Ten from the weekend 01/21: A few interesting reads that I came across:

Focus areas: Blockchain| ML-AI| Data science/Analytics applications |eSports| CRISPR| Design thinking

1. Mapping the Generative AI landscape: https://www.antler.co/blog/generative-ai || A review of LLMs: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2301.04655.pdf || alternate to gpt 3 — Google Flan-T5: https://www.narrativa.com/flan-t5-a-yummy-model-superior-to-gpt-3/ || Diffusion language models: https://benanne.github.io/2023/01/09/diffusion-language.html

2. https://a16z.com/2023/01/19/who-owns-the-generative-ai-platform/

3. Every google vs. open argument dissected: https://lspace.swyx.io/p/google-vs-openai || https://loupfunds.com/google-will-respond-to-chatgpt/

4. Lets build mini chat gpt from scratch video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCc8FmEb1nY

5. https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/general-availability-of-azure-openai-service-expands-access-to-large-advanced-ai-models-with-added-enterprise-benefits/ || https://thenewstack.io/how-ray-a-distributed-ai-framework-helps-power-chatgpt/

6. How Nvidia’s CUDA Monopoly In Machine Learning Is Breaking — OpenAI Triton And PyTorch 2.0: https://www.semianalysis.com/p/nvidiaopenaitritonpytorch

7. How DoorDash Upgraded a Heuristic with ML to Save Thousands of Canceled Orders: https://doordash.engineering/2023/01/10/how-doordash-upgraded-a-heuristic-with-ml-to-save-thousands-of-canceled-orders/

8. China’s Economic Growth Fell to Near-Historic Lows as Covid Took a Bite: https://www.wsj.com/articles/chinas-economic-growth-fell-to-near-historic-lows-as-covid-took-a-bite-11673921199

9. https://www.technologyreview.com/2021/08/06/1030802/ai-robots-take-over-warehouses/

10. https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/retail/amazons-buy-with-prime-increases-shopper-conversion-by-25-on-average

Attention is all you need: https://arxiv.org/abs/1706.03762