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Apple Vision Pro customers =
face a 25-minute in-store sales pitch (3 minute read)
The Apple Vision Pro will be available =
from February 2 starting from $3,499. Customers waiting to buy an Apple Vis=
ion Pro may have to sit through a lengthy sales pitch that includes a 25-mi=
nute in-store demonstration on how to use the headset. More than a dozen de=
mo units will be available at any one time at some of Apple's largest store=
s to accommodate the appointments. Customers will be able to purchase the A=
pple Vision Pro online without visiting a store to try the headset out.
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How Threads will integrate =
with the Fediverse (38 minute read)
The Fediverse consists of small social =
networks that can be hosted by an individual or company whose users can com=
municate and interact with users on other similar networks. This article de=
tails how Meta plans to integrate Threads with the Fediverse. Meta engaging=
positively with its user base is difficult due to its size. Integrating wi=
th the Fediverse will let Meta step back and focus instead on engaging with=
organizations that represent the interests of the Fediverse.
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Some highlights on the Star=
ship side of the All Hands (2 minute read)
Starship's second flight almost made it=
to orbit - if it had a payload, that payload would have made it to orbit. =
SpaceX thinks it has a good shot at reaching orbit with the third flight. I=
t will then focus on achieving full and rapid reusability. There are two to=
wers at Starbase so one can be upgraded while the other is used for launche=
s.
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New Anthropic Paper: Sleepe=
r Agents (3 minute read)
Anthropic recently trained large langua=
ge models to act secretly malicious. It found that despite best efforts at =
alignment training, deception still slipped through. The alignment training=
only made models look safe. Anthropic's research shows how standard safety=
training might not actually ensure safety and might end up giving people a=
false sense of security.
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Programming, Design & Data Science
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Azure Security Best Practic=
es (Sponsor)
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Hidden Changes in GPT-4, Un=
covered (14 minute read)
Recent changes made to ChatGPT's GPT-4 =
interface significantly altered the model's web browsing tools. The changes=
prevent the model from directly citing quotes from webpages and limits vie=
wing of full content. This article analyzes the underlying mechanism of GPT=
-4 web browsing, the hidden changes, and their implications. OpenAI is incr=
easingly under scrutiny regarding copyright laws and the reproduction of co=
ntent on the internet. These changes seem to be aimed at eliminating the is=
sue.
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remoteStorage (GitHub Repo)=
remoteStorage combines the localStorage=
API with a remote server to persist data across browsers and devices. It a=
llows apps to easily read and write data on the fly while maintaining state=
across browsers and devices. remoteStorage features a simple API and it wo=
rks with all JavaScript frameworks.
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Instagram=E2=80=99s co-foun=
ders are shutting down their Artifact news app (1 minute read)
Artifact, a news app created by Instagr=
am's co-founders, is shutting down a year after launch. The app used an AI-=
driven approach to suggest news users might like to read. The company decid=
ed that the market opportunity for the app wasn't big enough to warrant con=
tinued investment. Artifact will still let users read news until the end of=
February, but users can no longer add new comments or posts.
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My AI Timelines Have Sped U=
p (Again) (30 minute read)
This article is an update to a post in =
2020 that made predictions on when artificial general intelligence (AGI) wi=
ll be achieved. It defines AGI as an AI system that matches or exceeds huma=
ns at almost all economically valuable work. The previous post predicted a =
10% chance by 2035, but this has now changed to a 10% chance by 2028 and a =
25% chance by 2035. The author believes there is a 90% chance that humans w=
ill develop AGI by 2070.
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marimo (GitHub Repo)
marimo is a reactive notebook for Pytho=
n that allows users to rapidly experiment with data and models, code with c=
onfidence, and productionize notebooks as pipelines or interactive web apps=
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Triplit (GitHub Repo)
Triplit is a database that syncs data b=
etween servers and browsers in real time.
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