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Week Summary
Technology
  • Earth has captured a temporary 'second moon,' a small asteroid named 2024 PT5, which will orbit until November 2024.
  • Research indicates that larger AI chatbots are increasingly prone to generating incorrect answers, raising concerns about their reliability.
  • Meta's Chief Technical Officer discussed advancements in AR and VR technologies, particularly focusing on the Orion AR glasses.
  • The author reflects on their experience with Rust, proposing several changes to improve the language's usability and safety features.
  • The Tor Project and Tails OS have merged to enhance their efforts in promoting online anonymity and privacy.
  • OpenAI is undergoing leadership changes, with key executives departing amid discussions about restructuring and the company's future direction.
  • Git-absorb
  • The concept of critical mass explains how significant changes occur when a threshold of acceptance is reached, impacting technology and society.
  • WordPress.org has banned WP Engine from accessing its resources due to ongoing legal disputes, raising concerns about security for WP Engine customers.
  • PostgreSQL 17
  • Hotwire Native is a web-first framework that simplifies mobile app development, allowing developers to reuse HTML and CSS across platforms.
  • Radian Aerospace is progressing on a reusable space plane, completing ground tests and aiming for full-scale flights by 2028.
  • A groundbreaking diabetes treatment using reprogrammed stem cells has enabled a patient to produce insulin independently for over a year.
  • Apple is developing a new home accessory that combines features of the iPad, Apple TV, and HomePod, expected to launch in 2025.
  • SpaceX's Starlink service is set to surpass 4 million subscribers, reflecting rapid growth and significant revenue projections.
  • TinyJS is a lightweight JavaScript library that simplifies dynamic HTML element creation and DOM manipulation for developers.
  • Meta to launch Llama 3 LLM, enhancing AI capabilities with a focus on versatility and controversial topics.

    Meta plans to release an initial version of its next-generation Llama 3 large language model within the next month. The company will release a number of different models with different capabilities and versatilities during the course of the year. Llama 3 will be able to answer a wider range of questions compared to its predecessor, including 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.

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    Wednesday, April 10, 2024
  • Meta details its infrastructure for training Llama 3, highlighting upcoming H100s.

    This blog post from Meta outlines the infrastructure being used to train Llama 3. It talks through storage, networking, Pytorch, NCCL, and other improvements. This will lay the foundation for Meta's H100s coming online throughout the rest of this year.

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    Wednesday, March 13, 2024
  • Meta to release next-gen Llama 3 AI model soon.

    Meta has confirmed plans to release Llama 3, the next generation of its large language model for generative AI assistants, within the next month.

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  • Meta to release next-gen Llama 3 AI model soon.

    Meta has confirmed plans to release Llama 3, the next generation of its large language model for generative AI assistants, within the next month.

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  • Meta to launch Llama 3 LLM, enhancing AI capabilities with a focus on versatility and controversial topics.

    Meta plans to release an initial version of its next-generation Llama 3 large language model within the next month. The company will release a number of different models with different capabilities and versatilities during the course of the year. Llama 3 will be able to answer a wider range of questions compared to its predecessor, including 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.

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  • OpenAI and Meta tease new AI models GPT-5 and Llama 3 with enhanced reasoning capabilities, amid skepticism.

    OpenAI and Meta are teasing the next iterations of their AI models, expected to feature enhanced reasoning and planning capabilities. Dubbed GPT-5 and Llama 3, the models aim to advance toward artificial general intelligence, with vague release timelines and application details. The tech community remains skeptical given the history of overhyped AI promises with limited substantive evidence.

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  • Meta launches AI assistant based on Llama 3 model, integrating it into Facebook and messaging apps.

    Meta's AI assistant is being integrated into search boxes within its apps. It will start appearing directly in the main Facebook feed and users can chat with it using Meta's messaging apps. The assistant is also accessible via a standalone website. It runs on Meta's new Llama 3 model, which outperforms competing models of its class on key benchmarks. The assistant integrates real-time search results from both Bing and Google and can generate images.

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  • Meta's Llama 3 models offer significant performance improvements in AI.

    Meta has released an 8B and 70B model with dramatically improved performance, particularly in reasoning, context length, and code. It is still training a 400B parameter model, which will match Opus in performance. These models are easily the most powerful available open models.

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  • Meta's Llama 3 outperforms other LLMs in benchmarks.

    Meta has released Llama 3, an open-source LLM. It performs better on many benchmarks - its various-sized models have similar or better performance compared to Google's, Anthropic's, and Mistral's models.

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  • Fine-tuning Llama 3 with ORPO shows potential despite limitations, offering insights on model improvement.

    While this tune performs worse than Hermes, it is likely due to the small dataset used. Otherwise, this is a great walkthrough on how to tune these models to improve desired performance on certain tasks.

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  • Llama 3 models show reduced censorship, improving over previous versions.

    The original Llama models had significantly more incorrect refusals. This brief blog shows some examples that previously failed.

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  • Meta's Llama 3 AI model offers advanced image generation and animation.

    Llama 3 has been praised as the best free large language model. Meta is demonstrating its capabilities with real-time AI image generation in WhatsApp. The company says Llama 3 produces sharper and better images than Llama 2 with improved text rendering. Additionally, the model can animate images and create GIFs. Users with access to the beta version of Meta AI can now try the new features.

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Month Summary
Technology
  • OpenAI is considering a new subscription model for its upcoming AI product, Strawberry, while also restructuring for better financial backing.
  • Telegram founder
  • The startup landscape is shifting towards more tech-intensive ventures, with a focus on specialized research and higher capital requirements.
  • Boom Supersonic's XB-1 demonstrator aircraft successfully completed its second flight, testing new systems for future supersonic travel.
  • announced the uncrewed return of Boeing's Starliner, with future crewed missions planned for 2025.
  • OpenAI's SearchGPT aims to compete with Google Search by providing AI-driven information retrieval, though it currently faces accuracy issues.
  • Tesla is preparing to unveil its autonomous robotaxi technology at an event in Los Angeles, indicating ongoing challenges in achieving full autonomy.
  • The US Department of Justice is investigating Nvidia for potential antitrust violations related to its AI chip market dominance.
  • Apple plans to use OLED screens in all iPhone 16 models, moving away from Japanese suppliers and introducing new AI features.
  • Amazon S3 has introduced conditional writes to prevent overwriting existing objects, simplifying data updates for developers.
  • Chinese scientists have developed a hydrogel that shows promise in treating osteoarthritis by restoring cartilage lubrication.
  • Nvidia's CEO is working to position the Nvidia as a comprehensive provider for data center needs, amidst growing competition from AMD and Intel.
  • OpenAI
  • Nvidia Blackwell
  • Amazon is set to release a revamped Alexa voice assistant in October, powered by AI models from Anthropic's Claude, and will be offered as a paid subscription service.