Subj : AI, the job market, & AI! To : All From : Mike Powell Date : Sat Feb 22 2025 11:01:00 From TLDR 2025-02-21 BIGGEST-EVER AI BIOLOGY MODEL WRITES DNA ON DEMAND (4 MINUTE READ) [7] Scientists have released an artificial intelligence model for biology trained on 128,000 genomes spanning the tree of life. It can make sense of existing DNA and also write whole chromosomes and small genomes from scratch. The model is available to scientists through a web interface - it can also be downloaded freely. The model could be used to help identify hard-to-interpret changes in people's genomes, decipher complex genomes, predict the effects of mutations, and more. FIGURE'S HUMANOID ROBOT TAKES VOICE ORDERS TO HELP AROUND THE HOUSE (4 MINUTE READ) [8] Figure has revealed a Vision-Language-Action (VLA) model for humanoid robots. VLAs leverage vision and language commands to process information, enabling robots to be trained through a combination of video and large language models. Figure's Helix model enables robots to follow natural language commands and pick up novel items with varying shapes, sizes, colors, and material properties never encountered before in training. Work on Helix is still at a very early stage, so demonstrations should be taken with a grain of salt. SOFTWARE ENGINEERING JOB OPENINGS HIT FIVE-YEAR LOW? (15 MINUTE READ) [11] There has been a 35% decrease in the number of software engineering job vacancies in the US since January 2020. While the story is similar in Canada, things are different in the UK, France, Germany, and Australia. Australia is the only country where the number of jobs listed is not lower than in 2020. Software development jobs have been the biggest boom and bust in vacancies compared to all industries. This post discusses the reasons for the decrease and predictions for what growth in the tech industry is likely to be like this year. A.I. IS CHANGING HOW SILICON VALLEY BUILDS START-UPS (6 MINUTE READ) [12] Tech startups used to raise huge sums to hire armies of workers and grow fast, but AI tools are enabling workers to be more efficient, making tiny teams more successful. Startups are using AI tools to increase employees' productivity in everything from customer service and marketing to coding and customer research. They are able to gain more revenue with fewer employees and less cash, something that wouldn't have been possible without the technology. The potential for AI to let startups do more with less has led to wild speculation about the future. META STARTS ACCEPTING SIGN-UPS FOR COMMUNITY NOTES ON FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM, AND THREADS (2 MINUTE READ) [15] Community Notes will be a way for Meta users to decide when posts are misleading and add more context to posts. GOOGLE'S AI CO-SCIENTIST IS 'TEST-TIME SCALING' ON STEROIDS. WHAT THAT MEANS FOR RESEARCH (5 MINUTE READ) [16] Google's Co-scientist is a hypothesis-formulation machine that uses multiple agents. Links: ------ [7] https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00531-3?utm_source=tldrnewsletter [8] https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/20/figures-humanoid-robot-takes-voice-orders -to-help-around-the-house/?utm_source=tldrnewsletter [11] https://blog.pragmaticengineer.com/software-engineer-jobs-five-year-low/?u tm_source=tldrnewsletter [12] https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/technology/ai-silicon-valley-start-ups. html?unlocked_article_code=1.yk4.vJlG.Q__wftRWk5um&smid=url-share&utm_source=tl drnewsletter [15] https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/20/meta-starts-accepting-sign-ups-for-commu nity-notes-on-facebook-instagram-and-threads/?utm_source=tldrnewsletter [16] https://www.zdnet.com/article/googles-ai-co-scientist-is-test-time-scaling -on-steroids-what-that-means-for-research/?utm_source=tldrnewsletter -- https://tldr.tech $$ --- SBBSecho 3.20-Linux * Origin: capitolcityonline.net * Telnet/SSH:2022/HTTP (1:2320/105) .