Matt Alldian

AutoCrawler is a new two-stage framework that uses the hierarchical structure of HTML to improve web automation and crawler generation for information-rich web pages.

via Hugging Face.

Researchers are proposing “Dynamic Typography,” which uses neural networks to create animated and deformed letters based on meaning for expressive, readable text. via Hugging Face.

Simon Willison summarizes Andrej Karpathy's review of Meta's Llama 3, noting the increase in training tokens and tokenizer size but also the disappointingly small context length.

via @simonw

Wired's Steven Levy details how eight Google employees invented the "transformer" concept, leading to a recent tech breakthrough. via kottke.org

The future of non-alcoholic beverage retail is explored following the bankruptcy of Boisson, highlighting emerging trends. via Modern Retail.

Alison Roman's recipe features a simple, flavorful dressing and roasted vegetables. via The source of this content is Alison Roman's website.

Authors Maria Farrell and Robin Berjon draw parallels between ecosystem monoculture and the internet's consolidation under a few tech giants, advocating for antitrust laws and interoperability mandates to "rewild" it. via Noema Magazine

Ken Kantzer shares practical lessons learned from using OpenAI's models, including a simple token estimation method and challenges with structured data extraction.

via Simon Willison's Weblog

Simon Willison quotes Molly White's argument that large language models may only offer small productivity gains because they're only somewhat useful for mundane tasks. via @simonw