Scientists have witnessed a rare phenomenon called primary endosymbiosis, where one microbial organism engulfs another and starts using it like an internal organ. The process results in the host cell providing nutrients, energy, protection, and other benefits to the symbiote, which eventually becomes an organelle. It is being observed in a species of algae which have engulfed a cyanobacterium, allowing the algae to obtain nitrogen straight from the air. The relationship between the two organisms started to evolve around 100 million years ago. Studying the process may provide a new path to incorporate nitrogen-fixing into plants to grow better crops.
2024.04.19·links.tldr.tech·5 min read·TLDR The US FAA has given Boom the first-ever Special Flight Authorization to Exceed Mach. The authorization will allow the company's XB-1 prototype to break the sound barrier during its test flights. The permission designated the Black Mountain Supersonic Corridor at Edwards Air Force Base in California and part of the High Altitude Supersonic Corridor within the R-2515 airspace as a permissible area for Boom to conduct supersonic test flights. Boom still has to complete up to 20 subsonic tests before starting supersonic tests.
2024.04.19·links.tldr.tech·2 min read·TLDR Hatchet is a distributed fault-tolerant task queue. It replaces difficult-to-manage legacy queues and pub/sub systems so that developers can design durable workloads that recover from failure and solve for problems like concurrency, fairness, and rate limiting. Hatchet can be used to distribute functions between sets of workers with minimal configuration or infrastructure. Example use cases for Hatchet include fairness for generative AI, batch processing for document indexing, workflow orchestration for multi-modal systems, and correctness for event-based processing.
2024.04.19·links.tldr.tech·GitHub repository·TLDR otel-profiling-agent is a whole-system cross-language profiler for Linux via eBPF. It implements the experiential OTel profiling signal with very low CPU and memory overhead. otel-profiling-agent features support for C/C++ executables, profiling of system libraries, mixed stack traces between runtimes, and more.
2024.04.19·links.tldr.tech·GitHub repository·TLDR China has ordered Apple to remove some of the world's most popular messaging apps from the App Store in the country. WhatsApp, Threads, Signal, Telegram, and Line have now been removed from the store. Apple said it was told to remove the apps due to national security concerns. The messaging apps were only accessible in China through virtual private networks, but they were still commonly used. China's increasing censorship will likely result in more apps being removed from app stores over the coming months.
2024.04.19·links.tldr.tech·6 min read·TLDR Drug development is an integrated team effort with crucial players from both the biology and chemistry disciplines. However, the design, synthesis, purification, and characterization of new drugs lies squarely within the domain of chemistry. Physicians administer drugs, but they don't usually invent them. The public needs to be more aware of chemists' involvement with the drug development process so that they can better help resolve the myriad of problems confronting humankind.
A 'WTF Notebook' can be a powerful tool for self-management and making changes in a team.
2024.04.19·links.tldr.tech·10 min read·TLDR A review of Delta, a Nintendo console emulator on iOS - get a real controller for the best experience.
2024.04.19·links.tldr.tech·8 min read·TLDR Big River Services International, an operation that sells around $1 million a year of goods through e-commerce marketplaces, is an arm of Amazon that surreptitiously gathers intelligence on the tech giant's competitors, using its sales across multiple countries to obtain pricing data, logistics information and other details about rival e-commerce marketplaces, logistics operations, and payments services.
The webpage devoted to AWS' Snow family of products now directs users to the company's other data transport services.
2024.04.19·links.tldr.tech·5 min read·TLDR Stability AI has laid off 20 employees a day after announcing the expansion of access to its new flagship model.
2024.04.19·links.tldr.tech·2 min read·TLDR This is a transcript of an interview with Mark Zuckerberg that covers Llama 3, open sourcing towards AGI, custom silicon, synthetic data, energy constraints on scaling, Caesar Augustus, intelligence explosion, bioweapons, $10b models, and much more.
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2024.04.19·links.tldr.tech·Sponsor·TLDR AI Meta has released an 8B and 70B model with dramatically improved performance, particularly in reasoning, context length, and code. It is still training a 400B parameter model, which will match Opus in performance. These models are easily the most powerful available open models.
2024.04.19·links.tldr.tech·6 min read·TLDR AI Mathematicians and Google's DeepMind researchers have utilized AI to find large collections of objects that lack specific patterns, assisting in understanding potential catastrophic failures like internet severing due to server outages. Their approach employs large language models to iteratively generate and refine set-free collections, facilitating the study of worst-case scenarios. This research reflects the combined power of AI and human ingenuity in tackling complex problems.
2024.04.19·links.tldr.tech·4 min read·TLDR AI The launch of OpenAI's DALL-E 2 in April 2022 marked a groundbreaking and tumultuous period in AI history, as a tight-knit group of artists and tech enthusiasts explored the intersection between language and visual arts using the technology. However, the amazement and exhilaration soon gave way to concerns about the ethics of training AI models on copyrighted creative work without permission or compensation, leading to a polarizing debate that continues to reverberate in the AI space as OpenAI moves on to DALL-E 3 and other AI image synthesis models emerge.
2024.04.19·links.tldr.tech·6 min read·TLDR AI Researchers have developed a new method called Federated Proxy Fine-Tuning (FedPFT) that improves the adaptation of foundation models for specific tasks while preserving data privacy.
2024.04.19·links.tldr.tech·12 min read·TLDR AI This paper introduces a new approach to enhancing In-Context Learning (ICL) in large language models like Llama-2 and GPT-J. Its authors present a new optimization method that refines what they call 'state vectors' — compressed representations of the model's knowledge.
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Whether you're building customer-facing or internal apps, the high cost of paid genAI tools [11] can be a roadblock. Open-source LLMs can be dramatically cheaper; they're also better for compliance and local training on proprietary data. This blog post by AgileEngine [11] reviews the leading open-source LLMs, highlighting their
2024.04.19·links.tldr.tech·Sponsor·TLDR AI Component modeling breaks down a model's prediction process into its basic elements, like convolution filters and attention heads, to understand their specific contributions to the final output.
2024.04.19·links.tldr.tech·GitHub repository·TLDR AI AI Gateway is an interface between apps and hosted large language models. It streamlines API requests to LLM providers using a unified API. AI Gateway is fast, with a tiny footprint, and it can load balance across multiple models, providers, and keys. It has fallbacks to ensure app resiliency and supports plug-in middleware as needed.
2024.04.19·links.tldr.tech·GitHub repository·TLDR AI Moondream is a tiny vision language model trained on top of Phi-2. It has enormously powerful performance for its size, although it still struggles with some hallucination. Moondream is small enough to run on a phone and on edge devices. It enables a myriad of commercial vision capabilities.
2024.04.19·links.tldr.tech·GitHub repository·TLDR AI The emergence of sophisticated AIs is challenging fundamental notions of what it means to be human and pushing us to explore how we embody true understanding and agency across a spectrum of intelligent beings. To navigate this new landscape, we must develop principled frameworks for scaling our moral concern to the essential qualities of being, recognize the similarities and differences among various forms of intelligence, and cultivate mutually beneficial relationships between radically different entities.
2024.04.19·links.tldr.tech·20 min read·TLDR AI This guide explores using open-source embedding models to enhance AI projects. It covers criteria for model selection and methods for effective deployment. The guide utilizes Sentence Transformers, an open-source library, for practical examples.
2024.04.19·links.tldr.tech·33 min read·TLDR AI NVIDIA's dominance in the AI space continues to be secured not just by hardware, but by its CUDA software ecosystem and proprietary interconnects. Alternatives like AMD's ROCM struggle to match CUDA's ease of use and performance optimization, ensuring NVIDIA's GPUs remain the preferred choice for AI workloads. Investments in the CUDA ecosystem and community education solidify NVIDIA's stronghold in AI compute.
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2024.04.19·links.tldr.tech·Sponsor·TLDR AI Stability AI has laid off about 20 workers.
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The Humane AI Pin has many faults, but the biggest letdown may be its translation feature.
2024.04.19·links.tldr.tech·4 min read·TLDR AI JPMorgan predicts that the price of Bitcoin will decline after the halving to around $42,000. The halving, which reduces Bitcoin's supply growth, could also prompt mining companies to relocate to regions with lower energy costs.
Avi Eisenberg, a crypto trader who manipulated Solana's Mango Markets in October 2022, was convicted of commodities fraud and manipulation by a U.S. federal jury. Eisenberg manipulated the DEX using collateral pumping to borrow $110 million from Mango without repaying it. His legal team argued that his actions were completely legal by the rules of the smart contracts, but the prosecution successfully asserted that he acted with fraudulent intentions.
HyperspaceAI has announced HyperspaceZK, a fast and free browser-based zero-knowledge (ZK) proving engine for AI agents. The open-source TypeScript library aims to drive adoption of ZK technology by offering sub-20 ms proving times and no associated costs, making it suitable for social, gaming, and marketplace applications.
ByteDance's innovation arm has partnered with Sui's Mysten Labs to offer blockchain-based gaming and social applications. Though no products have been announced yet, Sui expresses optimism about using BytePlus' augmented reality technology alongside its NFT capabilities for social applications. Sui's emphasis on user experience, which includes zkLogin and sponsored transactions, should make the onboarding process easier for mass adoption.
This flowchart explains the different entities involved in BlackRock's Ethereum-based money market fund. Securitize is used as the transfer agent to tokenize the fund, which invests in overnight repos and Treasury Bills and issues dividends. Stablecoin issuer Circle plans to implement USDC-based investments and redemptions, which are currently taking place in USD.
Runes is a new protocol for fungible tokens on Bitcoin that uses a minimalistic approach with off-chain data tracking. The protocol uses an Unspent Transaction Output (UTXO) model for transactions which includes off-chain data tracking, effectively reducing network strain. Runes will launch after the halving, giving holders of pre-Rune Ordinals Rune tokens.
In a future where stablecoins and blockchain technology are ubiquitous, digital currencies have revolutionized global finance, fostering economic inclusivity and redefining value exchange. As AI, privacy-preserving technologies, and innovative regulation shape this new era, society must navigate the balance between the benefits of programmable money and the preservation of individual freedoms, while collectively striving towards a more equitable and sustainable economic future.
Uniswap, DyDx, and Lido had great technology and their mindshare caused them to establish themselves as premier DeFi protocols. Uniswap generated a memorable brand by focusing on design simplicity and user experience. dYdX listened to its customers from the beginning and was not afraid to pivot from a dApp to its own L2 and finally migrate to a sovereign chain. Lido's bias for action, exemplified by its use of permissioned validator sets to start, allowed it to ship quickly and integrate rapidly with various other protocols.
The SEC's lack of clarity about what a security is and is not in the crypto industry has scared innovators away from releasing new protocols.
Binance has swapped its $1 billion Secure Asset Fund for Users (SAFU) into USD Coin (USDC).
Maison Margiela and The Fabricant have launched the MetaTABI Collection, an NFT project that combines token-gated experiences with the iconic Tabi shoe, offering holders access to exclusive physical and digital products, as well as priority access to future Web3 projects and events.
Aptos Ascend is primarily geared toward financial institutions requiring compliance and security.
The New York Jets have reintroduced a jet motif into its logo, which has been updated to look more modern and forward-thinking. Along with the new logo, the team has also launched a Legacy Collection of uniforms that will be worn for the next five seasons, honoring the past while appealing to new fans.
Adobe released an AI assistant that helps users understand digital documents. It is also launching a free mobile version of the tool that responds to voice commands and adding extensions to Microsoft Edge and Google Chrome. The assistant can help users locate specific information in PDF files and other documents, generate summaries, and find citations to support their questions using a chatbot interface. Subscriptions start at $4.99/month.
Figma variables enabled Alaska Airlines to accommodate various screen sizes, light and dark modes, and themes for internal teams and external partners. By articulating primitive, semantic, and component-specific design tokens, the company can now modify an entire design through modes.