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GOOGLE ANNOUNCES EXPANSION OF AI PARTNERSHIP WITH ANTHROPIC

Google has expanded its partnership with AI safety startup Anthropic, leveraging Google's Cloud TPU v5e chips for AI, enhancing AI security and safety standards, and utilizing Google's technological infrastructure for large-scale data handling and analysis.

COHERE LAUNCHES INDUSTRY-LEADING EMBED MODEL

The latest Cohere model is an upgrade for search applications that engage with real-world, noisy data and for retrieval-augmentation generation (RAG) systems. Its multilingual models now support 100+ languages and can be used to search within a language (e.g., search with a French query on French documents) and across languages (e.g., search with a Japanese query on Finnish documents).

MICROSOFT HAS OVER A MILLION PAYING GITHUB COPILOT USERS

Microsoft's GitHub Copilot software saw a 40% rise in paid users in Q3, affirming CEO Satya Nadella's focus on AI integration across products. GitHub’s AI offering is fast gaining traction with "over 1 million paid copilot users in more than 37,000 organizations". These AI advancements contributed to a positive impact on Microsoft's Azure revenue.

AUDIOCRAFT MUSICGEN NOW HAS STEREO GENERATION

Using a clever interleaving of left and right channels during fine tuning, these state of the art text to music models are brought from mono to stereo which doesn't improve benchmark scores but does improve the overall experience.

A NEW HORIZON IN JAPANESE IMAGE CAPTIONING EVALUATION

Researchers have developed JaSPICE, a metric for evaluating Japanese image captions, addressing the gap where tools like SPICE did not exist for languages other than English.

LANDMARK MATCHING FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES

The RobustMat approach aims to improve how autonomous vehicles match landmarks under diverse conditions by using spatial information and neural differential equations.

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GPTV EXAMPLES WITH ROBOFLOW

Roboflow is a computer vision toolkit that makes building applications easier with composable pieces of code. Now that GPT-4 Vision is in the OpenAI API, the Roboflow team has put together some demos of using it in conjunction with segment anything and DINO.

PUNICA

Punica enables running multiple LoRA fine-tuned models at the cost of running one.

A DUAL-STAGE APPROACH TO SHARPER TEXT-TO-VIDEO GENERATION

The new I2VGen-XL model tackles the challenges of video synthesis, such as maintaining semantic accuracy and clear, continuous imagery, by using a two-step process that separates semantic coherence from video quality enhancement. The first stage focuses on preserving content from static images, while the second stage refines details and resolution.

IS AI THE NEXT CRYPTO?

The article analyzes 2 million Hacker News comments to compare the public sentiment towards AI and crypto. The study reveals trends in topic popularity and sentiment over time, showing AI's consistent prominence and a complex, fluctuating public opinion on both AI and crypto.

FEAR WINS

Fear is driving regulatory approaches towards AI, with the US and UK initiating measures due to concerns about the long-term risks of AI. While some regulation is necessary, fear-driven decisions may lead to hasty and potentially detrimental regulations. Actions should not be dictated solely by fear.

INFLUENCERS IN THE AGE OF AI: INNOVATE OR DIE

MyCompanions.AI aims to blend human influencers with AI, providing users an engaging and personalized experience. The platform plans to address predicted dominance of AI influencers and the flaws in existing platforms like Patreon. Promising features include custom role plays, strong contextual and conversational memory, and multimodal automation.

HUGGING FACE IS DEVELOPING CHATGPT-LIKE AI MODELS

AI startup Hugging Face's H4 team, formed in January, is focused on developing open source large language models and alignment techniques for AI-powered chatbots inspired by ChatGPT.

AI COMPANIES HAVE ALL KINDS OF ARGUMENTS AGAINST PAYING FOR COPYRIGHTED CONTENT

A compilation of reasons from the biggest AI companies on why they shouldn’t have to pay for copyrighted content.

COPYREMIX (PRODUCT)

CopyRemix uses AI to turn your user testimonials into full case study content.

THE SEC HAS OPENED TALKS WITH GRAYSCALE OVER ITS BID FOR A SPOT BITCOIN ETF CONVERSION

The SEC has reportedly restarted discussions with Grayscale Investments regarding its proposed conversion of its flagship fund into a spot bitcoin ETF. This follows a court ruling requiring the SEC to reconsider Grayscale's application, which is now being reviewed by the SEC's Division of Trading and Markets and the Division of Corporation Finance. The outcome could potentially impact similar applications by BlackRock and Fidelity.

U.S. BILL PROPOSES OUTLAWING GOVERNMENT USE OF CHINA-MADE BLOCKCHAINS AND TETHER'S USDT

US lawmakers have proposed a law preventing federal government officials from transacting with Chinese blockchain companies. This is due to concerns about China's influence in the crypto industry and potential implications for national security and data privacy. The proposal also mandates three key government departments to form a strategy to counteract the risks associated with foreign countries developing blockchain technologies.

NEAR FOUNDATION JOINS CELESTIA IN RACE TO PROVIDE 'DATA AVAILABILITY' FOR ETHEREUM ROLLUPS

The Near Foundation is developing a data availability solution, NEAR DA, designed to ease the data storage load on the Ethereum blockchain. NEAR DA promises to lower costs of posting data on the network, making it significantly cheaper than Ethereum. It functions as an alternative venue for data produced by rapidly growing networks or auxiliary blockchains. Initial users of NEAR DA include Madara by Starknet, Caldera and Movement Labs.

RITUAL: THE CONFLUENCE OF CRYPTO AND AI

Ritual is an innovative platform combining AI and cryptography. The platform, which addresses issues related to current AI infrastructure such as privacy, computational integrity, and censorship resistance, aims to democratize the creation, distribution, and improvement of AI models. The company's overall vision is to become the focal point of AI within the web3 space. In conjunction with this launch, Ritual announced a raise of $25 million led by Archetype.

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BREAKING DOWN THE SUSHI TOKENOMICS

Sushi’s revised tokenomics plan is looking to provide 3 benefits: protocol sustainability, improved token utility, and treasury diversification. Highlights include incentivized long-term lockups yielding greater rewards, NFT trading, dynamic reward adjustments responding to market conditions, and a stable 1.5% APR emission rate. Tier-based rewards and an option to direct incentive distribution were also introduced.

CRYPTO-ENABLED LLMS & WEB3 AI AGENTS

A developer has created an AI using OpenAI and Syndicate's new Transaction Cloud APIs. This AI can conduct crypto/web3 transactions and be used to integrate AI with crypto/web3 in an experiential way. The developer built a game where the AI hides a secret word, and if a user guesses the word correctly, they are awarded with an on-chain NFT. He envisions AI being used for transactions, negotiating deals, creating and selling art among other possibilities. Advancements in AI, coupled with crypto/web3, could have unlimited potential.

GRAYSCALE CHAINLINK TRUST SHARES ROCKET TO 200% PREMIUM

Grayscale's Chainlink Trust shares, GLINK, are trading at a 200% premium over the actual LINK tokens amidst a broader crypto market rally. Some are speculating that this means there is institutional demand for the asset. LINK more than doubled in price over the past three weeks. Grayscale’s GBTC similarly outperformed Bitcoin in recent months.

ARE THERE ACTUAL USE CASES FOR CRYPTO?

Crypto has faced plenty of criticism, but the field holds innovative potential. Some notable achievements include: stablecoins providing stable value storage for people in hyperinflation, decentralized fundraising offering direct ownership stakes, Arweave enabling permanent file storage on the public internet, The Graph providing data query services with cryptographic verifiability, and Filecoin offering a decentralized file-storage service. These developments are just some of the use cases we’ve seen addressed so far in the early stages of this space.

12 BITCOIN ETFS HAVE 'BRIEF WINDOW' FOR SEC APPROVAL STARTING TOMORROW

This article outlines the SEC approval window and how that could mean the approval of pending Bitcoin ETFs between Nov. 8 and Nov. 17.

BINANCE UNVEILS SELF-CUSTODY WEB3 WALLET

Binance has launched a self-custody web3 wallet integrated directly into the platform, simplifying access to non-custodial web3 services for its users.

HSBC TO LAUNCH STORAGE SERVICES FOR TOKENIZED SECURITIES AS MORE BIG BANKS WARM TO BLOCKCHAIN

HSBC is launching custody services for tokenized securities, responding to growing demand for these types of assets and following other major banks in the RWA trend.

INTRODUCING AI TO FIGJAM

Figma has introduced new AI features in FigJam to enhance visual collaboration. These features aim to lower the entry barrier for users and offer assistance in generating templates, summarizing brainstorming sessions, and automating tasks, making FigJam more accessible and productive.

GOOGLE ADDS NEW SHOPPING FEATURES TO LEVEL UP HOLIDAY GIVING

Google revamped its shopping experience to help its users find good deals. The new features include a dedicated deals page, active promotion notifications on "Resume browsing" cards, price insights in Chrome on the desktop, and price tracking on products you're searching for.

THE 2024 STATE OF THE WEBSITE

A survey conducted by Webflow in partnership with Vanson Bourne surveyed 500 marketing leaders in the U.S. and North America about their current websites. On average, marketing teams spend $1.6M on website teams and software each year, making websites an increasingly expensive and time-consuming asset. Most respondents affirmed that other teams and developers currently restrict their teams.

THE GULF BETWEEN DESIGN AND ENGINEERING

The way most organizations produce digital products is fundamentally broken. The elephant in the room is a dated understanding of the role of both design and engineering, which in turn shapes how organizations hire, manage, and produce digital things. These companies invest billions of dollars building teams, processes, and tools on top of an immature discipline and an outdated waterfall model that ends up being detrimental to productivity, team happiness, and ultimately, the resulting experiences we bring to life.

BUILDING A DRAWER COMPONENT

How to rebuild the Apple’s Sheet component but for the web using React. To close it, users can just “flick it” instead of dragging it down. Dragging it upwards beyond its size will cause a minor slow-down animation to reflect how items move in real life. Scrolling inside the drawer is also made possible and the background gets animated just like it does on iOS.

SYSTEMS OF HARM: 3 PRINCIPLES FOR CREATING SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE DESIGN SYSTEMS

Proponents of design systems emphasize their efficiency, consistency, and scalability. Nevertheless, efficiency is only valuable if it enables us to improve our products and services faster. Consistency is only valuable if we standardize things to a high standard. Scaling things is only worthwhile if they are worth reproducing. Our work is irrelevant and even harmful if we don't reorient the design system practice towards real value.

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BUTTONS.COOL

A collection of free buttons to copy & paste into your project.

ANIMATED ICONS FOR THE MODERN WEB

This collection includes over 1,100 free and premium animated icons you can download as Lottie Animations, MP4s, and GIFs.

SITEMAP GECKO (FIGMA PLUGIN)

Create sitemaps from scratch or import them from a website's URL, all within Figma. After the sitemap is built/imported, it's displayed as editable frames.

FROM IMAGE ADJUSTMENTS TO AI: PHOTOSHOP THROUGH THE YEARS

From simple cropping and image adjustments to layers and cloud support, Photoshop has been on a long and winding road over the last three-and-a-half decades. With twenty-four versions, over a dozen logo changes, and a rich history of updates, Adobe’s magnum opus has cemented itself as the one true king of image editing platforms. And yet, despite the platform’s rich history, Generative AI will likely enter the records as the most significant Photoshop update ever.

ORGANIZING YOUR CREATIVE WORK

Organization and communication are unavoidable inefficiencies in work processes, but you can minimize their impact. A system of organization, especially when powered by AI, lets you focus on creating rather than moving stuff around.

GET CREATIVE WITH GENERATIVE AI IN PERFORMANCE MAX

Performance Max enables advertisers to access all their Google Ads inventory from a single campaign. The tech giant announced Performance Max's generative AI features at Google Marketing Live earlier this year and now it is rolling them out as a beta to all US customers. Based on the performance data of previous campaigns, users can create new text and image assets in just a few clicks. Google Ads will also feature AI-powered image editing capabilities that enhance generated and existing assets. The invisible SynthID watermark will be applied to all generative AI images created in Google Ads.