This Week I Learned - Week #7 2024

This Week I Learned - 

* clipboard.js is a lightweight JavaScript library (3KB gzipped) that simplifies copying text to the clipboard without relying on Flash or any bulky frameworks. It's a handy tool for web developers who want to enhance user experience when dealing with clipboard operations. 

Part of a full drawing from Generative AI in a Nutshell - how to survive and thrive in the age of AI

* Aya is a new open-source, state-of-the-art, massively multilingual, generative large language model (LLM) and dataset from Cohere. This model built by 3,000+ independent researchers both outperforms existing open-source models and covers more than double the number of languages of existing models – 101 different languages. The model significantly expands coverage to more than 50 previously under-supported languages. 

* O’Reilly has created a GenAI policy for its experts to follow when leveraging GenAI in the creation of their own works. It expects authors and content providers to track their use of GenAI and share this info with their editors as they develop their content, just as they might with third-party content for permissions. This is to provide the necessary human intervention to ensure reliability and accuracy. 

* Using OpenAI’s ChatGPT via an API under OpenAI’s API Data Usage Policies does not permit OpenAI to use the Inputs to train or improve OpenAI’s underlying large language models (“LLMs”). However, use of the web UI for ChatGPT does permit OpenAI to use the Inputs to train or improve OpenAI’s LLMs, unless the user opts out by completing OpenAI’s opt-out form.

* Data regurgitation is a phenomenon in which the GenAI Model produces a near or exact replica of an Input as an Output to other users.

* Buoy AI symptom checker checks your symptoms in combination with the latest medical information to offer you personalized information on possible causes and treatments for your illness or health problems, and proactive next steps to seek care. It's like talking to a doctor just without the judgement, wait, and cost.

* Juice Jacking is modern method of hacking into devices such as smartphones that use the same USB cable for both data transfer and charging. By plugging into infected charging ports, users may unknowingly install malware, provide access to sensitive data, or allow device controls to be taken over.

* Coordinated Universal Time or UTC is the primary time standard globally used to regulate clocks and time. Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) was officially adopted as the uniform time scale for broadcasting and navigation in 1972. 

* Banking and Financial Services (BFSI) sector has for long been the mainstay for Cognizant, TCS, Infosys, HCLTech and Wipro.

* 1.3 lakh Indian students elect to study in the UK annually.

* tidsoptimist is a Norwegian word that means someone who is optimistic about how much time they have (to prepare for something), who is therefore often late. 

* A week is 2% of the year - Nat Friedman

* (A typical human lifespan is 20,000 - 30,000 days). Whatever you’re doing today, is it worth 1/30,000 of your life? - Andew Ng, How to Build Your Career in AI