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🔥 Show HN: Stretch My Time Off – An Algorithm to Optimize Your Vacation Days
An algorithm helps Brazilians maximize vacation days from 10 to 26 by strategically using public holidays in 2024.
🔥 A neurology ICU nurse on AI in hospitals
A neurology ICU nurse expresses concern that AI in hospitals undermines nursing intuition and patient care, prioritizing efficiency over safety.
🔥 AI Hype Is Cooling – New survey
AI adoption among desk workers is stalling despite executive enthusiasm, with concerns over workload and lack of training hindering progress.
🔥 Large language models in national security applications
Large language models can enhance national security by improving decision-making and operational efficiency, but pose significant risks.
Gmail AI Agent: Automate Your Inbox with AI-Powered Telegram Commands
An AI Telegram agent automates Gmail management, offering smart summaries and actions to achieve inbox zero efficiently.
The Lost Reading Items of Ilya Sutskever's AI Reading List
An analysis reconstructs Ilya Sutskever's incomplete 2020 AI reading list, identifying lost meta-learning and reinforcement learning papers.
Show HN: Visual inference exploration and experimentation playground
Inferit is a visual tool for exploring and comparing LLM inference, enabling side-by-side model and prompt experimentation.
The Future of Programming: Copilots vs. Agents (Part I)
The article explores the competitive landscape of AI coding tools, focusing on copilots like GitHub Copilot, Codeium, and Cursor.
Show HN: PlayNote – NotebookLM but with custom voices and API
PlayNote transforms files into engaging audio using advanced AI voice synthesis, supporting various formats for seamless integration.
Show HN: PersuAIsion – Realtime voice agents to practice important conversations
PersuAIsion offers AI-driven voice agents for practicing persuasion in real-time, enhancing communication skills through lifelike scenarios.
Show HN: ClaudeFilePrep – I was tired of dragging files into Claude –> automated
ClaudeFilePrep automates file collection for AI projects, simplifying uploads to Claude by organizing files from nested directories.
What if AI doesn't just keep getting better forever?
Concerns grow that AI may be hitting a performance plateau, with future models showing diminishing returns in capabilities.
Diagrams AI Can, and Cannot, Generate
AI can generate basic and whiteboard diagrams, but struggles with detailed system diagrams from source code due to complexity.
AI Can Save Humanity or End It
AI holds the potential to revolutionize humanity or lead to its extinction, necessitating careful management and ethical alignment.
Apple's Next Device Is an AI Wall Tablet for Home Control, Siri and Video Calls
Apple is set to launch a wall-mounted AI tablet for home control, featuring Siri and video call capabilities.
Robot that watched surgery videos performs with skill of human doctor: report
A robot trained on surgery videos demonstrates skills comparable to a human doctor, showcasing AI's potential in medicine.
Abandoned by GitHub Copilot
GitHub Copilot faces issues as users encounter JavaScript errors on x.com, affecting accessibility and functionality.
Waymo Opens Up Driverless Rides to Everyone in Los Angeles
Waymo eliminates waitlist for driverless rides in LA, allowing anyone to use its service across 80 square miles 24/7.
The future of software is AI, the future of AI is software
The future of AI and software intertwines, aiming for advanced AI to enhance human life through improved software development.
Show HN: QA.tech – End-to-End Testing in Natural Language
QA.tech offers AI-driven end-to-end testing for web apps, reducing testing time from weeks to minutes while identifying 95% of bugs.
The Super Weight in Large Language Models
A study reveals that a tiny fraction of parameters, termed "super weights," are crucial for LLM performance, impacting text generation.
Amazon steps up effort to build AI chips that can rival Nvidia
Amazon intensifies efforts to develop AI chips to compete with Nvidia, aiming to reduce costs and enhance cloud efficiency.
Show HN: Chat-tree: a chat UI organized as a tree
Chat-tree offers a tree-structured chat UI for managing multiple follow-up questions without cluttering the conversation.
Last-Minute Help for YC Applicants: Our AI Application Advisor
Andi launches an AI tool to help Y Combinator applicants refine their submissions with instant feedback and suggestions.
Show HN: Assindo – AI Assistant That Handle Your Phone Calls
Assindo is an AI assistant that manages phone calls, screens messages, and automates tasks, freeing users to focus on priorities.
$250 open source robot with most advanced AI models inside
A $250 open-source robot using advanced AI models offers a solution for clean chip eating, with training available for $3.
New Marqo Ecommerce Models Outperform Amazon by Up to 88%
Marqo's new ecommerce models outperform Amazon's by up to 88%, enhancing product search and recommendations with multimodal AI.
Red Hat Announces Definitive Agreement to Acquire Neural Magic
Red Hat has agreed to acquire Neural Magic to enhance AI performance and accessibility across hybrid cloud environments.
Welcome to LLMflation – LLM inference cost is going down fast ⬇
LLM inference costs are plummeting, dropping 10x annually, fueling new AI applications and innovations.
Show HN: Web App that looks at your resume and matches you to jobs
Rocket Jobs matches users to personalized job opportunities based on their resumes.
Show HN: Foundation models for time series forecasting
Sulie offers foundation models for accurate time series forecasting, enabling easy integration and fine-tuning for customized predictions.
Amazon ready to use its own AI chips, reduce its dependence on Nvidia
Amazon plans to launch its own AI chips to reduce reliance on Nvidia, aiming for cost efficiency and enhanced performance in AWS.
Streaming Rack with Falcon
Rack 3 enhances web app interactivity with streaming input/output, enabling real-time data handling and improved performance.