News for 14th March: What lurks in LLMs, Ableton 12, and Star Trek musical instruments

A Chinchilla reading a newspaper

It’s been a while! I have decided to split my podcast and newsletter into two streams:

1. Every two weeks an interview, I will start republshing summaries of those on Substack, but you can always find them at chrischinchilla.com/podcast/ too.
2. Every two weeks a news and resources round up. You’re reading it! I am not 100% sure where else I will archive those yet.

With that out the way, time to dig in. AI (of course), music, and SciFi this issue.

Podcast version

Search for “Chinchilla Squeaks” wherever you get your podcasts, or listen on my website.

Rise of Local LLMs ? →

In the not-so-distant past, dabbling in generative AI technology meant leaning heavily on proprietary models. The routine was straightforward: snag an OpenAI key, and you’re off to the races, albeit tethered to a pay-as-you-go scheme.

Large language models can do jaw-dropping things. But nobody knows exactly why. →