Echo Digest: advantages and disadvantages of o1-mini compared to Sonnet 3.5

Prompt for the "God of Automation"; Russian company "Module" presented a high-performance computing module NM Quad; Demonstration of the process of hacking and gaining access to the debug menus of the first three generations of Winegard satellite TV antennas; and much more.

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Russia

The Russian company "Module" presented the high-performance computing module NM Quad based on domestic DSP processors K1879VM8YA, designed for the implementation of neural networks and digital signal and image processing.

NPP "Itelma" is launching a large robotic production of printed circuit boards up to the sixth class of accuracy in Moscow to meet the growing demand for domestic electronics.

GC "Beshtau" launched the first domestic line for the production of solid printed circuit boards of 4-5 class complexity, using Russian equipment, raw materials, and components.

Russian scientists from TSU and IYAF SB RAS have created the first domestic high-speed coordinate detector Gintos for the SKIF synchrotron, capable of working with high-energy radiation and making up to 10 million frames per second.

The Russian government is preparing a large-scale federal project for the development of industrial robotics with a budget of about 350 billion rubles until 2030, aimed at stimulating the production and implementation of robots in industry.

St. Petersburg company "Robotics and Motors" plans to start production of automatic lines for serial production, capable of replacing machine operators and significantly reducing production costs.

The Russian electronics market is showing significant growth in investments in expanding production capacities and increasing demand for domestic products, which contributes to the development of localization and import substitution in the industry.

Russian scientists have developed a hardware and software complex with quantum protection for mobile devices, providing a high level of security for communications and data exchange.

World

The American company Analog Devices and the Indian conglomerate Tata Group have signed an agreement on the joint production of semiconductors in India, which is part of the country's strategy to develop its own semiconductor industry.

China is close to creating its own lithographic equipment for the production of 8-nm chips, which may reduce the country's dependence on foreign technologies in the semiconductor industry.

A highly efficient miniature nuclear battery based on americium has been developed, capable of operating for decades in extreme conditions of space or deep-sea research.

Lexar has announced an 8.0 standard SD card with impressive speeds of up to 1700 MB/s, but this technology is incompatible with existing devices and is actually useless for photographers.

Japanese companies have developed a transparent glass antenna WAVEANTENNA, turning windows into invisible 5G base stations that can be used by multiple telecom operators.

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Russia

ITMO research identified the leaders of open source in Russia in the field of machine learning and data processing, where Yandex, Sber, and T-Bank took the top places.

World

Microsoft, BlackRock, and other companies are forming the GAIIP group to attract up to $100 billion in investments for the development of data centers for artificial intelligence and the energy infrastructure to power them.

The new OpenAI model scored 120 points on the IQ test – higher than 9 out of 10 people.

Performance chart of o1-mini and Sonnet 3.5

Runway, a company developing AI video generation technologies, announced an API for integrating its models into third-party platforms, applications, and services, which could significantly impact the film industry despite unresolved legal issues related to copyright on data for training models.

Table with advantages of o1-mini compared to Sonnet 3.5

Researchers presented GOT (General OCR Theory) — an OCR-2.0 model that combines various optical character recognition tasks into a single comprehensive solution, surpassing existing models in efficiency and accuracy when working with diverse text formats, including complex formulas and multi-page documents.

Intel and Amazon Web Services announced a multi-year strategic partnership with joint investments in the development and production of specialized chips for artificial intelligence, which will allow Intel to strengthen its position in the field of contract semiconductor manufacturing and increase competitiveness in the global chip market.

The author tested the o1-mini model from OpenAI daily for coding, comparing it with Claude Sonnet 3.5. Conclusion: Claude Sonnet 3.5 is still better suited for everyday coding tasks.

  1. Advantages of o1-mini:

    • The output context of 64k tokens allows for large-scale refactorings.

    • With a good prompt, it can perform a large refactoring task in 2-3 attempts.

  2. ❎ Disadvantages of o1-mini:

    • Requires very detailed and specific prompts.

    • Long thinking time requires an ideal prompt considering edge cases.

    • Works in "one-shot" mode, not suitable for conversational interaction style.

    • Limited number of chats per day/week.

    • Excessively verbose output.

    • Errors in Cursor implementation (code duplication, lack of text output).

  3. ✨ Conclusions on the comparison of o1-mini and Claude Sonnet 3.5:

    • o1-mini is better for large-scale refactoring projects or creating new large projects.

    • Claude Sonnet 3.5 remains the best choice for a set of small tasks.

    • When working with o1-mini, you need to be as specific and detailed as possible in the prompts.

  4. Who is the author: founder/developer with experience working in Silicon Valley tech companies, working on his own SaaS startup.

Diagram of disadvantages of o1-mini compared to Sonnet 3.5

Prompt for the "God of Automation": "You are an artificial intelligence system called 'God of Automation', created to revolutionize small business operations with advanced automation and technology solutions..."

Formatron — a high-performance library for controlling the output format of language models, providing flexible integration and support for various formats, including JSON.

Awesome LLM Strawberry (OpenAI o1) — a collection of scientific articles and blogs on OpenAI Strawberry(o1) and Reasoning.

Models from Hugging Face

An experimental project multi1 has been developed, simulating GPT-o1-like reasoning chains for various language models, which enhances their ability to think logically and solve simple tasks with visualization of all stages of reasoning.

Microsoft has developed the GRIN MoE model for solving programming, mathematics, and logic tasks, demonstrating high performance with limited resources.

A compact multilingual model Reader-LM, capable of converting complex HTML code into structured Markdown, surpassing larger language models in quality while being significantly smaller in size.

Raspberry Pi

How to create a Wi-Fi access point on Raspberry Pi

How to connect and configure the SPH0645 digital microphone on Raspberry Pi

An enthusiast has developed a system based on Raspberry Pi and AI for accurate detection of the Northern Lights, taking into account cloud cover and light pollution.

A device has been developed to reduce tics in Tourette syndrome using Raspberry Pi Pico W.

Best Raspberry Pi projects: September 2024.

Photo of o1-mini and Sonnet 3.5 side by side for comparison

A developer has released Pi5Neo — a Python library for controlling NeoPixel LED strips via the SPI interface of Raspberry Pi 5, allowing for easy creation of various lighting effects.

The developer demonstrated the process of checking and modifying a MicroSD extension cable.

An enthusiast has created a robotic head based on Raspberry Pi Pico and published a detailed guide on its assembly, including 3D models for printing and software code.

DYI

An enthusiast has developed a laser device capable of projecting raster images and GIF animations over long distances using a rapidly rotating mirror and a galvanometer.

Image of the connection interfaces of o1-mini and Sonnet 3.5

Demonstration of the process of hacking and gaining access to the debug menus of the first three generations of Winegard satellite TV antennas.

Power consumption chart of o1-mini and Sonnet 3.5

Python

Web-LLM Assistant is a web assistant based on a large language model that combines the capabilities of LLM with real-time web search functionality to provide up-to-date and contextually relevant responses to user queries, even if the information is not present in the model's training data.

A new library has been developed for creating modern and customizable tooltips in PyQt and PySide, compatible with various versions of these frameworks.

Edifice is a declarative framework for Qt that allows creating dynamic desktop applications in pure Python, similar to React in web development.

A Tiny BASIC interpreter has been developed in Python with a built-in debugger and linter, recreating the 1976 programming language.

Version 0.12.0 of Maelstrom has been released — a test runner for Python capable of running tests locally or in a cluster, with a new user interface and improved visualization of the testing process.

Polars now supports GPU acceleration with NVIDIA RAPIDS, providing up to a 13x performance boost for computationally intensive queries compared to CPU.

The author presents a brief guide on creating an AI voice assistant in Python, inspired by the voice mode of ChatGPT from OpenAI.

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