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Sign Up|Jobs|Advertise|View Online TLDR Together With TLDR 2023-04-14 TLDR is hiring a curator for TLDR Founders TLDR is hiring a part-time curator for our founder newsletter which already has 150,000 pre-launch signups. The ideal candidate would be a current or former startup founder, preferably someone who has raised venture capital, enjoys keeping up with the latest trends in the startup ecosystem, and generally spends a lot of time hanging out with other founders.  Time commitment is roughly 6 hours/week (Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday), click here to apply. 📱 Big Tech & Startups Generative AI comes to Amazon Web Services (2 minute read) Amazon has released a new suite of AI technologies. They include a large language model called Titan and a cloud computing service called Bedrock. Bedrock allows businesses to customize foundational models, including models from third-party companies like Anthropic, using their own data. It will allow customers to test AI technologies without having to manage the infrastructure that powers them. Amazon also released CodeWhisperer, an AI powered coding assistant that is free for individual use. Internet abuzz over suspected redesigned Tesla Model 3 (1 minute read) A photo showing what could be an updated version of Tesla's Model 3 sedan was recently posted on Reddit. The Model 3 has not changed a lot since its release in 2017. The update is rumored to include cost-cutting features such as fewer interior components and a slightly redesigned exterior. The image shows a vehicle with a different bumper, a redesigned headlight assembly, two-tone wheels, and what could be an updated dashboard. The photo is available in the article. 🚀 Science & Futuristic Technology Inside the 3D-printed box in Texas where humans will prepare for Mars (6 minute read) The Crew Health Performance Exploration Analog (CHAPEA) is an experiment to see what it will be like for four crew members to live on Mars for a year. The crew will live in a housing unit constructed using a massive 3D printer and conduct experiments, grow food, exercise, and be tested regularly. The first mission to Mars, which NASA is hoping will happen as early as the 2030s, could be a nine-month trip one way and it would take astronauts two and a half years before they start their trip home. The four crew members will start the CHAPEA experiment in June. Pictures of the habitat are available in the article. Meta has open-sourced an AI project that turns your doodles into animations (2 minute read) Meta has open-sourced Animated Drawings, an AI project that brings people's drawings to life. It uses object detection, pose estimation, and image processing models to capture a digital version of a drawing and then traditional computer graphics techniques to animate the image. The open-sourced project includes a dataset of around 180,000 drawings. A web-based version of the tool is available. 💻 Programming, Design & Data Science Phind (Website) Phind is an AI search engine designed for developers. It answers questions with detailed explanations and relevant code snippets from the web. Phind generates answers based on information from multiple sources. Users can adjust the expertness level or how concise answers are. Amazon CodeWhisperer, Free for Individual Use, is Now Generally Available (4 minute read) Amazon CodeWhisperer is now available for general use. It includes a tier that's free to use for all developers. CodeWhisperer allows developers to write code quickly without needing to break their flow by leaving the IDE to research something. It can help with creating routine code, working with unfamiliar APIs, and other common coding scenarios. CodeWhisperer works with many languages and many IDEs. GIF demos are available in the article. 🎁 Miscellaneous “A really big deal”—Dolly is a free, open source, ChatGPT-style AI model (2 minute read) Databricks released Dolly 2.0 on Wednesday. It is reportedly the first open source instruction-following LLM fine-tuned on human-generated data that is available for commercial use. Dolly 2.0 could be used as a starting point for ChatGPT competitor startups. Databricks aims to enable organizations to create and customize LLMs without paying for API access or sharing their data. Links to Dolly 2.0's weights and training data set are available in the article. Perplexity's A.I.-powered search chatbot adds features (4 minute read) Perplexity, a startup with an AI-powered search chatbot, has announced a host of new features. Users can now specify which sources they want the chatbot to search. Threads can now be saved and edited. The search chatbot now supports longer multiline queries and requests for coding and code debugging. It can also provide responses in different formats. Perplexity has started to ask users to register accounts to use its personalized features. ⚡ Quick Links These robots could be heading to the operating room soon (Sponsor) 100,000+ joint replacements fail every year. Monogram is attempting to fix this by sparking a transition to robotics, AI, and 3D-printing - Learn more about investing before their planned Nasdaq listing. Disclosure. Google Closes Some Cafés 'Until Further Notice' As It Cuts Costs (6 minute read) Google has been laying off workers and trimming employee perks this year to cut costs. Google says it just made Chrome a lot faster on both Mac and Android (2 minute read) Several under-the-hood performance improvements have been made to Google Chrome for Mac and Android that collectively give the browser a 10% speed increase. Midjourney AI Guide (Notion) This beginner's guide to Midjourney discusses the best Midjourney practices so that readers can create logos, social media posts, business ads, marketing, YouTube thumbnails, and more. "Scaling Laws" for AI And Some Implications (8 minute read) There are 'scaling laws' that show consistent relationships between hardware inputs and performance outputs, and while AI technology is mostly consistent with scaling relationships, it is not always the case. Foundational Models Are Not Enough (2 minute read) This article discusses problems with foundational large language models, such as how they are unable to keep track of state, privacy, infrastructure, and more. Amazon CEO Andy Jassy releases annual shareholder letter (23 minute read) This article contains a full text of Andy Jassy's annual shareholder letter, where he discusses Amazon's job cuts, getting workers to come back to the office, company revenue, and much more. TLDR Talent is our exclusive community where we help world-class tech talent and get intros to companies of their choice, along with a number of exciting startups and tech companies curated by TLDR. We give you full control of the process, you can specify if you’re actively searching or passively interested only if something amazing comes along. Set your preferred compensation, seniority/title/role, specific companies (or types of companies) you’d like to work for and more. Click here to apply. If your company is interested in reaching an audience of tech executives, decision-makers and engineers, you may want to advertise with us. If you have any comments or feedback, just respond to this email! 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