Subj : Anthropic surpasses GPT-4o 🤖, Starlink Mini 🛰️ , is AI a bubble? 📈
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Anthropic's newest model, Claude 3.5 Sonnet, is reportedly equal to or
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ANTHROPIC HAS A =
FAST NEW AI MODEL =E2=80=94 AND A CLEVER NEW WAY TO
INTERACT WITH CHATBOT=
S (4 MINUTE READ) [5]=20
Anthropic's newest model, Claude 3.5 Sonnet, i=
s reportedly equal to
or better than OpenAI's GPT-4o and Google's Gemini =
across a wide
variety of tasks. The model performs well in benchmarks, su=
ggesting
that Anthropic has built a legitimate competitor in the space. C=
laude
3.5 Sonnet is available now to web and iOS users and will be availa=
ble
to developers as well. Anthropic is introducing a new feature called=
Artifacts that will allow users to see, interact with, and edit the
re=
sults of their Claude requests.=20
DELL SAID RETURN TO THE OFFICE OR EL=
SE=E2=80=94NEARLY HALF OF WORKERS CHOSE
=E2=80=9COR ELSE=E2=80=9D (2 MINU=
TE READ) [6]=20
Dell announced a return-to-office initiative earlier th=
is year that
involved workers having to classify themselves as remote or =
hybrid.
Those who chose to classify themselves as remote had to agree tha=
t
they could no longer be promoted or hired into new roles within the
c=
ompany. Nearly 50% of Dell's workforce opted to stay remote. Many
intervi=
ewed employees admitted that they were looking for work at
other companie=
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office. Many other c=
ompanies are struggling to restore in-person work.
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SPACEX UNVEILS BACKPACK-SIZED =
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high-speed, low-latency internet on the go. SpaceX is offering a
limit=
ed number of the antennas for $599 in an early access release.
Service fo=
r the Starlink Mini will be effectively $150 a month and
capped at 50 gig=
abytes of data per month. SpaceX has not announced
when Starlink Mini del=
iveries will begin.=20
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TLDR
Anthropic's newest model, Claude 3.5 Sonnet, is reportedly equal to=
or better than OpenAI's GPT-4o and Google's Gemini across a wide=
variety of tasks
Anthropic has a fast new AI=
model =E2=80=94 and a clever new way to interact with chatbots (4 minute r=
ead)
Anthropic's newest model, Claude 3.5 So=
nnet, is reportedly equal to or better than OpenAI's GPT-4o and Google's Ge=
mini across a wide variety of tasks. The model performs well in benchmarks,=
suggesting that Anthropic has built a legitimate competitor in the space. =
Claude 3.5 Sonnet is available now to web and iOS users and will be availab=
le to developers as well. Anthropic is introducing a new feature called Art=
ifacts that will allow users to see, interact with, and edit the results of=
their Claude requests.
|
Dell said return to the off=
ice or else=E2=80=94nearly half of workers chose =E2=80=9Cor else=E2=80=9D =
(2 minute read)
Dell announced a return-to-office initi=
ative earlier this year that involved workers having to classify themselves=
as remote or hybrid. Those who chose to classify themselves as remote had =
to agree that they could no longer be promoted or hired into new roles with=
in the company. Nearly 50% of Dell's workforce opted to stay remote. Many i=
nterviewed employees admitted that they were looking for work at other comp=
anies that weren't trying to force employees back to the office. Many other=
companies are struggling to restore in-person work.
|
|
Science & Futuristic Technology
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SpaceX unveils backpack-siz=
ed =E2=80=98Starlink Mini' satellite internet antenna for $599 (3 minute re=
ad)
SpaceX is rolling out a mobile option f=
or its satellite internet customers. Starlink Mini is a backpack-sized kit =
designed to provide high-speed, low-latency internet on the go. SpaceX is o=
ffering a limited number of the antennas for $599 in an early access releas=
e. Service for the Starlink Mini will be effectively $150 a month and cappe=
d at 50 gigabytes of data per month. SpaceX has not announced when Starlink=
Mini deliveries will begin.
|
|
Programming, Design & Data Science
|
New iOS 18 API brings AirPo=
ds setup experience to third-party accessories (1 minute read)
AccessorySetupKit is a new API in iOS 1=
8 that gives third-party accessories the same setup experience as Apple acc=
essories such as AirPods and AirTag. Devices running iOS 18 will show a pai=
ring confirmation popup when the right app detects a compatible accessory. =
The system will automatically handle all the Bluetooth or Wi-Fi connectivit=
y required by the accessory. A video showing what the new feature will look=
like is available.
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es-toolkit (GitHub Repo)
es-toolkit is a JavaScript utility libr=
ary with a small bundle size and strong type annotations. It offers a varie=
ty of everyday utility functions with modern implementations. es-toolkit is=
designed with performance in mind and reduces JavaScript code by up to 97%=
compared to other libraries. It has built-in TypeScript support with strai=
ghtforward types and useful type guards.
|
|
Why Americans aren't buying=
more EVs (14 minute read)
Electric vehicles are still too expensi=
ve to be accessible to millions of Americans. High prices, high interest ra=
tes, and concerns over driving range and charging infrastructure have chill=
ed buyers' enthusiasm, even among those who consider themselves green. The =
US government has set policies that hit Chinese manufacturers of cars, batt=
eries, and other components with punitive taxes. It also restricts federal =
tax incentives for consumers buying Chinese products. While the laws aim to=
allow the US to develop its own supply chains, analysts say such protectio=
nism will result in higher EV prices for US consumers in the meantime and s=
low down EV adoption in the US.
|
Ask HN: Could AI be a dot c=
om sized bubble? (Hacker News Thread)
While generative AI will likely be incr=
edibly important in the future, there seems to be a lot of high expectation=
s of how useful it can be in the near future, and ideas around business mod=
els are fuzzy like in the dot com era. If these near-future expectations do=
n't pan out, companies could slow down their R&D expenditures, leading =
to a sizable stock market correction. There are clear differences between A=
I and the dot com bubble, so the comparison doesn't exactly hold.
|
|
New York bans =E2=80=98addi=
ctive feeds' for teens (3 minute read)
New York has introduced two new bills -=
one will require parental consent for social media companies to use addict=
ive feeds powered by recommendation algorithms on people under 18 and the o=
ther would limit data collection on minors without consent and restrict the=
sale of such information.
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