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Oops! Elon Musk’s Grok AI Caught Plagiarizing OpenAI’s ChatGPT

Elon Musk’s AI venture Grok AI is facing a bumpy start, with issues such as the bot trashing Musk and expressing support for progressive causes. Furthermore, users have pointed out that Grok seems to be using content from its competitor ChatGPT, made by Musk’s former colleagues and current rivals at OpenAI. An xAI engineer named […]

Stanford and Meta inch towards AI that acts human with new ‘CHOIS’ interaction model

Researchers from Stanford University and Meta’s Facebook AI Research lab have developed a groundbreaking AI system, CHOIS (Controllable Human-Object Interaction Synthesis), that generates natural and synchronized motions between virtual humans and objects based solely on text descriptions. This system allows virtual beings to understand and respond to language commands as fluidly as humans, representing a […]

Paving the way to efficient architectures: StripedHyena-7B, open source models offering a glimpse into a world beyond Transformers

Together Research has introduced the StripedHyena models, including StripedHyena-Hessian-7B (SH 7B) and StripedHyena-Nous-7B (SH-N 7B). These models are designed to improve training and inference performance for long-context sequence modeling tasks. They are the first alternative models competitive with the best open-source Transformers in short and long-context evaluations, achieving comparable or better performance with faster and […]

X’s AI chatbot Grok now ‘rolled out to all’ US Premium+ subscribers, English language users are next

Elon Musk’s xAI startup, X, has rolled out its AI chatbot, Grok, to Premium+ subscribers in the U.S., with plans to expand to all English language users and then to Japanese users by early 2024. The chatbot will initially face issues but is expected to improve rapidly based on user feedback. The rollout is part […]

Early impressions of Google’s Gemini aren’t great

Google unveiled Gemini, its new flagship generative AI model meant to power various products and services, including the chatbot Bard. However, anecdotal evidence suggests that Gemini Pro, a lite version of Gemini, has been receiving criticism for its poor performance. Users have reported errors in providing accurate information, translating languages, summarizing news, and coding. Moreover, […]

Another blow for self-driving trucks as former industry leader TuSimple abandons the US

TuSimple, once a leading developer of self-driving trucks in the U.S., is now exiting the country due to internal controversies and a lost partnership with Navistar. The company is laying off 75% of its U.S. staff and selling off its assets, as it shifts its focus to the Asia-Pacific region.

Apple Unveils An Open-Source Path for AI Development on Its Silicon Chips

Apple recently launched MLX, an open-source framework designed specifically for machine learning on its M-series CPUs. The framework aims to address compatibility and performance issues associated with Apple’s unique architecture and software, providing a more user-friendly design and a more streamlined process for training and deploying AI models on Apple devices. MLX’s unified memory model […]

Microsoft exec hints at new LLMs beyond OpenAI’s

Microsoft’s executive Eric Boyd hinted that the company’s AI service will soon provide more LLMs beyond OpenAI, offering customers more choice. This comes after Amazon AWS CEO criticized Microsoft’s reliance on OpenAI, emphasizing the need for cloud providers to offer more options.   Microsoft has deployed OpenAI’s models in its products and offers the flexibility […]

Google unveils AlphaCode 2, powered by Gemini

Google has unveiled AlphaCode 2, an improved version of its code-generating AI model, powered by Gemini, a generative AI model. AlphaCode 2 outperforms its predecessor, excelling in programming challenges and solving complex math and theoretical computer science problems. The AI model uses policy models to generate code samples, which are then filtered, grouped, and scored […]

Google unveils AlphaCode 2, powered by Gemini

Google has unveiled AlphaCode 2, an improved version of its code-generating AI model, powered by Gemini, a generative AI model. AlphaCode 2 outperforms its predecessor, excelling in programming challenges and solving complex math and theoretical computer science problems. The AI model uses policy models to generate code samples, which are then filtered, grouped, and scored […]

Google’s best Gemini demo was faked

Google’s new Gemini AI model is facing mixed reception and skepticism after it was revealed that the impressive demo video showcasing its capabilities was actually faked. The video, “Hands-on with Gemini: Interacting with multimodal AI,” featured various interactions with the Gemini AI model, highlighting its responsiveness to voice queries and visual prompts. However, it was […]

Google unveils AlphaCode 2, powered by Gemini

Google has unveiled AlphaCode 2, an improved version of its code-generating AI model, powered by Gemini, a generative AI model. AlphaCode 2 outperforms its predecessor, excelling in programming challenges and solving complex math and theoretical computer science problems. The AI model uses policy models to generate code samples, which are then filtered, grouped, and scored […]

Google announces the Cloud TPU v5p, its most powerful AI accelerator yet

Google has announced the launch of its new Cloud TPU v5p, an updated version of its Cloud TPU v5e, boasting faster chips and improved performance, especially in training large language models like GPT3-175B. The v5p features 2x improvement in FLOPS and 3x improvement in high-bandwidth memory compared to the v5e, making it significantly faster and […]

Apple joins AI fray with release of model framework

Apple, known for its conservative approach to AI, quietly released MLX, a machine learning framework, and MLX Data, a deep learning model library designed for Apple Silicon. These open-source tools are intended to make it easier for developers to build and run AI models efficiently on Apple’s devices.   The MLX framework was inspired by […]

AMD releases new chips to power faster AI training

AMD has announced new accelerators and processors, the Instinct MI300X accelerator and the Instinct M1300A accelerated processing unit (APU), aimed at running large language models (LLMs). These products offer better memory capacity and improved energy efficiency, positioning AMD as a significant contender in the AI chip market. AMD has partnered with Microsoft to provide MI300X […]

Liquid AI, a new MIT spinoff, wants to build an entirely new type of AI

Liquid AI, a startup co-founded by robotics expert Daniela Rus along with Ramin Hasani, Mathias Lechner, and Alexander Amini, has raised a substantial amount of $37.5 million in funding from various VCs and organizations. The startup is focused on developing general-purpose AI systems powered by liquid neural networks, which are characterized by a small, flexible […]

Google takes on OpenAI with release of Gemini model

In the fierce competition of AI technology, GPT-4 currently stands out as the most capable model, with its ability to handle large amounts of text and its relevance for enterprise needs. Despite this, Gemini, a new AI model developed by Google, presents a potential challenge to GPT-4’s dominance, particularly in the realm of AI startups […]

Google’s Gemini Turns Pixel 8 Pro Into a True AI Phone

Google is introducing new AI capabilities, including the Gemini AI model, for its Pixel 8 Pro phone. The AI features will run directly on the devices without needing an internet connection, providing functions like text summarization, smart replies, and enhanced spell check. The AI advancements are also said to be interoperable with other apps, and […]

Google DeepMind’s Demis Hassabis Says Gemini Is a New Breed of AI

Google has launched a new AI model called Gemini, which is integrated into the Bard chatbot. This AI model, as per Demis Hassabis, Google’s AI executive, represents a significant leap forward in the field of AI, as it is capable of processing information in various forms such as text, audio, images, and video. This multimodal […]

EnCharge raises $22.6M to commercialize its AI-accelerating chips

EnCharge AI, a startup, has raised $22.6 million in funding to commercialize its AI-accelerating chips. The company aims to provide broader access to AI for organizations by developing sustainable and cost-effective AI chips and solutions. EnCharge’s mission is to unlock AI’s full potential by enabling new AI use cases and form factors that run sustainably […]

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