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MS has really knocked it out of the park with AutoGen.

"AutoGen is a framework for simplifying the orchestration, optimization, and automation of LLM workflows. It offers customizable and conversable agents that leverage the strongest capabilities of the most advanced LLMs, like GPT-4, while addressing their limitations by integrating with humans and tools and having conversations between multiple agents via automated chat."

AutoGen: Enabling next-generation large language model applications Microsoft researchers are introducing AutoGen, a framework for simplifying the orchestration, optimization, and automation of workflows for large language model (LLM) applications—potentially transforming and extending what LLMs can do. Learn more.

Here's something short, sweet, and not AI nor blockchain related. It's good to feed your brain a varied diet of interesting stuff. One of the most useful and unique uses of radio communications you've probably never heard of but our air travel industry wouldn't exist without it.

VOR, a crucial tool in aviation, helps pilots find their way even when they're up in the clouds. 🌥️✈️

📡 VOR uses radio signals transmitted from ground stations, allowing pilots to determine their position and orientation relative to these stations. It's like a giant compass in the sky! 🧭

💡 Here's how it works:
1. The ground station sends out radio waves in a 360° pattern.
2. Your plane's VOR receiver tunes into these waves.
3. By comparing the phase difference between two signals, it can tell the pilot which radial (a specific line extending out from the station) they are on.
4. Pilots use this info to navigate accurately, regardless of weather or visibility conditions.

Short vid overview:

Understanding VOR This video explains the practical and technical principles behind VOR (VHF omnidirectional range) including the structure and use of the different components...

5G, still waiting on it to catch up to the hype

5G Networks are Performing Worse. What's Going On? Millimeter-wave fizzles and regulatory hurdles plague progress