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Tyler Cowen shares a collection of links on topics ranging from language acquisition to the economics of Taylor Swift. via Marginal REVOLUTION

Alex Tabarrok explores whether government funding for university research boosts economic growth or hinders it. via Marginal REVOLUTION

This spicy business drama involving Huy Fong Foods and Underwood Ranches answers the question of what caused the sriracha shortage. via The source of this content is Longreads.

Tyler Cowen shares a collection of links on topics ranging from language acquisition to the economics of Taylor Swift. via Marginal REVOLUTION

CogCoM is a large vision-language model that solves problems with a series of image manipulations for more accurate results and clearer reasoning. via Hugging Face

Researchers explored how pre-training data size and task alignment impact the performance of large language models and even proposed a new scaling law to predict it.

Longreads shares how AI is being used to decipher scrolls buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, with AI investor Nat Friedman sponsoring a machine-learning competition to help the effort.

Dave Kellogg, on the AI and the Future of Work podcast, shared his 2024 predictions focused on AI and the future of work. via Kellblog.

Fiverr Pro helps businesses build teams of vetted freelancers for complex projects, with options for self-management or dedicated project management.

Tyler Cowen recommends a "very long, very detailed, and very good" podcast review by Zvi Mowshowitz that covers his thoughts on a podcast featuring Cowen in conversation with Dwarkesh Patel. via The source of this content is Marginal Revolution, a blog and website co-authored by economists Tyler Cowen and Alex Tabarrok.