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Set of Mark prompting is a clever way to dramatically improve vision+language model performance. This library from Roboflow gives you similar control and makes it easier to build robust vision pipelines with these models. It even supports open models like LLaVa.
Easily build LLM-powered apps that get cheaper and faster over time.
This project proposes "Animatable Gaussians," a novel technique that combines 2D CNNs and 3D Gaussian splatting to create more lifelike and detailed human avatars from videos.
This is a slide-heavy post from the Cerebral Valley AI Summit that takes a data approach to looking at the growth of AI. We all hear it constantly, but the data backing it up is pretty immense. Most interesting is the growth and subsequent collapse of developer interest.
Reviewing the details on common queries to an LLM across the different models reveals that it is really cost-bound at the moment. With the latest OpenAI announcements and advancements with the open source models, that may be set to change.
Casetext sold to Thomson Reuters for $650M in what looks like an acquisition swept up in the AI craze. However, this was no overnight success, with the company having started in 2023. A walk down memory lane along with what it took to persevere.
Sports Illustrated has secretly been publishing AI-generated articles by fake AI authors.
OpenAI launched Data Partnerships to collaborate with organizations to produce datasets to train AI models. The initiative already includes partners like the Icelandic Government and the non-profit Free Law Project.
The SEC is inviting public commentary on pending ETF applications from Franklin Templeton and Hashdex. This unexpected early request, coming two weeks after the SEC extended the decision deadline, suggests potential approvals in early January. However, swift approval might not necessarily mean immediate launches. The SEC is also seeking feedback on market manipulation susceptibility, liquidity, pricing mechanisms, and other concerns regarding the proposed ETFs.
Coinbase has reportedly alerted an unspecified number of its users that their account information may be shared with the CFTC following a subpoena linked to another crypto exchange, Bybit. The nature of the data involved has not been disclosed, nor how it relates to Bybit. Some Coinbase users who have not used Bybit claim they were also targeted. Coinbase plans to engage with the CFTC to limit the scope of shared data.
Axiom has launched V2, an upgrade that allows solidity and JavaScript developers to integrate zero-knowledge computations into smart contracts with ease. Key features include access to all historical Ethereum data, the ability to specify ZK-verified computations in JavaScript, and on-chain result verification without needing ZK-specific contract deployments. The platform has been deployed on the Goerli testnet, with plans for a mainnet launch following security reviews.
The Initia Platform has launched, offering a scalable ecosystem of modular chains built on Celestia. Targeting developer issues and user fragmentation, Initia’s platform is designed to streamline the multichain experience by vertically integrating the tech stack, mitigating choice overload, and integrating with the L1. With its unique VM-agnostic optimistic rollup framework, called the OPinit Stack, Initia allows vertically integrated applications to be built in various computational environments while maintaining interoperability and data availability.
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Think you need an entirely new dev team to issue stablecoins? Think again: Stablecoin Studio [9] provides a TypeScript SDK and management CLI that makes it simpler than ever to issue stabelecoins on the Hedera network [9]. Burn, mint, freeze, wipe, and pause stablecoins with ease, with built-in proof of reserve and KYC / AML functionality.
This post provides a report on venture activity in crypto over the past year. DeFi investments have made up 29% of total funds raised, according to the report. Despite turbulent market conditions in 2023, about 641 funding rounds were conducted across 617 projects, garnering a total of $5.58 billion. Seed rounds were the most popular stage with notable firms like a16z, with Paradigm and Jump Crypto being some of the most active investors.
This document presents an investigation into potential bottlenecks in scaling blockchain technologies, specifically focusing on rollups and data availability layers. It provides an in-depth analysis of current providers, transaction numbers, and call data for various L2 solutions. The model presents a key finding that with certain data layers, the bottleneck is not data availability but execution, prompting the authors to call for further experimentation in execution layer rollups.
A new law is requiring that residents of Spain holding cryptocurrency on non-domestic platforms must declare these assets by March 31, 2024. However, only individuals with a balance exceeding 50,000 euros must declare their assets. This comes as part of Spain's increased efforts to tax crypto assets.
This essay from Arthur Hayes explains how China, pegging its currency to a weakening US dollar, can now create yuan credit without destabilizing its currency or inflation. As such, it may stimulate its economy by averting property development crises. Despite some pessimistic views about China's debt, the country is likely to enter a credit boom that may indirectly benefit Bitcoin and other risk assets.
Neon Machine, creator of blockchain game Shrapnel, is embroiled in a legal dispute involving an alleged internal coup by investor Cort Javarone, affecting the company's leadership and operations.
This post provides a guide to building positions in uptrending markets. It suggests traders should start small, stay proactive, avoid panic, and capitalize on -30% sell-offs to gradually increase their positions.
CF Benchmarks introduced its CF Staking Reward Rate Series, offering institutional clients indices reflecting daily reward rates from specific proof-of-stake protocols.
Cube.Exchange released its litepaper and is merging the stability of TradFi with web3 innovation, offering a hybrid trading platform that emphasizes user control and transparency in asset management.
The attorneys general of 33 states filed a lawsuit against Meta in late October, claiming the company deliberately engineered its platforms to entice children and knowingly allowed underage users to hold accounts. The lawsuit alleges Meta created harmful and addictive products for children with knowledge of their dangers.
Holiday-themed websites today emphasize plenty of colors that aren’t typical holiday red and green – including hints of glitter, dark mode designs, and bold pops of color. The other two trends emerging are neon green accents and homepage sidebars that are sometimes functional and other times decorative.
Founded in 1972 and fully acquired by BMW in 1995, Designworks' Shanghai studio has expanded. The move is part of BMW's attempt to tailor designs to the specific needs of Chinese and Asian customers.
An accessible website is not better only for people with some form of disability, but it is also beneficial for anyone using the site, considering both users’ temporary disabilities and unfavorable situations. When designing accessible and beautiful websites, designers should focus on the correct use of color, typography, headings, images, focus, position, and proximity.
Designers need to focus on three vertices that are complementary and timeless to thrive in their careers: they should take control of their work, occasionally break the rules to find creative solutions for tough challenges, and become more strategic to generate an impact, achieve a goal, or make a difference.
A designer's primary role must change in a world where machines can create anything and everything. GenAI can generate more ideas faster, so deciding what to choose and why becomes crucial.
With over 2,000 icons, Atlas features three weights and multiple scales for different design needs.
Connect your OpenAI key and see your prompt being "translated" into various styles with visual results.
This post contains stories from laid-off designers. Most of them were either senior or lead designers, had been with their companies for 2 years or more, and were high performers. One-fifth of them thought that getting laid off was retaliation against them and 72% believe that overhiring was not the real reason for the layoffs.
The seamless integration of all the components of a digital product enhances the user experience and customer loyalty. However, platforms' frequent rises and falls make maintaining a consistent brand across multiple channels challenging.
Design systems lessons learned from the lead developer of the Astro UX Design system.
The behavior of many systems, including companies, is becoming increasingly complex. The Iceberg Model helps you navigate through the noise by describing the different levels at which you can understand such a system based on its events, patterns, structures, and mental models.
47% of websites do not use browser autofill and address lookup to verify and confirm addresses. Such aids can especially benefit mobile users due to keyboard autocorrect and the difficulty of typing on small touch keyboards, which causes errors far more frequently when entering this type of information.
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High-performing software engineering teams love DORA metrics. But it’s not always simple for leaders to access up-to-date data on their teams—and it’s often expensive. Not anymore. LinearB is giving TLDR’s subscribers early access to free DORA metrics with no limitations on contributors, repos, or team size [5]. Out of the box you’ll get a dashboard that includes:
Open Banking seems to have been on a slow boil for a while, but it's making headlines more recently with real-time payments launching in the US. This report gives you a global breakdown of the state of play within open finance, as well as providing some definitions and a 101.
This long read unpacks Vitalik Buterin’s views on the future. Tech offers pathways to a radically improved global standard of living, but equally, presents several existential dangers along the way. He explores AI, healthcare, and the d/acc movement.
Whenever you log on to X, read the news, or browse LinkedIn, you’re met with totally opposing views on emerging topics like AI safety. We’re seeing this debate play out between Effective Altruism and Effective Acceleration. The former is in the more conservative camp against the latter with regards to the benefits of technological progress. This article offers some context towards this ongoing “tug-of-war”.
Daniel Parris helped scale DoorDash’s DS team from a scrappy startup through to a public company behemoth. This article shares insight into how companies can use data and predictive analytics to increase revenue.
Lightspeed shares insights from Google and TitanML about the ins and outs of optimizing LLMs whether via prompting or fine-tuning.
Part of the My First 16 series of podcasts. This one talks with Jason Gardner of Marqeta fame as he chronicles his early career and the impetus behind building and scaling the company.
Whether you’re bootstrapping or playing the venture game, these book recommendations are excellent for founders looking to master their time, use leverage, and think on a big scale.
Organic growth booster for your business.
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This interview with Eileen O’Mara, the Chief Revenue Officer at Stripe, breaks down her thoughts on how to approach crossing the chasm to the enterprise segment and the challenges Stripe has faced when approaching price-sensitive organizations that have bespoke integration needs.
Having a predictable pipeline enables more effective decision-making. VPs at Salesforce share how they approach this process by focusing on three core pillars: People, Process, Data, and tools.
The drama at OpenAI may be over but if you didn’t follow along during the fiasco, this recap not only gives a solid timeline, but also lays out the problems and challenges in the whole affair.