Here’s your monthly dose of treats, goodies, ideas, pieces of research, principles, models, and other random stuff curated by Robert
Follow the white rabbit 🐇
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How ERNIE, China's ChatGPT, cracks under pressure
Every software project is a startup that will probably fail
Arduino raises $22M series B round
Astronomers discover new massive quiescent galaxy
Active North Korean campaign targeting security researchers
How I used Python and Folium to visualize my outdoor activities
Onlyfans users spent $5.55bn in 2022 (up 16%): creators got $4.5bn of that (80%). 3.2m creators, 240m users.
Perseverance Rover watches Ingenuity Mars Helicopter's 54th Flight
With the new school year coming up, OpenAI published a guide to ChatGPT for teachers: what it can and can’t do and how you might use it.
FraudGPT: The Villain Avatar of ChatGPT
Progress is made by small improvements to culture. Some scientists p-hack, but at least now we talk about it. Publication bias is still a major problem, but at least it’s recognized by editorial boards. Data sharing is still a problem, but at least journals are shifting policies. It seems we are on the right track.
The New Yorker article discusses the potential risks of Ukraine and the US government relying on SpaceX's Starlink satellite internet service for military communications, given that the company is privately owned by Elon Musk, who is known for his impulsive behavior and financial ties to China.
Genomic inference of a severe human bottleneck during the Early to Middle Pleistocene transition
Debugging: The Nature of Bugs, Their Evolution, and Tackling Them More Effectively
Apple has lots of generative ML projects, is spending million a day on training models, and will reset Siri next year.
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