1. What Is ChatGPT Doing … and Why Does It Work? by Stephen Wolfram. Great and detailed article about the inner workings of large language models.
  2. The 2023 MAD (ML, AI & Data) Landscape by Matt Turck. A look at the data ecosystem in 2023 with coverage of market trends, data infrastructure trends, ML/AI trends, and an interactive map of the landscape.
  3. Content Moderation – Patterns in Industry by Eugene Yan. The article looks at industry papers and content moderator tech blogs to explore techniques used in industry to assess the quality of human-generated content such as reviews, social media posts, and ads.
  4. How Duolingo Reignited User Growth by Jorge Mazal at Lenny’s Newsletter. Duolingo’s Head of Product on how they amplified user growth, which had began to stagnate. Given I’ve always worked at smaller, early-stage companies it is super interesting to read how larger companies navigate product development. While I love the agility of my space, I do miss that level of sophistication.
  5. Do Users Write More Insecure Code with AI Assistants? by Perry et al. (2022). Last month I used Chat GPT to summarize a meta analysis on CBT. The results were impressive — were it not for that little sentence about cost-efficiency that was definitely not part of the study. I was reminded of that when I read this paper on how people using Github Copilot produce less secure code than those who code on their own.
  6. 10 Breakthrough Technologies 2023 by MIT Technology Review. Their annual list of breakthrough technologies, like CRISPR for high cholesterol, mass market military drones, organs on demand, and battery recycling.
  7. Effectiveness Of Physical Activity Interventions For Improving Depression, Anxiety And Distress: An Overview Of Systematic Reviews by Singh et al. (2023). This systematic review included ninety-seven reviews (1039 trials and 128 119 participants). The results suggest that physical activity interventions are effective in improving symptoms of depression and anxiety across all clinical populations, with the greatest benefits seen in people with depression, pregnant and postpartum women, apparently healthy individuals and those diagnosed with HIV or kidney disease.