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Object detection is the process of identifying objects and their bounding boxes. This can usually only be done for a fixed set of objects chosen before training. This work introduces a real-time method that can do Open Vocabulary object detection, which means it can detect bounding boxes for any run-time-specified combination of objects.
Google proposed a novel prompting technique that allows language models to use a set of reasoning primitives to discover a larger framework for problem-specific reasoning. This means the models can select different modules and combine them to better solve complex problems. This repository is an unofficial implementation of these ideas.
MobileVLM V2 is a range of advanced vision-language models for mobile devices that showcase notable performance improvements through innovative architecture.
Recent shifts in AI research focus on efficiency and depth over mere accuracy and breadth. NVIDIA's H100 sales and AI's growing energy demand highlight the industry's scale. Investments demand profitability, shifting research towards smaller, more efficient models like Phi 2 and emphasizing sustainable economics from model architecture to deployment. Innovations in training, fine-tuning, and design promise to improve AI's energy and computational efficiency. On-device capabilities reflect a broader trend towards more sustainable and practical AI applications.
A new study reveals a weakness in multi-modal large language models (MLLMs) like GPT-4V: they struggle with specific types of image-text inputs, leading to errors. CorrelationQA is a benchmark designed to evaluate MLLMs' performance in scenarios where images may mislead or contradict text.
The Rabbit R1 is a bright orange walkie-talkie for AI. It features one big button that users push to talk, a chunky scroll wheel to browse the screen, and a rotating camera with its own privacy door. At $199, the device can be programmed to control apps and websites. This article tells the story of how Rabbit and Teenage Engineering collaborated to create what may be the most successful AI hardware launch to date.
OpenAI has established a Child Safety team to explore ways to prevent misuse of its AI tools by children.
Create your own free ChatGPT widget for your website.
A Chrome extension that allows you to use a local language model to filter social media posts based on criteria you choose.
Ark 21Shares has amended its spot ether ETF filings, hinting at the possibility of staking as a component of the fund. This is a potential milestone in the cross-over of traditional finance and digital assets. Analysts predict that if ETFs hold Ethereum and are allowed to keep staking rewards, it could trigger significant growth in the staking industry. The final decision on the ether ETFs is due from the SEC in May.
Prometheum, the only U.S.-registered cryptocurrency securities platform, plans to start its business by holding customers' Ethereum starting next month, according to co-CEO Aaron Kaplan. The company, which recently cleared regulatory hurdles for its custody operation, aims to service a wide range of tokens and launch its trading operations by the second quarter of 2024.
Wormhole, a multi-chain bridge solution supporting 30+ blockchains, announced the upcoming launch of its native token, W. With an initial supply of 1.8 billion, the token allocation will include strategic stakeholders, community and launch, core contributors, ecosystem and incubation, strategic network participants, and the WormHole Foundation Treasury. The community piece of this will include an airdrop for which the snapshot has already been taken and will be one of the most anticipated airdrops of the year.
This litepaper details Treasure’s new decentralized gaming platform, Infinity Chains. The paper outlines the future of blockchain gaming and features an in-depth description of Treasure Chain, the main settlement layer for Infinity Chains' network. Key elements of this design include game-specific rollups and the role of MAGIC as the network's primary token. The project is aiming for a Q3’24 mainnet launch after a Q1’24 testnet implementation.
This tutorial, aimed at increasing users’ chances for airdrop rewards, provides a quick, cost-efficient guide to deploying smart contracts on EVM blockchains and minting NFTs in 15 minutes or less. It leverages user-friendly tools, accessible to individuals without prior coding knowledge. The steps include smart contract creation and deployment, setting up NFT claim conditions, uploading NFT metadata, and ultimately minting the NFT. The tutorial further simplifies the process by using predetermined files and websites.
Eigenlayer has reopened its deposits. This thread presents three strategies to optimize your chances for Eigenlayer airdrops. The strategies involve the use of KelpDAO, Stader, Pendle, EtherFi, Swell Network, Curve Finance, and Eigenpie. With these strategies, depositors can earn various rewards, including EigenLayer points, Kelp Miles points, EtherFi points, Swell points, and others.
Crypto financial services firm BitGo is acquiring Brassica, a company focused on infrastructure services for private securities and alternative investments, intending to adapt its services for crypto assets. The move is an attempt to bridge the gap between crypto and TradFi. BitGo will offer support for both traditional private securities and blockchain-based assets.
SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce is reportedly not giving up on her Token Safe Harbor Proposal designed to attract and support cryptocurrency innovation in the US. Peirce's plan would offer developmental teams a three-year grace period to build decentralized networks free from registration provisions of federal securities laws, assuming certain conditions are met. The proposal seeks to balance the concerns of crypto skeptics with the interests of innovators while addressing the lack of disclosure around token issuances.
According to this article, in 2023, the average crypto investor had only $887.60 in gains, which was surprisingly still better than 2022’s dismal average of a $7,000 loss.
MicroStrategy, labeled as the first bitcoin development company, posted weaker Q4 earnings, despite being the largest bitcoin holder.
OKX launched crypto exchange and digital wallet services in Argentina, offering peer-to-peer trading with local support and expanding its presence in Latin America.
Ethereum's Dencun upgrade, which introduces proto-danksharding, enhancing data throughput and reducing network costs, successfully tested on Holešky. It is now geared up for a mainnet launch.
In collaboration with the University of California, Santa Barbara, Apple researchers have developed the MGIE model, which enables users to describe desired photo edits through text rather than directly using photo editing software. MGIE, which stands for MLLM-Guided Image Editing, performs tasks like cropping, resizing, and adding filters based on textual prompts. It combines multimodal language models to interpret user instructions and generate corresponding image edits, enhancing efficiency and effectiveness in photo editing tasks.
Snap CEO Evan Spiegel said the company is taking steps to fuel growth including unifying Stories and Spotlight experiences. The update will enhance ad interactions across platforms and increase engagement and user growth. To improve engagement even further, the company plans to migrate ranking mechanisms and recommendation engines from TikTok-rival Spotlight to Stories, merging the interface and navigational gaps between these two segments.
Richard Howarth, VP of Industrial Design at Apple, and Alan Dye, VP of Human Interface Design, explains how hardware and software worked in unprecedented ways to transform ideas into reality during the development of the Vision Pro. The tech giant's design team understood that the device was a tool for connecting people, bringing them together, and enriching their lives. The Vision Pro needed to feel not too techy, so Apple invested a lot in flexible, soft materials and designed natural and comfortable gestures. Its hardware and software work together symbiotically, sharing common design principles and high-level goals.
Designers should consider five principles when designing search experiences on mobile devices: the entry point, the breadth of search results, the presentation method, the complexity of search results, and the complexity of the input fields.
In a world where innovation is driven primarily by speed, many designs can have unintended negative consequences. Despite their noble intentions, when Toms Shoes pledged to donate a pair of shoes for every pair it sold, it put local shoemakers out of business. Designers are responsible for the intended and unintended consequences of their work. The only way to do that is to step back and explore all sides of our big ideas.
The Style Reference tool extracts visual style cues incorporated into your outputs by referencing images as Midjourney inputs. The new tool will be crucial to most prompting due to its high effectiveness at increasing term value. It produces even better results with other features, like reference images and image weights.
A collection of hundreds of free and premium AI-generated assets, with Midjourney prompts included.
This practical set of buttons includes different styles and multiple states, all easily integrated with a copy-paste with no JavaScript required.
Use AI to instantly predict where users will look after engaging with your design so you can save time and avoid fixes after the launch.
Honda unveiled its 0 Series electric vehicles at CES. The two concept cars, the Saloon and the Space-Hub, designed to enhance daily life, are slated for production in 2026. Honda introduced a new logo, a departure from its traditional 'H mark,' marking a significant change since 1981.
Flings partnered with Blurr Bureau, a brand-building agency, to develop branding and packaging that evokes memories of simpler times. Blurr Bureau's approach balanced nostalgia with modern health consciousness, resulting in a successful product launch that exceeded sales targets.
If you are an icon designer or just curious about the evolution of symbols, paper is still your best choice. Despite some of these being hard to find, the books on this list will help you dig deep into the world of iconography.
Filatelia Grafica is run on Instagram and expertly curated by London-based graphic designer and archivist Diego Bucciero, who has brought the collection out of an old shoebox for everyone to enjoy.
There are many different styles and formats for checkboxes. However, there has always been one constant: checkboxes were square. Until now. Despite four decades of tradition, Apple abandoned the standard with its new visionOS.
Microsoft's Copilot is getting upgrades, including a revamped AI model named Deucalion and enhanced editing capabilities in its Designer tool. It will allow users to edit images within chat flows and resize images between portrait and landscape orientations. Despite the good news, users continue to raise concerns over performance issues with Copilot Pro, including long generation times and bugs.
Instapage's report highlights the significant adoption of AI tools across various industries. Based on the findings, 95.8% of marketers incorporated AI into their daily workflows, particularly for tasks like drafting blogs and social media posts. Marketers believe that while AI-generated content streamlines processes, it still requires human intervention for final revisions and will ultimately create more jobs in the future. There is widespread agreement that if used properly, AI can help create more successful campaigns.
42% of marketers report that updating and repurposing existing content leads to successful marketing campaigns. Repurposing evergreen brand content can save costs and resources while enforcing key positioning messages. Easy tips for refreshing content include updating a cross-link in a blog post, editing existing videos, repurposing webinars into case studies, and reformatting long-form content into shareable clips on social media.
"Offer-Led Growth" is a new approach to customer acquisition that emphasizes the creation of irresistible offers to stand out in crowded markets. It drives conversions and fosters long-term relationships through in-depth customer research and by incorporating urgency, scarcity, and risk reversal tactics. This article explores 17 case studies of brands that successfully achieved rapid growth and customer loyalty by applying the strategy. Examples include MasterClass, Warby Parker, and Wise.
Most marketers define cost per acquisition (CPA) as the average cost of generating a conversion via a particular marketing campaign/channel. However, this fails to address the many types of CPA, each with a different combination of attribution model and attribution window. Different teams within an organization might interpret the same CPA value differently based on their assumptions about how it was calculated. Always specify the details of your CPA metric definition to avoid miscommunication and ensure that you’re using the most appropriate attribution model.
This post shares how to apply the SMARTER framework when crafting ChatGPT prompts. SMARTER stands for Setting, Modality, Adaptability, Role, Task, Example, and Relevance. The post provides a breakdown of how the framework can be implemented using a sample prompt for creating a content roadmap for Deel, a payroll and compliance provider.
This post summarizes the similarities and differences between the leadership in high-growth products like Miro, Notion, and Figma. These companies all rely on user insights and feedback to make product decisions, prioritize cross-functional collaboration, and take an interactive approach to product planning. They differ in terms of product org philosophy, OKR usage, and their product/design review process.
Effective loyalty programs can have benefits for both consumers and companies. They create value for loyal customers while benefiting companies through increased frequency, retention, and lifetime value. This article explores the components of great loyalty programs, which include having the right incentives, segmenting the audience, and personalizing the experience. It also draws insights from industry leaders like Starbucks, Lyft, and Air France.
The Baader-Meinhof phenomenon explains why we notice something more after recently becoming aware of it. It causes potential customers to be more likely to notice your brand repeatedly once they become aware of it. If they keep encountering your brand, they are more likely to perceive it as gaining popularity and building trust. This explains why awareness and smart repetition are such critical parts of any marketing strategy.
The Marketing Meetup has 3 free virtual events this month that will cover Gmail’s recent delivery changes, technical SEO, and tips for boosting customer reviews.
Decathlon launched a new app for Apple Vision Pro that uses AR to allow customers to virtually try on and buy sporting goods. The app is available in the U.S. only.