Week 32 - 2023

OpenAI has introduced several new upgrades to ChatGPT, including suggested replies, keyboard shortcuts, and longer login durations. The update is being rolled out in phases and is expected to be available to everyone by next week. To know about all the new features, you can check the link below.

It is rumored that iPhone 15 Pro Max may have an Action button instead of a Mute switch, as suggested by leaked case images. Photos show three button bumps, with the top one being smaller, indicating the presence of the new button. For more details, check the link below.

Nvidia's consumer GPU sales have been struggling, but the company's market value soared due to its GPUs' suitability for AI tasks. This has led to increased demand and profits in the AI market. Nvidia may shift away from consumer GPUs and focus more on AI hardware, as it gains a monopoly on AI chips. To learn more about the future moves of the company, check the link below.

Researchers reanimated a nematode from Siberian permafrost after it lay dormant for 46,000 years. The nematode shares survival-related genes with C. elegans and has the potential for long-term dormant survival in extreme conditions. The study shows that exposure to mild desiccation before freezing enhances survival. To learn more about the nematodes' adaptation to permafrost check the link below.

MrBeast broke the YouTube non-music video record for most views in 24 hours, with his video reaching 46 million views. His channel consistently surpasses 100 million views on new videos, and his popular Squid Game recreation has around 475 million views. To know his name, and learn more about this video, check the link below.

Stability AI has released StableCode, a new open source large language model (LLM) that generates programming code. It offers three levels of models and supports Python, Go, Java, JavaScript, and more. To learn about the model, and the conserned programming languages, you can check the link below.

Researchers at the University of Massachusetts accidentally discovered a way to generate electricity from humid air using tiny tubes. The small device, the size of a thumbnail, could produce a microwatt of power, potentially leading to air-generated energy. To learn more about the future of this discovery, you can check the link below.

Scientists studying mud crack patterns on early Martian surface, observed by NASA's Curiosity Rover, suggest Mars might have had wet and dry seasons, making it potentially habitable in the past. Tor learn more about the discovered cracks, just check the link below.

If you can't fully appreciate art in a crowded museum, you can opt for the Frame TV by Samsung. With a subscription, you can enjoy various artworks, on your smart TV, by switching its mode from "TV" to "Art Display". For example, you can enjoy Van Gogh's The Starry Night in 4K resolution at home. To learn more, you can check the link below.

AI ChatBots are rising fast, but they struggle with visual understanding. To address this, the All-Seeing (AS) project aims to create a vision system that mimics human cognition. It includes the All-Seeing 1B (AS-1B) dataset with 3.5 million concepts and the All-Seeing model (ASM), which consists of a location-aware image tokenizer and an LLM-based decoder. To learn about the ASM performances so far, you can check the link below.

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