Coding With Devin: My New AI Programming Agent

Coding With Devin: My New AI Programming Agent

Sponsored By: Reflect This essay is brought to you by Reflect, an ultra-fast notes app with an AI assistant built in directly. Simplify your note-taking with Reflect's advanced features, like custom prompts, voice transcription, and the ability to chat with your notes effortlessly. Elevate your productivity and organization with Reflect. Was this newsletter forwarded to you? Sign up to get it in your inbox.We onboarded four new engineers at Every this week. The onboarding process was what you'd expect. I gave them access to our GitHub account so they could download our main code repos. I was peppered with the usual…
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AI vs. Humanity: Who Will Come Out on Top?

AI vs. Humanity: Who Will Come Out on Top?

The below is a summary of my recent article on superintelligence. Elon Musk predicts that Artificial Superintelligence (ASI) will emerge by 2025, much earlier than his previous estimates. While Musk's track record with predictions is mixed, this one sparks serious contemplation about the future. The moment AI surpasses human cognitive abilities, known as the singularity, will usher in a new era with both unprecedented possibilities and profound perils. As we edge closer to this event horizon, it's essential to ask if we are prepared to navigate the uncertainties and harness the potential of AI responsibly. The journey towards ASI has…
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Generating 3D Molecular Conformers via Equivariant Coarse-Graining and Aggregated Attention

Generating 3D Molecular Conformers via Equivariant Coarse-Graining and Aggregated Attention

Figure 1: CoarsenConf architecture. Molecular conformer generation is a fundamental task in computational chemistry. The objective is to predict stable low-energy 3D molecular structures, known as conformers, given the 2D molecule. Accurate molecular conformations are crucial for various applications that depend on precise spatial and geometric qualities, including drug discovery and protein docking. We introduce CoarsenConf, an SE(3)-equivariant hierarchical variational autoencoder (VAE) that pools information from fine-grain atomic coordinates to a coarse-grain subgraph level representation for efficient autoregressive conformer generation. (more…)
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Are open foundation models more risky than closed ones?

Are open foundation models more risky than closed ones?

Some of the most pressing questions in artificial intelligence concern the future of open foundation models (FMs). Do these models pose risks so large that we must attempt to stop their proliferation? Or are the risks overstated and the benefits under emphasized? Earlier this week, in collaboration with Stanford HAI, CRFM, and RegLab, we released a policy brief addressing these questions. The brief is based on lessons from a workshop we organized this September and our work since. It outlines the current evidence on the risk of open FMs and some recommendations for policymakers on how to reason about the risks…
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Crypto Astrologers See Price Moves in the Stars

Crypto Astrologers See Price Moves in the Stars

“Astrology is the measure of time,” says San Francisco-based financial forecaster Marsilio Musing via a Zoom call with the camera off. To him, the art of interpreting planetary movements is similar to making predictions based on the movement of stock and asset performance over a specific period.“I've been at this for a long time, and I have a particular technical analysis system that I've been developing for many years,” Marsilio says. “One of my little taglines is ‘technicals and timing for the win.’”Marsilio says he uses a pseudonym inspired by Italian Renaissance astrologist Marsilio Ficino because financial astrology is the…
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Delta Sharing: Secure End-to-End Data Sharing Solution

Delta Sharing: Secure End-to-End Data Sharing Solution

In today's digital landscape, secure data sharing is critical to operational efficiency and innovation. Databricks and the Linux Foundation developed Delta Sharing as the first open source approach to data sharing across data, analytics and AI.  Databricks provides secure data exchange, facilitating seamless sharing across platforms, clouds and regions. Enterprises of all sizes trust Delta Sharing, which supports a broad spectrum of applications and diverse data formats. This flexibility makes it a reliable tool for organizations seeking to harness the full potential of their data assets.In this blog, we will review Delta Sharing's security architecture through three different sharing scenarios—…
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Meta and Activision face lawsuit by families of Uvalde school shooting victims

Meta and Activision face lawsuit by families of Uvalde school shooting victims

The families of the shooting victims at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas have sued Call of Duty publisher Activision and Meta. They alleged that the companies "knowingly exposed the shooter to the weapon [he used], conditioned him to see it as the solution to his problems, and trained him to use it." The plaintiffs also accused the companies of "chewing up alienated teenage boys and spitting out mass shooters."In the lawsuit, the plaintiffs explained that the Uvalde shooter played Call of Duty, which featured an assault-style rifle made by gunmaker Daniel Defense. They also mentioned that he frequently visited…
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RAG architecture with Voyage AI embedding models on Amazon SageMaker JumpStart and Anthropic Claude 3 models | Amazon Web Services

RAG architecture with Voyage AI embedding models on Amazon SageMaker JumpStart and Anthropic Claude 3 models | Amazon Web Services

This post is a guest post co-written with Tengyu Ma and Wen Phan from Voyage AI. Organizations today have access to vast amounts of data, much of it proprietary, which holds the potential to unlock valuable insights when used effectively in generative artificial intelligence (AI) applications. Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) is a powerful technique designed to tap into this reservoir of information. By dynamically pulling relevant data from these extensive databases during the response generation process, RAG enables AI models to produce more accurate, relevant, and contextually rich outputs. Embedding models are crucial components in the RAG architecture, serving as…
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Anthropic introduces Team subscription tier for Claude 3, iOS app – SiliconANGLE

Anthropic introduces Team subscription tier for Claude 3, iOS app – SiliconANGLE

Anthropic PBC today debuted a new subscription offering, Claude Team, that will enable companies to use its Claude 3 large language model series more easily. The service is rolling out alongside the company’s first mobile app. The app, which is available at no charge on iOS, works with both the free and paid tiers of Claude 3. Introduced in early March, the Claude 3 model series comprises three LLMs with varying capabilities. The most advanced is called Opus and can answer complex questions twice as accurately as Anthropic’s previous flagship LLM. Moreover, the company claims that Opus managed to slightly outperform…
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AI Seoul Summit: 4 Key Takeaways on AI Safety Standards and Regulations

AI Seoul Summit: 4 Key Takeaways on AI Safety Standards and Regulations

The AI Seoul Summit, co-hosted by the Republic of Korea and the U.K., saw international bodies come together to discuss the global advancement of artificial intelligence. Participants included representatives from the governments of 20 countries, the European Commission and the United Nations as well as notable academic institutes and civil groups. It was also attended by a number of AI giants, like OpenAI, Amazon, Microsoft, Meta and Google DeepMind. The conference, which took place on May 21 and 22, followed on from the AI Safety Summit, held in Bletchley Park, Buckinghamshire, U.K. last November. One of the key aims was…
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