Welcome to Rami’s Readings #159 - a weekly digest of interesting articles, papers, videos, and X threads from my various sources across the Internet. Expect a list of reads covering AI, technology, business, culture, fashion, travel, and more. Learn about what I do at ramisayar.com/about.
👋🏼 Welcome New Subscribers
Hello! A hearty thank you for subscribing to Rami's Readings! There are quite a few new subscribers this week, thanks to recommendations from The AI Ethics Brief, Product Byte, and The VC Corner. I am thrilled to have you on board! In this newsletter, I curate the best papers, tweets, and articles I have read during the week focusing on LLMs, AI, economics, business, and technology news. You can learn more about me on my website.
🤖 AI Reads
Introducing LFM3: Every Modality for Specialized Intelligence
Notes: I like Liquid AI’s model family strategy. #MIT
Introducing Rerank 5: Precise, Efficient Enterprise Document Retrieval
Notes: Cohere released Rerank 5.
nvidia / Kumo-Tabular: NVIDIA’s Tabular Foundation Model
Notes: We need more tabular data models.
AirLLM: 2.8T LLM Inference with Single 4GB GPU
Notes: If you really need to load larger models in constrained memory environments, this project helps. Inference speeds will be constrained by the machine’s ability to load and unload layers fast enough to compute.
💼 Business Reads
Rate Hike Kicks Canada’s Housing Market When It’s Down
Notes: Inflation-adjusted prices are back around the 2016 baseline (still too expensive!)
🔀 Other Reads
TomAnthony / YourOwnWeigh: Free Wi-FI Syncing for Withings Scales
Notes: I have a “grandfathered” Withings Scale, so I still have free syncing to third-party apps. However, I am completely put off by the company.
Trying Not to Sound Like AI Is Changing How We Write
Notes: We are now in year 3 of this saga…
When Is Scotch Worth $36,000? Take a Look at the Packaging
Notes: Admittedly, I also keep the bottle and packaging of my favorite whiskey. Why not?
Signing off from Redmond, WA.