7 Day Tech News: Claude 3.5's Coding Leap, AI Gets Computer Control, and Crypto's Record Year
Dacade's Tech Newsletter 2024-10-23
Welcome to this week's Emerging Tech Roundup from Dacade! We've curated the most significant developments in AI, cryptocurrency, and other cutting-edge technologies of the last seven days.
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Anthropic Releases and Upgrades
Claude 3.5 Sonnet: Anthropic upgraded the Claude 3.5 Sonnet model. This model, widely used for coding, is considered by many to be the best in the field. This upgrade shows significant improvements in coding capabilities. [AnthropicAI]
Computer Use Capability: Anthropic also launched a new "Computer Use" capability, which uses an API to allow Claude to interact with and navigate computer interfaces. This opens possibilities for automating repetitive tasks, testing, Q&A, and open-ended research. [AnthropicAI]
Replit Demo: A demonstration on Replit shows Claude navigating to its own website and creating a 90s-style personal website. [amasad]
Playground Setup: A walkthrough shows how to set up a playground for Anthropic's new computer use API. [mckaywrigley]
Limitations of Computer Use: Despite its potential, Claude's Computer Use capability has limitations. It cannot create social media accounts, send emails or messages, post comments, make purchases, access private information, complete CAPTCHAs, make phone calls, or perform actions requiring authentication. [BenjaminDEKR]
Claude 3.5 Haiku: A new strong, lightweight model. [AnthropicAI]
Other AI News
Perplexity Pro Search: Perplexity improved its Pro Search with a reasoning model, enhancing its capabilities and allowing for multi-ask layered questions. [perplexity_ai]
xAI API Launch: The xAI API is now live, accessible via accounts on x.ai. There is a template available on Replit for experimenting with the API. [elonmusk]
OpenAI's Advanced Voice: OpenAI's advanced voice mode is now available to Plus users in the EU, including Switzerland, Iceland, Norway, and Liechtenstein. [OpenAI]
OpenAI's Audio Support: OpenAI released an audio-to-text and audio-to-audio model, but it is currently as expensive as the real-time API. [OpenAIDevs]
ComfyUI Desktop App: ComfyUI released a desktop application with a one-click install for Windows, MacOS, and Linux. It comes with a built-in Python environment. [ComfyUI]
Audio Visual AI News
Runway Act-One: Runway introduced Act-One, an AI tool that animates characters from a single video input, potentially revolutionizing animation processes. [runwayml]
Genmo Mochi 1 Preview: A new open-source video generation model, Mochi 1, shows impressive performance in creating videos from text prompts. [genmoai]
Suno AI & Timberland: Suno AI added new features. Notably, musician Timberland expressed excitement about the platform and its potential for creativity. [nickfloats]
Cryptocurrency News
A16Z Crypto Report 2024: This report highlights all-time highs in crypto activity and usage, stablecoins finding product-market fit, infrastructure improvements leading to reduced transaction costs, and the growing importance of crypto as a political issue. It also features a new Builder Energy dashboard. [a16zcrypto]
Builder Interest by Blockchain: The dashboard visualizes builder interest in various blockchains, highlighting Solana and Base as areas of significant growth. [a16zcrypto]
Stripe Acquires Bridge: Stripe acquired Bridge for a significant sum. Bridge works on stablecoin infrastructure, potentially allowing Stripe to bypass traditional financial intermediaries and reduce transaction costs. [patrickc]
Stablecoin Benefits for Stripe: Stripe’s acquisition of Bridge could lead to significant improvements in speed, coverage, and cost improvements by cutting out intermediaries like banks and credit card companies. [yashhsm]
Robotics News
Unitree Robotics' Humanoid Robot Jump: Unitree's humanoid robot achieved a record jump distance, showcasing significant progress in robotics. [UnitreeRobotics]
Tesla Optimus Navigation: Tesla's Optimus robot demonstrated autonomous navigation capabilities, suggesting increasing autonomy in robotic systems. [Tesla_Optimus]
Tesla's Robotaxi Wireless Charging: Tesla demonstrated robotaxi wireless charging capabilities. [Tesla]
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