Highlights
Using avatars in psychosis therapy can help those who hear voices, study finds
Therapy involves patients talking with animated digital representations of voices they hear ‘You tried to tell yourself I wasn’t real’: what happens when people with acute psychosis meet the voices in their heads? Digital characters – avatars – could help people with psychosis hear voices less often and reduce the distress caused, research suggests.
theguardian.com
A faster, better way to train general-purpose robots
Inspired by large language models, researchers develop a training technique that pools diverse data to teach robots new skills.
mit.edu
OpenAI says it won’t release a model called Orion this year
OpenAI says that it doesn’t intend to release an AI model code-named Orion this year, countering recent reporting on the company’s product roadmap. “We don’t have plans to release a model code-named Orion this year,” a spokesperson told TechCrunch via email. “We do plan to release a lot of other great technology.” The Verge reported […]
techcrunch.com
Video
Episode 307 - Revolutionize developer productivity with Jim Bennett
Join us in this episode where we talk with Jim Bennett about Revolutionize developer productivity.
youtube.com
OpenAI’s New AI Model: 50x Faster!
My paper on simulations that look almost like reality is available for free
youtube.com
Articles
Intern Insights: Vaishnavi Ranganathan with Angela Busheska
Undergrad Angela Busheska has a passion for sustainability. She talks with researcher Vaishnavi Ranganathan about the why behind her drive, the work she did at Microsoft on a platform for tracking land use, and her advice for making the internship experience count.
microsoft.com
Reconstructing Translucent Thin Objects from Photos
The joint reconstruction of shape and appearance for translucent objects from real-world data poses a challenge in computer graphics, especially when dealing with complex layered materials like leaves or paper.
nvidia.com
Getting started with PyTorch, ExecuTorch, and Ethos-U85 in three easy steps
ExecuTorch support for Ethos-U85
pytorch.org
Simplifying, stabilizing, and scaling continuous-time consistency models
We’ve simplified, stabilized, and scaled continuous-time consistency models, achieving comparable sample quality to leading diffusion models, while using only two sampling steps.
openai.com
From ChatGPT to Dishwashing Robots: My Love-Hate Relationship with the AI Revolution
Back in 2022 (feels like a century ago, doesn’t it? Remember the pandemic?), the name Sam Altman wasn’t on anyone’s radar. Elon Musk was…
medium.com
AutoGPT — New Breakthrough in Generative AI
The world of AI has been making incredible strides, and now we have Auto-GPT, a revolutionary application that’s bound to change the way…
medium.com
Upcoming events
Announcing the NeurIPS 2024 Affinity Events
By Ioana Bica, Nezihe Merve Gürel We are excited to announce this year’s affinity events co-located with NeurIPS. What are affinity groups? At NeurIPS, affinity groups play a crucial role in promoting and supporting the ideas and voices of various communities that are defined by some axis of joint identity and raise awareness of issues […]
neurips.cc
Code
python-imgcat
I was investigating options for displaying images in a terminal window (for multi-modal logging output of LLM) and I found this neat Python library for displaying images using iTerm 2.
simonwillison.net
Understanding Epochs in Machine Learning and Deep Learning
In the world of machine learning and deep learning, the term “epoch” is fundamental yet often misunderstood. It is a critical concept that…
medium.com
Supercharge Your AI Chatbot with Interactive Visualizations Using Chart.js
Image generated by Microsoft Designer Learn how you can use AI to add interactive charts to your chat experiences.
microsoft.com
GitHub - HKUDS/LightRAG
"LightRAG: Simple and Fast Retrieval-Augmented Generation" - HKUDS/LightRAG
github.com