Anthony Pompliano’s ProCap Appears Better Than Peers Based on the BTC HODLer’s Own Data

Anthony Pompliano’s ProCap, recently shared an update on its progress and valuation metrics. ProCap has entered into a $1 billion business combination agreement with Columbus Circle Capital Corp 1 (CCCM). As part of the deal, ProCap has raised over $750 million and already deployed more than $500 million to purchase bitcoin (BTC), amassing a treasury … Read more

What 34 Vision-Language Models Reveal About Multimodal Generalization

Table of Links Abstract and 1. Introduction 2 Concepts in Pretraining Data and Quantifying Frequency 3 Comparing Pretraining Frequency & “Zero-Shot” Performance and 3.1 Experimental Setup 3.2 Result: Pretraining Frequency is Predictive of “Zero-Shot” Performance 4 Stress-Testing the Concept Frequency-Performance Scaling Trend and 4.1 Controlling for Similar Samples in Pretraining and Downstream Data 4.2 Testing … Read more

What Codata, Control Flow, and Logic Teach Us About Programming

Table of Links Introduction Translating To Sequent Calculus 2.1 Arithmetic Expressions 2.2 Let Bindings 2.3 Top-level Definitions 2.4 Algebraic Data and Codata Types 2.5 First-Class Functions 2.6 Control Operators Evaluation Within a Context 3.1 Evaluation Contexts for Fun 3.2 Focusing on Evaluation in Core Typing Rules 4.1 Typing Rules for Fun 4.2 Typing Rules for … Read more

Ikea’s latest speaker lamp ditches Sonos for Spotify and inexpensive Bluetooth 

Ikea’s Blomprakt Bluetooth speaker with an integrated LED light bulb has a dedicated Spotify Tap button. | Image: Ikea Bluetooth and quick-to-music features like Spotify Tap are the future of sound at Ikea now that the Sonos partnership has fizzled. It’s an approach that Ikea’s David Granath says will make speakers more affordable and easier … Read more

New Zealand Wants to Ban Crypto ATMs in Anti-Money Laundering Overhaul

New Zealand’s government plans to ban crypto ATMs as part of an overhaul of its anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) regime. The government wants to target the means criminals use to “convert cash to high-risk assets such as cryptocurrencies,” according to an announcement by Associate Justice Minister Nicole McKee on Wednesday. … Read more

Bitcoin Treasury Firms Expand War Chests as Global Adoption Rises

Companies building bitcoin (BTC) treasuries are currently the focus of the digital-assets ecosystem as global adoption widens, and three existing participants have announced a total of about $278 million in new funding to boost their holdings in recent days. Remixpoint (3825), a Japanese energy consulting firm, disclosed Wednesday that it raised around 31.5 billion yen … Read more

Focus on Market Cap, Trading Volume Rather Than Engagement for a Successful Token Launch, Research Shows

Move over the endless X threads and VC endorsements. A deep dive into the token launch dynamics by Simplicity Group shows that token debuts are more about cold, hard fundamentals and less about hype and marketing. The firm analyzed over 50,000 data points related to 40 crypto token launches in the first four months of … Read more

How Dataset Diversity Impacts AI Model Performance

Table of Links Abstract and 1. Introduction 2 Concepts in Pretraining Data and Quantifying Frequency 3 Comparing Pretraining Frequency & “Zero-Shot” Performance and 3.1 Experimental Setup 3.2 Result: Pretraining Frequency is Predictive of “Zero-Shot” Performance 4 Stress-Testing the Concept Frequency-Performance Scaling Trend and 4.1 Controlling for Similar Samples in Pretraining and Downstream Data 4.2 Testing … Read more

Meet Session App, Winner of Startups of The Year 2024 in Zug, Switzerland

Tell us about Session. Session is a messaging app that protects user privacy by eliminating metadata exposure. It offers fully anonymous sign-up, with no phone number or email required, and uses decentralisation and onion routing to shield users from surveillance. Session is a user-friendly alternative to centralised messaging apps that remain vulnerable to tracking, third … Read more

Did Two AIs Just Show Emergent Behavior?

My homegrown experiment might just say yes. Traditional AI systems are designed to react to user input with pre-trained responses, exhibiting no independent reasoning or self-awareness. However, emergence — where simple systems interacting in complex ways produce outcomes greater than their parts — is often seen as a necessary precursor to true artificial general intelligence … Read more