In his article »Revealing the Hidden Economics of Open Models in the AI Era« Frank Nagle summarizes the study »The Latent Role of Open Models in the AI Economy«, which he co-authored with Daniel Yue from Georgia Tech. He shows how clearly open AI models are underestimated in the current market. The basis is an unusually extensive dataset on usage, pricing, and performance of various models. ...
Hidde de Vries writes in »How to avoid that your post about AI helps the hype« for hidde.blog The term “artificial intelligence” was coined as a way to make a branch of scientific research more attractive to potential funders. A lot of the tech we see today is neither artificial nor intelligent. It’s powerful and impressive technology, sure, but it’s machines. ...
Command-line tools like top and htop enable monitoring of system resources such as CPU and memory usage. As a standalone, nice-looking graphical user interface, “NeoHtop” offers an appealing and informative alternative, similar to the features of htop. NeoHtop is Open Source and compatible with Unix-based systems. The text was automatically translated from German into English. The German quotations were also translated in sense. ...
For anyone who likes using tools like tmux to split their terminal window, a look at the terminal emulator ‘ghostty’ might be of interest. Ghostty not only provides tabs, but also lets you split windows directly within the terminal. But that’s only one of many features. Ghostty is fully Open Source and available cross-platform. The text was automatically translated from German into English. The German quotations were also translated in sense. ...
Apple plans to acquire the team behind Pixelmator. The apps will remain unchanged for the time being, but it will be exciting to see what the future brings. The Pixelmator Team writes in »A new home for Pixelmator« Pixelmator has signed an agreement to be acquired by Apple, subject to regulatory approval. There will be no material changes to the Pixelmator Pro, Pixelmator for iOS, and Photomator apps at this time. Stay tuned for exciting updates to come. ...