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Is Bluesky the one? A Twitter alternative takes off (4 minute read)

Bluesky, the decentralized social media platform backed by Jack Dorsey, recently released a number of invites, resulting in the app trending on Twitter for a whole day. The app only has the most barebone features. Users can make 300-character posts and post still images, but they can't DM each other and there's no video or GIF functionality. It has a chronological feed for posts made by followed users and a 'What's Hot' feed that shows popular posts on the platform from all users. Bluesky is currently invite-only.
Alleged iOS 17 Wallet and Health App Redesigns Shown Off in Mockups (2 minute read)

Apple's Wallet and Health apps are rumored to be getting updates in iOS 17. Leaked mockups of the apps show some of their new designs and features. The Wallet app will receive a navigation bar at the bottom. The Favorites section under Summary in the Health app will see a redesign with a card-style interface. Other experts have expressed some doubt over the accuracy of the information in the leak. The leaked app mockups are available in the article.
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Science & Futuristic Technology

SpaceX to spend about $2 billion on Starship this year, as Elon Musk pushes to reach orbit (4 minute read)

Starship development is projected to cost SpaceX around $2 billion this year. Elon Musk expects the next flight to reach orbit. SpaceX does not anticipate the need to raise funding for its Starship venture. It plans to launch its next prototype within a few months. The aim of the test launches is to gather more information to further develop the rocket. Starship’s next flight will prioritize starting the 33 Raptor engines faster.
ChatGPT Will See You Now: Doctors Using AI to Answer Patient Questions (8 minute read)

UC San Diego Health, UW Health, and Stanford Health Care are testing a tool that uses OpenAI's GPT to read patient messages and draft responses from their doctors. The pilot program aims to see if AI can cut the time medical staff spend responding to patients' online queries. Early responses required heavy editing. The team is working to improve replies and to add a kind bedside manner. Preliminary data suggests that AI could add value as it scored better than real doctors at responding to patient queries posted online.
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Programming, Design & Data Science

Lamini (GitHub Repo)

Lamini is an LLM engine for rapidly customizing models. This repository contains a 71K dataset of instructions for finetuning instruction-following LLMs, Lamini's data generator, and fine-tuned LLMs. All data and LLMs are under a license that allows commercial use.
Pandas AI (GitHub Repo)

Pandas AI is a Python library that integrates generative artificial intelligence capabilities into Pandas. It allows users to ask questions about their data and get answers back in the form of Pandas DataFrames. A browser demo is available.
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Miscellaneous

How AI coding companions will change the way developers work (14 minute read)

Writing code is only one part of a developer's job. Developers have to also complete many creative tasks that are arguably more important than writing boilerplate code. Generative AI is already having a tangible effect on developers' productivity and speed. It can do a lot of the heavy lifting when building new applications and services. However, AI is not a replacement for expertise - it's a tool that allows developers to spend more time solving hard problems.
Bidding for First Republic lasts into the night (9 minute read)

Potential buyers for the First Republic Bank had until yesterday to place bids. The FDIC reviewed last-minute offers in an effort to close a deal for the struggling bank before trading began in Asian and American markets today. The bank was left with $212 billion in assets after depositors withdrew funding. It received $30 billion from 11 large banks on Thursday to stabilize its finances and counteract large withdrawals. The FDIC seeks an orderly sale of assets to avoid a bailout.

Quick Links

Inside 18 Difficult Months at Salesforce (27 minute read)

Salesforce's run of success took a turn after its co-CEO resigned and the company missed internal sales goals.
Amazon is developing an improved LLM to power Alexa (3 minute read)

Amazon is working to improve the LLM that powers Alexa.
Software engineers are panicking about being replaced by AI (6 minute read)

AI is already beginning to threaten software developers' jobs, with some in the industry predicting that there will be no programmers in five years.
Introducing Hidet: A Deep Learning Compiler for Efficient Model Serving (4 minute read)

Hidet is a deep learning compiler that simplifies the process of implementing high-performing deep learning operators on modern accelerators
Mark Zuckerberg is facing a morale crisis after multiple Meta layoffs (13 minute read)

Many workers at Meta say that Zuckerberg has lost his vision and trust of his workforce.
MLC LLM (GitHub Repo)

MLC LLM can run any language model natively on a diverse set of hardware backends, enabling anyone to develop, optimize, and deploy AI models natively on many devices.

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