Subj : AirPod Hearing Aid mode 🎧, Elon to open source Grok 🤖, how Figma runs dev critiques 👨‍💻 To : tldr@synchro.net From : TLDR Date : Tue Mar 12 2024 10:39 am --EEjgaBHA Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Apple's AirPods Pro will reportedly gain a new 'hearing aid mode' with iO= S 18=C2=A0=20 Sign Up [1]|Advertise [2]|View Online [3]=20 =09=09TLD= R=20 =09=09TOGETHER WITH [TLDR] [4] TLDR 2024-03-12 WANT TO W= ORK FOR TLDR? WE=E2=80=99RE HIRING IN BDRS AND ACCOUNT EXECUTIVES FOR AD = SALES! (FULLY REMOTE) [4]=20 We=E2=80=99re hiring BDRs (to reach out an= d build new relationships with advertisers) and account executives (to ma= nage our sales cycle from initial meeting to close)=C2=A0to join our ad s= ales team to lead the next phase of our revenue growth. 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The move follows Elon Musk's complaint that = OpenAI has deviated from its open source roots. Musk has filed a lawsuit = against OpenAI claiming that OpenAI, which was supposed to make its techn= ology freely available to the public, has become closed-source and has sh= ifted its focus to maximizing profits for Microsoft. Musk has long been a= proponent of open source - Tesla has open sourced many of its patents. I= t is unclear what aspects of Grok will be open sourced.=20 = =F0=9F=9A=80=20 SCIENCE & FUTURISTIC TECHNOLOGY COVARIANT ANNOUNCE= S A UNIVERSAL AI PLATFORM FOR ROBOTS (6 MINUTE READ) [7]=20 Covariant= has announced a robotics foundation model that gives robots a human-like= ability to reason. The 8 billion parameter RFM-1 can expand its abilitie= s through more data consumption. It incorporates images, video, joint ang= les, force reading, suction cup strength, and more into its prediction en= gine to produce images, videos, or a series of commands for a robot. It c= an be used as a simulation tool, generating action sequences that are bot= h realistic and accurate. With enough data, it could be a useful world si= mulation tool more capable than one built from the ground up. Covariant a= ims to make the model be able to do any task in any body.=20 PARKINSO= N'S DRUG REDUCES DISEASE MARKERS IN BREAKTHROUGH TRIAL (3 MINUTE READ) [8= ]=20 A novel therapy for Parkinson's disease has shown promise in early= clinical trials. UB-312 is designed to clear toxic clumps of a protein= thought to be responsible for the disease. It has been shown to be gen= erally safe with relatively mild side effects. There are currently no tre= atments that address the underlying condition of Parkinson's. 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AirPods Pro to Gain 'Hearin= g Aid Mode' in iOS 18 (2 minute read)

Apple's AirPods Pro will reportedly gai= n a new 'hearing aid mode' with iOS 18. The device already offers a Convers= ation Boost feature, but Apple has not advertised it as a hearing aid devic= e as that requires FDA regulatory approval. It is unclear whether Apple wil= l need FDA clearance to make explicit or implicit claims about the 'hearing= aid mode' or whether it will adopt that exact name. The FDA approved a new= category of over-the-counter hearing aids called Personal sound amplificat= ion products in August 2022 that doesn't require legal registration by manu= facturers or listing with the FDA. iOS 18 is set to be previewed in June an= d released sometime in September.
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Elon Musk says xAI will ope= n source Grok this week (3 minute read)

xAI will open source Grok this week. Th= e move follows Elon Musk's complaint that OpenAI has deviated from its open= source roots. Musk has filed a lawsuit against OpenAI claiming that OpenAI= , which was supposed to make its technology freely available to the public,= has become closed-source and has shifted its focus to maximizing profits f= or Microsoft. Musk has long been a proponent of open source - Tesla has ope= n sourced many of its patents. It is unclear what aspects of Grok will be o= pen sourced.
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Covariant Announces a Unive= rsal AI Platform for Robots (6 minute read)

Covariant has announced a robotics foun= dation model that gives robots a human-like ability to reason. The 8 billio= n parameter RFM-1 can expand its abilities through more data consumption. I= t incorporates images, video, joint angles, force reading, suction cup stre= ngth, and more into its prediction engine to produce images, videos, or a s= eries of commands for a robot. It can be used as a simulation tool, generat= ing action sequences that are both realistic and accurate. With enough data= , it could be a useful world simulation tool more capable than one built fr= om the ground up. Covariant aims to make the model be able to do any task i= n any body.
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Parkinson's Drug Reduces Di= sease Markers in Breakthrough Trial (3 minute read)

A novel therapy for Parkinson's disease= has shown promise in early clinical trials. UB-312 is designed to clear to= xic clumps of a protein thought to be responsible for the disease. It has b= een shown to be generally safe with relatively mild side effects. There are= currently no treatments that address the underlying condition of Parkinson= 's. The therapy's initial success is exciting as it suggests that scientist= s are on the right path to finding a safe and effective means of improving = quality of life for Parkinson's patients.
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How we engineer feedback at= Figma with eng crits (13 minute read)

Figma employees are encouraged to get e= arly feedback on their in-progress work. Sharing early work can be daunting= - it requires an environment and culture in which individual contributors = feel comfortable bringing up unpolished ideas. Leaving technical reviews to= o late can lead to a lot of wasted time. Figma uses engineering crits to br= ainstorm novel approaches to technical problems, get feedback on the existi= ng work, and unblock team members. This article talks about how Figma imple= mented its style of engineering crits and presents a template for other org= anizations to follow.
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Type Unions Don't Always Co= mpose Well (4 minute read)

TypeScript lets developers write type u= nions that often feel more ergonomic compared to other languages, which may= force them to tag the union. These untagged unions often lead to cleaner u= ser-side APIs that don't require boilerplate boxing up of values. However, = if you have overlaps when using them, the result type might hold less infor= mation than you think. To get the composition to actually represent somethi= ng like what you get with data types in other languages, make sure there is= no overlap between the types.
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Why Signal =E2=80=98turned = our architecture inside out=E2=80=99 for its latest privacy feature (6 minu= te read)

The decision to add usernames to the up= coming version of Signal was nowhere near as simple as it sounds. Many coun= tries around the world are making it increasingly difficult to obtain phone= numbers. Using phone numbers as an identifier is also a security risk for = some users. Signal had to implement usernames without having to deal with l= arge-scale moderation obligations. Its system is far more limited than on o= ther platforms that have usernames as canonical identifiers for users. Beta= users can claim their usernames now.
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TikTok shareholders who mak= e any =E2=80=98disparaging statement=E2=80=99 about the company risk having= their entire holdings seized (8 minute read)

TikTok's shareholder agreement bans cur= rent and former employees from criticizing the company or risk losing any s= tock they own. While the non-disparagement provision is unusual, it isn't i= llegal as long as it doesn't prevent, intimidate, or punish employees for f= iling complaints with government agencies. The terms in the agreement defin= ing disparagement are vague. It is unknown whether TikTok has ever seized s= tock from any shareholders.
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Apple reportedly =E2=80=99a= ccelerating=E2=80=99 entry-level Vision Pro =E2=80=94 and it could cost $2,= 000 less (2 minute read)

Apple is aiming to cut the cost of the = headset's most expensive components, its two 4K micro-OLED displays, by as = much as 50%.
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Diffusion models from scrat= ch, from a new theoretical perspective (17 minute read)

This tutorial goes through how to imple= ment training and sampling code for a toy data set to introduce diffusion m= odels from an optimization perspective.
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Midjourney bans all Stabili= ty AI employees over alleged data scraping (3 minute read)

Midjourney has accused Stability AI emp= loyees of causing a systems outage earlier this month during an attempt to = scrape Midjourney's data.
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Zuck insists Quest 3 is als= o a computer and not just for games in latest Vision Pro criticism (2 minut= e read)

The top Quest apps include social apps,= browsers, and video players, and there is a passionate community around fi= tness apps as well.
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Kickstarter received secret= $100m investment to become web3 company (2 minute read)

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