Formation of @xAI → July '23
Preview of their first AI → November '23 ~4 months from tweet to a (presumably) cutting edge AI with revenue and distribution figured out. Really makes you think about what can be done in a year.
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xAI’s Rapid Development Timeline: From Formation to Market
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Chemical Age 2: Non-toxic Innovation Era Begins
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it's time for a Chemical Age 2 (non toxic version)
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YouTube’s Market Power: Ad-Blocking Users Accept Uninstallation
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Agreed, it's very well run. My point was that it's such an integral product that the Adblock audience (a very fervent audience) is willing to uninstall to keep using it. I think YouTube is great, not a lot of products could pull that off.
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YouTube Creator Program and Premium Subscription Value
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I've heard good things about their creator program – YouTube seems to be doing a bunch of things right. I happily pay for Premium.
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YouTube’s Unmatched Market Defensibility and User Lock-in
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YouTube’s defensibility as a business is wild. People would rather uninstall software that makes their computer more convenient than stop using YouTube.
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Hyper’s AI Pipeline Now 2X Faster with On-Device Models
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Hyper’s AI pipeline is 2X faster!
— Aaron Ng (@localghost) 31 octobre 2023
We’ve been working on a number of optimizations, architectural improvements, and on-device ML models that allow us to get responses down to 1-2s! This pipeline includes memories, voice, animation, and more.
Try it out in Hyper 1.1.3, out now. pic.twitter.com/grJLFky6HJHyper’s AI pipeline is 2X faster! We’ve been working on a number of optimizations, architectural improvements, and on-device ML models that allow us to get responses down to 1-2s! This pipeline includes memories, voice, animation, and more. Try it out in Hyper 1.1.3, out now.
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Manufacturing Techniques for Device Color Display Technology
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it’s the process, not the color. the way colors are achieved on devices take pretty specific manufacturing techniques
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Apple Patents Matte Black Finishing Technique for Devices
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Apple was granted a patent last month on a matte black finishing technique. I guess we're seeing it first hand here. Looks great.
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Apple’s Black MacBook Pro: Rare Color Returns After 20 Years
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Black MacBook Pro is gonna sell so well. Pretty rare color, too. Last black MacBook was the 2006 model.
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Instagram’s Ad Targeting Algorithm Effectiveness Analysis
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News feed is definitely not what it used to be, but their ad targeting is very good especially on places like IG. You could insert any other highly effective feed algo as an example (TikTok, etc).