AIR#189 - AI Trust Issues and a Star's Last Hurrah⚽️
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Today's top stories
🔥 ESPN AI recap of Alex Morgan’s final professional match fails to mention her
ESPN's AI recap of Alex Morgan's final match omits her entirely, sparking criticism over the service's lack of human insight
🔥 Study shows 'alarming' level of trust in AI for life and death decisions
A study reveals excessive human trust in AI for life-and-death decisions, raising concerns about its reliability and influence.
🔥 Why I Wrote Data Science for Crime Analysis with Python (2023)
A new book, "Data Science for Crime Analysis with Python," aims to guide beginners in Python tailored for crime analysts.
🔥 Transfusion: Predict the next token and diffuse images with one multimodal model
Transfusion introduces a multi-modal model that predicts tokens and diffuses images, enhancing performance across text and image data.
300μs typo detection for 1.3M words
Trieve improved typo detection speed to 300μs for 1.3M words using Rust, enhancing search accuracy and efficiency.
The AI Hype Fraud of Reflection-Llama-70B
Reflection-Llama-70B faces criticism for hype, as navigation issues highlight potential flaws in its performance.
ReMamba: Equip Mamba with Effective Long-Sequence Modeling
ReMamba enhances Mamba's long-context modeling efficiency, achieving competitive performance with minimal inference cost.
Talaria: Interactively Optimizing Machine Learning Models for Efficient Inferenc
Talaria is a system for optimizing on-device machine learning models, enhancing efficiency and user experience through interactive visualization.
MI6 and CIA using generative AI to combat tech-driven threat actors
MI6 and CIA leverage generative AI to tackle tech threats from Russia and China, enhancing intelligence operations and collaboration.
Game UI Database slowdown caused by relentless OpenAI scraping
Game UI Database faced severe slowdowns due to OpenAI's aggressive scraping, likened to a DDoS attack, disrupting its service.
Show HN: Robot Utility Models: open-source robots working in new envs zero shot
Robot Utility Models enable zero-shot deployment of robots in new environments, achieving 90% success without additional training.
Thrall: AI NPC Companion Mod for Valheim
Thrall is a Valheim mod that adds an AI NPC companion, allowing voice commands and personality customization for enhanced gameplay.
Adding Vector Search to Django Apps
Django-semantic-search enhances Django apps with semantic search capabilities, integrating vector databases for improved results.
Show HN: AI social media where you are the only human user
A new AI social media platform allows users to interact with AI-generated content as the sole human participant.
"Model collapse" threatens to kill progress on generative AIs
"Model collapse" threatens generative AI progress as reliance on synthetic data leads to flawed outputs and potential nonsense.
AI Exuberance Masks Broad Weakness in Tech Sector, Say Investors
AI hype overshadows ongoing weakness in the tech sector, with many companies still struggling post-pandemic.
Apple Intelligence comes to iPhone, iPad, and Mac starting next month
Apple Intelligence launches next month on iPhone, iPad, and Mac, enhancing user experience with advanced features and privacy.
iPhone 16's unfinished Apple Intelligence is useful except when it's bonkers
The iPhone 16's Apple Intelligence shows promise but can be unpredictably bizarre, blending usefulness with oddities.
Show HN: How old do i look –– AI face age detector
A free AI tool estimates your facial age from uploaded photos, ensuring privacy with instant results and no storage of images.
AWS, BBC, Adobe et al. introduce open source framework for fast-turnaround media
AWS, BBC, and Adobe launch an open-source framework, CNAP, to enhance fast-turnaround media workflows at IBC 2024.
Show HN: Sorbaba – A Search Engine Where Users Can Change the Results
Sorbaba is a unique search engine allowing users to modify search results collaboratively.
The Mamba in the Llama: Distilling and Accelerating Hybrid Models
The study explores distilling Transformer models into hybrid linear RNNs, enhancing efficiency while preserving generative capabilities.
Show HN: Amplify Security – LLM-powered code fixes for your PRs within minutes
Amplify Security offers LLM-powered tools for quick, automated code fixes, enhancing software security and developer efficiency.
Confessions of a Chatbot Helper
Writers are training AI chatbots, ironically aiding their own potential obsolescence while earning better pay in a paradoxical role.
AI may not steal many jobs after all. It may just make workers more efficient
AI is enhancing worker efficiency rather than causing mass job losses, as companies like Alorica continue to hire.