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This project introduces AMBER, a new benchmark designed to assess and reduce hallucinations in Multi-modal Large Language Models (MLLMs) without relying on other advanced language models.
IBM has committed $500 million to invest in generative AI startups that cater to business clients, signaling a strategic shift and indicating its readiness to support emerging companies, with a preference for those that complement rather than compete with its own business offerings.
Humane's AI Pin is a $699 screenless wearable device with innovative interaction methods powered by a $24 monthly subscription that offers features like language translation, AI-assisted photography, and personal assistant tools on T-Mobile's network.
A study by Redwood Research reveals that large language models (LLMs) can master "encoded reasoning," a form of steganography allowing LLMs to embed intermediate reasoning steps in generated text, making them undecipherable to humans.
Samsung has unveiled Samsung Gauss, a generative AI model that integrates with its devices and enhances tasks like email composition, software development, and image processing.
An AI applicant tracking and hiring tool.
Structured extraction in Python powered by OpenAI’s function calling API.
BlackRock, a leading global asset manager, has called attention to the risks posed by stablecoins such as USDC and USDT in its application for a Bitcoin ETF. Although not directly allocating funds to stablecoins, the firm acknowledges the potential risks they present to Bitcoin and the crypto market as a whole. While outlining any and all risks in disclosures is simply standard practice in any filing, these statements still raised eyebrows as BlackRock provides financial products to Circle, the company behind USDC.
Cryptocurrency advocacy group Coin Center has proposed recommendations to US Senators Ron Wyden and Mike Crapo about legislation related to crypto taxation. These proposals include requiring the IRS to create an exemption for minor cryptocurrency transactions, excluding digital assets from secondary reporting obligations under US tax law, and clarifying the definition of a broker to exclude certain individuals within the crypto space. The suggestions also advocated for more clear guidelines on block rewards, airdrops, and hard forks for tax purposes.
OKX announced plans to launch an L2 network named 'X1' using Polygon's Chain Development Kit. The network, anticipated to launch in Q1 of 2024, will employ Polygon's zk tech stack, a burgeoning type of cryptography in the blockchain space. OKX's native token, OKB, will be used for gas fees on X1. This move comes on the heels of Coinbase’s successful launch of Base and Kraken’s announcement of its own L2.
Disney is partnering with NBA Top Shot creator Dapper Labs to launch a platform for users to buy and trade branded NFTs in the form of “digital pins”. The initiative, named Disney Pinnacle, aims to digitize pin collecting and will feature characters from Disney, Pixar, and Star Wars. The platform, informed by lessons from Dapper Lab's NBA Top Shot experience, is set to launch on the Apple App Store by the end of the year.
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This thread details how to use DEX Screener, a tool for tracking real-time crypto price and market data, to spot potentially profitable trades ahead of the crowd. The thread goes through DEX Screener's various functions, including multichart and portfolio tracking, and how to set filters for better analysis. It also advises going off of DEX Screener and checking the project's website, team, community, and papers to conduct more thorough research.
This post from Variant details a new token distribution model that it is coining as ‘progressive ownership’. This framework involves measuring value with tokens, which would incentivize users to deepen their engagement with protocols or apps. Variant also outlined the shortcomings of previous token distribution models, such as the proof of work model, ICOs, and airdrops. It argues that tokens should be used thoughtfully, targeting power users to maintain engagement and encourage sustainable growth.
This post from Vitalik Buterin discusses the evolution of Plasma, a blockchain scaling solution, and its applications. Despite initial hurdles like high data storage costs and issues in generalizing beyond payments, the introduction of validity proofs or ZK-SNARKs has potentially breathed new life into Plasma. These proofs could efficiently address the biggest challenge faced by Plasma. Buterin delves into more technical aspects of Plasma and how it would work for NFTs, fungible tokens, and the EVM.
This builder report reveals that consumer crypto application developers are focusing on making user onboarding and fund activation more seamless for newcomers. The builders believe that key factors for successful applications are a smooth transaction experience, a fast activation funnel, secure processes, and engaging experiences. There's also increased emphasis on developing mobile-first, social, and media-rich applications that require little technical knowledge. High transaction fees and bridging are persistent issues that developers in the space are still grappling with and looking for solutions for.
This post provides an in-depth analysis of Bittensor, an AI x crypto project, discussing its architecture, tokenomics, and challenges, aiming to clarify misconceptions and highlight its potential in the space.
NFT trading volume has reached a four-month high, driven partly by airdrop farmers returning to Blur ahead of its next round of airdrops.
Delaware authorities are referring a fake BlackRock "iShares XRP Trust" filing to the state's Department of Justice for potential investigation.
Agrotoken is partnering up with Visa and launching on Polkadot, having tokenized $105 million in agricultural commodities already and aiming to revolutionize agriculture with stablecoins backed by grains and food.
SiriusXM lags behind such competitors as Spotify and YouTube Music, but it’s hoping that its revamped features and a new visual identity can attract a new generation. The company dropped its old logo, which showed radio waves emanating from its wordmark, for a new wordmark that creates a star in the letter S using negative space.
Elon Musk's intention to transform X into a bank may disrupt the banking industry as well as X's users. Could the X mobile and web interface be reimagined to include financial services seamlessly while maintaining the familiar X layout?
Amazon's Alexa app is introducing a new user interface called Map View that allows users to create a visual digital floor plan of their homes and pin Alexa-connected devices to each room. This feature simplifies the management of smart home devices, offering a single place to check device statuses and control them directly from the map.
There's a good chance that you've been there. Numerous unused component properties, highly complex components, no logical nomenclature, instances without source components, and discrepancies between design and development components. This article teaches readers how to avoid Figma component designers' worst nightmares.
In the past, Mobile-first design prioritized user experience on smaller screens, often overshadowing Content Design. However, we’re now starting to see a resurgence of content practices such as the content-first approach, user-centric solutions, personalization, accessibility, consistency across platforms, engagement, and unique identity.
Accessibility shouldn’t just be about having equal access, it should also be about the experience of how users have access and its emotional impact on them. We need to not only be empathetic, but also sensitive to other’s inner emotions and needs and create products in a way that doesn’t just let them functionally complete a task but also creates a positive emotional impact.
Xmind is a powerful mind-mapping and brainstorming AI-powered tool that can help unleash creativity, capture inspiration, and boost productivity.
Eight unique notification UIs demonstrate how much creativity and personality can be achieved with only CSS and JavaScript.
Designers can expect the following typography trends in 2024: lots of quirky and characterful sans-serif fonts, the re-emergence of semi-serif fonts, funky and chunky typography, large type families, 3D and interactive typography, massive x-height, and more open-source fonts.
“ABC of Fonts” is a 3-part book collection by Simon Garfield that explores and documents the stories behind Albertus, a “stunning” display typeface that works on almost everything, Baskerville, a centuries-old beautiful text face that still works today, and Comic Sans, which marked people beginning to take notice of type design in the digital age.
The new media query feature prefers-reduced-transparency from CSS Media Queries 5 is available from Chrome 118. Non-opaque interfaces can cause headaches or be a visual struggle for various types of vision deficiencies. This new media query allows developers to optimize and adjust for users who prefer an opaque UI.
A good redesign is more of an evolution than a revolution. In this article, you will learn when and how to redesign, how to avoid common mistakes, and how to help users embrace new designs.
A staggering 73% of freelancers say that tax management is the most significant strain on their mental health. Pie is an easy-to-use app that guides you through the process from start to finish, with humans on hand to advise when you get stuck.
The Wall St Journal recently looked into IPOs. 80% of IPOs since 2020 are trading below their IPO price. A bad IPO market creates stress across the entire venture stack. If people aren’t making money at the top, things like price will need to change further down at the bottom.
Modern businesses produce 2x more revenue per employee than their decade old selves. This article dives into the stats behind 13 public software companies that have meaningfully increased their RPE.
A breakdown of the major announcements from OpenAI’s Dev Day and its implications on the technology industry.
Made popular by the likes of Google Azure, AWS, Twilio, and Stripe, consumption based pricing is gaining popularity. Particularly in a market where buyers don’t want to pay for more than they’re using. For your sales org, it means the lines between pre-sales and post-sales are blurred, and you’ll need effective internal tooling to measure incremental ARR from accounts.
This study found that companies whose real-world employee connections put them at the center of their professional communities performed better than peer companies whose workforces were less well-connected. Perhaps something to start to look into during your hiring process, even for non-customer-facing roles.
This blog explores the finance stacks of a handful of top startups like Brex, Webflow, and Public. The finance stack has gotten some love over recent years, with more than 150 venture-backed options for FP&A alone. Pass this one on to your finance team.
Let AI automate your meeting notes using GPT-4 Turbo.
Scrape global marketing data to make your marketing work.
Prevent disputes before getting banned from Stripe.
The importance of developer relations for technical products is increasing. As competition gets hotter, developers need social proof from their peers before they’ll use a new product. Engineering-led sales can be a way to extend the successful pattern of founder-led sales before you hire your sales team.
In the early stages of South Park Commons, there was a lack of clear language to describe its purpose. This phase, now termed "-1 to 0," represents a crucial period where ambitious technologists and founders determine their future focus, a process more challenging and crucial than often recognized, requiring a shift from mere talent to developing deep conviction about what and how to build.
The rapid advancement of AI, particularly AGI, could significantly impact the valuation of SaaS and tech companies by increasing competition, compressing margins, and reducing the demand for traditional project management and CRUD apps, while also challenging incumbents with new AI-native startups and self-serve app creation, ultimately leading to a shift in the software value chain.
The Copilot AI business model enhances existing workflows for efficiency without creating new markets or disrupting lower ends, but its true disruptive potential lies in reimagining workflows, a challenge that could unlock significantly larger market opportunities.
Amazon has partnered with Snapchat to enable in-app shopping, allowing users to purchase products directly from ads within the social app using linked Amazon accounts.
The "surface area of luck" theory posits that actively engaging in diverse and valuable activities, expanding one's network, and consistently applying effort over time can increase the likelihood of encountering serendipitous opportunities.
$100M was transferred from a crypto wallet belonging to the Poloniex exchange. Blockchain security firm CertiK suggests that the incident was likely the result of a compromised private key. Poloniex is committed to reimbursing customers and has offered a 5% bug bounty to the hacker upon return of the funds.