Jun 19, 2024
More New Open Models: New models from Nvidia, Alibaba, and Stability AI expand open options
A trio of powerful open and semi-open models give developers new options for both text and image generation.
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Data Points
Microsoft delays Recall: Plus, Nvidia leads new MLPerf benchmarks
This week’s top AI stories include: Personalized image generation, a second look at the MMLU benchmark, a new method to reduce LLM hallucinations, a closer look inside Apple’s AI cloud security
Data Points
Qwen2 tops leaderboards for open LLMs: Plus, Kling, a new Chinese rival to Sora
This week’s top AI stories included: • Nvidia’s AI toolkit for Windows developers • AMD’s new competitor to Nvidia’s H100 • TowerLLM, a translation model that beats GPT-4o • Google’s updated smart notebook app
The Batch Newsletter
Apple’s Gen AI Strategy, Stability's Copyright-Clear Audio Generator, International Safety Agreements, LLMs Play Doctor
The Batch AI News and Insights: One reason for machine learning’s success is that our field welcomes a wide range of work.
Letters
Welcoming Diverse Approaches Keeps Machine Learning Strong: What technology counts as an “agent”? Instead of arguing, let's consider a spectrum along which various technologies are “agentic.”
One reason for machine learning’s success is that our field welcomes a wide range of work.
Machine Learning Research
The LLM Will See You Now: AMIE, a chatbot that outperforms doctors in diagnostic conversations
A critical step in diagnosing illnesses is a conversation between doctor and patient to assemble a medical history, discuss approaches to managing symptoms, and so on.
Tech & Society
Seoul AI Summit Spurs Safety Agreements: AI summit in Seoul achieves safety commitments from companies and governments
At meetings in Seoul, government and corporate officials from dozens of countries agreed to take action on AI safety.
Tech & Society
Audio Generation Clear of Copyrights: Stability AI releases enhanced text-to-audio generator Stable Audio Open
Sonically minded developers gained a high-profile text-to-audio generator.
Tech & Society
Apple’s Gen AI Strategy Revealed: Apple unveils AI features in new iOS and MacOS update during WWDC
Apple presented its plan to imbue its phones and computers with artificial intelligence.
Data Points
Anthropic makes tool use available for all users: Plus, ProteinViz makes protein visualization open-source again
This week’s top AI stories included: E.U. countries approving the AI Act, Google responding to criticism of AI answers in search, A new set of open-world vision models, A study on worldwide adoption of generative AI
Letters
Blenders Versus Bombs, or Why California’s Proposed AI Law is Bad for Everyone: California’s proposed AI law SB-1047 stifles innovation and open source in the name of safety.
The effort to protect innovation and open source continues. I believe we’re all better off if anyone can carry out basic AI research and share their innovations.
The Batch Newsletter
The AI PC Arrives, OpenAI Used For Disinformation, U.S. and China Seek AI Agreement, Training Models to Reason
The Batch AI News and Insights: The effort to protect innovation and open source continues. I believe we’re all better off if anyone can carry out basic AI research and share their innovations.