On this episode of The Download, Christina breaks down the latest developer news and open source projects, this time with a heavy-dose of developer conferences, "open" AI models and retro games.
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0:00 Intro
0:43 GitHub Universe Registration 35% off now https://reg.githubuniverse.com/flow/github/universe24/cfs/page/cfslandingpage?utm_source=YouTube&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=download-apr
1:35 GitHub Universe CFS through May 10 https://reg.githubuniverse.com/flow/github/universe24/cfs/page/cfslandingpage?utm_source=YouTube&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=download-apr
1:58 Microsoft Build 2024 May 21 - 23 https://build.microsoft.com/en-US/home
2:26 The Merge in Berlin https://merge.berlin/ and apply to be in GitHub's "Open Source Fair" here https://gh.io/osa-merge-2024
3:06 Mixtral 8x22B latest open model https://mistral.ai/news/mixtral-8x22b/ and Mistral Common https://github.com/mistralai/mistral-common and the Mixtral 8x22B torrent is https://twitter.com/MistralAI/status/1777869263778291896
4:23 Meta Llama 3 https://ai.meta.com/blog/meta-llama-3/ and https://github.com/meta-llama/llama3 and https://github.com/meta-llama/llama-recipes
5:32 *Project Spotlight:* Descent 3 source code https://github.com/kevinbentley/Descent3
6:55 *Christina's Pick of the Week:* Delta Emulator https://github.com/rileytestut/Delta and https://apps.apple.com/us/app/delta-game-emulator/id1048524688 and https://altstore.io/ and also The Tortured Poets Department https://www.taylorswift.com/
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