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.
Large Language Models (LLMs)
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.
Machine Learning Research
Better Teachers Make Better Students: Microsoft‘s Orca 2 strengthens the native reasoning abilities of smaller models
A relatively small student LLM that learns to mimic a larger teacher model can perform nearly as well as the teacher while using much less computation. It can come even closer if the teacher also teaches reasoning techniques.
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.
Tech & Society
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.
Tech & Society
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.
Tech & Society
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.
Tech & Society
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.