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Elixir and Machine Learning in 2024 so far: MLIR, Arrow, structured LLM, etc.
An update on the latest advancements of Elixir, data, and Machine Learning.
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The latest blog posts to take off on Hacker News. 673 posts.
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Training is not the same as chatting: LLMs don’t remember everything you say
I’m beginning to suspect that one of the most common misconceptions about LLMs such as ChatGPT involves how “training” works. A common complaint I see about these tools is that …
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AI headphones let wearer listen to a single person in a crowd by looking at them
A University of Washington team has developed an artificial intelligence system that lets someone wearing headphones look at a person speaking for three to five
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xAI announces series B funding round of $6B
xAI is pleased to announce our series B funding round of $6 billion.
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Publishing AI Slop Is a Choice
Link to: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/24/technology/google-ai-overview-search.html
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Diffusion Models
I spent 2022 learning to draw and was blindsided by the rise of AI art There is lots to say about this, whether it has been or will be a good thing for artists and society in the long run. I hope to write about it in another post. models like Stable Diffusion. Suddenly, the computer was a better artist than I could…
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Golden Gate Claude
When we amplify the "Golden Gate Bridge" feature, Claude's responses focus on the bridge. For a short time, anyone can interact with this model.
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Systematically Improving Your RAG
Discover systematic strategies to enhance your Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) systems for better performance and user experience.
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Fleet response: Lending a helpful hand to Waymo’s autonomously driven vehicles
The Waymo Driver autonomously navigates tens of thousands of rider-only miles across San Francisco, Phoenix, Los Angeles, and Austin daily. It can navigate common scenarios, like adhering to a crossing guard directing traffic, as well as more unique interactions like avoiding a swerving vehicle. As the Waymo Driver…
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Faking William Morris, Generative Forgery, and the Erosion of Art History
Buying fake William Morris prints on Etsy and other early signs of epistemological collapse
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iTerm2 and AI Hype Overload
Xe Iaso's personal website.
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I want flexible queries, not RAG
There is a lot of excitement around retrieval augmented generation or “RAG.” Roughly the idea is: some of the deficiencies in current generative AI or large language models (LLMs) can b…
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Sam Altman Is Full of Shit
Note: In my last newsletter, I said that my next post would be the second part of my Facebook autopsy. Don’t worry, that’s still coming, but given the recent drama between Sam Altman, OpenAI, and Scarlett Johansson, I felt the need to write something. Don’t worry, I
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Mapping the Mind of a Large Language Model
We identified how millions of concepts are represented inside Claude Sonnet, the first detailed look inside a production-grade language model.
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We created the first open source implementation of Meta's TestGen–LLM
Most LLMs that are competent at generating code, such as ChatGPT, Gemini, and Code Llama, are capable of generating tests.
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Google announces Firebase Genkit with Ollama support
At Google IO 2024, Google announced Ollama support in Firebase Genkit, a new open-source framework for developers to build, deploy and monitor production-ready AI-powered apps.
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The OpenAI board was right
Even on little things, Sam is not consistently candid.
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Introducing Copilot+ PCs
An on-demand recording of our May 20 event is available. Today, at a special event on our new Microsoft campus, we introduced the world to a new category of Windows PCs designed for AI, Copilot+ PCs. Copilot+ PCs are the fastest, most intelligent Windows PCs ever built. With powerful new silicon capable of an…
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How the voices for ChatGPT were chosen
How the voices for ChatGPT were chosen We worked with industry-leading casting and directing professionals to narrow down over 400 submissions before selecting the 5 voices.
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Reflections on our Responsible Scaling Policy
Lessons from implementing our first Responsible Scaling Policy, which focuses on catastrophic safety failures and misuse of frontier models.
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AI doppelgänger experiment – Part 1: The training
👯 On training my own AI to steal illustrators’ styles
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LLM-generated code must not be committed without prior written approval by core
If you are not sure if the code you plan to commit is acceptable (e. g. when taking code that was submitted with a problem report), ask a developer who is familiar with that part of the system for review. If you're new to the Project, check with your sponsor.
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I'm Bearish OpenAI
A shift toward products and a research brain drain should ring your alarm bells
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Improvements to data analysis in ChatGPT
Improvements to data analysis in ChatGPT Interact with tables and charts and add files directly from Google Drive and Microsoft OneDrive.
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Exact binary vector search for RAG in 100 lines of Julia
Thanks for HN users mik1998 and borodi who brought up the popcnt instruction and the count_ones function in Julia which carries this out, I've updated the timings and it's even faster now.