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The Perplexity search engine has announced a new product for creating long-lasting research artifacts that are shareable and created with AI.

The AI VFX company with Hollywood ties has been acquired by software maker Autodesk for an undisclosed amount.

Anthropic is introducing a "tool use" feature for its Claude AI chatbot, enabling users to create personalized assistants that can interact with any external API. This feature can analyze data, provide product recommendations, track orders, offer technical support, and even process images for applications like interior design.

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The original scaling laws papers used a Cosine learning rate schedule which doesn't achieve optimal loss if the Cosine period isn't aligned with the total training steps. This makes it challenging to train enough models to create meaningful scaling laws. This paper introduces the idea of a constant learning rate with a cool down as a way to reduce GPU costs for scaling law creation.

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EasyAnimate is a method that adapts the DiT framework for advanced 3D video generation using transformers. This project incorporates a motion module block to capture temporal dynamics, ensuring smooth motion transitions and consistent frames.

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AI threatens not just the existence of jobs but the skill premium associated with tasks, potentially reducing the wages for skilled labor. AI could re-bundle job tasks and lower the barriers to task performance, leading to commoditization and decreased ability to charge a premium salary. As AI evolves, especially through AI agents, managerial advantages may also diminish, challenging the human-in-the-loop advantage and further eroding skill premiums.

Precision Neuroscience claims to have set a new record for the number of neuron-tapping electrodes placed on a living human's brain at 4,096.

Google announced new AI features for Chromebook Plus devices, including a writing assistant, wallpaper creator, and easy access to the Gemini chatbot.

Patronus builds automated security for language models.