Rami's Readings #74 - ✨ More Models Released!
Welcome to Rami’s Readings #74 - a weekly digest of interesting articles, papers, videos, and X threads from my various sources across the Internet. Expect a list of reads covering AI, technology, business, culture, fashion, travel, and more. Learn about what I do at ramisayar.com/about.
The newsletter is shorter this week as I was traveling and enjoying the wonderful summer weather of the Pacific Northwest. And, more kayaking!
🤖 AI Reads
Introducing SAM 2: The Next Generation Of Meta Segment Anything Model For Videos And Images
Notes: This model is just incredible! Watch the video segmentation!
Gemma 2 2B: Smaller, Safer, More Transparent
Notes: It is incredible that a 2B parameter model is bests GPT 3.5. Edge AI is here. As predicted, inference will soon be free. You can try gemma2 using Ollama.
ShieldGemma: Content Moderation Model
Notes: Google DeepMind also released a safety content moderation model.
In-The-Wild Jailbreak Prompts on LLMs
Notes: Official repository for the paper “Do Anything Now”: Characterizing and Evaluating In-The-Wild Jailbreak Prompts on Large Language Models.
Mozilla Sponsored Sqlite-vec
Notes: An open-source vector search extension for SQLite, sponsored by Mozilla. This project is significant news because it will allow millions of applications already using SQLite to embed vector search directly into their apps.
Character.AI Co-Founders Hired by Google in Licensing Deal
Notes: Character.AI is under-appreciated.
💼 Business Reads
Global Rout Deepens With US Stock Futures, Asia Stocks Plunging
Notes: Monday is going to look brutal on the US stock market… South Korea trading down 8% and halted. Japan down 8.8%. 😰
Friend Roger Huang Is Speaking About Bitcoin and China in NYC for the Launch of His New Book: Would Mao Hold Bitcoin?
Notes: Book on Amazon. This is not a sponsored link.
Intel’s Crashing 13th and 14th Gen CPUs Get Two Additional Years of Warranty Coverage
Notes: The least Intel could do…
Signing off from Redmond.