Subj : Google redesigns search 🔎, OpenAI co-founder quits 👋, AI disillusionment 🤖 To : tldr@synchro.net From : TLDR Date : Wed May 15 2024 10:35:28 --cebqREvM Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Google announced severa AI-powered features at its I/O developer conferen= ce, such as a feature in Lens that lets users search by capturing a video= =C2=A0=20 Sign Up [1] |Advertise [2]|View Online [3]=20 =09=09TLDR= =09=09TOGETHER WITH [Dollar Flight Club] [4] TLDR 2024-05-15 = =E2=9C=88=EF=B8=8F SAVE UP TO $2,000 ON EVERY VACATION FOR LIFE (SPONSO= R) [4]=20 Exclusive for TLDR readers today=E2=80=94sign up by midnight = to GET 93% OFF LIFETIME ACCESS TO DOLLAR FLIGHT [4] FOR JUST $129 (NORMAL= LY $1,690). Join 1MM+ people save 90% on every flight for life with Su= mmer deals like: =09* Greece from $278 =09* Hawaii from $147 = =09* France from $298 =09* + much more TRY IT STRESS-FREE WITH A 3-= DAY MONEY-BACK GUARANTEE. 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While similar products have come under scrutin= y for summarizing content and not directing users to the actual sources= of information, Google says that early data shows that the new way of = searching will actually lead to more clicks to the open web.=20 OPENAI = CHIEF SCIENTIST ILYA SUTSKEVER IS OFFICIALLY LEAVING (4 MINUTE READ) [6] = Ilya Sutskever, OpenAI's co-founder and chief scientist, is offici= ally leaving the company. Sutskever helped lead the coup against Sam Altm= an and then later changed his mind. His employment status had been ambigu= ous since the ouster. Jakub Pachocki, the company's director of research,= will be OpenAI's new chief scientist.=20 =F0=9F=9A=80=20 SCIENCE & F= UTURISTIC TECHNOLOGY WEIGHT LOSS FROM WEGOVY SUSTAINED FOR UP TO FOUR= YEARS, TRIAL SHOWS (3 MINUTE READ) [7]=20 A large long-term trial of= semaglutide found that early weight loss from the drug is generally main= tained for up to four years, with the participants in the study receiving= weekly injections. The participants in the study tended to lose weight o= ver the first 65 weeks on the drug but then hit a plateau. Semaglutide re= duced participants' risk of heart attack, stroke, and cardiovascular-rela= ted deaths by 20% over the span of a little over three years. 52.4% of = participants who received the drug in the study moved to a lower category= of body mass index during the trial.=20 NEW GEL BREAKS DOWN ALCOHOL IN= THE BODY (5 MINUTE READ) [8]=20 A protein-based gel developed by resea= rchers at ETH Zurich can break down alcohol in the gastrointestinal tract= without harming the body. The gel, made from whey protein fibrils, uses = individual iron atoms to convert alcohol in the intestine into harmless a= cetic acid. It has been shown to reduce blood alcohol levels in mice by u= p to 50%. The gel is only effective as long as there is still alcohol in = the gastrointestinal tract, so it can't help with alcohol poisoning. Whil= e it has yet to be tested in humans, the researchers are confident it w= ill be a success, so they have already applied to patent the gel.=20 = =F0=9F=92=BB=20 PROGRAMMING, DESIGN & DATA SCIENCE AIS SOUND HUMAN= NOW... AND ITS ALREADY BEING USED FOR PHONE CALLS... (SPONSOR) [9]=20 = Bland AI's recently-released AI phone agent [9] is blowing everyone's= mind. It can respond at human level speed and precision with any voice= [9] _=E2=80=94_ potentially replacing a large % of phone-based tasks hum= ans are doing today: sales, customer support, SDR, and more. Try calling= it yourself [9] or sign up for something even crazier=E2=80=A6 [10]=20 = PROJECT IDX, GOOGLE'S NEXT-GEN IDE, IS NOW IN OPEN BETA (3 MINUTE REA= D) [11]=20 Project IDX is an AI-centric, browser-based development envi= ronment that was launched as an invite-only service in August. Over 100,0= 00 developers have already tried the service, which is now available in= open beta. Google has added an integration with the Google Maps Platfo= rm into the IDE and integrations with the Chrome Dev Tools and Lighthouse= to help debug applications. It will soon enable deploying apps to Cloud = Run, Google Cloud's serverless platform for running front- and back-end s= ervices, and integrate with Checks, Google's AI-powered compliance platfo= rm.=20 PIKO (GITHUB REPO) [12]=20 Piko is a reverse proxy to connec= t to external networks. It can be used to expose services in a customer n= etwork, as a bring-your-own-cloud service, or to connect to IoT devices. = The proxy server may be hosted as a cluster of nodes for fault tolerance,= scale, and zero downtime deployments. Piko was designed to serve product= ion traffic rather than as a tool for testing and development.=20 = =F0=9F=8E=81=20 MISCELLANEOUS GOOGLE I/O 2024: HERE'S EVERYTHING G= OOGLE JUST ANNOUNCED (14 MINUTE READ) [13]=20 Google kicked off its I= /O developer conference with a two-hour presentation containing a rapid-f= ire stream of announcements. This article summarizes these announcements = into an easy-to-read list. The announcements include Firebase Genkit, an = addition to the Firebase platform aimed at making it easier for developer= s to build AI-powered applications in JavaScript/TypeScript; LearnLM, a f= amily of generative AI models fine-tuned for learning; AI-generated quizz= es on YouTube; a new discovery feature for apps in Google Play; scam call= detection; Ask Photos, a feature that lets users search across their Goo= gle Photos collection using natural language queries; and much more.=20 = ASK HN: DISILLUSIONED AFTER AI? (HACKER NEWS THREAD) [14]=20 In thi= s thread, developers discuss how they feel about AI technology and its im= pact on their careers. Advances in AI may leave some developers feeling d= isillusioned. Some developers feel that whatever they build will just get= gobbled away by some big tech company. AI is de-democratizing tech in a = big way - a handful of giga-scale companies hold all the cards. The field= is still very much in its hype phase, so while the technology is impress= ive, there is still a lot it cannot do. =E2=9A=A1=20 QUICK LINKS= COMPOSABLE CONTENT FOR EVERY DIGITAL TEAM (SPONSOR) [15]=20 Tire= d of repetitive website requests? Contentful Studio takes them off your p= late. Use the SDK to get up and running quickly, and to register reusable= components. 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Billions of Google users will soon see = AI-generated summaries at the top of many of their search results. The AI O= verviews are designed to take out the hard work of searching so users can f= ocus on the important things. Google announced several other AI-powered fea= tures at its I/O developer conference, such as a feature in Lens that lets = users search by capturing a video, a planning tool that can generate trip i= tineraries and meal plans with a single query, and suggestions within searc= h results. While similar products have come under scrutiny for summarizing = content and not directing users to the actual sources of information, Googl= e says that early data shows that the new way of searching will actually le= ad to more clicks to the open web.
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Ilya Sutskever, OpenAI's co-founder and= chief scientist, is officially leaving the company. Sutskever helped lead = the coup against Sam Altman and then later changed his mind. His employment= status had been ambiguous since the ouster. Jakub Pachocki, the company's = director of research, will be OpenAI's new chief scientist.
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Weight loss from Wegovy sus= tained for up to four years, trial shows (3 minute read)

A large long-term trial of semaglutide = found that early weight loss from the drug is generally maintained for up t= o four years, with the participants in the study receiving weekly injection= s. The participants in the study tended to lose weight over the first 65 we= eks on the drug but then hit a plateau. Semaglutide reduced participants' r= isk of heart attack, stroke, and cardiovascular-related deaths by 20% over = the span of a little over three years. 52.4% of participants who received t= he drug in the study moved to a lower category of body mass index during th= e trial.
New gel breaks down alcohol= in the body (5 minute read)

A protein-based gel developed by resear= chers at ETH Zurich can break down alcohol in the gastrointestinal tract wi= thout harming the body. The gel, made from whey protein fibrils, uses indiv= idual iron atoms to convert alcohol in the intestine into harmless acetic a= cid. It has been shown to reduce blood alcohol levels in mice by up to 50%.= The gel is only effective as long as there is still alcohol in the gastroi= ntestinal tract, so it can't help with alcohol poisoning. While it has yet = to be tested in humans, the researchers are confident it will be a success,= so they have already applied to patent the gel.
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Bland AI's recently-released AI ph= one agent is blowing everyone's mind. It can respond at human le= vel speed and precision with any voice =E2=80=94 p= otentially replacing a large % of phone-based tasks humans are doing today:= sales, customer support, SDR, and more. Try calling it yourself or sign up for something even crazier=E2=80=A6=
Project IDX, Google's next-= gen IDE, is now in open beta (3 minute read)

Project IDX is an AI-centric, browser-b= ased development environment that was launched as an invite-only service in= August. Over 100,000 developers have already tried the service, which is n= ow available in open beta. Google has added an integration with the Google = Maps Platform into the IDE and integrations with the Chrome Dev Tools and L= ighthouse to help debug applications. It will soon enable deploying apps to= Cloud Run, Google Cloud's serverless platform for running front- and back-= end services, and integrate with Checks, Google's AI-powered compliance pla= tform.
Piko (GitHub Repo)

Piko is a reverse proxy to connect to e= xternal networks. It can be used to expose services in a customer network, = as a bring-your-own-cloud service, or to connect to IoT devices. The proxy = server may be hosted as a cluster of nodes for fault tolerance, scale, and = zero downtime deployments. Piko was designed to serve production traffic ra= ther than as a tool for testing and development.
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Google I/O 2024: Here's eve= rything Google just announced (14 minute read)

Google kicked off its I/O developer con= ference with a two-hour presentation containing a rapid-fire stream of anno= uncements. This article summarizes these announcements into an easy-to-read= list. The announcements include Firebase Genkit, an addition to the Fireba= se platform aimed at making it easier for developers to build AI-powered ap= plications in JavaScript/TypeScript; LearnLM, a family of generative AI mod= els fine-tuned for learning; AI-generated quizzes on YouTube; a new discove= ry feature for apps in Google Play; scam call detection; Ask Photos, a feat= ure that lets users search across their Google Photos collection using natu= ral language queries; and much more.
Ask HN: Disillusioned after= AI? (Hacker News Thread)

In this thread, developers discuss how = they feel about AI technology and its impact on their careers. Advances in = AI may leave some developers feeling disillusioned. Some developers feel th= at whatever they build will just get gobbled away by some big tech company.= AI is de-democratizing tech in a big way - a handful of giga-scale compani= es hold all the cards. The field is still very much in its hype phase, so w= hile the technology is impressive, there is still a lot it cannot do.
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