Today’s Menu 🥠
- AI Models Still Can’t Handle ‘Strawberry’
- Waymo Launches 24/7 Airport Service
- Twitter Developing Video Conferencing
- Everything Else You Need To Know
Fast Snacks 🥡
Techstars & Meta Helped LatAm Startup
Mercately, a Latin American startup that enables e-commerce through WhatsApp, raised a $2.6 million seed round to expand in Brazil and the U.S…
Can A YouTube Video Fix Your Wet Phone?
A popular YouTube video claims to expel water from wet phones using sound, and tests show it can eject some droplets from speakers…
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Strawberry Is An AI’s Toughest Test
— Rob DenBleyker (@RobDenBleyker) August 26, 2024
Large language models (LLMs) like GPT-4o struggle with spelling because they don’t process text at the letter level but rather in tokenized chunks, which can be entire words or syllables.
This results from their transformer architecture encoding text as numerical data rather than as a series of characters — leading to mistakes in tasks like counting letters in words or even spelling simple words like ‘Honda.’
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Waymo Launches 24/7 Robotaxi Service
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X Developing Video Conferencing
First ever 𝕏 Conference meeting with some of my great @X and @XDevelopers teammates.
Already a really strong alternative to Google Hangouts, Zoom, AWS Chime, and certainly… Microsoft Teams 🤠
Minimal feedback that is likely coming:
– better vis or notification when someone… pic.twitter.com/FJ252w6m4C— Chris Park (@chrisparkX) August 23, 2024
Everything Else You Need To Know
Donald Trump Drops New NFT Collection
Donald Trump has released his fourth NFT collection, featuring exaggerated portrayals of himself, including a “crypto president” theme.
Google Denied Permission for Data Center in Ireland
Google’s proposal to build a data center in Ireland was rejected due to concerns about the power supply impact.
Shein Finds Child Labor Cases in Supply Chain
Shein reported discovering two cases of child labor in its supply chain last year, leading to the termination of those suppliers.
Meta and Instagram Testing Social Music-Sharing Feature
Meta and Spotify are reportedly developing a feature for Instagram that allows users to share the music they are listening to continuously.
Lyft Introduces Rider Verification Program
Lyft has launched a rider verification program in select cities to improve safety by verifying riders’ identities through third-party databases.
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