A startup from ex-Revolut employees uses AI to automate accounts — but hopes to keep accountants in jobs

Often successful startups can give rise to ‘startup mafias’ – groups of former founders who go on to create other startups. But at least as often, new startups can be founded by employees. In the case of LiveFlow, that’s exactly what happened — and it’s now raised $13.5 million. A few years ago, Anita Koimur … Read more

Workera’s CEO was mentored by Andrew Ng. Now he wants an AI agent to mentor you

Kian Katanforoosh has one of the best mentors in the AI world: renowned researcher Andrew Ng, who also served as his graduate school advisor at Stanford. The two went on to create Stanford’s deep learning program, and now, Ng serves as Chairman of Katanforoosh’s startup, Workera. Ng has been a meaningful guide in Katanforoosh’s career, … Read more

TikTok comes for Google’s ad business as it starts letting advertisers target its search results page

After building out its Search product over the past few years to take on Google, TikTok is now taking its Search ambitions even further by allowing advertisers to target its search results page. TikTok announced on Tuesday that it’s launching the “TikTok Search Ads Campaign,” a new keyword-based search solution that enables brands to appear … Read more

SteelSeries’ new Apex Pro Gen 3 has upgraded switches and a thockier sound

Image: SteelSeries SteelSeries is launching its latest lineup of Apex Pro Gen 3 gaming keyboards today, and there’s a noticeable focus on improving how the keyboards sound and feel. SteelSeries is upgrading its Hall effect switches, adding dampening foam, improving its switch stabilizers, and even factory lubricating each key in an effort to create a … Read more

First trailer for Ryan Coogler’s Sinners leaves the scariest parts to your imagination

While there’s no telling if or when a certain other Black vampire film will make its way into theaters, the first trailer for writer / director Ryan Coogler’s Sinners is here, and it looks sick as hell. We’ve seen Coogler direct powerful pieces of dramatic social commentary like Fruitvale Station and blockbuster genre features like … Read more

Spotify’s AI playlist feature rolls out to the U.S. and more markets

Spotify has expanded the availability of its AI Playlist tool to the U.S., Canada, Ireland, and New Zealand after initially launching it for Premium subscribers in the U.K. and Australia.  This feature, currently in beta on Android and iOS devices, allows users to create personalized playlists based on written prompts. For instance, users can enter … Read more

Snapchat taps Google’s Gemini to power its chatbot’s generative AI features

Snap has entered into an expanded partnership with Google Cloud to power generative AI experiences within Snapchat’s My AI chatbot. The chatbot will leverage the multimodal capabilities of Gemini AI to enable the chatbot to understand different types of information like text, audio, images, and videos. Gemini is powering the Google Lens-like features that Snapchat … Read more

Everything We Know About Prompt Optimization Today

:::info Authors: (1) Chengrun Yang, Google DeepMind and Equal contribution; (2) Xuezhi Wang, Google DeepMind; (3) Yifeng Lu, Google DeepMind; (4) Hanxiao Liu, Google DeepMind; (5) Quoc V. Le, Google DeepMind; (6) Denny Zhou, Google DeepMind; (7) Xinyun Chen, Google DeepMind and Equal contribution. ::: Table of Links Abstract and 1. Introduction 2 Opro: Llm … Read more

How Overfitting Affects Prompt Optimization

:::info Authors: (1) Chengrun Yang, Google DeepMind and Equal contribution; (2) Xuezhi Wang, Google DeepMind; (3) Yifeng Lu, Google DeepMind; (4) Hanxiao Liu, Google DeepMind; (5) Quoc V. Le, Google DeepMind; (6) Denny Zhou, Google DeepMind; (7) Xinyun Chen, Google DeepMind and Equal contribution. ::: Table of Links Abstract and 1. Introduction 2 Opro: Llm … Read more

Key Takeaways from Our Ablation Studies on LLMs

:::info Authors: (1) Chengrun Yang, Google DeepMind and Equal contribution; (2) Xuezhi Wang, Google DeepMind; (3) Yifeng Lu, Google DeepMind; (4) Hanxiao Liu, Google DeepMind; (5) Quoc V. Le, Google DeepMind; (6) Denny Zhou, Google DeepMind; (7) Xinyun Chen, Google DeepMind and Equal contribution. ::: Table of Links Abstract and 1. Introduction 2 Opro: Llm … Read more

Better Instructions, Better Results: A Look at Prompt Optimization

:::info Authors: (1) Chengrun Yang, Google DeepMind and Equal contribution; (2) Xuezhi Wang, Google DeepMind; (3) Yifeng Lu, Google DeepMind; (4) Hanxiao Liu, Google DeepMind; (5) Quoc V. Le, Google DeepMind; (6) Denny Zhou, Google DeepMind; (7) Xinyun Chen, Google DeepMind and Equal contribution. ::: Table of Links Abstract and 1. Introduction 2 Opro: Llm … Read more

How OPRO Elevates LLM Accuracy in GSM8K and BBH Benchmarks

:::info Authors: (1) Chengrun Yang, Google DeepMind and Equal contribution; (2) Xuezhi Wang, Google DeepMind; (3) Yifeng Lu, Google DeepMind; (4) Hanxiao Liu, Google DeepMind; (5) Quoc V. Le, Google DeepMind; (6) Denny Zhou, Google DeepMind; (7) Xinyun Chen, Google DeepMind and Equal contribution. ::: Table of Links Abstract and 1. Introduction 2 Opro: Llm … Read more

How Meta-Prompt Design Boosts LLM Performance

:::info Authors: (1) Chengrun Yang, Google DeepMind and Equal contribution; (2) Xuezhi Wang, Google DeepMind; (3) Yifeng Lu, Google DeepMind; (4) Hanxiao Liu, Google DeepMind; (5) Quoc V. Le, Google DeepMind; (6) Denny Zhou, Google DeepMind; (7) Xinyun Chen, Google DeepMind and Equal contribution. ::: Table of Links Abstract and 1. Introduction 2 Opro: Llm … Read more

How OPRO Improves Task Accuracy in Prompt Optimization

:::info Authors: (1) Chengrun Yang, Google DeepMind and Equal contribution; (2) Xuezhi Wang, Google DeepMind; (3) Yifeng Lu, Google DeepMind; (4) Hanxiao Liu, Google DeepMind; (5) Quoc V. Le, Google DeepMind; (6) Denny Zhou, Google DeepMind; (7) Xinyun Chen, Google DeepMind and Equal contribution. ::: Table of Links Abstract and 1. Introduction 2 Opro: Llm … Read more

LLMs vs. Heuristics: Tackling the Traveling Salesman Problem (TSP)

:::info Authors: (1) Chengrun Yang, Google DeepMind and Equal contribution; (2) Xuezhi Wang, Google DeepMind; (3) Yifeng Lu, Google DeepMind; (4) Hanxiao Liu, Google DeepMind; (5) Quoc V. Le, Google DeepMind; (6) Denny Zhou, Google DeepMind; (7) Xinyun Chen, Google DeepMind and Equal contribution. ::: Table of Links Abstract and 1. Introduction 2 Opro: Llm … Read more

Case Studies in Mathematical Optimization Using LLMs

:::info Authors: (1) Chengrun Yang, Google DeepMind and Equal contribution; (2) Xuezhi Wang, Google DeepMind; (3) Yifeng Lu, Google DeepMind; (4) Hanxiao Liu, Google DeepMind; (5) Quoc V. Le, Google DeepMind; (6) Denny Zhou, Google DeepMind; (7) Xinyun Chen, Google DeepMind and Equal contribution. ::: Table of Links Abstract and 1. Introduction 2 Opro: Llm … Read more

Designing Meta-Prompts for Stable and Effective LLM Optimization

:::info Authors: (1) Chengrun Yang, Google DeepMind and Equal contribution; (2) Xuezhi Wang, Google DeepMind; (3) Yifeng Lu, Google DeepMind; (4) Hanxiao Liu, Google DeepMind; (5) Quoc V. Le, Google DeepMind; (6) Denny Zhou, Google DeepMind; (7) Xinyun Chen, Google DeepMind and Equal contribution. ::: Table of Links Abstract and 1. Introduction 2 Opro: Llm … Read more

The OPRO Framework: Using Large Language Models as Optimizers

:::info Authors: (1) Chengrun Yang, Google DeepMind and Equal contribution; (2) Xuezhi Wang, Google DeepMind; (3) Yifeng Lu, Google DeepMind; (4) Hanxiao Liu, Google DeepMind; (5) Quoc V. Le, Google DeepMind; (6) Denny Zhou, Google DeepMind; (7) Xinyun Chen, Google DeepMind and Equal contribution. ::: Table of Links Abstract and 1. Introduction 2 Opro: Llm … Read more

Large Language Models as Optimizers

:::info Authors: (1) Chengrun Yang, Google DeepMind and Equal contribution; (2) Xuezhi Wang, Google DeepMind; (3) Yifeng Lu, Google DeepMind; (4) Hanxiao Liu, Google DeepMind; (5) Quoc V. Le, Google DeepMind; (6) Denny Zhou, Google DeepMind; (7) Xinyun Chen, Google DeepMind and Equal contribution. ::: Table of Links Abstract and 1. Introduction 2 Opro: Llm … Read more