Subj : Google smartwatch for kids ⌚, Apple's AI black box 🤖, software complexity 👨‍💻 To : tldr@synchro.net From : TLDR Date : Thu May 30 2024 10:31:54 --YZg0dHhE Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable The Fitbit Ace LTE is designed for kids between the ages of 7 and 11. At = $229, it can track a child's activity as they play throughout the day= =C2=A0=20 Sign Up [1] |Advertise [2]|View Online [3]=20 =09=09TLDR = =09=09TOGETHER WITH [LMNT] [4] TLDR 2024-05-30 STAY PRODUC= TIVE AND FOCUSED THROUGHOUT THE DAY WITH LMNT, THE HEALTHY ALTERNATIVE TO= SUGARY SPORTS DRINKS (SPONSOR) [4]=20 LMNT is a tasty electrolyte drin= k mix that replaces vital electrolytes =E2=80=94 with ZERO sugar or dodgy= ingredients. Brain fogs and morning headaches out. All-day productivi= ty in. 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It is available now for preorder and will = be in stores on June 5.=20 APPLE'S AI PLANS INVOLVES 'BLACK BOX' FOR CL= OUD DATA (3 MINUTE READ) [7]=20 Apple is expected to announce AI impl= ementations into iOS 18 and its other operating systems at WWDC. The comp= any intends to process data from AI applications inside a virtual black b= ox that will use only Apple's hardware to perform AI processing in the cl= oud. The approach will prevent both Apple and potential hackers from bein= g able to see app data. Using a cloud approach allows Apple to reduce the= hardware requirements of its products.=20 =F0=9F=9A=80=20 SCIENCE = & FUTURISTIC TECHNOLOGY NEURALINK WANTS 3 MORE QUADRIPLEGIC PATIENTS = FOR ITS BRAIN CONTROL INTERFACE TRIAL (2 MINUTE READ) [8]=20 Neuralin= k is recruiting another three subjects for its brain implant study. It is= seeking subjects aged 22 to 75 with severe quadriplegia due to spinal co= rd injury or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis for at least one year without = improvement. Healthy people, people with morbid obesity, or people with a= n active device already implanted are disqualified from the study. Partic= ipants will be monitored for adverse events for 72 months following the i= mplantation procedure.=20 NEW BYD HYBRID CAN DRIVE NON-STOP FOR MORE TH= AN 2,000 KILOMETERS (3 MINUTE READ) [9]=20 BYD has unveiled a new hyb= rid powertrain that can travel for more than 2,000 kilometers without rec= harging or refueling. Vehicles with the technology can travel from New Yo= rk to Miami on a single charge and a full tank of gas. The upgraded tech = will be launched in the Qin L and the Seal 06. Both mid-sized sedans, whi= ch were unveiled at the Beijing Auto Show in April, cost under $13,800. = =F0=9F=92=BB=20 PROGRAMMING, DESIGN & DATA SCIENCE THREE LAW= S OF SOFTWARE COMPLEXITY (OR: WHY SOFTWARE ENGINEERS ARE ALWAYS GRUMPY) (= 3 MINUTE READ) [10]=20 Software engineers are destined to wallow in unn= ecessary complexity due to three fundamental laws: a well-designed system= will degrade into a badly designed system over time, complexity is a moa= t filled by leaky abstractions, and there is no fundamental upper limit o= n software complexity. Building a new system from scratch without succu= mbing to these laws is a lot harder than it sounds. Engineers who work on= badly designed systems suffer more as badly designed systems have unboun= d complexity.=20 WHAT WE LEARNED FROM A YEAR OF BUILDING WITH LLMS (PAR= T I) (45 MINUTE READ) [11]=20 While the barrier to entry for building= AI products has lowered, creating something effective beyond a demo rema= ins a deceptively difficult endeavor. This series of articles identifies = crucial lessons and methodologies for developing products based on large = language models gathered by people who have been building real-world ap= plications on top of ML systems over the past year. It is organized into = three sections: tactical, operational, and strategic. This first part div= es into the tactical nuts and bolts of working with large language models= and shares best practices and common pitfalls around prompting, setting = up retrieval-augmented generation, applying flow engineering, and evaluat= ion and monitoring.=20 =F0=9F=8E=81=20 MISCELLANEOUS HOW A.I. 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Fitbit Ace LTE: Hands On Wi= th Google's First Smartwatch for Kids (4 minute read)

The Fitbit Ace LTE, designed for kids b= etween the ages of 7 and 11, focuses on gaming and safety. At $229, the sma= rtwatch can track a child's activity as they play throughout the day. With = 16 hours of battery life, the Ace LTE is resistant to drops and can be subm= erged in up to 164 feet of water. It is available now for preorder and will= be in stores on June 5.
Apple's AI plans involves '= black box' for cloud data (3 minute read)

Apple is expected to announce AI implem= entations into iOS 18 and its other operating systems at WWDC. The company = intends to process data from AI applications inside a virtual black box tha= t will use only Apple's hardware to perform AI processing in the cloud. The= approach will prevent both Apple and potential hackers from being able to = see app data. Using a cloud approach allows Apple to reduce the hardware re= quirements of its products.
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Science & Futuristic Technology

Neuralink wants 3 more quad= riplegic patients for its brain control interface trial (2 minute read)

Neuralink is recruiting another three s= ubjects for its brain implant study. It is seeking subjects aged 22 to 75 w= ith severe quadriplegia due to spinal cord injury or amyotrophic lateral sc= lerosis for at least one year without improvement. Healthy people, people w= ith morbid obesity, or people with an active device already implanted are d= isqualified from the study. Participants will be monitored for adverse even= ts for 72 months following the implantation procedure.
New BYD Hybrid Can Drive No= n-Stop for More Than 2,000 Kilometers (3 minute read)

BYD has unveiled a new hybrid powertrai= n that can travel for more than 2,000 kilometers without recharging or refu= eling. Vehicles with the technology can travel from New York to Miami on a = single charge and a full tank of gas. The upgraded tech will be launched in= the Qin L and the Seal 06. Both mid-sized sedans, which were unveiled at t= he Beijing Auto Show in April, cost under $13,800.
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Programming, Design & Data Science

Three Laws of Software Comp= lexity (or: why software engineers are always grumpy) (3 minute read)

Software engineers are destined to wall= ow in unnecessary complexity due to three fundamental laws: a well-designed= system will degrade into a badly designed system over time, complexity is = a moat filled by leaky abstractions, and there is no fundamental upper limi= t on software complexity. Building a new system from scratch without succum= bing to these laws is a lot harder than it sounds. Engineers who work on ba= dly designed systems suffer more as badly designed systems have unbound com= plexity.
What We Learned from a Year= of Building with LLMs (Part I) (45 minute read)

While the barrier to entry for building= AI products has lowered, creating something effective beyond a demo remain= s a deceptively difficult endeavor. This series of articles identifies cruc= ial lessons and methodologies for developing products based on large langua= ge models gathered by people who have been building real-world applications= on top of ML systems over the past year. It is organized into three sectio= ns: tactical, operational, and strategic. This first part dives into the ta= ctical nuts and bolts of working with large language models and shares best= practices and common pitfalls around prompting, setting up retrieval-augme= nted generation, applying flow engineering, and evaluation and monitoring.
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How A.I. Made Mark Zuckerbe= rg Popular Again in Silicon Valley (10 minute read)

When Meta released its AI, it made the = technology freely available, largely the opposite of what Google, OpenAI, a= nd Microsoft have done. Mark Zuckerberg has become the highest-profile tech= nology executive to support and promote the open-source model for AI. While= other companies are using a closed strategy to guard their technology, Zuc= kerberg believes that the technology is so important and the opportunities = are so great that it should be made widely available so that everyone can b= enefit. The decision to open source Meta's AI tech was well-received and ma= de Zuckerberg a lot more popular in tech circles.
A myopia epidemic is sweepi= ng the globe. Here's how to stop it (17 minute read)

Studies from around the world are findi= ng an increased rate of incidences of pathologically stretched eyeballs amo= ng children compared with pre-pandemic levels. The pandemic saw real-life c= lassrooms and playgrounds give way to virtual meetings and digital devices,= increasing the time that children spend focusing on screens and other near= by objects significantly. This shift has caused their eyeballs to lengthen = to accommodate short-vision tasks. An hour of extra outdoor break time ever= y day can markedly reduce the incidence of short-sightedness.
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Quick Links

Starlink's disruption of th= e space industry (16 minute read)

Starlink launched its first 60 satellit= es into orbit five years ago on May 23 - it has since launched more than 6,= 500 satellites, making it the largest satellite constellation in service.
Arm says its next-gen mobil= e GPU will be its most =E2=80=98performant and efficient' (4 minute read)

Arm's next-generation Cortex-X925 CPU a= nd Immortalis G925 GPU designs will offer optimized layouts to make it easi= er for device makers to implement their own system-on-a-chip layouts.
gh-dash (GitHub Repo)

gh-dash is a command-line extension tha= t displays a dashboard with pull requests and issues by filters.
Google confirms the leaked = Search documents are real (2 minute read)

A collection of 2,500 leaked internal d= ocuments that details the data that Google is keeping track of has been con= firmed to be real.
OpenAI is helping Apple fix= Siri, and that has Microsoft worried (2 minute read)

OpenAI's technology plays a big role in= powering Apple's new AI-based features for its operating systems.
The future of foundation mo= dels is closed-source (14 minute read)

Open-source AI will become a financial = drain for model builders, an inferior option for developers and consumers, = and a risk to national security - closed-source models will create far more= economic and consumer value over the next decade.

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