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2024-11-13

Good morning rebels, Happy Wednesday! Here comes your daily dose of digital dynamics! 🌊

Startups

• Particle launches an AI news app aimed at supporting publishers rather than exploiting their work. link
• YouTube introduces a feature for select creators to remix songs using AI technology. link
• DeepL releases DeepL Voice for real-time, text-based translations from audio and videos. link
• Generative disinformation is a growing concern, warns a deepfake monitoring nonprofit. link
• Sam Bankman-Fried's story is set to be depicted in an upcoming film. link

AI Research

• BLIP3-KALE proposes a new method for creating large-scale dense captions by augmenting knowledge, potentially enhancing understanding in AI-driven applications. link
• Wavelet Latent Diffusion Wala presents a billion-parameter generative model that uses compact wavelet encodings for 3D content generation, promising efficiency and quality in AI content creation. link
• A study titled "Stronger Models are NOT Stronger Teachers for Instruction Tuning" argues that more powerful models do not necessarily improve instruction tuning effectiveness, challenging current assumptions in AI training methodologies. link
• JanusFlow introduces a unified framework for multimodal understanding and generation by harmonizing autoregressive and rectified flow approaches, promising improvements in AI model performance across various tasks. link
• SAMPart3D showcases a technique for segmenting any part in 3D objects, enhancing the capabilities of AI in perception and manipulation of 3D environments. link

Investing

• Trump's influence on crypto could boost the market but may negatively impact Bitcoin. link
• A critique of blockchain gilts suggests limitations in practical applications. link

Big Tech

• Teraco secures a $442 million loan from Absa to develop an AI-ready facility, indicating growing investments in AI infrastructure. link
• OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic face challenges in advancing AI capabilities as they encounter diminishing returns on new models. link
• OpenAI advocates for US allies to collaborate on AI initiatives to counter China's advancements in the field.