Tech & Society
AI’s Path to Zero Emissions Is Cloudy: AI and data center boom challenges big tech's emissions targets
The boom in AI is jeopardizing big tech’s efforts to reach its targets for emissions of greenhouse gasses.
Analytics DeepLearning.AI
Tech & Society
Claude Advances the LLM Interface: Claude 3.5 Sonnet’s Artifacts feature makes it easier to build and code on-site
Claude 3.5 Sonnet lets users work on generated outputs as though they were independent files — a step forward in large language model user interfaces.
Letters
California’s Proposed AI Safety Law Puts Developers at Risk: California SB 1047 is intended to make AI safer, but its unclear requirements put developers, innovation, and open source in jeopardy.
I continue to be alarmed at the progress of proposed California regulation SB 1047 and the attack it represents on open source and more broadly on AI innovation.
The Batch Newsletter
AI’s Cloudy Path to Zero Emissions, Amazon’s Agent Builders, Claude’s UI Advance, Training On Consumer GPUs
The Batch AI News and Insights: I continue to be alarmed at the progress of proposed California regulation SB 1047 and the attack it represents on open source and more broadly on AI innovation.
Data Points
Brazil puts the brakes on Meta: Plus, powerful jailbreak exploits AI models’ safety features
Robots trained on audio, not just vision; Gen-3 Alpha video model now available; French regulator calls out Nvidia; Waymo opens widely in San Francisco
Data Points
Cloning dead celebrities’ voices: Plus, Amazon absorbs most of Adept
Twice a week, Data Points brings you the latest AI news, tools, models, and research in brief. Today’s edition includes: ElevenLabs gains rights to use dead celebrities’ voices for narration, VALL-E 2, Microsoft’s speech cloning tool, LangChain introduces LangGraph Cloud...
The Batch Newsletter
OpenAI Blocks China, Tests for Human-Level Models, Music Industry Sues AI Startups, Model Merging Evolves
The Batch AI News and Insights: As we reach the milestone of the 256th issue of The Batch, I’m reflecting on how AI has changed over the years and how society continues to change with it.
Letters
The World Needs High-Quality AI Education More Than Ever: AI developers need high-quality education and training to keep up with changing technology and gain useful skills. At DeepLearning.AI, we put learners first.
As we reach the milestone of the 256th issue of The Batch, I’m reflecting on how AI has changed over the years and how society continues to change with it.
Machine Learning Research
Model Merging Evolves: Researchers developed automated system for efficient model merging
The technique of model merging combines separate models into a single, more capable model without further training, but it requires expertise and manual effort. Researchers automated the process.
Tech & Society
Music Industry Sues AI Startups: Sony, UMG, and Warner Music sue Suno and Udio over alleged copyright violations
A smoldering conflict between the music industry and AI companies exploded when major recording companies sued up-and-coming AI music makers.
Tech & Society
Challenging Human-Level Models: Hugging Face overhauls open LLM leaderboard with tougher benchmarks
An influential ranking of open models revamped its criteria, as large language models approach human-level performance on popular tests.
Tech & Society
OpenAI Blocks China and Elsewhere: OpenAI to halt services in China and other U.S. 'nations of concern' by next week
OpenAI will stop serving users in China and other nations of concern to the U.S. government as soon as next week.