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DeepSeek's R1 model, which is similar to OpenAI=
's o1, caused a
meltdown in the tech industry over the weekend. Many of t=
he
revelations that contributed to the meltdown were included in
DeepSe=
ek's announcement over Christmas and most of the breakthroughs
in V3 were=
actually revealed with the release of the V2 model last
January. DeepSee=
k-V2 introduced two important breakthroughs,
DeepSeekMoE and DeepSeekMLA =
- the implications of these breakthroughs
only became apparent with V3, w=
hich added a new approach to load
balancing and multi-token prediction in=
training. The cost of training
the model amounted to only $5.576 million=
, but that excludes the costs
associated with prior research, experiments=
, and data. Many of the
decisions DeepSeek made in training its model wer=
e due to the
constraints of the chip ban - if DeepSeek had access to more=
powerful
chips, it probably would have used a different method.=20
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Meta's Mark Zuckerberg responded to the release of DeepSeek R1 by
=
assembling four war rooms of engineers to figure out how the Chinese
hedg=
e fund built the AI. DeepSeek's model may potentially outperform
the next=
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Nvidia experienced the biggest market cap drop for any compan=
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in market cap. Its stock price plummeted 17% and caused a 3.1% slide=
in the tech-heavy NASDAQ. The sell-off was sparked by DeepSeek
present=
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Chinese AI lab r=
eleased a free and open source large language model
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DeepSeek FAQ (37 minute rea=
d)
DeepSeek's R1 model, which is similar t=
o OpenAI's o1, caused a meltdown in the tech industry over the weekend. Man=
y of the revelations that contributed to the meltdown were included in Deep=
Seek's announcement over Christmas and most of the breakthroughs in V3 were=
actually revealed with the release of the V2 model last January. DeepSeek-=
V2 introduced two important breakthroughs, DeepSeekMoE and DeepSeekMLA - th=
e implications of these breakthroughs only became apparent with V3, which a=
dded a new approach to load balancing and multi-token prediction in trainin=
g. The cost of training the model amounted to only $5.576 million, but that=
excludes the costs associated with prior research, experiments, and data. =
Many of the decisions DeepSeek made in training its model were due to the c=
onstraints of the chip ban - if DeepSeek had access to more powerful chips,=
it probably would have used a different method.
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iPhone SE 4 appears in new =
photos and video, notch and all (2 minute read)
A leaker shared a short video of the ne=
w iPhone SE over the weekend. Unlike previous models, the device appears to=
only have a single rear camera. It is the first iPhone SE model to feature=
a USB-C port. The device uses Apple's older notched display rather than th=
e Dynamic Island design. Rumors point to a launch around March or April. Th=
e video is available in the article.
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Science & Futuristic Technology
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Huge Study Finds Constellat=
ion of Health Benefits for Ozempic Beyond Weight Loss (3 minute read)
A new study that tracked millions of di=
abetes patient outcomes over a period of 3.5 years found that those on GLP-=
1 medications saw significant improvements across a staggering range of hea=
lth concerns, far beyond anything clearly linked to weight or blood sugar. =
The patients experienced improvements in addiction and psychotic disorders =
and the risk of Alzheimer's was decreased. GLP-1RA drugs act on receptors t=
hat are expressed in brain areas involved in impulse control, reward, and a=
ddiction, which may potentially explain their effectiveness in curbing appe=
tite and addiction disorders. While the findings are positive, the research=
ers found some issues that seemed to be exacerbated by taking GLP-1s, inclu=
ding an increase in risk for arthritis and pancreatitis.
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light, Blue Origin may finally be turning the corner (13 minute read)
Blue Origin is finally a real rocket co=
mpany with the successful launch of New Glenn. The company's next steps wil=
l be to get better at building engines and rockets and flying New Glenn reg=
ularly. Its current priorities are rate manufacturing and driving urgency a=
round building the 'machine that builds the machine'. Blue Origin is the wo=
rld's largest single-donor nonprofit, so it has zero incentive to operate l=
ike SpaceX.
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Programming, Design & Data Science
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Microsoft builds open sourc=
e document database on PostgreSQL, suggests FerretDB as front end (3 minute=
read)
Developers looking to build something n=
ew on a document database now have more alternatives to choose from. Micros=
oft has launched a document database platform constructed on a relational P=
ostgreSQL back end. It has suggested that users kick things off by implemen=
ting a FerretDB solution on the platform to get started. Microsoft has been=
increasingly accepting of the open source world. The joint development bet=
ween Microsoft, PostgreSQL, and FerretDB is a threat to source-available Mo=
ngoDB and Couchbase.
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My failed attempt to shrink=
all npm packages by 5% (12 minute read)
Developer Evan Hahn proposed an idea in=
2022 that could decrease the size of all newly-published npm packages by a=
bout 5%. Despite it being completely backwards compatible, improving perfor=
mance, and reducing storage costs, the npm maintainers rejected the proposa=
l. Hahn had thought the idea was great until he received feedback - impleme=
nting his idea would be difficult and would make publishing much slower. Th=
e changes would also not retroactively apply to existing packages. After re=
ceiving feedback and thinking about the tradeoffs, Hahn felt that the idea =
wasn't worth it and closed the proposal.
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Meta is reportedly scrambli=
ng =E2=80=98war rooms' of engineers to figure out how DeepSeek's AI is beat=
ing everyone else at a fraction of the price (2 minute read)
Meta's Mark Zuckerberg responded to the=
release of DeepSeek R1 by assembling four war rooms of engineers to figure=
out how the Chinese hedge fund built the AI. DeepSeek's model may potentia=
lly outperform the next version of Meta's Llama AI due to be released in ea=
rly 2025. Meta is working on deciphering how DeepSeek lowered the cost of t=
raining and running its model, finding out what data the Chinese lab used t=
o train its model, and how Meta can restructure its models based on the att=
ributes of the DeepSeek models. Zuckerberg recently announced that Meta wou=
ld spend as much as $65 billion on AI-related projects in the coming year, =
just days after OpenAI, SoftBank, Oracle, and others announced a $500 billi=
on White-house backed AI infrastructure project.
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Nvidia sheds almost $600 bi=
llion in market cap, biggest one-day loss in U.S. history (4 minute read)=
strong>
Nvidia experienced the biggest market c=
ap drop for any company on a single day in US history on Monday when it los=
t close to $600 billion in market cap. Its stock price plummeted 17% and ca=
used a 3.1% slide in the tech-heavy NASDAQ. The sell-off was sparked by Dee=
pSeek presenting increased competition in the global AI industry. The Chine=
se AI lab released a free and open source large language model that only to=
ok two months and less than $6 million to build using Nvidia H800s. The rel=
ease has caused investors to rethink spending on compute.
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Shunpo (GitHub Repo)
Shunpo is a bash tool that makes direct=
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