Hacker News Top Stories with Summaries (July 18, 2023)
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<h1> Hacker News Top Stories</h1>
<p>Here are the top stories from Hacker News with summaries for July 18, 2023 :</p>
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StableDiffusion can now run directly in the browser on WebGPU
Summary: Stable Diffusion WebGPU demo requires JavaScript to be enabled in order to run the app. The demo showcases the capabilities of the WebGPU API, which provides modern graphics and computing functionality for web applications.
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fMRI-to-Image with Contrastive Learning and Diffusion Priors
Summary: MedARC, in collaboration with various research institutes and AI companies, has developed MindEye, a state-of-the-art approach for reconstructing and retrieving images from fMRI brain activity. MindEye achieves top performance in both image retrieval and reconstruction using two parallel submodules specialized for retrieval (contrastive learning) and reconstruction (diffusion prior). The technology offers potential clinical applications, improved brain-computer interfaces, and enhanced communication with pseudocoma patients. However, it also raises privacy concerns and data protection challenges.