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THE PYTORCH DEVELOPER'S GUIDE TO JAX FUNDAMENTALS

JAX is a high-performance numerical computing library with a NumPy-like API. While many PyTorch users have heard about JAX, there are not that many straightforward, easy-to-follow tutorials. This tutorial helps readers understand the basics of JAX by connecting its concepts to PyTorch building blocks. It explores the basics of the JAX ecosystem from the PyTorch user and guides users through how to train a simple neural network with JAX and PyTorch.

O1 ISN'T A CHAT MODEL (AND THAT'S THE POINT)

o1 is not a chat model - it's like a report generator: give it enough context, tell it what you want outputted, and it'll often nail the solution in one shot. People often approach chat models by starting with a simple question and some context, iterating back and forth until the desired output is achieved. o1 needs as much context as possible otherwise it will just take questions at face value and won't try to pull context from the user. The most effective way to use o1 is to treat o1 like a new hire, give it as much context as possible, and focus on explaining what you want the output to be.

THANKS TO NVIDIA, THERE'S A NEW GENERATION OF PCS COMING, AND THEY'LL BE RUNNING LINUX

Nvidia's Project Digits will be powered by DGX OS, a customized Ubuntu Linux 22.04 distro. The desktop combines Nvidia's Blackwell GPU with a 20-core Grace CPU built on the Arm architecture. It can develop up to 1 petaflop of AI performance at FP4 precision and support 200-billion-parameter large language models. Nvidia's partnership with MediaTek will likely lead to a new generation of AI-powered PCs with significantly enhanced capabilities.

WORDPRESS IS IN TROUBLE

Automattic has announced that it will restrict its contributions to the open source version of WordPress - it will now put in about 45 hours a week in total, down from nearly 4,000 a week. The company is aiming to match the estimated hourly contributions of WP Engine as a response to WP Engine's legal response after actions by WordPress co-creator Matt Mullenweg. While usually, having the community take the lead would be fine, Mullenweg has the final say over some very important parts of the WordPress community. While it is fair for Automattic to focus on for-profit projects, Mullenweg still holds all the keys to WordPress. A fork is possible, but it will require new community-driven infrastructure.

US SPLITS WORLD INTO THREE TIERS FOR AI CHIP ACCESS

The new regulations set specific numerical limits on AI chip exports, with first-tier countries facing no restrictions.

WHY CEO MATT GARMAN IS WILLING TO BET AWS ON AI

MICROSOFT CREATES NEW AI ENGINEERING GROUP LED BY FORMER META EXECUTIVE

Former Meta engineering chief Jay Parikh will lead Microsoft's new CoreAI – Platform and Tools division, which will combine the company's Dev, Div, and AI platform teams together with some employees on the Office of the CTO team to develop an AI platform and tools.

GOOGLE'S SEARCH MARKET SHARE DROPS BELOW 90% FOR FIRST TIME SINCE 2015

Google's search market share seems to be fairly consistent in most regions except Asia.

HERE'S A WORKING GAME OF TETRIS INSIDE A PDF

It has keyboard controls and should work on most browsers.

WHAT I WOULD TELL THE FRONTIER LABS

Humans learn by doing - AI short circuits the process and this could slowly erode our ability to think differently.

CODESTRAL 2501

Mistral has a new fast coding model that will be available in Continue.dev and other AI code assistants. Unfortunately, they don't compare to Qwen 2.5 Coder.

NVIDIA'S AI STARTUP INVESTMENTS

Nvidia is ramping up its AI dominance by investing heavily in startups focused on generative AI, hardware acceleration, and AI tools, shaping the next wave of tech innovation.

OPENAI PUBLISHES AI'S ECONOMIC IMPACT IN THE U.S.

This report by OpenAI outlines the economic opportunities and challenges AI presents for the United States, emphasizing the need for policy frameworks to harness AI's potential responsibly.

NEW GAN BASELINE

GANs are hard to train because of instability and awkward optimal dynamics. This work very carefully tunes a new, stable GAN set up that can consistently be trained to quite high fidelity.

EFFICIENT SAMPLING IN DIFFUSION MODELS

This paper studies the problem of training diffusion models to sample from a Boltzmann distribution without access to target samples.

A LIBRARY FOR APPROXIMATE NEAREST NEIGHBOR SEARCH

STABLE DIFFUSION FOR $2K

Sony Research has released code, data, and weights for a micro diffusion model that can be trained relatively cheaply and still achieve extremely strong performance.

MULTIMODAL VHR DATASET

Bright is a globally distributed multimodal VHR dataset for all-weather disaster response.

LLAMAV-O1 TECHNICAL REPORT

LlamaV-o1 is a comprehensive framework for advancing step-by-step visual reasoning in large language models.

DECENTRALIZED DIFFUSION

Decentralized training of diffusion models across thousands of GPUs is a challenging problem mainly due to network bottlenecks. This system's work introduces novel gather techniques for large scale diffusion model training.

TAKES ON "ALIGNMENT FAKING IN LARGE LANGUAGE MODELS"

Researchers from Redwood Research and Anthropic found that Claude 3 Opus, a production-level AI model, sometimes fakes alignment with training objectives to avoid modifications, a behavior called "alignment faking." This study is crucial as it empirically demonstrates AI models displaying non-myopic goals, suggesting that default AI training methods can create systems with motivations extending beyond single episodes.

CAN AI DO MATHS YET? THOUGHTS FROM A MATHEMATICIAN

OpenAI's new language model o3 scored 25% on the FrontierMath dataset, a collection of challenging math problems curated by Epoch AI. Experts note that many problems in the dataset require undergraduate-level expertise. Concerns remain about AI's ability to tackle more complex mathematical proofs, as current performance in logical reasoning is still behind expert human capability.

TRYING OUT QVQ - QWEN'S NEW VISUAL REASONING MODEL

Alibaba's Qwen team has released the QvQ-72B-Preview, an experimental model enhancing visual reasoning, licensed under Qwen instead of Apache 2.0.

BUILDING IN THE ERA OF AUTONOMOUS SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT

The future of software engineering will shift from coding to operating code-generating machines as autonomous systems evolve.

CELLVIT++

This repository provides an energy-efficient and adaptive cell segmentation and classification framework.

US COURT ORDERS SEC TO EXPLAIN WHY IT DENIED COINBASE'S REQUEST FOR CRYPTO-SPECIFIC RULES

The U.S. Court of Appeals has ordered the SEC to explain its denial of Coinbase's request for crypto-specific regulations, citing the agency's reasoning as “arbitrary and capricious.” While the court did not require the SEC to draft new rules, it emphasized the need for clearer justification, especially given the challenges of applying old regulations to new tech like crypto.

MOONPAY BUYS CRYPTO PAYMENT PROCESSOR HELIO FOR $175M

MoonPay acquired Solana-powered payment processor Helio for $175 million, integrating a platform with $1.5 billion in transactions, 6,000 merchants, and one million users. Helio, which is based in London, provides payment processing for various cryptos and has integrations across Discord, WooCommerce, and Shopify. The acquisition follows MoonPay's strategic partnership with PayPal in May 2024 and subsequent Venmo integration.

ALLIANCE ACCELERATOR LAUNCHES SPRINT HACKATHON

Sprint is a 2-week online hackathon by Alliance that offers participants mentorship and the opportunity to secure an interview for the prestigious Alliance Accelerator. Winners could also qualify for a $450k investment.

INTRODUCING EUPHORIA

Euphoria is revolutionizing trading by making derivatives fun, social, and accessible through an intuitive, gamified mobile experience called "Tap Trading." Built for the TikTok generation, it strips away unnecessary complexity while empowering users to confidently express market views, build community, and enjoy the process.

KAITO - THE BIGGEST OPPORTUNITY FOR CREATORS IN 2025

Kaito is poised to become the first sustainable SocialFi platform. It offers creators unprecedented opportunities to earn through content creation. By leveraging high-quality content, creators can farm multiple rewards simultaneously while building their crypto presence.

THE CRYPTO AI AGENT LANDSCAPE

The crypto AI ecosystem is a mature landscape with development frameworks (Eliza, Virtuals), launchpads (Vwaifu, Daos.world), and DeFi integration platforms (Griffain, HeyAnon). The infrastructure layer includes decentralized computing networks (AethirCloud, Ionet), training platforms (Nous, PondGNN), and data management systems (Vana). Specialized agents are emerging across gaming (Hyperfy, Infinity), investment DAOs (Vader AI, Aimonica), and utility services (Soleng, H4ck Terminal).

BASE AS THE HUB OF ONCHAIN AI

Base is emerging as a hub for onchain AI innovation. It features a growing ecosystem of projects such as AI-powered trading assistants, autonomous agents for commerce, virtual character creation, and decentralized AI computation platforms. These projects highlight the versatility of AI in onchain applications, ranging from portfolio management and venture capital to gaming, creative content, and crosschain operations.

POCKETS OF STRENGTH: STOP FIGHTING THE MARKET

Successful crypto traders prioritize market strength over prediction and adaptability and risk management over unwavering conviction. All crypto assets except Bitcoin require active management. Traders need to recognize and respond to market signals rather than fighting trends or maintaining emotional attachments to positions. Independent analysis and written documentation of a trading thesis are crucial for developing genuine market insight.

TETHER WILL RELOCATE HQ TO EL SALVADOR AFTER SECURING LICENSE

Tether is relocating its HQ to El Salvador after obtaining a digital asset service provider license.

E-GIRL CAPITAL'S 2025 PREDICTIONS

A collection of 2025 crypto predictions from various voices that forecasts the rise of AI and tokenized economies, growth in stablecoins, and meme-driven cycles.

FUTURE OF STABLECOINS

Stablecoins are currently positioned to revolutionize finance by enabling seamless, programmable money management, allowing AI agents to optimize yields and protect deposits.

POLYMARKET USERS BET ON WHETHER TRUMP WILL SAY 'BITCOIN' OR 'DOGECOIN' IN HIS INAUGURATION SPEECH

Polymarket users have wagered $845,000 on whether President-elect Donald Trump will mention terms like "bitcoin" or "dogecoin" in his January.

WALMART'S BLUER NEW BRAND IS ITS BIGGEST UPDATE IN NEARLY TWO DECADES

Walmart has unveiled its first significant branding update in 17 years. Drawing inspiration from founder Sam Walton's iconic trucker hat, the refreshed logo features a bolder, blockier font and deeper hues of blue and yellow, symbolizing Walmart's commitment to evolving while staying true to Walton's principles. This update aims to position Walmart as a significant player in traditional retail and the expanding e-commerce market. 

ADOBE'S NEW AI TOOL CAN EDIT 10,000 IMAGES IN ONE CLICK

Adobe has introduced “Firefly Bulk Create,” a generative AI tool that enables users to edit up to 10,000 images simultaneously, streamlining tasks like background removal and resizing for various platforms. Available in beta, it features “Remove Background” and “Resize” tools designed for non-coders, particularly benefiting product marketers by automating repetitive editing processes.

TESLA'S REDESIGNED MODEL Y IS HERE — BUT NOT IN THE US OR EUROPE

Tesla has unveiled a refreshed Model Y, codenamed "Juniper," with updates like a physical turn signal stalk and improved ride quality. The 2025 Model Y, available in China and Asia-Pacific markets, offers two specifications with enhanced range estimates. Deliveries start in March, and mass production begins in Shanghai this month.

THE RISE OF THE GENERALIST

Generalists are becoming increasingly valuable in the design industry due to their ability to adapt to different roles and collaborate across various disciplines. With the industry moving away from strict specialization, generalists are crucial in bridging team gaps and driving innovation by integrating knowledge from multiple fields. Success in this evolving landscape requires designers to cultivate a mindset of continuous learning and curiosity.

TO CREATE MORE ACCESSIBLE OUTCOMES, WE NEED BETTER DESIGN TOOLS

Design tools can bias designers toward less accessible results by focusing on visual artifacts and lacking support for non-visual information, which affects outcomes. A Figma prototype addresses this by adding a tab for non-visual data, showing the potential to enhance accessibility and collaboration with developers.

ANTI'S COMMUNITY-LED IDENTITY FOR KULTURHAVNA CAPTURES THE POWER OF PARTICIPATORY DESIGN

Anti, a Norwegian creative agency, created a flexible and community-driven brand identity for Kulturhavna, incorporating participatory design, adaptable visuals, and a cohesive system of icons and typography. This approach fostered a sense of belonging, resulting in tangible community projects like a skate park, sauna, festivals, and more.

EASING WIZARD

Generate and customize CSS easing functions with ease and magical precision using Easing Wizard.

ANIMATION FOR PRODUCT DESIGNERS

Phase is a web-based animation tool that uses your Figma designs and offers real-time collaboration, teams, version control, and file-link sharing.

WEBFLOW TO SHOPIFY CONVERTER

Create a custom Shopify theme using Webflow then seamlessly convert it into a fully functional Shopify store.