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Generative AI, particularly Language Model Machines (LLMs), have become integral to various applications in artificial intelligence. Although these models have impressive capabilities to understand and generate human-like text, they suffer from hallucination and can confidently produce false information. The most powerful LLMs are closed-source and accessible only through APIs, making them black boxes. However, a […]
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California lawmakers have narrowly approved a bill to decriminalize the possession and personal use of natural psychedelics, including “magic mushrooms.” The bill, Senate Bill 58, would remove criminal penalties for the possession and use of substances such as psilocybin and DMT. It also requires the California Health and Human Services Agency to study the therapeutic […]
In this week’s Dear Duolingo advice column, the question of whether there are any words that all languages have in common is explored. The author reveals that while grammar, pronunciation, and vocabulary differ greatly among languages, there are a few words that have made their way into various languages around the world. The article highlights […]
Emacs 29.1 has arrived and there are some exciting new features to explore. One standout addition is the official support for tree-sitter, a library that parses text into a syntax tree. This offers benefits such as improved syntax highlighting and precise indentation. There’s also the inclusion of EGlot, a language server client that makes it […]
Magic the Gathering (Magic) is a unique game where players use their own handcrafted decks of cards. The author was motivated to create more Magic cards, leading to the creation of Urza’s AI, a website that uses AI to generate Magic cards. The process involved using fine-tuned large language models (LLMs) to generate the text […]
Apple has issued an important update for its products, including iPhones, iPads, Mac computers, and Apple Watches. Users are strongly advised to update their devices immediately. It has been discovered that an actively exploited zero-click vulnerability, known as the BLASTPASS exploit chain, is being used to deliver NSO Group’s Pegasus mercenary spyware. The exploit chain […]
This web content provides a tutorial on how to use the libevdev library in C++ to capture input events from a USB keypad and synthesize new events for a virtual mouse device. The tutorial includes code examples for enumerating devices, grabbing inputs from the keypad, running external programs on keypress, creating a virtual mouse, and […]
DSPy is a programming framework designed to solve complex tasks using language models (LMs) and retrieval models (RMs). It offers Pythonic modules that allow users to instruct LMs using familiar syntax. By using DSPy, users can upgrade traditional prompting techniques and transform them into modular operations that can adapt to specific tasks. DSPy also introduces […]
Snake-fury is a Haskell challenge designed to help beginners learn the language by implementing the snake game. The challenge focuses on learning through refactoring rather than through examples, and expects participants to do additional research using resources like Hackage’s documentation, blogs, and videos. The challenge is divided into multiple steps, starting with building a minimum […]
Rotten Tomatoes, the popular aggregation site for movie ratings, has been hit with a scandal revealing that its scores have been manipulated for over five years. A PR firm called Bunker 15 has been paying critics up to $50.00 per Rotten Tomatoes review, usually to obscure critics who are part of a pool tracked by […]