Links for 2024-04-14
AI:
Imitation Learning for 250$ robot arm: “The sorting task in the video was trained with less than 30 demonstrations on an RTX 3080 and took less than 30min.” https://github.com/Shaka-Labs/ACT
AI-operated fighter jet will fly Air Force secretary in a test of military’s future drone warplanes https://apnews.com/article/ai-military-jet-air-force-test-307be2e5153f883aed032cb6676d08f2
A congressman wanted to understand AI. So he went back to a college classroom to learn. He says, “We can’t even imagine how different our lives will be in five years, 10 years, or 20 years, because of AI.” https://apnews.com/article/ai-congress-artificial-intelligence-tiktok-meta-27ba6bcfd2ee7a19c0fd7343bfee6e62
“Musk on Monday predicted development of artificial intelligence that was smarter than the smartest human probably by next year, or by 2026.” https://www.reuters.com/technology/teslas-musk-predicts-ai-will-be-smarter-than-smartest-human-next-year-2024-04-08/
Adobe is buying videos at $3 per minute from its network of photographers and artists to build a text-to-video AI model. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-04-10/adobe-is-buying-video-clips-for-3-per-minute-to-build-ai-model [no paywall: https://archive.is/c7wkb]
Amazon adds Andrew Ng, a leading voice in artificial intelligence, to its board of directors. https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/amazon-adds-andrew-ng-leading-voice-artificial-intelligence-109131975
“Gemini 1.5 Pro now understands audio, uses unlimited files, acts on your commands, and lets devs build incredible things with JSON mode!” https://x.com/liambolling/status/1777758743637483562
“How does visual in-context learning work? We find "task vectors" -- latent activations that encode task-specific information and can guide the model to perform a desired task without providing any task examples.” https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.05729
Exploring Concept Depth: How Large Language Models Acquire Knowledge at Different Layers? https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.07066
LM Transparency Tool: Interactive Tool for Analyzing Transformer Language Models https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.07004v1
Compute:
Google Expands In-House Chip Efforts in Costly AI Battle https://www.wsj.com/tech/google-expands-in-house-chip-efforts-in-costly-ai-battle-3121c852 [no paywall: https://archive.is/3ue4E]
Nvidia’s AI boom is only getting started. Just ask CEO Jensen Huang https://www.fastcompany.com/91033514/nvidia-most-innovative-companies-2024
Apple is gearing up to overhaul its entire lineup of Macs with an upcoming AI-focused M4 chip family. https://www.livemint.com/companies/news/apple-counterpunches-mac-sales-slump-with-m4-chip-overhaul-ai-push-lifts-stock-43-11712884473301.html
Neuroscience:
Integrated Microprism and Microelectrode Array for Simultaneous Electrophysiology and Two-Photon Imaging Across all Cortical Layers https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/adhm.202302362
Auditory cortex conveys non-topographic sound localization signals to visual cortex https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-47546-4
Miscellaneous:
This paper claims to solve lattice problems (close to what would be needed to break lattice-based cryptosystems) in quantum polynomial time. https://eprint.iacr.org/2024/555
ICFO researchers report in Advanced Optical Materials on a new and more efficient organic solar cell. https://www.icfo.eu/news/558/organic-solar-cell/
H5N1 bird flu in U.S. cattle: A wake-up call to action https://www.statnews.com/2024/04/12/h5n1-bird-flu-in-cattle-wake-up-call-to-action/
Israel:
Iran attacked Israel with more than 300 projectiles – including around 170 drones and over 120 ballistic missiles but “99%” of them were intercepted by Israel’s aerial defense systems and its “partners,” according to the Israeli military. https://edition.cnn.com/2024/04/13/middleeast/iran-drones-attack-israel-intl-latam/index.html
More than 100 Iranian drones have been intercepted by US, UK outside Israel, says defense official https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/more-than-100-iranian-drones-have-been-intercepted-by-us-uk-outside-israel-says-defense-official/
From foe to ally: Jordanian Air Force downs Iranian drones en route to Israel https://www.jpost.com/israel-hamas-war/article-796896
“Israel has already informed the Americans and governments in the region that its response is inevitable. Its military options include launching drones at Iran, and long-range airstrikes on Iran, possibly on military bases or nuclear installations” https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2024/04/13/iran-attacks-israel-risking-a-full-blown-regional-war [no paywall: https://archive.is/LsFxS]
The US will not participate in any offensive operations against Iran, Biden made clear to Netanyahu during their phone call tonight, a senior administration official told CNN. https://edition.cnn.com/middleeast/live-news/israel-hamas-war-gaza-news-04-13-24/h_9af74a4dbc6d0137a9a2597bd1f5e2a6
Iran: "Our operations are over, and we have no intention to continue them…Our response will be much larger than tonight's military action if Israel retaliates against Iran…" https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-796906 (see also: “The matter can be deemed concluded. However, should the Israeli regime make another mistake, Iran’s response will be considerably more severe.” https://x.com/Iran_UN/status/1779269993043022053)
“Very unique footage showing an exoatmospheric interception amid the Iranian ballistic missile attack, likely by the Arrow 3 air defense system.” https://x.com/manniefabian/status/1779305426036601107