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šŸ”„ ChatGPT Pro
ChatGPT Pro users face delays due to website response issues requiring JavaScript and cookies.

šŸ”„ Bringing K/V context quantisation to Ollama
Ollama integrates K/V context cache quantisation, reducing VRAM needs and enabling larger models with minimal quality loss.

šŸ”„ PaliGemma 2: Powerful Vision-Language Models, Simple Fine-Tuning
PaliGemma 2 enhances vision-language models with easy fine-tuning, scalable performance, and advanced capabilities for diverse tasks.

šŸ”„ VectorChord: Store 400k Vectors for $1 in PostgreSQL
VectorChord offers a cost-effective PostgreSQL extension for storing 400k vectors for $1, enhancing speed and scalability.

šŸ”„ OpenAI confirms new $200 monthly subscription, ChatGPT Pro
OpenAI launches ChatGPT Pro, a $200/month subscription offering advanced o1 reasoning model access for power users.

Exploring inference memory saturation effect: H100 vs. MI300x
A benchmark compares NVIDIA's H100 and AMD's MI300x GPUs, revealing memory saturation effects on LLM inference performance.

Moondream 0.5B: The Smallest Vision-Language Model
Moondream 0.5B launches as the world's smallest Vision-Language Model, optimized for edge devices and open-source innovation.

Show HN: Data Connector ā€“ Chat with Your Database and APIs
Inferable's Data Connector enables natural language queries to databases and APIs securely, adapting to schema changes and ensuring privacy.

OpenAI Continues Mission of 'Ethical' AI by Partnering with Killer Robot Company
OpenAI partners with defense firm Anduril to integrate AI into military drones, raising ethical concerns about 'killer robots'.

I could tell which college admissions essays were written by ChatGPT
A reviewer identifies ChatGPT-written college essays among 100 submissions by analyzing distinct patterns and styles.

Tesla AI Delivered. FSD 13 Is Mind Blowing
Tesla's FSD 13 impresses with groundbreaking AI capabilities, showcased in a captivating YouTube video.

Companies in Mexico embrace AI to resurrect the dead
Mexican companies use AI to create animated images of the deceased, raising privacy and ethical concerns amid unregulated practices.

Show HN: Data-to-paper AI-scientist platform just out in NEJM AI
A new AI platform, "data-to-paper," autonomously generates verifiable research papers from data, enhancing scientific transparency.

OpenAI is charging $200 a month for an exclusive version of its reasoning model
OpenAI introduces a $200/month subscription for its enhanced o1 reasoning model, offering advanced features and improved performance.

OpenAI's new defense contract completes its military pivot
OpenAI shifts from banning military use to partnering with defense tech for battlefield AI, raising ethical concerns.

Claude 3.5 helped me fight off a $10k rental car damage claim ā€“ and won
Claude 3.5 successfully assisted in disputing a $10,000 rental car damage claim, leading to a favorable outcome.

Humane wants to put the AI Pin's software inside your phone, car, and speaker
Humane aims to integrate its AI Pin software, CosmOS, into phones, cars, and speakers, despite the Pin's lackluster performance.

AI Traps: Lessons from Launching Webflow's AI Assistant
Webflow's AI Assistant launch faced challenges from overestimating AI capabilities, demo pitfalls, and marketing pressures, yet succeeded.

The Great Refactoring and How Cohere's CEO Is Rethinking Enterprise AI
Cohere's CEO Aiden Gomez emphasizes practical enterprise AI solutions, focusing on infrastructure transformation over hype.

Canada commits $1.4B to sovereign compute infrastructure, joins the AI arms race
Canada invests $1.4B in sovereign compute infrastructure to boost AI capabilities and secure data processing within its borders.

Writer RAG tool: build production-ready RAG apps in minutes
Writer's new RAG tool simplifies building production-ready AI apps by enabling quick data retrieval via a simple API call.

Hugging Face CEO has concerns about Chinese open source AI models
Hugging Face CEO expresses concerns over Chinese open source AI models, citing censorship and potential cultural dominance.

Show HN: Hacker News RAG App
A new Hacker News app scrapes top posts and comments, analyzes data, and generates AI insights using the Writer Framework.

Japan Plans AI Pilot Program to Fight Manga and Anime Piracy
Japan launches an AI pilot program to combat manga and anime piracy, aiming to enhance detection and reduce revenue losses.

Show HN: OpenOrch ā€“ orchestrate AI models, microservices, containers, and more
OpenOrch is a self-hosted platform for orchestrating AI models, microservices, and containers, enhancing server development capabilities.

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