Subj : OpenAI/Microsoft deal leak ¨, Chinese AI catches up ¨, terminal web browser ¨¨ To : tldr@synchro.net From : TLDR Date : Fri Dec 27 2024 11:35:40 --xPhxahP3 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Microsoft and OpenAI's definition of artificial general intelligence (AGI= ) is 'a system that can generate at least $100 billion in profits'.=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 = TLDR 2024-12-27 =F0=9F=93=B1=20 BIG TECH & STARTUPS LEA= KED DOCUMENTS SHOW OPENAI HAS A VERY CLEAR DEFINITION OF =E2=80=98AGI' (3= MINUTE READ) [4]=20 Microsoft and OpenAI's definition of artificial ge= neral intelligence (AGI) is 'a system that can generate at least $100 bil= lion in profits'. The companies agreed on the definition in 2023 as part = of an agreement which had a clause that stated that OpenAI would stop a= llowing Microsoft to use any new technology it develops after AGI is achi= eved. OpenAI and Microsoft have been on diverging paths for some time now= .. Microsoft needs its own proprietary tech and OpenAI needs more money. = DEEPSEEK-V3 IS NOW THE BEST OPEN SOURCE AI MODEL (3 MINUTE READ) [5]= =20 DeepSeek, a Chinese AI research lab, has released DeepSeek-V3, a = Mixture-of-Experts model that features a total of 671B parameters. The mo= del was trained on 14.8 trillion tokens. It has been released on GitHub a= long with a detailed paper outlining its capabilities. The model outperfo= rmed Meta's flagship Llama 3.1 405B parameter model and many other closed= -source models on benchmark scores.=20 =F0=9F=9A=80=20 SCIENCE & FUTU= RISTIC TECHNOLOGY CHINA LAUNCHES 1ST SET OF SPACECRAFT FOR PLANNED 13= ,000-SATELLITE BROADBAND CONSTELLATION (3 MINUTE READ) [6]=20 China l= aunched 10 internet satellites on a Long March 5B rocket earlier this mon= th. The satellites entered their predetermined orbits smoothly and the mi= ssion was a complete success. They are the first batch for Guowang, a bro= adband megaconstellation in low earth orbit (LEO) that will eventually co= nsist of nearly 13,000 spacecraft. Guowang will be one of two Chinese ver= sions of SpaceX's Starlink LEO megaconstellation.=20 STARTUPS BEGIN G= EOENGINEERING THE SEA (11 MINUTE READ) [7]=20 Captura is a company that= plans to electrochemically strip carbon dioxide out of the ocean, store = or use it, then return the water to the sea, where it will naturally abso= rb more carbon dioxide from the air. It will start pumping as much of the= Pacific ocean as it can in a few months at Hawaii's Ke=C4=81hole Point. = Besides Captura, there are dozens of similar field trials and pilot proje= cts that will start scaling up their facilities in 2025.=20 = =F0=9F=92=BB=20 PROGRAMMING, DESIGN & DATA SCIENCE GHOSTTY (GITHUB= REPO) [8]=20 Ghostty is a terminal emulator that doesn't force you to = choose between speed, features, or native UIs. It can be used as a drop-i= n replacement for your existing terminal emulator. In addition to being= a standalone terminal emulator, Ghostty is also a C-compatible library= for embedding a fast, feature-rich terminal emulator in any 3rd party = project.=20 ACTUAL WEB RENDERING IN TERMINAL (GITHUB REPO) [9]=20 a= writ is a full graphical web browser for Kitty terminal with mouse and ke= yboard support. It works best with Kitty v0.28 or newer. awrit can be use= d to display documentation from DevDocs, watch the changes from Vite come= to life, create a tiled layout without a tiling window manager, and add = fancy UI using web technologies.=20 =F0=9F=8E=81=20 MISCELLANEOUS = THOUGHTS ON THE EVE OF AGI (12 MINUTE READ) [10]=20 The release of = o3 suggests the next few years are going to be insane. This post details = some predictions about how AI will change the world over the next few yea= rs. The predictions cover areas such as AI agents, the software engineeri= ng industry, science and research, war and societal chaos, what happens i= f AI goes rogue, and more.=20 WHY GOOGLE BOUGHT CHARACTER AI (1 MINUTE = READ) [11]=20 Google may have bought Character AI because Character AI = had figured out how to run its models without costing a fortune. Characte= r AI was able to serve millions of users without bleeding money. Google i= s now giving away flash models for free on AI Studio - this wouldn't be= possible without figuring out how to make inference really cheap. Pre-= training has hit diminishing returns, so companies are shifting toward ch= ain-of-thought prompting and inference-time optimizations.=20 =E2=9A= =A1=20 QUICK LINKS CHATGPT SEARCH VS. GOOGLE: A DEEP DIVE ANALYSIS= OF 62 QUERIES (27 MINUTE READ) [12]=20 ChatGPT search is surprisingl= y competitive when it comes to informational queries, but Google is bette= r at almost all queries except content gap analysis.=20 EVEN APPLE WA= SN'T ABLE TO MAKE VR HEADSETS MAINSTREAM IN 2024 (5 MINUTE READ) [13]=20 = While Apple keeps adding cool new software features, there still isn'= t an immediate, obvious reason to buy a Vision Pro.=20 SCIENTISTS EXPLO= RE LONGEVITY DRUGS FOR DOGS THAT COULD ALSO =E2=80=98EXTEND HUMAN LIFE' (= 5 MINUTE READ) [14]=20 Loyal, a US biotech start-up, plans to release L= OY-002, a pill that could give dogs a minimum of one extra year of health= y life, early next year.=20 SECONDS SINCE THE EPOCH (6 MINUTE READ) [= 15]=20 POSIX time assumes the length of the day is 86,400 seconds, whic= h is not always true.=20 SOME NOTES ON THE DEEPSEEK-V3 TECHNICAL REPO= RT :) (2 MINUTE READ) [16]=20 DeepSeek-V3's training only cost $5.576= million - it took around 55 days on a 2048xH800 cluster.=20 DNS NAME= SERVERS (19 MINUTE READ) [17]=20 The optimal approach for a domain when= considering both performance and operational resilience is for the domai= n to be served by two distinct dual-stack diverse anycast nameservers. = Love TLDR? 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Big Tech & Startups

Leaked Documents Show OpenA= I Has a Very Clear Definition of =E2=80=98AGI' (3 minute read)

Microsoft and OpenAI's definition of ar= tificial general intelligence (AGI) is 'a system that can generate at least= $100 billion in profits'. The companies agreed on the definition in 2023 a= s part of an agreement which had a clause that stated that OpenAI would sto= p allowing Microsoft to use any new technology it develops after AGI is ach= ieved. OpenAI and Microsoft have been on diverging paths for some time now.= Microsoft needs its own proprietary tech and OpenAI needs more money.
DeepSeek-V3 is Now The Best= Open Source AI Model (3 minute read)

DeepSeek, a Chinese AI research lab, ha= s released DeepSeek-V3, a Mixture-of-Experts model that features a total of= 671B parameters. The model was trained on 14.8 trillion tokens. It has bee= n released on GitHub along with a detailed paper outlining its capabilities= .. The model outperformed Meta's flagship Llama 3.1 405B parameter model and= many other closed-source models on benchmark scores.
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Science & Futuristic Technology

China launches 1st set of s= pacecraft for planned 13,000-satellite broadband constellation (3 minute re= ad)

China launched 10 internet satellites o= n a Long March 5B rocket earlier this month. The satellites entered their p= redetermined orbits smoothly and the mission was a complete success. They a= re the first batch for Guowang, a broadband megaconstellation in low earth = orbit (LEO) that will eventually consist of nearly 13,000 spacecraft. Guowa= ng will be one of two Chinese versions of SpaceX's Starlink LEO megaconstel= lation.
Startups Begin Geoengineeri= ng the Sea (11 minute read)

Captura is a company that plans to elec= trochemically strip carbon dioxide out of the ocean, store or use it, then = return the water to the sea, where it will naturally absorb more carbon dio= xide from the air. It will start pumping as much of the Pacific ocean as it= can in a few months at Hawaii's Ke=C4=81hole Point. Besides Captura, there= are dozens of similar field trials and pilot projects that will start scal= ing up their facilities in 2025.
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Programming, Design & Data Science

Ghostty (GitHub Repo)

Ghostty is a terminal emulator that doe= sn't force you to choose between speed, features, or native UIs. It can be = used as a drop-in replacement for your existing terminal emulator. In addit= ion to being a standalone terminal emulator, Ghostty is also a C-compatible= library for embedding a fast, feature-rich terminal emulator in any 3rd pa= rty project.
Actual Web Rendering in Ter= minal (GitHub Repo)

awrit is a full graphical web browser f= or Kitty terminal with mouse and keyboard support. It works best with Kitty= v0.28 or newer. awrit can be used to display documentation from DevDocs, w= atch the changes from Vite come to life, create a tiled layout without a ti= ling window manager, and add fancy UI using web technologies.
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Miscellaneous

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Thoughts on the eve of AGI = (12 minute read)

The release of o3 suggests the next few= years are going to be insane. This post details some predictions about how= AI will change the world over the next few years. The predictions cover ar= eas such as AI agents, the software engineering industry, science and resea= rch, war and societal chaos, what happens if AI goes rogue, and more.
Why Google Bought Character= AI (1 minute read)

Google may have bought Character AI bec= ause Character AI had figured out how to run its models without costing a f= ortune. Character AI was able to serve millions of users without bleeding m= oney. Google is now giving away flash models for free on AI Studio - this w= ouldn't be possible without figuring out how to make inference really cheap= .. Pre-training has hit diminishing returns, so companies are shifting towar= d chain-of-thought prompting and inference-time optimizations.
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Quick Links

ChatGPT search vs. Google: = A deep dive analysis of 62 queries (27 minute read)

ChatGPT search is surprisingly competit= ive when it comes to informational queries, but Google is better at almost = all queries except content gap analysis.
Even Apple wasn't able to m= ake VR headsets mainstream in 2024 (5 minute read)

While Apple keeps adding cool new softw= are features, there still isn't an immediate, obvious reason to buy a Visio= n Pro.
Scientists explore longevit= y drugs for dogs that could also =E2=80=98extend human life' (5 minute read= )

Loyal, a US biotech start-up, plans to = release LOY-002, a pill that could give dogs a minimum of one extra year of= healthy life, early next year.
Seconds Since the Epoch (6 = minute read)

POSIX time assumes the length of the da= y is 86,400 seconds, which is not always true.
Some notes on the DeepSeek-= V3 Technical Report :) (2 minute read)

DeepSeek-V3's training only cost $5.576= million - it took around 55 days on a 2048xH800 cluster.
DNS Nameservers (19 minute = read)

The optimal approach for a domain when = considering both performance and operational resilience is for the domain t= o be served by two distinct dual-stack diverse anycast nameservers.

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