Tech & Society
Disinformation Documented: OpenAI takes action against misuse of its models in propaganda
OpenAI models were used in five disinformation campaigns, the company said.
Large Language Models (LLMs)
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Rise of the AI PC: Microsoft launches AI-driven Copilot+ PCs
Generative AI plays a starring role in the latest Windows PCs.
Machine Learning Research
Richer Context for RAG: RAPTOR, a recursive summarizer, captures more relevant context for LLM inputs
Text excerpts used in retrieval augmented generation (RAG) tend to be short. Researchers used summarization to pack more relevant context into the same amount of text.
Tech & Society
2 Million Tokens of Context & More: Google’s I/O developers’ conference reveals new AI models, features, and upgrades.
Google’s annual I/O developers’ conference brought a plethora of updates and new models.
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Why ChatGPT Acts That Way: OpenAI introduces guidelines for model behavior, seeks public feedback
OpenAI pulled back the curtain on revised rules that will guide its models.
Machine Learning Research
Streamlined Inference: Deja Vu, a method that boosts LLM speed by activating only essential neural parts
It’s not necessary to activate all parts of a large language model to process a given input. Using only the necessary parts saves processing.
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Coding Assistance Start to Finish: GitHub previews Copilot Workspace for end-to-end software development
GitHub Copilot’s latest features are designed to help manage software development from plan to pull request.
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Think D̶i̶f̶f̶e̶r̶e̶n̶t̶ Small: Apple releases OpenELM, a family of smaller large language models.
Apple is thinking small — very small — with a new family of open large language models.
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Benchmarks for Industry: Vals AI evaluates large language models on industry-specific tasks.
How well do large language models respond to professional-level queries in various industry domains? A new company aims to find out.
Machine Learning Research
Tuning LLMs for Better RAG: Meta’s RA-DIT boosts language model output by optimizing text retrieval
Retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) enables large language models to generate better output by retrieving documents that are relevant to a user’s prompt. Fine-tuning further improves RAG performance.
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Hallucination Creates Security Holes: Researcher exposes risks in AI-generated code
Language models can generate code that erroneously points to software packages, creating vulnerabilities that attackers can exploit.
Machine Learning Research
More Factual LLMs: FactTune, a method to fine-tune LLMs for factual accuracy without human feedback
Large language models sometimes generate false statements. New work makes them more likely to produce factual output.