Links for 2024-06-15

AI:

1. Introducing Lamini Memory Tuning: 95% LLM Accuracy, 10x Fewer Hallucinations https://www.lamini.ai/blog/lamini-memory-tuning

2. Graduate student Chenguang Li created a hybrid between artificial intelligence and biological intelligence by combining RL, optogenetics, and the C.elegans worm. [PDF] https://klab.tch.harvard.edu/publications/PDFs/gk8172.pdf

3. OpenVLA: An Open-Source Vision-Language-Action Model https://openvla.github.io/

4. How can we ensure that LLM-generated code reliably does precisely what it is supposed to do? DafnyBench: A Benchmark for Formal Software Verification https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.08467

5. China Is Testing More Driverless Cars Than Any Other Country https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/13/business/china-driverless-cars.html [No paywall: https://archive.is/l6wNU]

6. This humanoid robot can drive cars — sort of https://techcrunch.com/2024/06/12/this-humanoid-robot-can-drive-cars-sort-of/

7. Step-by-Step Diffusion: An Elementary Tutorial https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.08929

8. Stable Minima Cannot Overfit in Univariate ReLU Networks: Generalization by Large Step Sizes — “For the first time, we understand how *flatness*, *edge-of-stability* and *large stepsize* imply (near-optimal) generalization.” https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.06838

9. This AI-Powered Exoskeleton Could Speed Adoption by the Masses https://singularityhub.com/2024/06/14/this-ai-powered-exoskeleton-could-speed-adoption-by-the-masses/

10. OpenAI's revenue is reportedly booming. The ChatGPT maker's annualized revenue is $3.4 billion according to a new report. https://www.engadget.com/openais-revenue-is-reportedly-booming-230324957.html

11. Elon Musk abruptly drops lawsuit against OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman https://www.businesstoday.in/technology/news/story/elon-musk-abruptly-drops-lawsuit-against-openai-and-ceo-sam-altman-432981-2024-06-12

Miscellaneous:

1. Why Biosecurity Matters – What are We Protecting Against? https://www.mackenziemorehead.com/part-i-why-biosecurity-matters-what-are-we-protecting-against/

2. Wikipedia Chemical Structure Explorer https://wikipedia.cheminfo.org/

3. The Big Bang: after 13.8 billion years, its leftover glow still hasn't faded away. Unlike every other light source in the Universe, there's a profound reason why it persists. https://bigthink.com/starts-with-a-bang/big-bang-fade-away/

China:

1. “17-year old vocational high school student Jiang Ping, who spends her days studying fashion design and literally making clothes, places 12th out of 801 finalists for the global Alibaba Math Contest…When asked if she likes fashion design more or Math more, she still said fashion design, and said that she saw her favorite, partial differential equations, present everywhere in fashion designs.” https://x.com/AnonYalie/status/1801735366464180456

2. Is China’s scientific progress real? Yes, according to the Nature Index, which looks at contributors to 145 top international journals. https://x.com/kyleichan/status/1801594688719159683

Ukraine:

1. Ukrainian GUR units used at least 70 drones to strike Morozovsk Air Base. Two Su-34 that were inside a hangar, were likely heavily damaged or even completely destroyed. https://www.twz.com/air/ukraine-strikes-blow-to-russian-su-34-fullback-base

2. “A large Russian mechanized column of up to 16 units in the Avdiivka sector tried to attack Ukrainian positions, but were repelled. Most of the column either bogged down, or was already damaged/destroyed before reaching their intended positions.” https://x.com/NOELreports/status/1801696914112713206

3. HIMARS strike on Russian 2S4 Tyulpan 240mm self-propelled heavy mortar along with its crew. https://x.com/bayraktar_1love/status/1801908428484325485