Subj : Google Vids ¨, Intel's AI chip ¨, GPT-4 Turbo Vision API ¨¨ To : tldr@synchro.net From : TLDR Date : Wed Apr 10 2024 10:39:47 --D4uhrZAu Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Google's new Vids app can create collaborative shareable videos for thing= s people do at work=C2=A0=20 Sign Up [1] |View Online [2]=20 =09=09T= LDR =09=09TOGETHER WITH [Dollar Flight Club] [3] TLDR 2024-04-10= ENDS AT MIDNIGHT: SPEND $1 & SAVE UP TO $50K ON TRAVEL (SPONSOR) [3]= =20 Dollar Flight Club has your back this year. TRY DOLLAR FLIGHT CLUB= FOR JUST $1 IF YOU SIGN UP IN THE NEXT 12 HOURS [3] to save up to $2K = on every single flight, every year, for life. Plus, try it risk-free if y= ou sign up today. 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People with access to the v= ideo can add comments, leave notes, and make edits. Vids will launch in p= ublic beta this summer.=20 INTEL=E2=80=99S GAUDI 3 GOES AFTER NVIDIA (3= MINUTE READ) [5]=20 Intel gave the first architectural details of its = Gaudi 3 third-generation AI processor at Vision 2024 this week in Phoenix= , Arizona. Gaudi 3 is made up of two identical silicon dies, each with a= central region of 48 megabytes of cache memory, joined by a high-bandw= idth connection, surrounded by four engines for matrix multiplication and= 32 programmable units called tensor processor cores. It produces double = the AI compute of Gaudi 2 using 8-bit floating-point infrastructure. It a= lso provides a fourfold boost for computations using the BFloat 16 number= format.=20 =F0=9F=9A=80=20 SCIENCE & FUTURISTIC TECHNOLOGY MET= A CONFIRMS THAT ITS LLAMA 3 OPEN SOURCE LLM IS COMING IN THE NEXT MONTH (= 3 MINUTE READ) [6]=20 Meta plans to release an initial version of its n= ext-generation Llama 3 large language model within the next month. The co= mpany will release a number of different models with different capabiliti= es and versatilities during the course of the year. Llama 3 will be able = to answer a wider range of questions compared to its predecessor, inclu= ding questions regarding more controversial topics. Meta has not released= any details about the model's size, but it is expected to have about 140= billion parameters - the biggest Llama 2 model has 70 billion.=20 GA= BE NEWELL'S NEURAL INTERFACE COMPANY UPDATED ITS WEBSITE (2 MINUTE READ) = [7]=20 Starfish, a neural interface company co-founded by Gabe Newell,= recently updated its website, indicating that its team is working hard= on its brain-computer solutions. The company is developing minimally i= nvasive one-dimensional implants for neuromodulation and neural recording= .. Newell's interest in the field goes back to at least 2021, when he brou= ght up the idea of using brain-computer interfaces for gaming. Valve has = previously worked to create open source software to allow developers to u= nderstand signals coming from people's brains.=20 =F0=9F=92=BB=20 PRO= GRAMMING, DESIGN & DATA SCIENCE GOOGLE LAUNCHES CODE ASSIST, ITS LATE= ST CHALLENGER TO GITHUB=E2=80=99S COPILOT (5 MINUTE READ) [8]=20 Goog= le's Gemini Code Assist is an enterprise-focused AI code completion and a= ssistance tool. It was previously offered under the now-defunct Duet AI b= randing which became generally available in late 2023. Code Assist is bot= h a rebrand and a major update. It uses Gemini 1.5 Pro, which has a milli= on-token context window. Code Assist will be available through plug-ins f= or popular editors like VS Code.=20 CHRONON (GITHUB REPO) [9]=20 Ch= ronon is a platform that allows organizations to power AI/ML projects wit= hout needing to worry about orchestration by abstracting away the complex= ity of data computation and serving for AI/ML applications. It can perfor= m batch and streaming computation, scalable backfills, low-latency servin= g, and more. Chronon can utilize all of the data within an organization. = =F0=9F=8E=81=20 MISCELLANEOUS BEEPER WAS JUST ACQUIRED BY AU= TOMATTIC, WHICH HAS BIG PLANS FOR THE FUTURE OF MESSAGING (3 MINUTE READ)= [10]=20 Beeper, the company that attempted to launch an app that let A= ndroid users use iMessage a few months ago, has been acquired by Automatt= ic, the giant that owns WordPress. As part of the deal, Beeper is opening= up its messaging app, which attempts to corral all messaging services = into one inbox, to everyone across platforms, and shutting down its waitl= ist for good. Automattic's CEO says that messaging will be the next big p= illar of the company. Its team intends to replace a lot of messaging meth= ods with an open-source system.=20 APPLE PLANNING TO OPEN LARGE OFFICE = IN MIAMI (1 MINUTE READ) [11]=20 Apple is leasing an office building in= the Miami area. The 45,000 square feet of space, located at The Plaza Co= ral Gables, is still under construction. Apple is also planning to open a= new retail store at the Miami Worldcenter in the heart of the city. Mult= iple tech companies have expanded to South Florida, including Amazon and= Microsoft.=20 =E2=9A=A1=20 QUICK LINKS GOOGLE=E2=80=99S NEW = ARM-BASED CPU WILL CHALLENGE MICROSOFT AND AMAZON IN THE AI RACE (2 MINUT= E READ) [12]=20 Google's new Arm-based CPU, Axion, will be used to supp= ort Google's AI workloads before it rolls out to Google Cloud business cu= stomers later this year.=20 BUILDING RELIABLE SYSTEMS OUT OF UNRELIAB= LE AGENTS (24 MINUTE READ) [13]=20 It's possible to build reliable sy= stems out of AI models by writing simple prompts, building an eval system= to do prompt engineering and improve performance in a principled way, de= ploying AI systems with good observability, investing in Retrieval Augmen= ted Generation (RAG), and fine-tuning models using data gathered from the= process.=20 OPENAI MAKES GPT-4 TURBO WITH VISION AVAILABLE TO DEVELOPE= RS TO UNLOCK NEW AI APPS (2 MINUTE READ) [14]=20 GPT-4 Turbo with Vis= ion allows developers to call on a single model for both text and image p= rocessing.=20 LIFEHACKS (9 MINUTE READ) [15]=20 This post contains = a list of 130 tips and mindsets for living a better life.=20 THE THRE= AT TO OPEN SOURCE COMES FROM WITHIN (11 MINUTE READ) [16]=20 The fragil= e balance of open source will be disrupted if the community comes to beli= eve that maintaining that balance is more trouble than it's worth.=20 = Love TLDR? 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With Vids, Google thinks it= has the next big productivity tool for work (4 minute read)

Google's new Vids app can create collab= orative shareable videos for things people do at work. The app makes making= videos as easy as making slides - no video production is required. Users l= ine up assets inside the app and edit it all into a finished video. They ca= n choose to do all of this themselves or ask Google's Gemini AI to build st= oryboards, write scripts, read the scripts aloud using text-to-speech, and = create images to use in the video. People with access to the video can add = comments, leave notes, and make edits. Vids will launch in public beta this= summer.
Intel=E2=80=99s Gaudi 3 Goe= s After Nvidia (3 minute read)

Intel gave the first architectural deta= ils of its Gaudi 3 third-generation AI processor at Vision 2024 this week i= n Phoenix, Arizona. Gaudi 3 is made up of two identical silicon dies, each = with a central region of 48 megabytes of cache memory, joined by a high-ban= dwidth connection, surrounded by four engines for matrix multiplication and= 32 programmable units called tensor processor cores. It produces double th= e AI compute of Gaudi 2 using 8-bit floating-point infrastructure. It also = provides a fourfold boost for computations using the BFloat 16 number forma= t.
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Science & Futuristic Technology

Meta confirms that its Llam= a 3 open source LLM is coming in the next month (3 minute read)

Meta plans to release an initial versio= n of its next-generation Llama 3 large language model within the next month= .. The company will release a number of different models with different capa= bilities and versatilities during the course of the year. Llama 3 will be a= ble to answer a wider range of questions compared to its predecessor, inclu= ding questions regarding more controversial topics. Meta has not released a= ny details about the model's size, but it is expected to have about 140 bil= lion parameters - the biggest Llama 2 model has 70 billion.
Gabe Newell's Neural Interf= ace Company Updated Its Website (2 minute read)

Starfish, a neural interface company co= -founded by Gabe Newell, recently updated its website, indicating that its = team is working hard on its brain-computer solutions. The company is develo= ping minimally invasive one-dimensional implants for neuromodulation and ne= ural recording. Newell's interest in the field goes back to at least 2021, = when he brought up the idea of using brain-computer interfaces for gaming. = Valve has previously worked to create open source software to allow develop= ers to understand signals coming from people's brains.
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Programming, Design & Data Science

Google launches Code Assist= , its latest challenger to GitHub=E2=80=99s Copilot (5 minute read)

Google's Gemini Code Assist is an enter= prise-focused AI code completion and assistance tool. It was previously off= ered under the now-defunct Duet AI branding which became generally availabl= e in late 2023. Code Assist is both a rebrand and a major update. It uses G= emini 1.5 Pro, which has a million-token context window. Code Assist will b= e available through plug-ins for popular editors like VS Code.
Chronon (GitHub Repo)

Chronon is a platform that allows organ= izations to power AI/ML projects without needing to worry about orchestrati= on by abstracting away the complexity of data computation and serving for A= I/ML applications. It can perform batch and streaming computation, scalable= backfills, low-latency serving, and more. Chronon can utilize all of the d= ata within an organization.
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Beeper was just acquired by= Automattic, which has big plans for the future of messaging (3 minute read= )

Beeper, the company that attempted to l= aunch an app that let Android users use iMessage a few months ago, has been= acquired by Automattic, the giant that owns WordPress. As part of the deal= , Beeper is opening up its messaging app, which attempts to corral all mess= aging services into one inbox, to everyone across platforms, and shutting d= own its waitlist for good. Automattic's CEO says that messaging will be the= next big pillar of the company. Its team intends to replace a lot of messa= ging methods with an open-source system.
Apple Planning to Open Larg= e Office in Miami (1 minute read)

Apple is leasing an office building in = the Miami area. The 45,000 square feet of space, located at The Plaza Coral= Gables, is still under construction. Apple is also planning to open a new = retail store at the Miami Worldcenter in the heart of the city. Multiple te= ch companies have expanded to South Florida, including Amazon and Microsoft= ..
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Google=E2=80=99s new Arm-ba= sed CPU will challenge Microsoft and Amazon in the AI race (2 minute read)<= /strong>

Google's new Arm-based CPU, Axion, will= be used to support Google's AI workloads before it rolls out to Google Clo= ud business customers later this year.
Building reliable systems o= ut of unreliable agents (24 minute read)

It's possible to build reliable systems= out of AI models by writing simple prompts, building an eval system to do = prompt engineering and improve performance in a principled way, deploying A= I systems with good observability, investing in Retrieval Augmented Generat= ion (RAG), and fine-tuning models using data gathered from the process.
OpenAI makes GPT-4 Turbo wi= th Vision available to developers to unlock new AI apps (2 minute read)

GPT-4 Turbo with Vision allows develope= rs to call on a single model for both text and image processing.
lifehacks (9 minute read)

This post contains a list of 130 tips a= nd mindsets for living a better life.
The threat to open source c= omes from within (11 minute read)

The fragile balance of open source will= be disrupted if the community comes to believe that maintaining that balan= ce is more trouble than it's worth.

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