Subj : Anthropic beats GPT-4 ¨, Pixel 9 leaks ¨, the fight for AI talent ¨¨ To : tldr@synchro.net From : TLDR Date : Thu Mar 28 2024 10:40:14 --MmpZQrUf Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Anthropic's Claude 3 Opus has surpassed OpenAI's GPT-4 for the first time= on Chatbot Arena=C2=A0 Sign Up [1]|Advertise [2]|View Online [3]=20 = =09=09TLDR =09=09TOGETHER WITH [Dollar Flight Club] [4] TLDR 2= 024-03-28 EXCLUSIVE OFFER: SPEND $1 TODAY & SAVE UP TO $50K ON TRAVEL= (SPONSOR) [4]=20 TLDR has your back today. TRY DOLLAR FLIGHT CLUB FO= R JUST $1 IF YOU SIGN UP IN THE NEXT 12 HOURS [4] to save up to $2K on ev= ery single flight, every year, for life. If you travel only twice per yea= r over the next five years, that=E2=80=99s already $20K in savings on tra= vel. Try it risk-free! 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While Claude's rise is notable, G= PT-4 is now over a year old.=20 GOOGLE=E2=80=99S PIXEL 9 WILL REPORTEDL= Y COME IN THREE SIZES THIS FALL (2 MINUTE READ) [6]=20 Google plans t= o release three models of the upcoming Pixel 9 this year. There will be t= wo versions in the premium range, the Pixel 9 Pro and Pixel 9 Pro XL. The= Pixel 9 will have a 6.03-inch display, the Pixel 9 Pro will have a 6.2-i= nch display, and the Pixel 9 Pro XL will have a 6.5-inch display. Both Pr= o models will include a triple-camera system on the back. The new Pixels = aren't expected to be released until October.=20 =F0=9F=9A=80=20 SC= IENCE & FUTURISTIC TECHNOLOGY ELON MUSK SAYS TESLA OPTIMUS ROBOT SHOU= LD COST =E2=80=98LESS THAN HALF OF A CAR=E2=80=99 (3 MINUTE READ) [7]=20 = Elon Musk says that Tesla's general-purpose humanoid robot Optimus, d= esigned to take over repetitive tasks from humans, should cost less than = half the price of a car. He has previously claimed that the demand for th= e robot could be as high as 10 to 20 billion units and that it would acco= unt for a majority of Tesla's long-term value. There is no clear timeline= for when the robot will begin production, but Tesla has been listing mor= e jobs for its robot program lately, including positions related to suppl= y chains and manufacturing.=20 SCIENTISTS FIND HUMAN BRAINS ARE GETTING= LARGER AND LARGER (2 MINUTE READ) [8]=20 A study on MRIs of people b= orn in the 1930s through to the 1970s found that babies in the 1970s had = nearly 15% more brain surface area and 6.6% more brain volume than in the= 1930s. Parts of the brain associated with memory and learning have also = increased in size. It is unclear if larger brains make people more intell= igent, but it could still be a plus as there are links to better brain he= alth. Larger brain structures may reflect improved brain development and = health. The percentage of people diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease has= decreased every decade.=20 =F0=9F=92=BB PROGRAMMING, DESIGN & DA= TA SCIENCE TIME IS YOUR MOST PRECIOUS ASSET. DELEGATION IS A SUPERPOW= ER (SPONSOR) [9]=20 Create the bandwidth you need to surpass your mos= t audacious goals. Athena Executive Assistants [10] are the hidden superp= ower behind elite founders, top investors, US governers, and other high-p= rofile individuals [10]. =E2=80=9CMy Athena EA is awesome - my anxiety = level has lowered substantially.=E2=80=9D =E2=80=94 Ryan Hoover, Founder = of ProductHunt =F0=9F=8E=81 Claim an exclusive offer for TLDR readers = [10] THE ONE ABOUT THE WEB DEVELOPER JOB MARKET (35 MINUTE READ) [11]= =20 The developer job market is the worst it has been in over two dec= ades, even with the AI bubble in full force. It is unlikely to ever fully= bounce back. Finding a good job is only going to get harder - the overal= l market might fluctuate, but there isn't much on the horizon that seems = likely to turn the decline around. Effective documentation, information, = and training will likely start getting harder to find, especially in area= s where AI is even less effective than normal.=20 42.PARQUET = =E2=80=93 A ZIP BOMB FOR THE BIG DATA AGE (5 MINUTE READ) [12]=20 Apach= e Parquet, the de facto standard for tabular data exchange, uses a binary= , columnar, and compressed data representation and comes with enough meta= data so that files can be correctly interpreted without additional inform= ation. The format is supported by most modern data tools and services. Pa= rquet files come with some risks - even perfectly valid files can be prob= lematic. 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=E2=80=9CThe king is dead= =E2=80=9D =E2=80=94 Claude 3 surpasses GPT-4 on Chatbot Arena for the first= time (4 minute read)

Anthropic's Claude 3 Opus has surpassed= OpenAI's GPT-4 for the first time on Chatbot Arena. Chatbot Arena is a lea= derboard run by the Large Model Systems Organization, a research organizati= on dedicated to open models. Its site allows visitors to rate outputs from = various models, enabling it to calculate the best models in aggregate. Whil= e Claude's rise is notable, GPT-4 is now over a year old.
Google=E2=80=99s Pixel 9 wi= ll reportedly come in three sizes this fall (2 minute read)

Google plans to release three models of= the upcoming Pixel 9 this year. There will be two versions in the premium = range, the Pixel 9 Pro and Pixel 9 Pro XL. The Pixel 9 will have a 6.03-inc= h display, the Pixel 9 Pro will have a 6.2-inch display, and the Pixel 9 Pr= o XL will have a 6.5-inch display. Both Pro models will include a triple-ca= mera system on the back. The new Pixels aren't expected to be released unti= l October.
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Elon Musk says Tesla Optimu= s robot should cost =E2=80=98less than half of a car=E2=80=99 (3 minute rea= d)

Elon Musk says that Tesla's general-pur= pose humanoid robot Optimus, designed to take over repetitive tasks from hu= mans, should cost less than half the price of a car. He has previously clai= med that the demand for the robot could be as high as 10 to 20 billion unit= s and that it would account for a majority of Tesla's long-term value. Ther= e is no clear timeline for when the robot will begin production, but Tesla = has been listing more jobs for its robot program lately, including position= s related to supply chains and manufacturing.
Scientists Find Human Brain= s Are Getting Larger and Larger (2 minute read)

A study on MRIs of people born in the 1= 930s through to the 1970s found that babies in the 1970s had nearly 15% mor= e brain surface area and 6.6% more brain volume than in the 1930s. Parts of= the brain associated with memory and learning have also increased in size.= It is unclear if larger brains make people more intelligent, but it could = still be a plus as there are links to better brain health. Larger brain str= uctures may reflect improved brain development and health. The percentage o= f people diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease has decreased every decade.
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The one about the web devel= oper job market (35 minute read)

The developer job market is the worst i= t has been in over two decades, even with the AI bubble in full force. It i= s unlikely to ever fully bounce back. Finding a good job is only going to g= et harder - the overall market might fluctuate, but there isn't much on the= horizon that seems likely to turn the decline around. Effective documentat= ion, information, and training will likely start getting harder to find, es= pecially in areas where AI is even less effective than normal.
42.parquet =E2=80=93 A Zip = Bomb for the Big Data Age (5 minute read)

Apache Parquet, the de facto standard f= or tabular data exchange, uses a binary, columnar, and compressed data repr= esentation and comes with enough metadata so that files can be correctly in= terpreted without additional information. The format is supported by most m= odern data tools and services. Parquet files come with some risks - even pe= rfectly valid files can be problematic. This article discusses how to explo= it one of the vulnerabilities in the Parquet file format to create a 'zip b= omb' that is only 42 kilobytes large but contains 622 trillion values, requ= iring over 4 petabytes of memory to decompress.
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The Fight for AI Talent: Pa= y Million-Dollar Packages and Buy Whole Teams (6 minute read)

The AI boom is pushing the industry's t= alent wars to new extremes, with companies offering million-dollar annual c= ompensation packages and accelerating stock-vesting schedules to draw peopl= e with expertise and experience to develop generative AI technologies. This= is happening as layoffs continue in other areas of tech. While there is a = surplus of software engineers, the number of candidates who have trained la= rge language models from scratch or can help solve vexing problems in AI is= scarce. Salespeople in AI are also in demand.
How AI could explode the ec= onomy (21 minute read)

Artificial intelligence is already maki= ng people rich, but some researchers think this is only the beginning. AI m= ay be set to make society much richer by causing economic growth at a scale= it has never experienced before. This article looks at arguments for why s= uch a dramatic explosion in economic growth might be possible. Explosive gr= owth without causing a loss in jobs may be possible, but even a small boost= can wind up changing all of our lives.
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Amazon spends $2.75 billion= on AI startup Anthropic in its largest venture investment yet (7 minute re= ad)

Amazon will maintain a minority stake i= n the company but won't have an Anthropic board seat.
The Disney Plus-Hulu merger= is way more than a streaming bundle (7 minute read)

Hulu's integration into Disney involved= a large transfer of assets and a huge reworking of underlying infrastructu= re that will change the way Disney thinks about, creates, and distributes c= ontent.
Usage-based GPT earnings (1= minute read)

OpenAI is partnering with a small group= of US builders to test usage-based GPT earnings with the goal of creating = a vibrant ecosystem where builders are rewarded for their creativity and im= pact.
How to make $1M, $5M, or $1= 0M+ in Silicon Valley (2 minute read)

A look at how some startup career climb= ers, small business owners, engineers, and founders 'made it' in Silicon Va= lley.
Apple Turns to Longtime Ste= ve Jobs Disciple to Defend Its =E2=80=98Walled Garden=E2=80=99 (9 minute re= ad)

Phil Schiller says that the whole devel= oper ecosystem has benefited from the work Apple has done together with the= m.
Leaked images reveal Micros= oft=E2=80=99s white disc-less Xbox Series X console (2 minute read)

The leaked images, available in the art= icle, show a disc-less system with the same exterior design as the existing= black Xbox Series X.
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