OmniGen: Unified Image Generation what: one transformer for the text-to-image diffusion model. - rectified flow. - multimodal condition: text and image. - one model processes all context and does diffusion steps.
Diffusion Policy Policy Optimization what: set of best practices for fine-tuning diffusion-based policies in continuous control and robot learning tasks.
my thoughts - i like how AI community is trying to simplify everything. surprisingly sometimes it works well. for example, rectified flow is simplified version of diffusion. - rl + diffusion => next step in brain stimulation? diffusion models could mimic brain patterns for smoother stimulation. with RL, they’d adapt in real-time, making treatments more precise and personalized. shifting from rigid protocols to dynamic brain interventions.
OmniGen: Unified Image Generation what: one transformer for the text-to-image diffusion model. - rectified flow. - multimodal condition: text and image. - one model processes all context and does diffusion steps.
Diffusion Policy Policy Optimization what: set of best practices for fine-tuning diffusion-based policies in continuous control and robot learning tasks.
my thoughts - i like how AI community is trying to simplify everything. surprisingly sometimes it works well. for example, rectified flow is simplified version of diffusion. - rl + diffusion => next step in brain stimulation? diffusion models could mimic brain patterns for smoother stimulation. with RL, they’d adapt in real-time, making treatments more precise and personalized. shifting from rigid protocols to dynamic brain interventions.
Telegram was co-founded by Pavel and Nikolai Durov, the brothers who had previously created VKontakte. VK is Russia’s equivalent of Facebook, a social network used for public and private messaging, audio and video sharing as well as online gaming. In January, SimpleWeb reported that VK was Russia’s fourth most-visited website, after Yandex, YouTube and Google’s Russian-language homepage. In 2016, Forbes’ Michael Solomon described Pavel Durov (pictured, below) as the “Mark Zuckerberg of Russia.” Telegram has become more interventionist over time, and has steadily increased its efforts to shut down these accounts. But this has also meant that the company has also engaged with lawmakers more generally, although it maintains that it doesn’t do so willingly. For instance, in September 2021, Telegram reportedly blocked a chat bot in support of (Putin critic) Alexei Navalny during Russia’s most recent parliamentary elections. Pavel Durov was quoted at the time saying that the company was obliged to follow a “legitimate” law of the land. He added that as Apple and Google both follow the law, to violate it would give both platforms a reason to boot the messenger from its stores. "We as Ukrainians believe that the truth is on our side, whether it's truth that you're proclaiming about the war and everything else, why would you want to hide it?," he said. The next bit isn’t clear, but Durov reportedly claimed that his resignation, dated March 21st, was an April Fools’ prank. TechCrunch implies that it was a matter of principle, but it’s hard to be clear on the wheres, whos and whys. Similarly, on April 17th, the Moscow Times quoted Durov as saying that he quit the company after being pressured to reveal account details about Ukrainians protesting the then-president Viktor Yanukovych. Anastasia Vlasova/Getty Images
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