Subj : Neuralink's human trial ¨, Apple sells 200k Vision Pros ¨, AI reducing code quality ¨¨ To : tldr@synchro.net From : TLDR Date : Tue Jan 30 2024 11:38:07 --An0kfDQ6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Neuralink implanted a device in a human for the first time on Sunday=C2= =A0 Sign Up [1]|Hire [2]|Advertise [3]|View Online [4]=20 =09=09= TLDR=20 =09=09TOGETHER WITH [WorkOS] [5] TLDR 2024-01-30 THE = WORLD=E2=80=99S BEST LOGIN BOX IS HERE, AND IT=E2=80=99S BUILT ON OPEN SOUR= CE (SPONSOR) [5]=20 =F0=9F=86=95=C2=A0Meet Authkit by WorkOS [6]: = =E2=86=92 It=E2=80=99s compatible [5] with any app architecture. 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The technology could help patients with severe degenerative diseases= communicate and interact with devices using their minds. Neuralink has n= ot disclosed how many human patients are involved in its initial in-human= trial.=20 APPLE HAS SOLD APPROXIMATELY 200,000 VISION PRO HEADSETS (1 = MINUTE READ) [9]=20 A source with knowledge of Apple's sales numbers = says that the company has sold more than 200,000 Vision Pro headsets. Pre= -orders for the headset began on January 19. Media reviews for the device= are set to go live today, so that could increase sales, and there is als= o an expected uptick in purchases after actual consumers begin sharing = hands-on experiences. Apple is prepared for a limited number of sales due= to the Vision Pro's niche market and high price tag.=20 =F0=9F=9A=80 = SCIENCE & FUTURISTIC TECHNOLOGY SCIENTISTS THINK THEY'RE ON THE= VERGE OF BREACHING THE BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER (3 MINUTE READ) [10]=20 T= he brain and spinal cord are well protected by the blood-brain barrier, w= hich stops almost all drugs from entering the central nervous system. Res= earchers at the University of Pennsylvania are testing the delivery of li= pid nanoparticles, fat-soluble packages that can pass through the blood-b= rain barrier and carry proteins, antibodies, and messenger RNA with them.= The technique is able to pass some drugs through the blood-brain barrier= , but not all of the medicine made it into brain cells when tested in liv= ing mice. The researchers are using a new in vitro model that will help g= uide the future development of brain-targeted treatments.=20 SCIENTIS= TS DOCUMENT FIRST-EVER TRANSMITTED ALZHEIMER=E2=80=99S CASES, TIED TO NO-= LONGER-USED MEDICAL PROCEDURE (8 MINUTE READ) [11]=20 A decades-old tre= atment for a number of conditions that caused short stature, which involv= ed patients receiving growth hormone taken from the brains of human cadav= ers, has been tied to some people as young as in their 30s developing Alz= heimer's disease. The treatment, which was banned 40 years ago, transmitt= ed unwanted proteins into recipients' brains, including the beta-amyloid = protein that later propagated into the disease-causing plaques that are t= he hallmark of the disease. These are the first documented cases of trans= ferred Alzheimer's - the disease is not usually contagious. The cadaveric= growth hormone treatment has been long replaced with a synthetic hormone= treatment.=20 =F0=9F=92=BB=20 PROGRAMMING, DESIGN & DATA SCIENCE = THE BIG LITTLE GUIDE TO MESSAGE QUEUES (40 MINUTE READ) [12]=20 Mes= sage queues are a way to transfer information between two systems. They a= llow systems to communicate with each other in structured ways they can b= oth understand and at a controlled speed they can both handle. This artic= le discusses message queues, their history, why they're useful, how they = work, and more. It compares many popular systems available today. The art= icle covers fundamental concepts that underlie message queues and how the= y apply to popular queuing systems available today.=20 NEW GITHUB COP= ILOT RESEARCH FINDS 'DOWNWARD PRESSURE ON CODE QUALITY' (4 MINUTE READ) [= 13]=20 A recent study on the quality and maintainability of AI-assisted= code found disconcerting trends for maintainability. The percentage of= lines that are reverted or updated less than two weeks after being aut= hored is projected to double this year compared to a pre-AI baseline. Usi= ng AI coding tools is strongly correlated with mistake code being pushed = to repositories. While AI may be able to produce code faster, the code it= produces needs to be cleaned up, potentially removing the benefits of fa= st code generation.=20 =F0=9F=8E=81=20 MISCELLANEOUS WHAT BIG T= ECH LAYOFFS SUGGEST FOR THE INDUSTRY (7 MINUTE READ) [14]=20 Microsoft'= s layoffs last year were worrisome because the company has a very good tr= ack record of predicting how its business will grow or shrink. Microsoft'= s business is incredibly diversified to the point where it can be pretty = representative of the B2B tech industry, minus advertising. The company's= decision to initiate layoffs suggested that the tech industry would stal= l growth-wise. 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Neuralink implanted a device in a human= for the first time on Sunday. The patient is recovering well, according to= a post on X by Elon Musk. Neuralink is developing a brain implant that aim= s to help patients with severe paralysis control external technologies usin= g only neural signals. The technology could help patients with severe degen= erative diseases communicate and interact with devices using their minds. N= euralink has not disclosed how many human patients are involved in its init= ial in-human trial.
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Apple Has Sold Approximatel= y 200,000 Vision Pro Headsets (1 minute read)

A source with knowledge of Apple's sale= s numbers says that the company has sold more than 200,000 Vision Pro heads= ets. Pre-orders for the headset began on January 19. Media reviews for the = device are set to go live today, so that could increase sales, and there is= also an expected uptick in purchases after actual consumers begin sharing = hands-on experiences. Apple is prepared for a limited number of sales due t= o the Vision Pro's niche market and high price tag.
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Scientists Think They're on= The Verge of Breaching The Blood-Brain Barrier (3 minute read)

The brain and spinal cord are well prot= ected by the blood-brain barrier, which stops almost all drugs from enterin= g the central nervous system. Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania= are testing the delivery of lipid nanoparticles, fat-soluble packages that= can pass through the blood-brain barrier and carry proteins, antibodies, a= nd messenger RNA with them. The technique is able to pass some drugs throug= h the blood-brain barrier, but not all of the medicine made it into brain c= ells when tested in living mice. The researchers are using a new in vitro m= odel that will help guide the future development of brain-targeted treatmen= ts.
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Scientists document first-e= ver transmitted Alzheimer=E2=80=99s cases, tied to no-longer-used medical p= rocedure (8 minute read)

A decades-old treatment for a number of= conditions that caused short stature, which involved patients receiving gr= owth hormone taken from the brains of human cadavers, has been tied to some= people as young as in their 30s developing Alzheimer's disease. The treatm= ent, which was banned 40 years ago, transmitted unwanted proteins into reci= pients' brains, including the beta-amyloid protein that later propagated in= to the disease-causing plaques that are the hallmark of the disease. These = are the first documented cases of transferred Alzheimer's - the disease is = not usually contagious. The cadaveric growth hormone treatment has been lon= g replaced with a synthetic hormone treatment.
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Message queues are a way to transfer in= formation between two systems. They allow systems to communicate with each = other in structured ways they can both understand and at a controlled speed= they can both handle. This article discusses message queues, their history= , why they're useful, how they work, and more. It compares many popular sys= tems available today. The article covers fundamental concepts that underlie= message queues and how they apply to popular queuing systems available tod= ay.
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New GitHub Copilot Research= Finds 'Downward Pressure on Code Quality' (4 minute read)

A recent study on the quality and maint= ainability of AI-assisted code found disconcerting trends for maintainabili= ty. The percentage of lines that are reverted or updated less than two week= s after being authored is projected to double this year compared to a pre-A= I baseline. Using AI coding tools is strongly correlated with mistake code = being pushed to repositories. While AI may be able to produce code faster, = the code it produces needs to be cleaned up, potentially removing the benef= its of fast code generation.
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Microsoft's layoffs last year were worr= isome because the company has a very good track record of predicting how it= s business will grow or shrink. Microsoft's business is incredibly diversif= ied to the point where it can be pretty representative of the B2B tech indu= stry, minus advertising. The company's decision to initiate layoffs suggest= ed that the tech industry would stall growth-wise. Microsoft's announcement= s could have caused other large tech companies to follow suit and announce = their own layoffs.
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Code Llama 70B, one of the largest open= -source AI models for code generation currently available, was trained on 5= 00 billion tokens of code and code-related data and has a context window of= 100,000 tokens.
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