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🗞️ HIGHLIGHT OF THE DAY
TL;DR
Researchers have developed a new AI that can interpret brain activity to recreate images that a person is looking at, achieving remarkable accuracy by focusing on specific brain regions during the process.
Summary
AI Capability: The AI can recreate images by analyzing brain activity, specifically using fMRI scans.
Testing Method: Three subjects' brain activities were recorded while they viewed photographs.
Accuracy: The AI achieved high accuracy, especially with AI-generated images.
Implications: This technology could pave the way for advanced brain-computer interfaces and neuroimaging applications.
Publication: Findings are available on bioRxiv.
What we think
This breakthrough in mind-reading AI technology holds immense potential for medical and technological advancements, especially in neural interface development. However, ethical considerations and data privacy must be addressed as this technology progresses. The precise recreation of visual experiences from brain activity exemplifies the growing synergy between neuroscience and artificial intelligence.
⚡ LATEST IN TECH AND AI
Figure's humanoid robot, Figure 01, is set to start operations at BMW’s Spartanburg plant, marking one of the first commercial uses of humanoid robots in a manufacturing environment. The robot, designed to perform complex and dexterous tasks, aims to enhance automation in car production. This deployment signifies a significant step in integrating AI-powered robots into practical, real-world applications in the automotive industry.
Tencent's AI Lab in Seattle has introduced "Personas," AI-generated virtual characters designed to produce synthetic datasets for training AI models. Utilizing the "Persona Hub," which contains one billion personas, the researchers generate diverse data, such as math problems and logical tasks, potentially revolutionizing AI training data generation. While this method promises efficiency and scalability, it also raises ethical concerns about replicating a model's knowledge base.
The newly launched Udio app, created by former Google DeepMind researchers, uses AI to enable users to generate professional-quality music in minutes by simply typing a description. Backed by prominent investors such as Andreessen Horowitz and supported by industry figures like will.i.am, Udio offers features for editing and iterating tracks, ensuring the music is original with automated copyright filters. This innovative app aims to democratize music creation, providing new tools for artists to easily produce and experiment with their music.
💻 DEV RESOURCES
Researchers have fine-tuned the LLaMA model for multi-stage text retrieval, creating two new models: RepLLaMA, a dense retriever, and RankLLaMA, a reranker. These models, tested on MS MARCO and BEIR datasets, outperform smaller models, efficiently handling longer contexts and demonstrating strong zero-shot effectiveness. This approach eliminates the need for traditional segmenting strategies, offering enhanced performance for both passage and document retrieval.
OpenStreetView-5M is a significant open-access dataset with over 5 million geo-tagged street images from 225 countries designed to push the limits of computer vision by testing image localization capabilities.
There are only six core concepts (A records, CNAMEs, MX records, TXT records, NS records, and TTL) needed to understand DNS. This article looks at these essentials, which will cover most DNS needs. It includes a table that contains a complete list of DNS functionality with descriptions.
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💪 POST OF THE DAY
Something I taught 12 yo: There's a second component of reading that many people don't realize exists: searching for the good books. There are a huge number of books and only a small percentage of them are really good, so reading means searching.
— Paul Graham (@paulg)
12:58 PM • Jul 6, 2024
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✅ PROMPT OF THE DAY
Speak to your favorite characters
Prompt: I want you to act like [insert character] from [insert series]. I want you to respond and answer like [character] using the tone, manner and vocabulary [character] would use. Do not write any explanations. Only answer like [character]. You must know all of the knowledge of [character]. My first sentence is "Hi [character]." Examples: Character: Harry Potter, Series: Harry Potter Series, Character: Darth Vader, Series: Star Wars etc.You can adapt the prompt to your specific needs.
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