Subj : ChatGPT's flatlining growth 📉, Gemini 1.5 vs GPT-4 for code 👨‍💻, LPUs vs GPUs ⚡ To : tldr@synchro.net From : TLDR Date : Tue Feb 20 2024 11:39 am --vCvrUEDP Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable ChatGPT has seen declining web traffic in five of the past eight months= =C2=A0=20 Sign Up [1]|Hire [2]|Advertise [3]|View Online [4]=20 =09= =09TLDR=20 TLDR 2024-02-20 =F0=9F=93=B1=20 BIG TECH & STARTUPS= CHATGPT=E2=80=99S GROWTH IS FLATLINING (4 MINUTE READ) [5]=20 Ch= atGPT has seen declining web traffic in five of the past eight months. It= is currently down 11% from its May 2023 peak. Its mobile app has seen fe= wer users than Snapchat added last quarter alone. The competition in the = AI space means that OpenAI will have to pump out hits to stay ahead.=20 = APPLE VISION PRO 2 AT LEAST 18 MONTHS AWAY (2 MINUTE READ) [6]=20 T= he second generation of Apple's Vision Pro headset is at least 18 months = away from launch. Apple is keenly interested in feedback from customers w= ho choose to return the first-generation headset as it will use the infor= mation to perfect the next version of the device. The Vision Pro will lik= ely follow a refresh cycle longer than that of the iPad. There are rumors= that Apple may launch a more affordable Vision headset around 2025.=20 = =F0=9F=9A=80=20 SCIENCE & FUTURISTIC TECHNOLOGY THE QUEST FOR A= DNA DATA DRIVE (17 MINUTE READ) [7]=20 The rate of information product= ion is increasing faster than the storage density of tape. Using current = technologies will mean that, in the coming decades, we will need exponent= ially more magnetic tape, disk drives, and flash memory - as well as the = factories to produce the storage media. DNA is cheap, readily available, = and stable at room temperature for millennia. Organizations around the wo= rld are already taking the first steps towards building a DNA drive that = can both read and write DNA data.=20 THIS TINY, TAMPER-PROOF ID TAG C= AN AUTHENTICATE ALMOST ANYTHING (6 MINUTE READ) [8]=20 MIT researcher= s have developed an antitampering ID tag that is tiny, cheap, and secure.= It is several times smaller and significantly cheaper than the tradition= al radio frequency tags that are used to verify product authenticity. The= tags use glue containing microscopic metal particles. This glue forms un= ique patterns that can be detected using terahertz waves. The system uses= AI to compare glue patterns and calculate their similarity. The tags cou= ld be used to authenticate items too small for traditional RFIDs.=20 = =F0=9F=92=BB=20 PROGRAMMING, DESIGN & DATA SCIENCE HTMZ (GITHUB RE= PO) [9]=20 htmz is a minimalist HTML microframework for creating dynami= c web user interfaces. It allows developers to load HTML resources within= any element in a page. htmz only requires an inline HTML snippet to wo= rk - there are no dependencies and no backend is required.=20 I'VE PUT = A COMPLEX CODEBASE INTO A SINGLE 120K-TOKEN PROMPT, AND ASKED 7 QUESTIONS= GPT-4 AND GEMINI 1.5. HERE ARE THE RESULTS! (5 MINUTE READ) [10]=20 = This Reddit user recently put two complex codebases into GPT-4-Turbo-128K= and Gemini 1.5 and asked them questions. The codebases implemented a par= allel inet runtime, so it involved some hard compiler stuff. Gemini 1.5 c= ompletely outperformed GPT-4-Turbo-128K in the task of understanding the = codebases. Most of the questions that GPT-4 got wrong are ones it would h= ave answered correctly in a smaller context. Gemini still struggled to cr= eate a complete mental model of the system, but it is extremely good at= locating existing information, making long-range connections, and doin= g some limited reasoning on top of this information.=20 =F0=9F=8E=81=20 = MISCELLANEOUS GROQ IS SERVING THE FASTEST RESPONSES I'VE EVER SEEN= (2 MINUTE READ) [11]=20 Groq can serve up to 500 tokens per second. = It is able to do this because it uses custom hardware that utilizes Linea= r Processor Units (LPUs) instead of GPUs. LPUs are designed to deliver de= terministic performance for AI computations. They offer a more streamline= d approach that eliminates the need for complex scheduling hardware, al= lowing every clock cycle to be utilized effectively. The system ensures c= onsistent latency and throughput. LPUs can be linked together without the= traditional bottlenecks found in GPU clusters, making them extremely sca= lable.=20 I PRINTED CHOCOLATE ON A 3D PRINTER AND ATE IT (7 MINUTE READ= ) [12]=20 The Cocoa Press is a 3D printer that prints chocolate. It is = now available for $3,995 prebuilt after a decade of development. Premade= chocolate cores cost $49 per pack of 10. The printer allows users to p= rogram the heat of its nozzle to a tenth of a degree. It can create a wid= e range of shapes and textures, but there are still some problems to work= out. This article shares what it is like using the machine. 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Big Tech & Startups

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ChatGPT=E2=80=99s Growth Is= Flatlining (4 minute read)

ChatGPT has seen declining web traffic = in five of the past eight months. It is currently down 11% from its May 202= 3 peak. Its mobile app has seen fewer users than Snapchat added last quarte= r alone. The competition in the AI space means that OpenAI will have to pum= p out hits to stay ahead.
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Apple Vision Pro 2 at Least= 18 Months Away (2 minute read)

The second generation of Apple's Vision= Pro headset is at least 18 months away from launch. Apple is keenly intere= sted in feedback from customers who choose to return the first-generation h= eadset as it will use the information to perfect the next version of the de= vice. The Vision Pro will likely follow a refresh cycle longer than that of= the iPad. There are rumors that Apple may launch a more affordable Vision = headset around 2025.
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Science & Futuristic Technology

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The Quest for a DNA Data Dr= ive (17 minute read)

The rate of information production is i= ncreasing faster than the storage density of tape. Using current technologi= es will mean that, in the coming decades, we will need exponentially more m= agnetic tape, disk drives, and flash memory - as well as the factories to p= roduce the storage media. DNA is cheap, readily available, and stable at ro= om temperature for millennia. Organizations around the world are already ta= king the first steps towards building a DNA drive that can both read and wr= ite DNA data.
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This tiny, tamper-proof ID = tag can authenticate almost anything (6 minute read)

MIT researchers have developed an antit= ampering ID tag that is tiny, cheap, and secure. It is several times smalle= r and significantly cheaper than the traditional radio frequency tags that = are used to verify product authenticity. The tags use glue containing micro= scopic metal particles. This glue forms unique patterns that can be detecte= d using terahertz waves. The system uses AI to compare glue patterns and ca= lculate their similarity. The tags could be used to authenticate items too = small for traditional RFIDs.
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Programming, Design & Data Science

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htmz (GitHub Repo)

htmz is a minimalist HTML microframewor= k for creating dynamic web user interfaces. It allows developers to load HT= ML resources within any element in a page. htmz only requires an inline HTM= L snippet to work - there are no dependencies and no backend is required.
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I've put a complex codebase= into a single 120K-token prompt, and asked 7 questions GPT-4 and Gemini 1.= 5. Here are the results! (5 minute read)

This Reddit user recently put two compl= ex codebases into GPT-4-Turbo-128K and Gemini 1.5 and asked them questions.= The codebases implemented a parallel inet runtime, so it involved some har= d compiler stuff. Gemini 1.5 completely outperformed GPT-4-Turbo-128K in th= e task of understanding the codebases. Most of the questions that GPT-4 got= wrong are ones it would have answered correctly in a smaller context. Gemi= ni still struggled to create a complete mental model of the system, but it = is extremely good at locating existing information, making long-range conne= ctions, and doing some limited reasoning on top of this information.
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Miscellaneous

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Groq is serving the fastest= responses I've ever seen (2 minute read)

Groq can serve up to 500 tokens per sec= ond. It is able to do this because it uses custom hardware that utilizes Li= near Processor Units (LPUs) instead of GPUs. LPUs are designed to deliver d= eterministic performance for AI computations. They offer a more streamlined= approach that eliminates the need for complex scheduling hardware, allowin= g every clock cycle to be utilized effectively. The system ensures consiste= nt latency and throughput. LPUs can be linked together without the traditio= nal bottlenecks found in GPU clusters, making them extremely scalable.
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I printed chocolate on a 3D= printer and ate it (7 minute read)

The Cocoa Press is a 3D printer that pr= ints chocolate. It is now available for $3,995 prebuilt after a decade of d= evelopment. Premade chocolate cores cost $49 per pack of 10. The printer al= lows users to program the heat of its nozzle to a tenth of a degree. It can= create a wide range of shapes and textures, but there are still some probl= ems to work out. This article shares what it is like using the machine. Pic= tures of chocolate prints made by the machine are available.
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Quick Links

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Needs Before Tools: A Pragm= atic Approach to AI Workflow Integration (10 minute read)

People should be defining problems and = then finding the tools to solve those problems.
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Engineers Are Not A Commodi= ty (5 minute read)

People have different skills and abilit= ies - thinking of engineers as interchangeable is a mistake.
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Tagrisso-chemo cleared in U= S as 1st-line lung cancer therapy (3 minute read)

The use of Tagrisso and chemo together = lowered the risk of disease progression or death in patients with EGFR-posi= tive non-small cell lung cancer.
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Why Sequoia is funding open= source developers via a new equity-free fellowship (6 minute read)

While Sequoia won't recoup its cash dir= ectly, it stands to benefit in other ways - many of its investments rely he= avily on open-source software.
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We=E2=80=99re entering a go= lden age of engineering biology (18 minute read)

For the first time in history, biology = has the opportunity to be engineering, not science.
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Disney star turned space CE= O: Bridgit Mendler launches satellite data startup backed by major VCs (5 m= inute read)

Northwood aims to mass-produce ground s= tations that connect to satellites in space.
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