TLDR AI 2024-08-22

Ideogram has launched a new model which has superior text rendering and image generation capabilities.

Zed AI is a hosted service that integrates AI-powered coding into the Zed text editor, letting developers use LLMs while maintaining full control over their code. Zed has partnered with Anthropic to allow fast editing with Claude.

Nvidia's AI system ACE will power in-game character interactions in Mecha Break, a mech battle game launching in 2025. It uses GPT-4o and a mix of on-device and cloud-based AI for natural language processing and vocal generation. Initial demonstrations reveal lackluster NPC engagement, with concerns over response delays and uninspiring dialogue.

Amazing new model from Meta that does both next token prediction and diffusion on interleaved text and images. It matches benchmark performance on text and images with previous generation models like Dalle 2 and Llama 2.

This paper introduces a new optical flow estimation method that achieves high accuracy while significantly reducing computational costs.

It is an industry secret that pretraining models on code helps them generalize in other tasks that require reasoning. This paper from Cohere thoroughly studies that problem and confirms that code is broadly useful as a building block of reasoning.

Repository of state-of-the-art methods for pruning language models that is well maintained with many supported algorithms.

Researchers have introduced a new approach to detecting visual misinformation that focuses on the original meta-context of images, a crucial aspect often overlooked in automated methods.

PA-LLaVA is a domain-specific language-vision assistant designed for pathology image analysis.

Advancements in AI and robotics open a new horizon for the $81.8BN ice cream industry. Dice Cream is building the world's first autonomous ice cream parlor - serving 144 combinations of ice cream at nearly 1 scoop per second. If you act quickly, you can get an equity stake in Dice Cream at the current valuation.

An in-depth read into the new Phi 3.5 models recently launched by Microsoft, including the MoE and vision model.

Andreessen Horowitz's latest consumer AI report ranks the top 100 generative AI apps, dividing them into the top 50 AI web products and the top 50 AI mobile apps based on consumer patterns of engagement. The report provides detailed insights into emerging categories, new industry challengers, and trends.

FinalSpark's "Neuroplatform" integrates human-brain organoids into computing, offering a rentable biocomputing platform aimed at reducing AI's energy usage. Challenges include standardizing production and extending organoid lifespan beyond 100 days. Alternatives like cellular computing and fungal networks are also explored for tasks beyond silicon-based systems' capabilities.

This article discusses the predictability of LLMs and their limitations in creating humor, arguing that while LLMs excel in generating contextually appropriate text, their predictive nature makes them ill-suited for comedic writing, which relies on unexpectedness.

Global use of generative AI has nearly doubled in the past six months, with 75% of knowledge workers now utilizing it.

This detailed blog post presents seven fundamental rules of causal inference that encompass the relationship between causal mechanisms and observed correlations, explained via causal graphs, logic terms, and R code simulations.