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Simon Willison thinks other large language models could learn something from Llama 3's prompt formats. via Simon Willison's Weblog

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.

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

via Nature of Code

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.

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.