TLDR 2024-09-05

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Tesla's FSD v12.5.3 features Actually Smart Summon, a type of summon available on vehicles without ultrasonic sensors. The update is currently going out to early-access customers. It is being rolled out to both AI4 and HW3 cars. Actually Smart Summon has greatly improved capabilities over its predecessor and uses end-to-end AI rather than relying on hand-coded features to control vehicles. The feature is expected to roll out to North America first before gradually rolling out to additional countries.

OpenAI's SearchGPT aims to rival Google Search by offering a new AI-driven approach to finding information online. It compiles its answers using data from Bing and other sources. Reports from early users say that the tool sometimes provides inaccurate or hallucinated information. The tool is not yet ready to challenge Google's dominance.

NASA made the announcement that Boeing's Starliner would return uncrewed on August 24. Starliner is now scheduled to undock this Friday, with another window four days later if conditions are unfavorable. The decision took many weeks to make. While Boeing believed Starliner was capable of bringing back its crew, NASA was not comfortable with the idea due to uncertainty in the modeling. The astronauts will return home on a SpaceX Dragon vehicle in late February 2025 at the earliest.

Boom Supersonic's XB-1 supersonic demonstrator aircraft flew for the second time ever on Monday. It reached an altitude of 10,400 feet and a speed of 277 mph during the 15 minute flight. The flight demonstrated landing gear being retracted and extended for the first time and tested a new digital stability augmentation system to improve handling. The company expects to achieve supersonic flight later this year.

Mem0 adds an intelligent memory layer to AI assistants and agents to enable personalized AI interactions. It remembers user preferences, adapts to individual needs, and continuously improves over time. Mem0 associates each memory with a unique identifier, allowing it to organize and access memories specific to an individual or context.

This page proposes a method to help large language models identify the most important information on websites and projects to provide to AI helpers. It suggests adding a /llms.txt file to let models learn more detailed information with context. The specification is open for community input.

Datadog researchers examined more than 2.4 billion containers run by tens of thousands of customers. What are the most prominent patterns when it comes to container usage, security, and implementation? Download the full report here → 10 Insights On Real-World Container Usage (PDF)

Purely Internet-based startups are approaching a saturation point. A new breed of startups that are willing to take on a lot more tech risk are starting to supplant the currently dominant species. The new startup era coming up will be heavier on technology and have longer incubation periods and likely higher capital intensity to fund ultra-specialized research that won't be easily commoditized. Investors will need to be more comfortable with tech slides and do more scientific due diligence.

The sales process is just finding prospects, convincing them to talk to you, and getting them to buy. Sales is information theory and charisma can be systematized. Reaching out gives prospects more information - doing this well massively boosts the likelihood of success. Use questions as launch points to tell stories that portray what you want - this works because of how humans build rapport.

Nvidia shares fell following news that it had been subpoenaed over complaints that the chipmaker was possibly violating antitrust laws.

Bluetooth 6.0 features Bluetooth Channel Sounding, an innovation that unlocks centimeter-level location accuracy over considerable distances.

Ilya Sutskever's new AI company, Safe Superintelligence has only one goal: to pursue safe superintelligence.

This site shows how fast (or slow) money can move - it compares different levels of income and spending, from minimum wage to the US deficit increase.

The Internet Archive has been permanently barred from distributing all books available for electronic licensing after judges for the Second Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that its controlled digital lending service violated copyright law.

With AI, startups will need to raise less money and there will be less reason to go public.

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