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November 30, 2023

Hacker News Top Stories with Summaries (December 01, 2023)

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        <h1> Hacker News Top Stories</h1>
        <p>Here are the top stories from Hacker News with summaries for December 01, 2023 :</p>

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A reality bending mistake in Apple's computational photography

https://appleinsider.com/articles/23/11/30/a-bride-to-be-discovers-a-reality-bending-mistake-in-apples-computational-photography

Summary: A UK woman discovered a reality-bending mistake in Apple's computational photography when her iPhone captured three different poses in a mirror reflection. The error occurred as the camera treated each reflection as a separate person and stitched together differing images. This phenomenon can be recreated on recent iPhones and other smartphones due to computational photography limitations with mirrors.

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ChatGPT's 1-Year Anniversary: Are Open-Source Large Language Models Catching Up?

https://arxiv.org/abs/2311.16989

Summary: On ChatGPT's one-year anniversary, a study surveys the progress of open-source large language models (LLMs) in comparison to closed-source counterparts like OpenAI's GPT and Anthropic's Claude. The rapid advancements in open-source LLMs have implications for both research and business, with some models achieving parity or even outperforming ChatGPT on certain tasks.

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