified through a JSON file and runs in a separate container. DevPod providers can create these containers on a local computer, any reachable remote machine, or in a public or private cloud. It's also possible to extend DevPod and write your own custom providers.
Harvard University plans to use an AI chatbot similar to ChatGPT as an instructor for its flagship coding course. Students enrolled in the Computer Science 50: Introduction to Computer Science (CS50) program will be encouraged to use the AI tool when classes begin in September. The AI teacher will likely be based on OpenAI’s GPT 3.5 or GPT 4 models, according to course instructors.
This article discusses the role of generative AI in enhancing enterprise productivity, categorizing companies into AI Meeting Assistants, Business Knowledge Base Platforms, and Application Building Tools. It also shows details like valuation, what the tool does, and their target audience.
To enhance transparency, Meta is releasing 22 system cards that explain how their AI systems work and how users can customize their experience. Meta is also launching new tools for researchers, including the Meta Content Library and API, to promote open research and innovation in AI technologies.
Google recently sold off Google Domains to Squarespace. This raises concerns about how much we should trust companies to keep providing products and services we enjoy using. Read on to hear one developer’s reflection on how this affects us and the work we do.
Valve is not willing to publish games with AI generated content due to intellectual property copyright laws.
Learn about what deployment patterns are, how to implement them, and how to determine which pattern to use.
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OpenAI's plans to market a personalized assistant for work would put it in competition with Microsoft. Microsoft owns an estimated 49% of OpenAI. It is likely that the issue of OpenAI releasing a work assistant was discussed prior to Microsoft's $10 billion investment into OpenAI in January. There is no doubt that OpenAI was planning to enter the enterprise market as it is quite lucrative.
An internal Microsoft presentation, revealed as part of the ongoing FTC v. Microsoft hearing, discusses a full Windows operating system streamed from the cloud to any device. Windows 365, a service that streams Windows to devices, has so far been limited to commercial customers. Microsoft has been working on bringing the service to Windows 11. Moving Windows to the cloud would enable improved AI-powered services and allow people to roam freely with their devices.
SpaceX's plans for upgrading its Starship megarocket include changing how the rocket's two stages separate, propulsion system improvements, and a beefed-up launch pad. Elon Musk estimates that there is a 60 percent chance that the next Starship test flight will make it to orbit. It may be some time before SpaceX obtains clearance for its next test flight. This article details the changes that SpaceX will make to Starship.
Scientists from Rice University have engineered drug-delivering microparticles that release their contents in timed delays that can span days or even weeks. The injections contain hundreds of tiny microplastic particles that each encapsulate a small dose of a drug. The microplastic particles are made of a polymer that breaks down safely in human bodies. Timing and dosage can be controlled by adjusting the molecular weight of the polymer used for each capsule. A long-active delivery strategy like this will help many people with chronic issues who are unable to follow their prescribed treatments.
Large language models are powerful general problem solvers. There are now several proof-of-concept demos of LLM-powered agents that can solve problems by themselves. This article looks at how LLM-powered autonomous agent systems work. It covers their general structures, how they complete tasks, different types of memory, and more. Several case studies of real autonomous agents are presented and discussed in the article.
macOS has a huge arsenal of standard Unix tools. It also has several macOS-specific command-line utilities. This article presents a list of advanced macOS command-line tools and shows readers how to use them.
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Many people append 'Reddit' to their search queries when trying to find helpful resources on specific topics. The tactic lost its effectiveness during the Reddit protest earlier this month as many pages were suddenly inaccessible or unhelpful. Google unveiled a new feature called Perspectives on Monday that will at least partially resolve the issue. Perspectives surfaces discussion forums and videos from social media platforms. The Perspectives tab is available now on mobile web and the Google app in the US.