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Elon Musk says xAI will open source its Grok chatbot this week

Elon Musk, in a recent tweet, announced that xAI will be open sourcing its Grok chatbot, a move set to take effect this week. The AI assistant is currently exclusively available to Premium+ subscribers on X, but further details regarding the open-sourcing decision remain undisclosed.   This decision by Musk is in line with his […]

Cognition emerges from stealth to launch AI software engineer Devin

Cognition, a new AI startup backed by Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund and tech leaders like former Twitter executive Elad Gil and Doordash co-founder Tony Xu, has unveiled an autonomous AI software engineer named “Devin.” Unlike existing coding assistants such as Github Copilot, Devin boasts the ability to manage full development projects independently from writing code […]

AI-powered robot maker Covariant debuts RFM-1, a ‘robot language’

Covariant has unveiled RFM-1, an innovative AI program that functions as a large language model specifically designed for robots. The ultimate goal is to equip robots with human-like reasoning capabilities, enabling them to perform complex tasks across various industries. Drawing from a rich dataset obtained through Covariant’s Brain AI program, RFM-1 marks a significant advancement […]

Inflection AI launches new model for Pi chatbot, nearly matches GPT-4

Inflection AI, a startup co-founded by Mustafa Suleyman and Reid Hoffman, has introduced a new foundation model called Inflection-2.5. This upgraded model surpasses their previous version, Inflection-1, and nearly matches OpenAI’s GPT-4 model in performance, particularly in STEM subjects. Inflection-2.5 now powers the Pi assistant, which competes with ChatGPT and Gemini. It offers users a […]

UK looks to nature to train AI at 0.1% of the cost

The UK’s Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA) has launched the Scaling Compute program with a commitment of £42 million to address the high costs associated with training AI models on large datasets. This initiative aims to explore more cost-effective alternatives to the energy-intensive hardware currently used in the AI industry.   The program director, […]

AI Start-Up Figure Shows Off Conversational Robot Infused With OpenAI Tech

AI start-up Figure showcased its latest innovation, a humanoid robot named Figure 01, in a captivating video demonstration. Powered by generative AI technology from OpenAI, Figure 01 can engage in real-time conversations and demonstrate a high level of visual and language intelligence. The robot was seen interacting with Senior AI Engineer Corey Lynch, showcasing its […]

Korean researchers power-shame Nvidia with new neural AI chip — claim 625 times less power draw, 41 times smaller

Scientists from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) unveiled the groundbreaking ‘Complementary-Transformer’ AI chip at the 2024 International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC). This innovative C-Transformer chip is positioned as the world’s first ultra-low power AI accelerator chip developed for large language model (LLM) processing.   KAIST researchers boldly assert that the C-Transformer […]

This AI Can Design the Machinery of Life With Atomic Precision

A recent study published in Science has expanded the capabilities of artificial intelligence (AI) in modeling various biomolecules that interact with proteins. Led by Dr. David Baker at the University of Washington, the AI system, known as RoseTTAFold All-Atom, goes beyond focusing solely on proteins and now includes other biomolecules like DNA, RNA, and iron-containing […]

Matrix multiplication breakthrough could lead to faster, more efficient AI models

Computer scientists have achieved a significant advancement in speeding up matrix multiplication, a crucial operation for AI models like ChatGPT and Sora. This breakthrough, presented in recent papers, marks the largest efficiency improvement in over a decade.   Matrix multiplication, essential for tasks such as speech recognition and image processing, has benefitted from GPU technology […]

Hugging Face launching robotics project with former Tesla scientist

Former Tesla scientist Remi Cadene has joined AI platform Hugging Face to lead an open-source robotics project, marking the platform’s potential entry into the robotics market. Cadene, who previously worked on self-driving technology and humanoid robots at Tesla, announced his new venture on social media, seeking engineers to develop real robots in Paris.   Hugging […]

Anthropic’s Claude 3 knew when researchers were testing it

Anthropic, a San Francisco startup founded by ex-OpenAI engineers and spearheaded by siblings Daniela and Dario Amodei, has introduced a new family of large language models (LLMs), labeled Claude 3. This development, boasting superiority over OpenAI’s GPT-4 on numerous key benchmarks, marks a significant milestone in AI advancement. Notably, Amazon swiftly integrated Claude 3 Sonnet, […]

Microsoft’s new Orca-Math AI outperforms models 10x larger

Microsoft Research has unveiled Orca-Math, a groundbreaking variant of Mistral’s Mistral 7B model focused on excelling in math word problems. Arindam Mitra, a senior researcher at Microsoft, shared that Orca-Math outperforms most 7-70 billion parameter-sized AI models at the GSM8K benchmark, designed by OpenAI for middle-school-level math.   The impressive aspect of Orca-Math is its […]

Chinese researchers aim to replicate Open AI’s Sora text-to-video capabilities

Chinese researchers from Peking University and AI company Rabbitpre have launched the Open-Sora project aiming to replicate OpenAI’s text-to-video model, Sora, in a more accessible and scalable way with community involvement. The project has made notable progress by developing a three-part framework and showcasing four video demonstrations of varying resolutions and durations. Future goals include […]

Waymo launches driverless rides for employees in Austin

Waymo is pushing the boundaries of autonomous vehicle technology by initiating driverless operations in Austin, Texas. Beginning tomorrow, the company will introduce self-driving vehicles without safety operators in a designated 43-square-mile area encompassing various neighborhoods and downtown Austin. This milestone marks a significant progression towards opening the program to the general public. Waymo’s foray into […]

Anthropic Sets a New Gold Standard: Your Move, OpenAI

Anthropic, a startup founded by former OpenAI members, has made waves in the AI world with the release of its latest AI chatbot, Claude 3. Positioned as a potential new king in the AI landscape, Claude 3 has outperformed competitors like ChatGPT and Google Gemini with its three tiers: Opus, Sonnet, and Haiku, varying in […]

AI chip startup Groq forms new business unit, acquires Definitive Intelligence

Groq, a secretive semiconductor startup known for developing chips to accelerate generative AI models, is expanding its focus towards enterprise and the public sector. The company has introduced a new division, Groq Systems, with the aim of broadening its customer and developer ecosystem. Groq Systems will target organizations, including government agencies, interested in integrating Groq’s […]

Mark Zuckerberg woos Big Tech in Asia to double down on AI chips

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been actively engaging in discussions with tech leaders in Asia, aiming to enhance cooperation in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) and semiconductor technology. During his visit to South Korea, Zuckerberg expressed Meta’s interest in bolstering collaboration with Samsung Electronics to develop AI chips as a strategic move to mitigate […]

Google brings Stack Overflow’s knowledge base to Gemini for Google Cloud

Stack Overflow, a prominent developer Q&A site, is introducing a new program called OverflowAPI, allowing AI companies to tap into its extensive knowledge base. Partnering with Google, Stack Overflow will enrich Google Cloud’s Gemini by providing verified answers from its platform directly on the Google Cloud console. This collaboration aims to enhance AI-powered features and […]

Google expands BigQuery with Gemini, brings vector support to cloud databases

In 2024, Google has been actively expanding its database and analytics platforms to leverage generative AI capabilities. Notably, Google has integrated its Gemini large language models into its BigQuery analytics service, introducing new functions for AI data preparation and retrieval augmented generation (RAG). Additionally, Google is broadening its database offerings by introducing vector search support […]

Robotics startup Figure raises staggering $675M and partners with OpenAI

Figure, a Silicon Valley startup based in Sunnyvale, California, is making waves in the robotics industry with its focus on creating humanoid robots to alleviate labor shortages in physically demanding sectors like warehouses and retail. Recently, the company secured a substantial $675 million investment from major tech players such as Microsoft, NVIDIA, and Jeff Bezos’s […]

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