Tech & Society
International Guidelines for Military AI: Global coalition endorses blueprint for AI’s military use
Dozens of countries endorsed a “blueprint for action” designed to guide the use of artificial intelligence in military applications.
Analytics DeepLearning.AI
Tech & Society
Generative Video in the Editing Suite: Adobe integrates AI video generation into Premiere Pro
Adobe is putting a video generator directly into its popular video editing application.
Machine Learning Research
Llama Herd Expands: Meta updates Llama models with vision-language, edge sizes, and agentic APIs
Meta extended its Llama family of models into two new categories: vision-language and sizes that are small enough to fit in edge devices.
Data Points
Nemotron models boost Llama’s speed but maintain accuracy: NotebookLM “reads” audio and video
Hacking ChatGPT’s long-term memory function. U.S. trade commission targets companies who lie about AI. A new OpenAI model for screening text and images. Apple, Meta, and others hold off on AI Pact
Data Points
Molmo’s impressive open multimodal models: Llama 3.2 adds vision models and small LLMs
Google’s top Gemini models cut prices, boost performance. Microsoft’s new approach to correct hallucinations. OpenAI releases a multilingual training dataset. Chain-of-thought reasoning has limits.
Machine Learning Research
Robot Server: Google’s table tennis robot triumphs over beginners
A robot that plays table tennis beats human beginners and entertains experts.
Business
Hollywood Embraces Video Generation: Lionsgate teams with Runway to develop a custom fine-tuned video model
The AI startup Runway is helping to retool Lionsgate, the producer of blockbuster movie franchises like The Hunger Games and John Wick, for the era of generated video.
Machine Learning Research
More, Better Open Source Options: Alibaba releases Qwen 2.5 models, raising the bar for open weight LLMs
The parade of ever more capable LLMs continues with Qwen 2.5.
Tech & Society
California Restricts Deepfakes: California enacts laws to regulate deepfakes in politics and entertainment
California, a jurisdiction that often influences legislators worldwide, passed a slew of new laws that regulate deepfakes.
Letters
AI Innovations for Learners: How generative AI is changing education
Last week I spoke at Coursera Connect, the company’s annual conference in Las Vegas, where a major topic was AI and education.
The Batch Newsletter
Hollywood Embraces Video Gen, New Restrictions on Deepfakes, More Open Source Models, Robot Server
The Batch AI News and Insights: Last week I spoke at Coursera Connect, the company’s annual conference in Las Vegas, where a major topic was AI and education.
Data Points
Using GPT to debunk conspiracy theories: Nvidia’s new open vision-language models
Kling 1.5 text-to-video model adds 1080p, editing tools. Codeforces restricts AI use in competition. Identifying whalesong using bioacoustic markers. A prize challenge for improving robotics world models.