Google launches new AI mode=
ls and brings =E2=80=98thinking' to Gemini (2 minute read)
Google launched Gemini 2.0 Pro Experime=
ntal and made Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking, its reasoning model, available on =
the Gemini app on Wednesday. Gemini 2.0 Pro Experimental will be available =
on Google's AI development platforms, Vertex AI and Google AI Studio, and t=
o Gemini Advanced subscribers in the Gemini app. The model excels in coding=
and handling complex problems and comes with a better understanding and re=
asoning of world knowledge than previous models. It has a context window of=
2 million tokens and can use tools like Google Search and execute code on =
behalf of users.
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Amazon Plans to Unveil Next=
-Generation Alexa AI Later This Month (2 minute read)
Amazon is revamping Alexa into a genera=
tive AI service that will be able to hold complex, context-aware conversati=
ons with users and handle multifaceted requests. The company will be AI mod=
els from Anthropic's Claude rather than its own in-house technology as earl=
y versions of Amazon AI had trouble responding in a timely manner. There ar=
e more than 100 million active Alexa users and over 500 million Alexa-enabl=
ed devices, so it is important for Amazon to get Alexa AI right. Amazon pla=
ns to introduce the new version of Alexa just ahead of when Apple is expect=
ed to begin testing its new version of Siri.
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Science & Futuristic Technology
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A flooded quarry, a mysteri=
ous millionaire, and the dream of a new Atlantis (14 minute read)
Deep is a project aimed at increasing u=
nderstanding of the ocean and its critical role for humanity. It is funded =
by a single anonymous private investor. The project will establish a perman=
ent human presence under the sea where people will be able to stay for up t=
o 28 days at a time. It aims to eventually create permanent human settlemen=
ts in all oceans across the world. This article looks at the engineering an=
d science required for Deep to be successful.
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Blue Origin spins up lunar =
gravity for New Shepard flight (2 minute read)
Blue Origin launched its New Shepard ro=
cket again yesterday to simulate lunar gravity for capsule payloads. The ro=
cket lifted off at 1600 UTC and the capsule reached 105 kilometers above se=
a level before returning to Earth. The capsule spun for about two minutes d=
uring the flight to simulate lunar gravity. New Shepard's ability to provid=
e a lunar gravity environment is unique and valuable for researchers who ha=
ve their sights set on a return to the Moon. It enables researchers to test=
lunar technologies at a fraction of the cost, rapidly iterate, and test ag=
ain in a significantly compressed time frame.
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Programming, Design & Data Science
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Software development topics=
I've changed my mind on after 10 years in the industry (2 minute read)
Chris Kiehl is a software developer cur=
rently working for Amazon. He wrote 'Data Oriented Programming in Java' and=
created Gooey, a tool that turns almost any Python command-line program in=
to a full GUI application with one line. Four years ago, Kiehl posted a lis=
t of software development topics he had changed his mind on after working i=
n the industry. This is an updated take on Kiehl's views - what he's change=
d his mind on, the opinions he has picked up on the way, and the things he =
has not changed his opinion on.
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Ingesting Millions of PDFs =
and Why Gemini 2.0 Changes Everything (7 minute read)
Gemini Flash 2.0 achieves near-perfect =
OCR accuracy while being incredibly cheap. This article looks at how to use=
the model to parse PDFs. There are still some issues with parsing, chunkin=
g, and bounding box detection, but we are almost at the point where documen=
t parsing is efficient and practically effortless. The work discussed in th=
e article will eventually be open sourced, but there are likely to be other=
similar libraries available.
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Personal Software (4 minute=
read)
AI has changed our relationship with so=
ftware - software can now adapt to users. The technology makes it possible =
for anyone to create single-use or custom applications. Within the next dec=
ade, millions of people will be able to create their own software and build=
their own ideas. More builders will mean more innovation - individuals wil=
l have the freedom to solve their own problems.
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s1: The $6 R1 Competitor? (=
4 minute read)
s1 is a recently released model that is=
making waves in the AI community because it shows how close the industry i=
s to making some very large breakthroughs in AI. The paper released with th=
e model sheds light on how reasoning models work. In s1, when the model tri=
es to stop thinking, is it forced to keep going - this makes it begin to se=
cond guess and double check its answer. s1 cost only $6 to train as its cre=
ators used a small model and hardly any data. Innovations like s1 that dram=
atically lower costs allow researchers to learn and understand models faste=
r, which directly translates to a faster pace of AI development.
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Why IQ is a poor test for A=
I (3 minute read)
Many experts say that IQ is a poor meas=
ure of a model's capabilities because IQ tests are relative measures of cer=
tain kinds of intelligence in humans and they don't measure practical intel=
ligence.
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