Subj : Google surpasses GPT-4o 🧠 , Intel mass layoffs 📉, Elon's new school 🏫 To : tldr@synchro.net From : TLDR Date : Fri Aug 02 2024 10:35:47 --DbzxzJoK Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Intel is downsizing its workforce by over 15 percent as part of a $10 bil= lion cost saving plan cost savings plan for 2025=C2=A0=20 Sign Up [1] |= Advertise [2]|View Online [3]=20 =09=09TLDR=20 TLDR 2024-08-02 = =F0=9F=93=B1=20 BIG TECH & STARTUPS MICROSOFT SAYS OPENAI IS NOW A= COMPETITOR IN AI AND SEARCH (2 MINUTE READ) [4]=20 Microsoft added O= penAI to its list of competitors in its latest annual report. OpenAI is l= isted as a competitor in AI offerings, search, and news advertising. The = companies have a long-term partnership, with Microsoft being OpenAI's big= gest investor. OpenAI says that nothing about the relationship between th= e two companies has changed as their partnership was established with the= understanding that they would compete.=20 INTEL IS LAYING OFF OVER 1= 5,000 EMPLOYEES AND WILL STOP =E2=80=98NON-ESSENTIAL WORK' (12 MINUTE REA= D) [5]=20 Intel is downsizing its workforce by over 15 percent as part = of a new cost savings plan for 2025. The $10 billion cost saving plan wil= l mean a headcount reduction of greater than 15,000 roles. Intel plans to= reduce its R&D and marketing spending by billions each year through 20= 26, reduce capital expenditures by more than 20 percent this year, restru= cture to stop non-essential work, and review all active projects and equi= pment to make sure it's not spending too much. The company recently repor= ted a loss of $1.6 billion for Q2, which is substantially more than the $= 437 million it lost the previous quarter. =F0=9F=9A=80=20 SCIENC= E & FUTURISTIC TECHNOLOGY FULLY-AUTOMATIC ROBOT DENTIST PERFORMS WORL= D'S FIRST HUMAN PROCEDURE (4 MINUTE READ) [6]=20 An AI-controlled aut= onomous robot has performed an entire dental procedure on a human patient= for the first time. The system uses a hand-held 3D volumetric scanner th= at builds a detailed 3D model of the mouth using optical coherence tomogr= aphy, cutting X-ray radiation out of the process. The robot surgeon plans= out the operation after the human dentist and patient agree on what need= s to be done. It can prepare a tooth for a dental crown in 15 minutes, a = procedure that usually takes two hours split into two visits. Video of th= e robot is available in the article.=20 A PROTEIN CALLED REELIN KEEPS= POPPING UP IN BRAINS THAT RESIST AGING AND ALZHEIMER'S (7 MINUTE READ) [= 7]=20 A key protein called Reelin appears to protect the brain from A= lzheimer's and other diseases of aging. Studies suggest that the protein = helps maintain thinking and memory in ailing brains. The research has ins= pired efforts to develop a drug that boosts Reelin or helps it function b= etter. The discovery of Reelin was aided by the cooperation of about 1,50= 0 members of an extended Colombian family that carries a gene that almost= guarantees the development of Alzheimer's in middle age.=20 = =F0=9F=92=BB=20 PROGRAMMING, DESIGN & DATA SCIENCE ADVERTISE IN TL= DR, GET IN FRONT OF 4+ MILLION TECH PROFESSIONALS (SPONSOR) [8]=20 Re= ach your target audience while they are actively engaged and reading cont= ent. 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Big Tech & Startups

Microsoft says OpenAI is no= w a competitor in AI and search (2 minute read)

Microsoft added OpenAI to its list of c= ompetitors in its latest annual report. OpenAI is listed as a competitor in= AI offerings, search, and news advertising. The companies have a long-term= partnership, with Microsoft being OpenAI's biggest investor. OpenAI says t= hat nothing about the relationship between the two companies has changed as= their partnership was established with the understanding that they would c= ompete.
Intel is laying off over 15= ,000 employees and will stop =E2=80=98non-essential work' (12 minute read)<= /strong>

Intel is downsizing its workforce by ov= er 15 percent as part of a new cost savings plan for 2025. The $10 billion = cost saving plan will mean a headcount reduction of greater than 15,000 rol= es. Intel plans to reduce its R&D and marketing spending by billions ea= ch year through 2026, reduce capital expenditures by more than 20 percent t= his year, restructure to stop non-essential work, and review all active pro= jects and equipment to make sure it's not spending too much. The company re= cently reported a loss of $1.6 billion for Q2, which is substantially more = than the $437 million it lost the previous quarter.
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Science & Futuristic Technology

Fully-automatic robot denti= st performs world's first human procedure (4 minute read)

An AI-controlled autonomous robot has p= erformed an entire dental procedure on a human patient for the first time. = The system uses a hand-held 3D volumetric scanner that builds a detailed 3D= model of the mouth using optical coherence tomography, cutting X-ray radia= tion out of the process. The robot surgeon plans out the operation after th= e human dentist and patient agree on what needs to be done. It can prepare = a tooth for a dental crown in 15 minutes, a procedure that usually takes tw= o hours split into two visits. Video of the robot is available in the artic= le.
A protein called Reelin kee= ps popping up in brains that resist aging and Alzheimer's (7 minute read)

A key protein called Reelin appears to = protect the brain from Alzheimer's and other diseases of aging. Studies sug= gest that the protein helps maintain thinking and memory in ailing brains. = The research has inspired efforts to develop a drug that boosts Reelin or h= elps it function better. The discovery of Reelin was aided by the cooperati= on of about 1,500 members of an extended Colombian family that carries a ge= ne that almost guarantees the development of Alzheimer's in middle age.
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Programming, Design & Data Science

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Why CSV is still king (5 mi= nute read)

CSV is simple, resilient, and seemingly= impossible to kill off. The standard developed naturally as a simple way t= o store data in tables when storage was very limited. It has become crucial= for business data - companies use it to share financial data, import custo= mer information, and exchange data between different systems. While it has = its problems, the format will likely remain king, as its core simplicity wi= ll keep it relevant for years to come.
Limbo (GitHub Repo)

Limbo is an in-process OLTP database en= gine library. It started as a research project to build an SQLite-compatibl= e in-process database in Rust with native async support. Limbo is compatibl= e with SQLite and the developers are working on JavaScript/WebAssembly bind= ings.
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Zuckerberg says Meta will n= eed 10x more computing power to train Llama 4 than Llama 3 (2 minute read)<= /strong>

Meta believes it will need significantl= y more computing power to train models in the future. CEO Mark Zuckerberg s= aid on the company's second-quarter earnings call that he would rather risk= building capacity before it is needed rather than too late given the long = lead time for spinning up new inference projects. The company is considerin= g different data center projects, which may increase capital expenditures i= n 2025. India is currently the largest market for Meta's AI chatbot.
Elon Musk's little company = town is getting a school, if regulators allow it (3 minute read)

Elon Musk plans to launch an experiment= al private school called Ad Astra in September ahead of the 2024 to 2025 sc= hool year. Ad Astra will be based in Bastrop, Texas, a rural community that= has been transformed into somewhat of a hub for several of Musk's companie= s. Musk previously founded another school in 2014 after pulling five of his= children from public school. His nonprofit, the Foundation, plans to event= ually build a futuristic university in Texas. Ad Astra is now accepting app= lications for kids between the ages of 3 and 9.
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Quick Links

GitHub Models gives develop= ers new power to experiment with Gen AI (4 minute read)

GitHub Models provides developers with = direct access to a wide range of AI models, allowing them to experiment wit= h and integrate Gen AI models into their applications.
Exciting News from Chatbot = Arena! (3 minute read)

Google Gemini has claimed the number on= e spot on Chatbot Arena for the first time, surpassing GPT-4o and Claude-3.= 5.
Just disconnect the interne= t (18 minute read)

This post discusses why just disconnect= ing systems from the internet for security or reliability purposes isn't al= ways a viable solution.
How Google handles JavaScri= pt throughout the indexing process (23 minute read)

Google quickly discovers and indexes si= tes regardless of JavaScript complexity or rendering delay.
There are 2,000-plus dead r= ockets in orbit =E2=80=94 here's a rare view of one (6 minute read)

Astroscale's ADRAS-J (Active Debris Rem= oval by Astroscale-Japan) spacecraft photographed the first publicly releas= ed image of space debris captured from another spacecraft using rendezvous = and proximity operations.
The death (again) of the in= ternet as we know it (20 minute read)

The internet as we know it is becoming = a generally worse place to hang out - it may be better to simply withdraw f= rom the public internet and spend more time offline.

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