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Waymo has been given permission to operate its self-driving robotaxis on highways in parts of Los Angeles and the Bay Area. Its cars will be allowed to drive at up to 65 mph on local roads and highways in approved areas. Waymo has no immediate plans to extend service to highways. The company's expansion has been put on hold until June following protests from several San Francisco city agencies and other groups.
Elon Musk is suing OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman, among others, claiming that they abandoned the company's founding mission to develop artificial intelligence for the benefit of humanity. Musk, one of the co-founders of OpenAI, stepped down from the firm's board in 2018. The lawsuit alleges that OpenAI's focus on maximizing profits for Microsoft breaks its agreement to ensure that AGI benefits all of humanity. Its aim is to compel OpenAI to adhere to the Founding Agreement and return to its mission to develop AGI for the benefit of humanity.
Researchers in South Korea have found a way to influence the formation of connections between neurons using ultrasound stimulation. Ultrasound waves can penetrate deep into the brain with surprising precision. The technique mimics brain waves common during learning and memory processes. It could lead to new medical treatments and make learning easier for everyone.
An analysis of more than 8,000 AI and ML papers found that papers shared by two specific influencers had a median citation count two to three times higher than those from a control group. Academic citations affect decisions like research funding and tenure at academic institutions. The correlation between influencer tweets and citation count points to a shift in how the community finds and reads papers. The overwhelming volume of papers published daily makes it impractical for individuals to sift through feeds, so the community is relying on curators to highlight noteworthy papers.
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Daft is a distributed query engine for large-scale data processing designed for the cloud. It features a familiar interactive API, a powerful query optimizer, data catalog integrations, a rich multimodal type system, and more. Daft was designed to be able to process any data. It is built for interactive developer experiences on large clusters of machines with thousands of CPUs/GPUs.
GPT Pilot is an AI developer that creates plans for how apps and features should be built before coding. It can do most of its work autonomously, asking for clarification or help when required. The project aimed to create a framework of thinking that gets AI to continuously work by revising its previous actions using a feedback loop that determines what it should do next in order to finish the end goal. This article contains lessons learned by its creators during development.
The typical dynamics between startups and incumbents that applied in previous technology revolutions like mobile and the Internet do not apply in AI. Incumbents are spending historic amounts of money and time embracing AI technology - they have the data, talent, and funding. There isn't really an 'AI market' - the market for chatbots and SEO tools is the same as before, just with more competition. AI startups that don't embrace this reality will likely fail.
Apple reportedly plans to announce new products this week. The company is rumored to be releasing new iPad Pro, iPad Air, and MacBook Air models along with new Magic Keyboard and Apple Pencil accessories for select iPads. It may also announce new color options for the iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus, iPhone cases, and Apple Watch bands. The products will be announced on Apple's website and through a series of videos and marketing campaigns.
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The JavaScript Registry (JSR) is a package registry optimized for TypeScript that only supports ES modules - it works with Deno and npm-based projects.
Meta's Threads API is designed to enable creators, developers, and brands to manage their Threads presence at scale and easily share content with their communities from their favorite third-party apps.
Deno is great for tasks that only require the standard library or standard tooling, but problems start to occur when the task requires more.
Google's new App Mall, designed for Chromebooks, aims to simplify app discovery and enhance the user experience by providing a centralized location for users to explore and install a wide range of apps optimized for ChromeOS.
Groq's tensor streaming processor is very different from a conventional CPU or GPU chip - its architecture makes it more deterministic.
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Elon Musk, co-founder of OpenAI, is suing the company claiming - among other things - that GPT-4 constitutes AGI and is no longer subject to the Microsoft agreement. He also argues for more transparency and openness.
Humanoid robots could be working alongside human manufacturing workers in only a few short years. Figure, a prominent company in the humanoid robot space, recently raised $675 million and struck a new agreement with OpenAI to develop next-generation AI models for its robots. The funding, which was reportedly over $150 million more than the amount Figure had initially sought, will help scale up the company's AI training, robotic manufacturing, and add on new engineers, speeding up the company's timeline for making its product available commercially. OpenAI's technology will help improve Figure's robots' semantic understanding, making them more useful in work scenarios.
It is widely believed, and unofficially confirmed, that Gemini’s amazing 1m+ token context window uses HyperAttention to achieve such success.
A theoretical paper that attempts to explain the success of MuP hyperparameter transfer. Its authors find that the largest eigenvalue of the training loss Hessian is independent of the width and depth of the network.
The community is very excited about the potential of Agents to tackle a variety of digital workloads. However, even the best general-purpose models struggle to complete tasks where humans succeed 70%+ of the time. It is becoming clear that we may need specially trained models for these tasks.
Unsloth is a project that aims to rewrite important kernels for training and inferencing language models. It has released an example with code for Google’s open-source Gemma model.
This project supports constructing 3D representations, in GLB form, from a loosely related collection of images, meaning you can take a few pictures of a location and reconstruct it for 3D uses.
A new approach named Smooth Diffusion addresses the challenge of latent space smoothness in text-to-image diffusion models. This method ensures a consistent and gradual change in images in response to minor adjustments in input.
DSNIE is a method that dramatically improves monocular surface normal estimation which can be used in a number of computer graphics applications.
CricaVPR introduces a novel approach for improving visual place recognition by focusing on the relationships between multiple images, even under different conditions.
MagicLab has unveiled MagicBot, a humanoid robot that can roast marshmallows and dance. The robot has exceptional balance and dexterity - it has the capability to execute somersaults. MagicBot has sub-millimeter positioning accuracy and a load capacity reaching several kilograms. Videos of the robot in action are available in the article.
Emissary is releasing a benchmarking platform that enables developers to evaluate prompts and manage model migration and regression on their own terms rapidly and reliably. Generate and expand test sets, define custom metrics, and collaboratively rate outputs manually teams through automated LLM-assisted eval or outsource rating to Emissary.
Cohere, a language modeling company known for its strong embeddings, has opened a New York City office to improve collaboration with senior leadership at large companies.
Amazon's $1 billion industrial innovation fund is set to increase investments in companies that integrate artificial intelligence and robotics, aiming to enhance efficiency across its logistics network.
Short-sellers collectively lost $50m as leading memecoins surged in price. PEPE, WIF, and BONK all hit all-time highs over the weekend - even Doge saw price gains. Memecoins, only recently stepping into the spotlight as legitimate speculative bets, have rapidly been gaining traction as an asset class not to be overlooked by investors and speculators.
BlackRock's iShares Bitcoin Trust and Fidelity Investments' Wise Origin Bitcoin Fund have emerged as the leaders of the spot Bitcoin ETF race so far. These two funds have captured 79% of total inflows while the rest have struggled to keep up, responding by reducing fees. Experts expect further concentration among the top ETFs and continuing fee wars as time goes on.
Uniswap has unveiled a comprehensive Limit Order offering. Users can now buy and sell tokens at their preferred price without having to wait and monitor the market. Included in the web app, the feature optimizes gas fees, auto-executes when market conditions meet user-set requirements, and can be used for swaps of any size.
Astaria has launched a first-of-its-kind intent-based lending platform. Its unique features include a 24-hour gas-free rate auction for each new intent. The system fosters competition among lenders to meet borrowers' intents. Astaria also promises no-fees capital efficiency, no listing process for new assets, and an oracle-free lending process. Incentives are in place for both lenders and borrowers involving $USDC and $WETH.
This thread lays out a thesis for memecoins being the next big trade, mirroring the L1 trade of last cycle. Memecoins have parallels to L1s. L1s' proliferation led to a few winners and many losers. The L1s that won mostly did so by winning the attention game. Memes are similar, except that they are more of a pure attention play.
This thread walks through strategies investors can utilize during market "flushes" or sudden downturns. These moments provide a good opportunity to invest in the strongest-performing assets. Strategies for investing include mechanical scalps, known as knife catching, which requires careful handling. The use of alerts, lists, and screeners is also recommended for staying organized and identifying what to buy after the dip. Investors need to have a solid plan and a good understanding of market dynamics.
The Nigerian Government is fining Binance $10 billion for profits gained from what it deems as illegal transactions. The decision follows the recent detention of Binance executives as part of a larger crackdown on unpaid taxes and unregistered exchanges. This is in response to concerns that Binance's actions are destabilizing the Nigerian economy at a time when it is trying to stabilize its currency.
This article dissects the concept of Futarchy and prediction markets, particularly in the crypto world. Futarchy is a proposed form of government where decisions are based on prediction markets - betting on potential outcomes. Although seen as a potential blend of public participation and professional analysis, challenges exist with this kind of system such as market manipulation, noise differentiation, and potential biases. The author offers insights into actual experiments of these concepts in the crypto space, stressing the 'human element' meeting 'professional analysis.'
Ordinals are still a nascent market, and it is difficult to keep up with new projects in the space. More and more projects are announcing launches as Ordinals prices continue to skyrocket. This post provides a good overview of some upcoming drops.
This post makes the case for AI-related tokens and memecoins being the top-performing assets of this cycle.
Friendtech took the space by storm last year and looked poised to become the leading SocialFi app. However, users were disappointed that an airdrop was teased and never came. After losing the pole position for SocialFi, Friendtech is now hinting at an airdrop.
The infamous 3AC founders Kyle Davies and Su Zhu have returned to X, claiming once again that the "Supercycle" is here and that they were right about it, despite their fund collapse being one of the catalysts for the overall market crash in 2022.
Reddit's recent user interface tweaks and removal of certain features on desktop are causing frustration among users. These alterations, which mimic its mobile app and hint at the discontinuation of the old Reddit design, are unnecessary transformations that affect user navigation and experience.
Adobe Illustrator's new Dimension tool simplifies the labeling of product dimensions. A handy tool for packaging, interior design, and fashion, Dimension allows you to plot distances, angles, and radii within your artwork, scaling dimensions as your artwork is resized.
Google is testing a new interface design for its core search app that targets increased visibility featuring a revamped search bar and colorful quick-action buttons. Detached from Google's standard monochrome design format and principles of Material You, this development offers insights into a future post-Material You design strategy.
Figma employs engineering critiques to encourage divergent perspectives and unlock team progress on new concepts. These sessions, inspired by the company's design team methods, offer a space for employees to brainstorm approaches to technical problems and provide feedback on ongoing work through a collaborative process that involves the entire organization.
When you have a large language model, everything looks like an opportunity for a chat-based assistant. Only some problems need to be solved with AI. Focusing on the problem first allows for the exploration of alternative solutions, benchmarking, and evaluation, leading to the most suitable solution.