Subj : Google Bard Advanced ¨, ChatGPT interview cheating ¨¨, Crypto + AI applications ¨ To : tldr@synchro.net From : TLDR Date : Thu Feb 01 2024 11:36:10 --TSEiEdDW Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Bard Advanced, which will be powered by the Gemini Ultra architecture, wi= ll be available to users as a subscription=C2=A0=20 Sign Up [1]|Hire [2]= |Advertise [3]|View Online [4]=20 =09=09TLDR=20 TLDR 2024-02-01 = =F0=9F=93=B1=20 BIG TECH & STARTUPS GOOGLE SAYS YOU'LL NEED A SUBS= CRIPTION TO USE BARD ADVANCED (2 MINUTE READ) [5]=20 Bard Advanced, w= hich will be powered by the Gemini Ultra architecture, will be available = to users as a subscription. Google has yet to reveal how much the subscri= ption will cost or when it will be released. It will likely be available = to early testers before being widely rolled out. Alphabet recently reveal= ed that the company earned more than $15 billion in 2023 from subscriptio= n revenue.=20 MISTRAL CEO CONFIRMS =E2=80=98LEAK=E2=80=99 OF NEW OPEN S= OURCE AI MODEL NEARING GPT-4 PERFORMANCE (4 MINUTE READ) [6]=20 Files= for a quantized version of Mistral were leaked on HuggingFace on around = January 28. Quantization is a technique that makes it possible to run cer= tain AI models on less powerful computers and chips. The model surpasses = every other LLM in the world except GPT-4 on EQ-Bench. Mistral appears to= still be working on the model, so the final version may be even more cap= able.=20 =F0=9F=9A=80=20 SCIENCE & FUTURISTIC TECHNOLOGY ADD BA= CTERIA TO THE LIST OF THINGS THAT CAN RUN DOOM (1 MINUTE READ) [7]=20 = An MIT biotechnology PhD student has created a rudimentary screen capabl= e of displaying Doom using a simulation of E. coli bacteria. It takes rou= ghly 70 minutes to display a single frame of Doom on the bioluminescent b= acteria. 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Big Tech & Startups

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Google says you'll need a s= ubscription to use Bard Advanced (2 minute read)

Bard Advanced, which will be powered by= the Gemini Ultra architecture, will be available to users as a subscriptio= n. Google has yet to reveal how much the subscription will cost or when it = will be released. It will likely be available to early testers before being= widely rolled out. Alphabet recently revealed that the company earned more= than $15 billion in 2023 from subscription revenue.
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Mistral CEO confirms =E2=80= =98leak=E2=80=99 of new open source AI model nearing GPT-4 performance (4 m= inute read)

Files for a quantized version of Mistra= l were leaked on HuggingFace on around January 28. Quantization is a techni= que that makes it possible to run certain AI models on less powerful comput= ers and chips. The model surpasses every other LLM in the world except GPT-= 4 on EQ-Bench. Mistral appears to still be working on the model, so the fin= al version may be even more capable.
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Science & Futuristic Technology

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Add bacteria to the list of= things that can run Doom (1 minute read)

An MIT biotechnology PhD student has cr= eated a rudimentary screen capable of displaying Doom using a simulation of= E. coli bacteria. It takes roughly 70 minutes to display a single frame of= Doom on the bioluminescent bacteria. A full reset takes eight hours and 20= minutes. A video about the project is available in the article.
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Reinventing the eel: first = lab-grown eel meat revealed (3 minute read)

Forsea Foods in Israel is the first com= pany to produce lab-grown freshwater eel meat. It aims to have its product = on sale in about two years. The company's goal is to match the price of wil= d-caught eel. Forsea Foods' strategy is to target species at risk of extinc= tion that also command high prices in restaurants and shops. It has raised = $5.2 million in investments, with more expected to be announced soon.
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QA Wolf = has multiple case studies of customers saving $200k+/year in QA engineering and in= frastructure costs.

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WhisperKit (GitHub Repo)

WhisperKit integrates OpenAI's Whisper = speech recognition model with Apple's CoreML framework for efficient local = inference on Apple devices with Swift. It can be integrated with Swift proj= ects using the Swift Package Manager. WhisperKit automatically downloads re= commended models, but it can also create and deploy fine-tuned versions. A = link to a demo app is available in the repository.
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The Performance Inequality = Gap, 2024 (35 minute read)

Performance is a deep and nuanced domai= n. There's a lot that can go wrong and how sites manage resources after-loa= d can have huge impacts on perceived performance. Global baselines matter a= s many teams have low performance management maturity and many popular fram= eworks fail to ward against catastrophic results. This article looks at cur= rent web technologies to provide an up-to-date understanding for working we= b developers. It looks at what's changed since last year and what technolog= ies new projects should consider.
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Miscellaneous

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Why 2023 Was AI Video=E2=80= =99s Breakout Year, and What to Expect in 2024 (11 minute read)

There were no public text-to-video mode= ls available at the beginning of 2023, but now there are dozens in active u= se with millions of users worldwide. While many of these products are still= limited, the progress in the past year suggests that the industry is about= to massively transform. This article looks at the biggest developments so = far in AI video generation, companies to keep an eye on, and the remaining = underlying questions in the space.
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How hard is it to cheat wit= h ChatGPT in technical interviews? We ran an experiment (21 minute read)

ChatGPT can assist people during their = technical interviews. An experiment on how much the tool can help and how e= asy it is to cheat uncovered an urgent need for companies to immediately ch= ange the types of interview questions they're asking. Interviewees in the s= tudy were able to trick professional interviewers and pass interviews witho= ut the interviewers suspecting them of cheating. Not only were interviewees= not caught cheating, the interviewers also rated their confidence in their= hiring decisions as high.
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The promise and challenges = of crypto + AI applications (25 minute read)

Crypto and AI are two major technology = trends from the last decade - while the technologies can be combined, there= aren't that many useful applications where the two fields intersect.
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Microsoft LASERs away LLM i= naccuracies (2 minute read)

Layer-Selective Rank Reduction (LASER) = is a technique that involves replacing one weight matrix with an approximat= e smaller one, making it so the model relies less on it - the technique mak= es large language models more accurate.
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Starlink's Laser System Is = Beaming 42 Million GB of Data Per Day (3 minute read)

Starlink passes terabits per second of = data every day across 9,000 lasers that can sustain a 100Gbps connection pe= r link.
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The first version of Infini= te Craft, an endless crafting game, is out now! (1 minute read)

Infinite Craft is a game where you comb= ine two elements together to create new elements, which you can then use to= combine with other elements to create new elements, which you can then use= to combine with other elements to...
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Lies, damned lies, and benc= hmarks (6 minute read)

Benchmarks are useful tools, but they'r= e not the best indicators of real-world utility due to their narrow scopes,= overfitting, contamination, reproducibility issues, and lack of scope.
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The end of my childhood (30= minute read)

A discussion on change by Vitalik Buter= in, one of Ethereum's co-founders.
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