2024

Octopus v4 is a new language model that uses functional tokens and a graph structure to integrate multiple open-source models, each specialized for different tasks.

via Hugging Face.

Global marketing job postings saw a dramatic 42% drop in 2023 compared to the year prior, with North America experiencing a steeper decline than other regions.

via @Adweek

Nature of Code likely explores simulating natural phenomena, like physics or ecosystems, using computer programming.

via Nature of Code

Dave Kellogg shares slides from an event he hosted at Balderton Capital in London to discuss the impact of AI on go-to-market functions. via Kellblog.

Recipes that provide a "wow factor" for minimal effort is the topic of a recent question posted on MetaFilter.

Bruno Aziza and Matt Turck discuss the shifting data landscape in machine learning and AI, including cost considerations and the differences between SLMs and LLMs. via VentureBeat.

Simon Willison's latest blog post covers updates for working with Llama 3, AI tools for data journalism, and new projects like llm-evals and datasette-secrets. via Simon Willison's Weblog

NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft is sending usable engineering data back to Earth, indicating its systems are healthy after the team devised a workaround for a problem in the flight data system. via The source of this content is the NASA Voyager blog.

Harvard is hosting a database with interesting biological measurements ranging from the duration of an eye blink to the mass of a fruit fly. via kottke.org

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.