Subj : xAI app ¨, Figure's robot in action ¨, AI scaling limits ¨ To : tldr@synchro.net From : TLDR Date : Thu Nov 28 2024 11:36:30 --vImOvblR Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Elon Musk poached talent from across the industry in an effort to play ca= tchup with OpenAI. xAI plans to launch a standalone consumer app like C= hatGPT=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 [Dollar Flight Club] [4] TLDR 202= 4-11-28 =F0=9F=8E=84READY FOR A HOLIDAY GETAWAY? 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LAUNCHES ANTITRUST INVESTIGATION INTO MICROSOFT (5 MINUTE READ= ) [6]=20 The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has opened an investigation= into whether Microsoft has violated antitrust law. The agency recently s= ent a formal request for information to Microsoft asking about its cloud= computing, artificial intelligence, and cybersecurity products. The FT= C is particularly interested in how the company bundles its cloud computi= ng offerings with office and security products and the company's growing = power in the artificial intelligence space. Regulators in the European Un= ion said earlier this year that Microsoft had violated antitrust rules wh= en it packaged Teams with Office tools like Excel and Word.=20 = =F0=9F=9A=80=20 SCIENCE & FUTURISTIC TECHNOLOGY HUMANOID ROBOT FIG= URE 02 IMPRESSES AT BMW PLANT WITH 400% EFFICIENCY UPGRADE (2 MINUTE READ= ) [7]=20 Figure AI has achieved a 400% increase in speed and a sevenfol= d improvement in success rate in its Figure 02 robot. The company recen= tly released a video showing Figure 02 performing up to 1,000 placements = per day at BMW's Spartanburg plant. The video is available in the article= .. Figure AI plans to deploy more humanoid robots in real-world environmen= ts in 2025.=20 DIAMOND OPTICAL DISCS COULD STORE DATA FOR MILLIONS OF Y= EARS (4 MINUTE READ) [8]=20 Chinese researchers have achieved a recor= d-breaking diamond storage density of 1.85 terabytes per cubic centimeter= .. The diamonds are able to retain data for millions of years at room temp= erature without requiring any maintenance. The system currently requires = complex lasers, imaging cameras, and other equipment, but the researchers= believe they will be able to eventually fit everything inside a microw= ave oven-sized device. The technology will be particularly useful for gov= ernments, research facilities, and large libraries.=20 =F0=9F=92=BB=20 = PROGRAMMING, DESIGN & DATA SCIENCE AISUITE (GITHUB REPO) [9]=20 = aisuite provides developers with a simple unified interface for multi= ple generative AI providers. It makes it easy to use multiple large langu= age models (LLMs) and compare the results. aisuite allows creators to sea= mlessly swap out and test responses from different LLM providers without = changing any code. It currently supports Anthropic, Azure, Google, AWS, G= roq, Mistral, Hugging Face, and Ollama.=20 COMPARING AWS S3 WITH CLOUDF= LARE R2: PRICE, PERFORMANCE AND USER EXPERIENCE (11 MINUTE READ) [10]=20 = R2 is a storage service by Cloudflare accessible through the S3 API t= hat doesn't charge any egress fees. Developers only pay for storage and r= ead/write/delete requests. This article looks at how R2 compares to AWS' = S3 service. S3 is better for latency, but more than 90% of projects and o= rganizations would be better served with R2.=20 =F0=9F=8E=81=20 MISCE= LLANEOUS HAS AI SCALING HIT A LIMIT? (12 MINUTE READ) [11]=20 The= AI community has operated on the principle that intelligence emerges fro= m scale for the past four years. This has driven billions in investment a= nd reshaped the field of AI. Signs have emerged in recent months that bru= te-force scaling alone might not be enough to drive continued improvement= s in AI. The next breakthrough in AI might not come from making current m= odels bigger, but from making them fundamentally different.=20 GOOGLE= 'S PLAN TO KEEP AI OUT OF SEARCH TRIAL REMEDIES ISN'T GOING VERY WELL (9 = MINUTE READ) [12]=20 Google's AI products may be restricted as a remedy= following the government's win in the search monopoly trial. 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Inside Elon Musk's Quest to= Beat OpenAI at Its Own Game (7 minute read)

Elon Musk started xAI last summer. He p= oached talent from across the industry in an effort to play catchup with Op= enAI. The startup raised at least $11 billion at a valuation of $50 billion= in a funding round this month. It is the second most valuable private AI d= eveloper behind OpenAI. xAI plans to launch a stand-alone consumer app like= ChatGPT as soon as next month.
F.T.C. Launches Antitrust I= nvestigation Into Microsoft (5 minute read)

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has = opened an investigation into whether Microsoft has violated antitrust law. = The agency recently sent a formal request for information to Microsoft aski= ng about its cloud computing, artificial intelligence, and cybersecurity pr= oducts. The FTC is particularly interested in how the company bundles its c= loud computing offerings with office and security products and the company'= s growing power in the artificial intelligence space. Regulators in the Eur= opean Union said earlier this year that Microsoft had violated antitrust ru= les when it packaged Teams with Office tools like Excel and Word.
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Humanoid robot Figure 02 im= presses at BMW plant with 400% efficiency upgrade (2 minute read)

Figure AI has achieved a 400% increase = in speed and a sevenfold improvement in success rate in its Figure 02 robot= .. The company recently released a video showing Figure 02 performing up to = 1,000 placements per day at BMW's Spartanburg plant. The video is available= in the article. Figure AI plans to deploy more humanoid robots in real-wor= ld environments in 2025.
Diamond optical discs could= store data for millions of years (4 minute read)

Chinese researchers have achieved a rec= ord-breaking diamond storage density of 1.85 terabytes per cubic centimeter= .. The diamonds are able to retain data for millions of years at room temper= ature without requiring any maintenance. The system currently requires comp= lex lasers, imaging cameras, and other equipment, but the researchers belie= ve they will be able to eventually fit everything inside a microwave oven-s= ized device. The technology will be particularly useful for governments, re= search facilities, and large libraries.
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aisuite (GitHub Repo)

aisuite provides developers with a simp= le unified interface for multiple generative AI providers. It makes it easy= to use multiple large language models (LLMs) and compare the results. aisu= ite allows creators to seamlessly swap out and test responses from differen= t LLM providers without changing any code. It currently supports Anthropic,= Azure, Google, AWS, Groq, Mistral, Hugging Face, and Ollama.
Comparing AWS S3 with Cloud= flare R2: Price, Performance and User Experience (11 minute read)

R2 is a storage service by Cloudflare a= ccessible through the S3 API that doesn't charge any egress fees. Developer= s only pay for storage and read/write/delete requests. This article looks a= t how R2 compares to AWS' S3 service. S3 is better for latency, but more th= an 90% of projects and organizations would be better served with R2.
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Has AI scaling hit a limit?= (12 minute read)

The AI community has operated on the pr= inciple that intelligence emerges from scale for the past four years. This = has driven billions in investment and reshaped the field of AI. Signs have = emerged in recent months that brute-force scaling alone might not be enough= to drive continued improvements in AI. The next breakthrough in AI might n= ot come from making current models bigger, but from making them fundamental= ly different.
Google's plan to keep AI ou= t of search trial remedies isn't going very well (9 minute read)

Google's AI products may be restricted = as a remedy following the government's win in the search monopoly trial. Th= e Department of Justice has asked for a wide range of remedies to stop Goog= le from potentially using AI to entrench its market dominance in search adv= ertising. They include a ban on exclusive agreements with publishers to tra= in on content and restrictions on investments in or acquisitions of AI prod= ucts or companies. The DOJ alleges the changes are necessary to clear the w= ay for a thriving search market as AI stands to shake up the competitive la= ndscape.
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OpenAI gets new $1.5 billio= n investment from SoftBank, allowing employees to sell shares in a tender o= ffer (4 minute read)

Employees will have until December 24 t= o decide if they want to participate in the tender offer.
Reply on Bluesky and Decent= ralization (18 minute read)

While Bluesky may not be decentralized = or federated in its current form, its team is still focused on its design p= rinciples and there are still many tasks and milestones left on the checkli= st.
Nintendo Switch 2 release d= ate leak suggests we need to start saving now (2 minute read)

The Nintendo Switch 2 will be announced= in January next year before being publicly released in March.
Why am I writing a JavaScri= pt toolchain in Zig? (11 minute read)

Zig's comptime features makes it feasib= le to implement an esquery port where the queries are processed and optimiz= ed at compile time while still being able to operate on a compact syntax tr= ee.
Redis Inc seeks control ove= r future of Rust redis-rs client library, amid talk of trademark concerns (= 3 minute read)

Redis has contacted the maintainer of r= edis-rs with a proposal to take over the Rust package in order to add enter= prise-grade features.
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There is no solid evidence that China i= s actually racing towards AGI.

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