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Today's top stories

šŸ”„ The deep learning boom caught almost everyone by surprise
The deep learning boom surprised many, driven by visionaries like Fei-Fei Li, who created the pivotal ImageNet dataset.

šŸ”„ Show HN: Aide, an open-source AI native IDE
Aide is an open-source AI-native IDE that enhances coding with proactive fixes and deep reasoning for efficient edits.

šŸ”„ Ollama 0.4 is released with support for Meta's Llama 3.2 Vision models locally
Ollama 0.4 now supports Meta's Llama 3.2 Vision models locally, enabling advanced image processing capabilities.

šŸ”„ ChatGPT now on chat.com
ChatGPT is now available on chat.com, enhancing user interaction and accessibility.

Please take our programming assessment with an LLM
Clipboard Health encourages software engineer candidates to use LLMs in their programming assessments, embracing modern tools.

AI in Criminal Justice Is the Trend Attorneys Need to Know About
AI's integration in criminal justice raises concerns over privacy, due process, and civil liberties, warns the EFF.

Be Polite to ChatGPT and Other AIs
Politeness towards AI enhances its performance and fosters better emotional intelligence and workplace culture.

First-class Prompt Engineering with LLM-lang (This is a bad idea.) [video]
William Bowman critiques first-class prompt engineering with LLM-lang in a YouTube video, calling it a bad idea.

4-Way Waymo Standoff Is Autonomous Vehicle Comedy Gold
A four-way standoff of Waymo self-driving cars in San Francisco highlights the comedic challenges of autonomous vehicle navigation.

Show HN: Highjacking a Halloween toy to ID kids costumes with Gemini and 11labs
A Halloween toy is repurposed using Gemini and 11labs to identify kids' costumes.

Autonomous mobile robots for exploratory synthetic chemistry
Autonomous mobile robots enhance exploratory synthetic chemistry by integrating diverse analytical techniques for efficient decision-making.

Anthropic's Haiku 3.5 surprises experts with an "intelligence" price increase
Anthropic's Claude 3.5 Haiku launches with a surprising price increase, sparking debate over its value and competitiveness.

Generating documentation from tests using files-to-prompt and LLM
Using tests from wasmtime-py, documentation was generated via files-to-prompt and LLM, yielding solid initial drafts for users.

Just Have AI Build an App for That
AI agents like Replit can quickly create reliable apps for simple tasks, offering a trustworthy alternative to sketchy websites.

HtmlRAG: HTML Is Better Than Plain Text for RAG Systems
HtmlRAG proposes using HTML over plain text in RAG systems to retain structural information, enhancing knowledge retrieval.

How to install and use Open WebUI
Learn to install and use Open WebUI, a user-friendly, self-hosted interface for Ollama and large language models.

Show HN: LLM Function Calling Library to Interact with File, Shell, Git and Code
SWE Kit is an open-source headless IDE for building AI coding agents, enhancing development efficiency and code quality.

Demystifying Kolmogorov-Arnold Networks
Kolmogorov-Arnold Networks (KANs) offer a novel approach to neural networks, emphasizing learnable activation functions and symbolic outputs.

Show HN: QABuddy ā€“ Test your mobile app flows with natural language and AI
QABuddy is an AI tool that automates mobile app testing using natural language, enhancing accuracy and efficiency across platforms.

Show HN: I made an AI tool to turn long videos into short viral clips
Cyclips is an AI tool that transforms long videos into shareable, viral clips quickly and easily, saving creators time.

Tool design is all you need for building SOTA coding agents
Effective tool design and specialized agents enhance AI coding performance, as demonstrated by Composio's SWE-Kit and SWE-bench results.

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