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Google's new family of AI language models, Gemma, are free
open-weights models built on technology similar to Gemini

From TLDR 2024-02-22

GOOGLE GOES "OPEN AI" WITH GEMMA, A FREE, OPEN-WEIGHTS CHATBOT
FAMILY (2 MINUTE READ) [6]

Google's new family of AI language models, Gemma, are free
open-weights models built on technology similar to Gemini. Gemma
models can run locally on a desktop or laptop computer. There are two
models, one with 2 billion parameters and the other with 7 billion.
Each model has pre-trained and instruction-tuned variants available.
Google claims the 7 billion parameter model outperforms Meta's Llama 2
7B and 13B models on several benchmarks in math, Python code
generation, general knowledge, and commonsense reasoning tasks. This
is Google's first significant open large language model release since
OpenAI's ChatGPT was revealed in late 2022.

75K LOYAL REDDITORS CAN SNAG SHARES BEFORE REDDIT GOES PUBLIC (4
MINUTE READ) [7]

Reddit hopes to entice its users to become shareholders to help drive
change and make the market more fair to individual traders. 75,000 of
the most prolific Redditors will have the opportunity to buy shares
before trading starts when the company goes public later this year,
possibly as soon as March. The privilege is usually reserved for big
investors. Reddit announced its IPO in December 2021, when it was
valued at about $10 billion. The site experienced widespread protests
in June last year after it killed off many third-party apps by
charging for access to its API. Users are still questioning the
company's leadership over the decision.

NASA FACES A QUANDARY WITH ITS AUDACIOUS LUNAR CARGO PROGRAM (9
MINUTE READ) [9]

Flying to the Moon is expensive, so NASA decided to reach out to
private companies for help. NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services
(CLPS) program originally aimed to launch its first missions by 2020.
Years later, the first vehicles are now ready. Astrobotic's Odysseus
lander will attempt to land on the Moon on Thursday. No private
company has successfully landed on the Moon yet. If the CLPS program
is successful, in a few years, NASA will have laid the foundation for
a highway to the Moon.

I RAN A BACKGROUND CHECK ON A STARTUP (27 MINUTE READ) [12]

Employers regularly run background checks on potential employees.
However, companies don't always make their history public - there's
only so much you can learn from career pages and recruiter emails.
This article presents an example of what a background check on an
employer might look like. The check goes through checking a company's
funding rounds, Glassdoor reviews, and court orders. Performing a
background check on a company can turn up interesting facts that could
help you decide whether you really want to work with them.

NVIDIA POSTS REVENUE UP 265% ON BOOMING AI BUSINESS (4 MINUTE READ) [15]

A summary of Nvidia's fourth fiscal quarter earnings.

TECH HAS GRADUATED FROM THE STAR TREK ERA TO THE DOUGLAS ADAMS AGE (9
MINUTE READ) [16]

AI is the most Douglas Adams of all technologies - when technology
becomes absurd, we must respond with absurd inventions.

THINGS I DON'T KNOW ABOUT AI (15 MINUTE READ) [18]

A collection of questions about the AI industry and where it is
headed.

RETELL AI (38 SECOND VIDEO) [19]

Retell AI turns LLM agents into human-like voice agents that can
handle tasks like making appointments with customers.

Links:
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[6] https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/02/google-goes-open-ai-with-gemma-a-free-open-weights-chatbot-family/?utm_source=tldrnewsletter

[7] https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/02/report-75k-loyal-redditors-can-snag-shares-before-reddit-goes-public/?utm_source=tldrnewsletter

[9] https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/02/as-companies-shoot-at-the-moon-nasas-tolerance-of-failure-is-tested/?utm_source=tldrnewsletter

[12] https://www.careerfair.io/background-check?utm_source=tldrnewsletter

[15] https://www.cnbc.com/2024/02/21/nvidia-nvda-earnings-report-q4-2024.html?utm_source=tldrnewsletter

[16] https://interconnected.org/home/2024/02/21/adams?utm_source=tldrnewsletter

[18] https://blog.eladgil.com/p/things-i-dont-know-about-ai?utm_source=tldrnewsletter

[19] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LT64_mgkro&utm_source=tldrnewsletter

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