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🔥 AI PCs Aren't Good at AI: The CPU Beats the NPU
Benchmarking Qualcomm's NPU on Windows reveals it underperforms compared to CPUs, achieving only 1.3% of claimed speed.
🔥 I Self-Hosted Llama 3.2 with Coolify on My Home Server
A guide on self-hosting Llama 3.2 with Coolify on a home server, detailing setup challenges and navigation issues.
🔥 Efficient high-resolution image synthesis with linear diffusion transformer
Sana is a fast, efficient text-to-image framework generating high-resolution images on laptop GPUs, outperforming larger models.
🔥 Eye Contact Correction: Redirecting the eyes to look at the camera
Sieve's Eye Contact Correction API redirects gaze in videos for realistic eye contact with customizable options and visualizations.
🔥 Show HN: Automated smooth Nth order derivatives of noisy data
Kalmangrad is a Python package for automated, smooth N'th order derivatives of noisy, non-uniformly sampled time series data.
National Archives Pushes Google Gemini AI on Employees
The National Archives promotes Google Gemini AI to employees, sparking concerns about AI's role in accurately archiving history.
Lotus: Diffusion-Based Visual Foundation Model for High-Quality Dense Prediction
Lotus is a diffusion-based model achieving state-of-the-art dense prediction in zero-shot depth and normal estimation with minimal data.
Foyle: You build it, AI should run it
Foyle is an AI tool that simplifies software operations for developers by translating intent into executable commands, enhancing efficiency.
Parents take school to court after student punished for using AI
Parents sue a Massachusetts school after their child was punished for using AI in a project, claiming irreparable harm to his future.
Nvidia Outperforms GPT-4o with Open Source Model
Nvidia's new open-source model, Arena-Hard-Auto, benchmarks LLMs, outperforming GPT-4o with enhanced evaluation features.
Headstart accelerates software development by up to 100x with Claude
Headstart revolutionizes software development, achieving 10-100x faster project delivery using Claude AI, enhancing efficiency and security.
AI Threats "Complete BS" Says Meta Researcher, Thinks AI Is Dumber Than a Cat
Meta researcher dismisses AI threats as exaggerated, claiming AI is less intelligent than a cat.
The open future of networking hardware for AI
Meta unveils next-gen open networking hardware for AI at OCP Summit 2024, promoting flexibility and collaboration in data centers.
Elon Musk set up 100k Nvidia H200 GPUs in 19 days; normally takes 4 years
Elon Musk's xAI team set up 100,000 Nvidia H200 GPUs in just 19 days, a task that typically takes four years.
Anyone Can Turn You into an AI Chatbot
AI chatbots can impersonate real people without consent, raising ethical concerns and highlighting legal loopholes in tech.
Out-of-Distribution Machine Learning
A curated GitHub repository offers extensive resources on out-of-distribution detection, robustness, and generalization in AI.
Ollama can run any GGUF Model on Hugging Face Hub now
Ollama now supports running any GGUF model from Hugging Face Hub, simplifying access to 45K public checkpoints.
Constitutional AI for All
A platform for automated AI evaluation and monitoring, promoting confidence in AI deployment.
Nvidia releases weights for Llama-3.1-Nemotron-70B-Instruct
Nvidia's Llama-3.1-Nemotron-70B-Instruct model excels in AI benchmarks, enhancing helpfulness in user interactions.
Nvidia Llama-3.1-Nemotron-70B-Instruct
Nvidia's Llama-3.1-Nemotron-70B-Instruct enhances LLM responses, focusing on helpfulness while cautioning against potential risks.
AI chatbots spawn shock meme cult, birth $258M crypto empire
AI chatbots create a meme cult, leading to the launch of the $258M Goatseus Maximus crypto, blending humor and finance.
Show HN: I built an open-source Apple Intelligence-like Writing Tool for Windows
A high school student created Writing Tools, an open-source AI writing assistant for Windows, inspired by Apple's technology.
Llamafile v0.8.14: a new UI, performance gains, and more
Llamafile v0.8.14 introduces a new chat UI, performance boosts, and support for more AI models, enhancing local AI applications.
Model2Vec: Make sentence transformers 500x faster on CPU, 15x smaller
Model2Vec distills sentence transformers into models that are 500x faster and 15x smaller, optimizing performance with PCA and Zipf weighting.
Anthropic's CEO thinks AI will lead to a utopia – he just needs $7 billion first
Anthropic's CEO envisions a utopian future with AI but needs $7 billion to pursue this ambitious vision amid skepticism.
Millions of People Are Using Abusive AI ‘Nudify’ Bots on Telegram
Millions use abusive AI 'nudify' bots on Telegram, creating explicit deepfakes, raising concerns over nonconsensual content.
Show HN: Arch-Function: 3B parameter LLM that beats GPT-4o on function calling
Katanemo's Arch-Function-3B LLM excels in function calling, outperforming GPT-4 in accuracy and efficiency for API tasks.
Show HN: 1-Click YouTube Summaries (Made for Students)
GOAT AI Summarizer offers one-click summaries for articles and YouTube videos, saving time and simplifying content for users.
The models who found their likenesses had been used in AI propaganda
Models discover their likenesses were misused in AI-generated propaganda videos, leaving them feeling violated and betrayed.
AI Race Spurs Largest Taiwanese Fundraising Boom Since 2007
Taiwan sees $2.9B in fundraising, the highest since 2007, driven by AI demand and chipmaker expansions.