Weekly#611

  • Why Engineers Should Study Philosophy…”…When language is no longer the barrier, we can employ the full expressivity of human language to convey to the AI higher concepts and logic, that would capture our request in the most compact and effective way…”
  • OpenAI Nears Launch of AI Agent Tool to Automate Tasks for Users…The new software, codenamed “Operator,” is set to be released in January.
  • “…Restarting a computer may seem like an inconvenience to those who don’t like waiting, but it’s essential for maintaining performance, stability and security as some malware will remain in memory until a reboot…”
  • AI protein-prediction tool AlphaFold3 is now more open…The code underlying the Nobel-prize-winning tool for modelling protein structures can now be downloaded by academics.
  • How Monzo run migrations across 2,800 microservices
  • What happens when Software no longer needs code
  • Google’s Gemini AI now has its own iPhone app
  • “…Anthropic is working with the Department of Energy’s nuclear specialists to ensure its models don’t help people make weapons, the company first shared with Axios…”
  • Disney’s net income increased to $460 million
  • “…Data-rich enterprises like Bayer are working with Microsoft to develop industry-specific gen AI models—and then licensing them to others…”
  • Bluesky crosses the 15 million user mark

Weekly#610

  • iPhones on iOS 18.1 will automatically reboot and lock down after being idle for a while
  • ChatGPT traffic is up over 100% year-over-year. NotebookLM is up over 200% month-over-month.
  • Taiwan chip output to hit record $165bn on AI demand
  • Battery Ventures | State of the OpenCloud | PDF
  • Google rolls out its Gemini AI-powered video presentation app
  • Using the Strangler Fig with Mobile Apps
  • “…However, Cursor has become one of the most popular. Its developer, Anysphere, has seen its revenue grow from $4 million annualized recurring revenue (ARR) in April to $4 million a month as of last month…”
  • Apache OpenServerless
  • How ChatGPT Brought Down an Online Education Giant…Chegg’s stock is down 99%
  • How Samsung fell behind in the AI boom leading to a $126 billion wipeout
  • Global temperatures likely to exceed key limit for first time
  • The other election night winner: Perplexity
  • Perplexity raising new funds at $9 bln valuation
  • Microsoft Unveils Enhanced AI Tools for Developers at GitHub Universe
  • OpenAI acquires chat.com domain name

Weekly#609

  • OpenAI Brings Search Features to ChatGPT in Challenge to Google
  • According to Canalys research, global smartphone shipments grew 5% year on year in Q3 2024, reaching 309.9 million units
  • Apple expands iPhone satellite services deal, commits $1.1bn to expand capacity
  • Google confirms Android 16 is coming earlier than usual, developer preview begins soon
  • Apple reports fourth quarter results
  • Amazon’s cloud unit records highest profit margin in at least a decade
  • Meta is making a robot hand that can ‘feel’ touch
  • Kuo: iPhone 17 will use new Wi-Fi and Bluetooth chip made in-house by Apple
  • “…Visa, President of Technology Rajat Taneja said the company already has more than 500 generative artificial intelligence applications in use…Visa’s deployments include a tool that finds security bugs in code, chatbots designed to act as subject matter experts on various areas of the business and a tool that helps subscribers customize timings of their billing cycles…”
  • Uranus’ moon Miranda may have an ocean beneath its surface, study finds
  • “…We’re training the Llama 4 models on a cluster that is bigger than 100,000 H100s, or bigger than anything that I’ve seen reported for what others are doing…”
  • Meta AI has more than 500 million users

Weekly#608

  • Thoughtworks, Technology Radar
  • Activate 2025 Report
  • Introduction to Kafka Tiered Storage at Uber
  • Introducing the analysis tool in Claude.ai
  • Anthropic unveils updated AI models with new ‘computer use’ feature for automating complex tasks
  • Video scraping: extracting JSON data from a 35 second screen capture
  • “In 2005…Paul Otellini, Intel’s chief executive at the time, presented the board with a startling idea: Buy Nvidia, a Silicon Valley upstart known for chips used for computer graphics. The price tag: as much as $20 billion….”
  • How to Measure Design System at Scale
  • Streamlining Financial Precision: Uber’s Advanced Settlement Accounting System
  • Making Uber’s ExperimentEvaluation Engine 100x Faster
  • Splitting engineering teams into defense and offense
  • Apple Intelligence expands in iOS 18.2 developer beta, adding Genmoji, Visual Intelligence and ChatGPT
  • The year is 2149 and …

Weekly#607

  • State of AI 2024 Report
  • Leading with Artificial Intelligence
  • Will AI lead to superintelligence or just super-automation?
  • bitnet.cpp is the official inference framework for 1-bit LLMs that runs directly on CPUs
  • “…The contract contains a clause that says that if OpenAI builds artificial general intelligence, or A.G.I. — roughly speaking, a machine that matches the power of the human brain — Microsoft loses access to OpenAI’s technologies…“
  • Artificial intelligence and the economy: implications for central banks
  • Former OpenAI technology chief Mira Murati to raise capital for new AI startup
  • Perplexity lets you search your internal enterprise files and the web
  • Building a Global Caching System at Netflix: a Deep Dive to Global Replication
  • How Cell-Based Architecture Enhances Modern Distributed Systems
  • The next winner of the AI boom is also one of its biggest problems…Data centers could consume up to 9% of electricity in the U.S. by the end of the decade

Weekly#606

  • Pioneers in artificial intelligence win the Nobel Prize in physics
  • AI gets its Nobel moment
    • Nobel Prize in chemistry honors 3 scientists who used AI to design proteins — life’s building blocks
    • Agents are the future AI companies promise — and desperately need
  • Xbox will sell games directly in the Android app next month
  • OpenAI and Anthropic Revenue Breakdown
  • AMD launches AI chip to rival Nvidia’s Blackwell
  • Amazon Dreams of AI Agents That Do the Shopping for You
  • Google identifies low noise “phase transition” in its quantum processor
  • Linear Regression
  • 15 Climate Tech Companies to Watch
  • Mainstreaming Food Innovation: A Roadmap for Stakeholders
  • Google’s Grip on Search Slips as TikTok and AI Startup Mount Challenge

Weekly#605

  • The Intelligence Age
  • Jony Ive confirms he’s working on a new device with OpenAI
  • AI chipmaker Cerebras files for an IPO
  • Pika 1.5
  • Meta announces Movie Gen, an AI-powered video generator…can create a new video up to 16 seconds long based on a text prompt…plans to build the product into its existing apps sometime next year.
  • HackAPrompt: Exposing Systemic Vulnerabilities of LLMs through a Global Scale Prompt Hacking Competition
  • The market share of the Binance shrunk to 36.6% last month, down from 42.7% at the start of the year, according to researcher CCData.
  • Voyage AI is building RAG tools to make AI hallucinate less
  • OpenAI launches new ‘Canvas’ ChatGPT interface tailored to writing and coding projects
  • ChatGPT’s new voice welcomes interruptions
  • Apple fixes bug that let VoiceOver shout your passwords
  • IBM opens its quantum-computing stack to third parties

Weekly#604

  • Automatic takeoffs are coming for passenger jets and they’re going to redraw the map of the sky
  • Toyota and VW fall further behind in the software race…By 2040, digital services and software are expected to make up more than half of auto revenues
  • Half of U.S. states seek to crack down on AI in elections…“…As the 2024 election cycle ramps up, at least 26 states have passed or are considering bills regulating the use of generative AI in election-related communications, a new analysis by Axios shows…”
  • HP printers apparently have AI now
  • United Airlines Taps Elon Musk’s Starlink for In-Flight Wi-Fi…Starlink Surpasses 4 Million Subscribers, Cementing Dominance in Satellite Internet
  • Gmail rolling out Gemini-powered Contextual Smart Replies
  • Microsoft Windows Recall feature can also be uninstalled by users
  • “…OpenAI’s revenue in August more than tripled from a year ago, according to the documents, and about 350 million people — up from around 100 million in March…”
  • Google’s NotebookLM can help you dive deeper into YouTube videos
  • Meta’s new smart glasses look like the future

Weekly#603

  • Oracle Financial Analyst Meeting 2024
  • OpenAI Hires Former Coursera Executive to Expand AI Use in Schools
  • OpenAI closes in on largest VC round of all time…OpenAI  is expected raise around $6.5 billion at a $150 billion pre-money valuation
  • T-Mobile Announces Technology Partnership with NVIDIA, Ericsson and Nokia to Advance the Future of Mobile Networking with AI at the Center
  • AI will add $19.9 trillion to global economy by 2030
  • Nvidia teams up with AI firm G42 to create climate tech lab
  • Prompt Chaining Guide
  • Walmart Plans Instant Bank Payments
  • Dead Internet theory” comes to life with new AI-powered social media app
  • House committee approves bill requiring new cars to have AM radio
  • Python in Excel
  • Lionsgate, Studio Behind ‘John Wick,’ Signs Deal With AI Startup Runway
  • Qualcomm Approached Intel About a Takeover in Recent Days
  • JPMorgan, UBS Join BIS Blockchain-Based Plan to Overhaul Cross-Border Payments
  • Grok’s image generator, Black Forest Labs, is raising $100M at a $1B valuation
  • Secret calculator hack brings ChatGPT to the TI-84
  • Large language models, explained with a minimum of math and jargon

Weekly#602

  • Exploring Generative AI
  • OpenAI acknowledges new models increase risk of misuse to create bioweapons
  • EU competitiveness report
  • Billionaire and engineer conduct first private spacewalk in SpaceX mission
  • Microsoft is building new Windows security features to prevent another CrowdStrike incident
  • Introducing OpenAI o1-preview
  • Mistral’s new multimodal AI can analyze images without any limits
  • Apple event summary
  • Unity is killing its Runtime Fee
  • As quantum computing threats loom, Microsoft updates its crypto library
  • Voyager 1 Team Accomplishes Tricky Thruster Swap
  • Building SaaS From Scratch Using Cloud-Native Patterns: A Deep Dive Into a Cloud Startup