Kabir's Tech Dives

This episode discusses the AI semiconductor landscape, focusing on Nvidia's dominance and the implications for the industry. Nvidia's success is attributed to its strong software, hardware, and netwo…

DeepSeek R1, a new large language model from China, is described, highlighting three key techniques: Chain of Thought prompting to improve reasoning and self-evaluation; reinforcement learning, speci…

This episode details the development of DeepSeek-R1, a large language model enhanced for reasoning capabilities through reinforcement learning (RL). Two versions are described: DeepSeek-R1-Zero, trai…

DeepSeek, a Chinese AI research lab, has created a surprisingly low-cost, high-performing open-source AI model that rivals leading American models from companies like OpenAI and Google. This breakthr…

DeepSeek v3, a state-of-the-art open-weight large language model, achieves superior benchmark performance using significantly less training compute than comparable models. This efficiency stems from …

This episode reviews six strategies for improving Large Language Model (LLM) outputs. Six key strategies are presented: writing clear instructions, providing reference text, splitting complex tasks, …

The episode focuses on the NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano Super, a powerful and affordable edge computing device. The text highlights its diverse industrial applications, including predictive maintenance, s…

OpenAI announced the launch of Operator, a new AI agent capable of using a web browser to complete user-assigned tasks. Operator, currently in early research preview for US Pro users, utilizes a nove…

A World Bank study assessed the impact of a six-week generative AI after-school program on Nigerian students' learning. The program significantly improved learning outcomes across English language, A…

President Trump announced the Stargate Project, a massive, $500 billion initiative to bolster America's AI infrastructure. This public-private partnership, spearheaded by prominent tech figures, will…

This episode introduces Agentic AI, a more advanced form of AI that goes beyond simple question-answering by autonomously executing complex, multi-step workflows. It highlights the advantages for tec…

The NovaSky team at UC Berkeley presents Sky-T1-32B-Preview, an open-source reasoning model achieving performance comparable to o1-preview at a significantly lower cost. This was accomplished by trai…

This episode discusses the importance of AI Optimization Strategy (AOS) for startups alongside traditional Search Engine Optimization (SEO). It emphasizes the need for comprehensive online presence, …

This episode details a method for creating customer interview questionnaires using AI. The author advocates using the principles of "The Mom Test" book to guide question design, focusing on uncoverin…

NVIDIA's website showcases its extensive offerings in artificial intelligence, high-performance computing, and graphics processing units (GPUs). The site details various hardware products, from graph…

This episode details an interview with Boardy, a Canadian-made AI "super-connector" that recently secured an $8 million seed round. Boardy, interacting solely through voice calls, impressed investors…

NVIDIA's website showcases its extensive offerings in artificial intelligence, high-performance computing, and graphics processing units (GPUs). The site details various hardware products, from graph…

GitHub Copilot Workspace is a new agentic development environment that uses AI to assist developers in completing tasks. It allows users to describe tasks in natural language, generating a plan and i…

This episode is about Search-Augmented Factuality Evaluator (SAFE), a novel, cost-effective method for automatically evaluating the factuality of long-form text generated by large language models (LL…

Machine unlearning is a crucial technology allowing the selective removal of data from AI models without complete retraining. The text explores various techniques for machine unlearning, including ex…