Subj : Microsoft preps for GPT-5 ¨, Amazon buys James Bond rights ¨, drop in dev jobs ¨ To : All From : TLDR Date : Fri Feb 21 2025 11:39:41 --VbvkymgT Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable OpenAI may be preparing to release GPT-4.5 as early as next week - anonym= ous sources say that the next model could hit the scene sometime this m= onth=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0= =E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2= =A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C= =C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80= =8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0= =E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80= =8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0= =E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2= =A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C= =C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80= =8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0= =E2=80=8C=C2=A0 Sign Up [1] |Advertise [2]|View Online [3]=20 = =09=09TLDR=20 =09=09TOGETHER WITH [Pacaso] [4] TLDR 2025-02-21 = WILL PACASO BE THE UBER OF REAL ESTATE? 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OpenAI's GPT-4.5 May Arrive= Next Week, but GPT-5 Is Just Around the Corner (3 minute read)

OpenAI may be preparing to release GPT-= 4.5 as early as next week - anonymous sources say that the next model could= hit the scene sometime this month. GPT-5 may be released as early as May. = Microsoft has a good reason to want GPT-5 in May - its annual developer con= ference is on May 22. While GPT-5 may be more capable and efficient, it doe= sn't necessarily mean there will be any new use cases for AI.
Amazon MGM Studios Gains Cr= eative Control of James Bond Franchise From Broccoli Family (3 minute read)=

The Broccoli family, which has long con= trolled the 007 franchise, will hand over creative control of the series to= Amazon MGM Studios in a new joint venture with the studio. Amazon will now= control who will play Bond, who will write the next script, and when the f= ilm goes into production. The financial terms of the joint venture have not= been disclosed. Amazon and the Broccoli family have been at odds since the= tech company acquired the rights to release Bond movies about three years = ago.
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Science & Futuristic Technology

Biggest-ever AI biology mod= el writes DNA on demand (4 minute read)

Scientists have released an artificial = intelligence model for biology trained on 128,000 genomes spanning the tree= of life. It can make sense of existing DNA and also write whole chromosome= s and small genomes from scratch. The model is available to scientists thro= ugh a web interface - it can also be downloaded freely. The model could be = used to help identify hard-to-interpret changes in people's genomes, deciph= er complex genomes, predict the effects of mutations, and more.
Figure's humanoid robot tak= es voice orders to help around the house (4 minute read)

Figure has revealed a Vision-Language-A= ction (VLA) model for humanoid robots. VLAs leverage vision and language co= mmands to process information, enabling robots to be trained through a comb= ination of video and large language models. Figure's Helix model enables ro= bots to follow natural language commands and pick up novel items with varyi= ng shapes, sizes, colors, and material properties never encountered before = in training. Work on Helix is still at a very early stage, so demonstration= s should be taken with a grain of salt.
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DeepEval (GitHub Repo)

DeepEval is an open source framework fo= r evaluating and testing large language model systems. It incorporates the = latest research to evaluate model outputs using locally run models. DeepEva= l supports applications implemented via RAG, fine-tuning, LangChain, LlamaI= ndex, and more. It helps developers easily determine the optimal hyperparam= eters to improve their RAG pipeline, improve prompt drifting, or transition= from OpenAI to hosting their own Llama 3.
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KubeVPN provides a Cloud-Native Dev Env= ironment that seamlessly connects to Kubernetes cluster networks using serv= ice names or Pod IP/Service IP. It enables developers to run Kubernetes pod= s within local Docker containers, ensuring an identical environment, volume= , and network setup. KubeVPN empowers developers to create applications ent= irely on their local PCs.
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Software engineering job op= enings hit five-year low? (15 minute read)

There has been a 35% decrease in the nu= mber of software engineering job vacancies in the US since January 2020. Wh= ile the story is similar in Canada, things are different in the UK, France,= Germany, and Australia. Australia is the only country where the number of = jobs listed is not lower than in 2020. Software development jobs have been = the biggest boom and bust in vacancies compared to all industries. This pos= t discusses the reasons for the decrease and predictions for what growth in= the tech industry is likely to be like this year.
A.I. Is Changing How Silico= n Valley Builds Start-Ups (6 minute read)

Tech startups used to raise huge sums t= o hire armies of workers and grow fast, but AI tools are enabling workers t= o be more efficient, making tiny teams more successful. Startups are using = AI tools to increase employees' productivity in everything from customer se= rvice and marketing to coding and customer research. They are able to gain = more revenue with fewer employees and less cash, something that wouldn't ha= ve been possible without the technology. The potential for AI to let startu= ps do more with less has led to wild speculation about the future.
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GenSX (GitHub Repo)

GenSX is a TypeScript framework for bil= ling agents and workflows with simple and reusable React-like components.
Meta starts accepting sign-= ups for Community Notes on Facebook, Instagram, and Threads (2 minute read)=

Community Notes will be a way for Meta = users to decide when posts are misleading and add more context to posts.
Google's AI Co-scientist is= 'test-time scaling' on steroids. What that means for research (5 minute re= ad)

Google's Co-scientist is a hypothesis-f= ormulation machine that uses multiple agents.
The scaling laws govern AI = progress (15 minute read)

Grok 3 is a massive leap forward compar= ed to Grok 2 - it performs at a level compared to, and in some cases exceed= ing, models from OpenAI, Google, DeepMind, and Anthropic.
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