# May 20, 2024

## Llama3 implemented from scratch
- **Llama3 model implemented from scratch**, focusing on tensor and matrix multiplication, with weights loaded directly from Meta's provided model file for llama3, available at [llama.meta.com/llama-downloads/](https://llama.meta.com/llama-downloads/).

## Coding My Handwriting
- **Amy Goodchild developed a cursive handwriting script in JavaScript**, initially believing the task too complex but later achieving it by refining the process used for a block script.

## Riven
- **Riven, the sequel to Myst, was developed by Cyan, Inc.**, leveraging the unexpected success of Myst to fund and ambitiously expand their next project without publisher constraints.

## How did OpenAI go from doing exciting research to a big-tech-like company?
- **OpenAI's transition** from groundbreaking projects like the **[DOTA2 Open Five](https://cdn.openai.com/dota-2.pdf)**, which involved **complex engineering feats** and **research innovations**, to focusing on **predicting the next token** in sequences with **GPT-4** marks a significant shift in their research direction.

## Reflections on our Responsible Scaling Policy
- **Anthropic's Responsible Scaling Policy (RSP)** aims to transform high-level safety concepts into actionable guidelines, focusing on preventing catastrophic failures and misuse of AI models, with an **updated version forthcoming**.

## Uber Migrates 1T Records from DynamoDB to LedgerStore to Save $6M Annually
- **Uber migrated 1 trillion records** from DynamoDB to **LedgerStore, saving $6 million annually**, by focusing on long-term storage solutions and cost efficiency.

## Introducing Copilot+ PCs
- Microsoft introduces **Copilot+ PCs**, a new category of **Windows PCs optimized for AI**, featuring **40+ TOPS** processing power, all-day battery life, and advanced AI models for unique capabilities like Recall, Cocreator, and Live Captions.

## Katy – 68000 Linux on a Solderless Breadboard (2014)
- **Steve Chamberlin built a Linux-running computer, 68 Katy, on a solderless breadboard using a Motorola 68008 CPU**, marking a significant achievement in DIY computing by running a full-fledged multitasking OS on such minimal hardware.

## Is artificial consciousness achievable? Lessons from the human brain
- **Artificial consciousness** may be achievable by emulating **key structural and functional features** of the human brain, yet current AI research faces **intrinsic and extrinsic limitations** in replicating human-like consciousness.

## AI doppelgänger experiment – Part 1: The training
- The **AI doppelgänger experiment** explores the process of training an AI to replicate an illustrator's style, revealing the complex interplay between human and machine perception of artistic style.

## Unprojecting text with ellipses (2016)
- The project utilizes **transformed ellipses** to estimate and correct **perspective distortions** in photographs of text, aiming for uniform letter sizes across the image.

## Show HN: ffmpeg-english "capture from /dev/video0 every 1 second to jpg files"
- The **`ffmpeg-english` script** utilizes **OpenAI's API** to translate plain English commands into **FFmpeg syntax**, simplifying the process of video and audio manipulation.

## British engineering giant Arup revealed as $25M deepfake scam victim
- **Arup**, a British multinational design and engineering firm, **lost $25 million** in a **deepfake scam** where fraudsters used fake voices and images to impersonate colleagues during a video call with a Hong Kong employee.

## 26× Faster Inference with Layer-Condensed KV Cache for Large Language Models
- The **Layer-Condensed KV Cache** method **significantly reduces memory consumption** by caching key-values (KVs) for only a select number of layers in large language models, enhancing inference throughput.

## Microsoft announces Copilot Plus PCs with built-in AI hardware
- **Microsoft introduces "Copilot Plus PCs"** with built-in AI hardware, marking a new era for Windows laptops, initially powered by Qualcomm processors.