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The Baichuan Omni 1.5 model supports text, image, video, and audio inputs as well as text and audio outputs. This means it is another example of an any-to-any style model, sometimes referred to as natively multimodal. The model, like many, uses an interleaved multimodal tokens approach where different types of tokens are routed to different encoders/decoders that all get processed by some main auto-regressive model.
MCP (Model Context Protocol) lets AI tools like Claude and ChatGPT integrate with your everyday apps—turning them from isolated chatbots into powerful assistants with real-world capabilities. Instead of copying error logs into your AI, MCP lets you simply say "read my browser console and fix this bug" and the AI can directly access those tools. Behind the scenes, MCP works through a standard interface where providers like Slack, GitHub, and Sentry can create "adapters" that translate AI requests into API calls.
The Unsloth team has figured out some of the quirks with the new open weights model from DeepMind. By integrating with their toolkit, one can train the model on a free Colab instance.
OpenAI's o1-pro, a more computing-intensive version of its o1 reasoning AI, is now available in its developer API for select users at a premium cost. Priced at $150 per million input tokens and $600 per million output tokens, it offers better performance but has received mixed early reviews as it struggles with certain tasks. Despite improvements, internal benchmarks show only slight performance gains over the standard o1 model in coding and math.
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Jane Street's ML researcher In Young Cho discusses the challenges of machine learning in a low-data, high-noise environment; the shift from
DeepSeek has uploaded new model weights to its Hugging Face repository.
OpenAI is beta testing ChatGPT Connectors, enabling business users to link apps like Slack and Google Drive to ChatGPT for informed responses.
ReactWise, a Y Combinator-backed startup, uses AI to accelerate chemical manufacturing, aiming to improve the process by leveraging pre-trained models to reduce trial-and-error.
Fidelity plans to register a tokenized version of its US Treasury Digital Fund, “OnChain,” on Ethereum for improved transparency and tracking. While the blockchain will serve as a secondary, reconciled record of share ownership, official records will continue to be maintained via traditional book-entry systems. If approved, it is expected to go live on May 30. The $80 million fund is primarily composed of US Treasury bills.
The dYdX Community has launched its first-ever buyback program, allocating 25% of net protocol fees to monthly buybacks to reduce circulating supply and increase network security. This move aligns the token's value with platform growth as dYdX expands its capabilities with new features like spot trading and EVM support, reinforcing its long-term tokenomics and sustainability.
Embr's memecoin appchain prioritizes real, sustained demand over arbitrary market cap milestones. It replaces traditional launchpad methods with a two-phase system where memecoins first undergo a trading phase for price discovery and then enter the “Chains of Chaos” survival game to prove their worth. In this game, liquidity is recycled and allocated to stronger memes, ensuring only those with genuine interest survive.
DWF Labs has launched a $250M Liquid Fund to supercharge the growth of mid to large-cap crypto projects. DWF will provide strategic capital and comprehensive ecosystem support, including investments, PR, and go-to-market strategies. Over the past two weeks, the firm has already invested over $11M and plans to finalize additional deals worth $25M and $10M to drive sustainable Web3 innovation.
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The current financial system is hampered by inefficiencies and DeFi presents a transformative solution to reduce costs and unlock value. Most respondents (of 300 TradFi professionals) believe that public, permissionless blockchains, especially in the areas of stablecoins, tokenized assets, and DEXs will become critical to traditional finance, though regulatory hurdles still need to be addressed.
The crypto VC bubble, which began during the 2021 bull market, inflated token valuations by channeling excessive VC capital into alt projects, ultimately setting the stage for widespread underperformance. Following the market crashes triggered by events like Luna, Three Arrows Capital, and FTX, many VCs shifted from long-term strategic investments to short-term exit strategies. This misalignment of incentives is prompting founders and communities to pivot toward alternative funding models, such as community-driven fundraising and long-term liquid funds, casting doubt on the future viability of many VC-backed projects.
Phase 1 of Proof of Liquidity (PoL) is live, shifting over $320M in yearly BGT incentives to smaller pools, with APRs expected to hit 1,000%+. A shared model has been designed to help users identify high-yield opportunities, track bribes, and optimize farm strategies as BGT emissions ramp up over the first week.
Kanye West's rumored entry into crypto has fueled the rise of antisemitic and Nazi-themed meme coins, with traders profiting off controversial tokens like "Swasticoin" while downplaying their hateful messaging. Experts warn that these communities normalize extremist ideology through memes, potentially leading to real-world radicalization.
Strategy has now accumulated over 500k BTC, demonstrating Michael Saylor's continued strong belief in bitcoin's long-term value and its role as a hedge against inflation.
Ethereum's daily burn reached an all‐time low as overall on-chain activity dipped, indicating a slowdown in network usage and fee generation.
BlackRock's BUIDL Fund AUM has officially passed $1B on the Ethereum blockchain.
Crypto agent framework ElizaOS V2 offers a leaner, more flexible architecture that allows for cross-platform agent interaction and unified multi-network management.
The Gemini app just got a big update on both Android and iOS, with a redesigned 'plus' menu that makes it easier to access tools like the camera, gallery, and files. They've also added Canvas, where you can create documents and code right in the app, and Audio Overviews, which turn documents into podcast-style summaries. These new features are designed to make the app more useful and interactive, especially for people who want to dive deeper into their content.
The "grok-2-image-1212" model adds image generation to xAI's API. xAI charges $0.07 per image, while competing providers charge $0.05–$0.08. The new capability lacks customization options, and prompts in requests are subject to revision by a "chat model." xAI is seeking revenue and funding while expanding its AI capabilities, including generative video, and data infrastructure.
A portless iPhone may soon be released, as EU regulations allow devices without charging ports. The rumored iPhone 17 Air, possibly Apple's thinnest yet, was initially designed without a charging port or SIM slot. Though Apple hasn't removed it yet, the shift toward a fully wireless iPhone seems inevitable.
As no-code app development and vibe coding gain traction, the focus is shifting from "how" to "what" to build. Skilled in identifying valuable problems, designers become essential in framing strategic solutions. Strategic UX research and problem framing allow teams to innovate and avoid building irrelevant features, driving product success.
Motion transforms static brand identities into dynamic, engaging experiences that foster deeper audience connections. It should be integrated from the start, ensuring scalability, performance, and a human touch in today's digital-first world.
Stressful situations should be considered when designing products, as users often face distractions and pressures. Stress impacts decision-making, cognition, and memory. Effective design should minimize the cognitive load by promoting single-tasking, offering clear steps, and avoiding complexity. Testing for stress cases and preparing emergency features can help manage user stress effectively.
Algorithms blend randomness with structure to generate unique display fonts. Scripting enables diverse styles for fonts, icons, and vector designs.
Autodraft AI helps you craft compelling animations with unparalleled style and consistent character portrayal.
Kosmik turns your browser into a powerful research environment - capture visually, organize spatially, and navigate your knowledge like you're exploring a map, not a file system.
After layoffs and feeling constrained in his role, product designer Gihyuk Jeong pivoted to a PhD in Human-Computer Interaction to seek intellectual independence. Inspired by advice to design for the future rather than follow trends, he now explores the evolving role of designers in the age of AI.
In this article, Amy Francis-Smith advocates for inclusive and accessible design, highlighting its importance in creating products that accommodate diverse needs. She points to the progress made in inclusive design, which now extends beyond basic accessibility, and commends universities for raising awareness. Francis-Smith underscores how good design benefits everyone, supporting the integration of empathy and choice into the design process.
The UX design process and house construction require careful planning, collaboration, and attention to detail. Phases such as discovery, design, development, and testing ensure that the final product meets users' needs. Both processes aim to create functional, aesthetically pleasing solutions tailored to specific needs.
Creating an AI character involves defining its purpose, developing a strong personality, designing its appearance, ensuring natural dialogue, adding emotional depth, and refining movement.
Blending mid-century modernism, brutalism, and retro-futuristic elements, "Severance" uses design to build its unsettling world.
Oversimplification in UX design can weaken cognitive abilities by reducing mental models and problem-solving skills.
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Next.js has disclosed a Critical (9.1/10) auth bypass vulnerability. Next.js uses an internal header, X-middleware-subrequest, to prevent infinite loops from recursive requests. The vulnerability allowed users to abuse the header, bypassing middleware checks, including authorization.
Five vulnerabilities in the NGINX Ingress Admission Controller, called IngressNightmare, enable remote code execution without authentication. Attackers can inject harmful configurations to compromise Kubernetes environments via the admission controller.
This past Saturday, a hacker took over NYU's website for at least two hours and exposed the personal data of over 3M applicants in an act of hacktivism. The leaked data included names, test scores, majors, zip codes, financial data, and information on applicants' family members dating back to at least 1989. The hacker claimed to have breached NYU to expose its continued use of affirmative action after the 2023 SCOTUS ruling.
Defensive tools that use command-line arguments to detect malicious activity are vulnerable to a technique called ArgFuscator. Obfuscation can exploit parsing flaws in executables to evade security detections, highlighting weaknesses in current cybersecurity methods.
Microsoft's Time Travel Debugging (TTD) framework is a powerful record-and-replay tool that uses CPU instruction emulation to replay program execution. Google's Mandiant team found a bug in the emulation engine and built a fuzzing harness to execute random instruction sequences through TTD and a real CPU, discovering three bugs in the process, which they reported to Microsoft.
This tutorial demonstrates how to unpack a modified UPX-packed executable using TinyTracer and PE-sieve tools, which avoids anti-debugging measures common in packed malware. The process involves first tracing the executable to identify its Original Entry Point (OEP), setting a stop offset in TinyTracer to pause execution at the OEP, then using HollowsHunter to dump and reconstruct the unpacked program with its Import Address Table. After dumping, final modifications are needed in PE-bear to fix the entry point and restore proper section characteristics for the executable to run successfully.
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Twistr is a domain name permutation and enumeration library powered by Rust. It aims to directly port the well-known dnstwist tool allowing for fast and flexible interfacing capabilities with the core libraries based on the client's requirements.
Microsoft is expanding Security Copilot with 11 AI agents across its security platform. Six Microsoft-built and five partner-developed agents will help automate cybersecurity tasks like phishing triage, threat intelligence, and vulnerability management, aiming to combat the growing complexity of cyber threats.
Bounty Prompt is a Burp Suite extension that allows users to save preconfigured AI prompts and automatically attach selected HTTP requests and responses.