Tech & Society
Microsoft Absorbs Inflection: Microsoft pays Inflection AI $650 Million, hires most of its staff
Microsoft took over most of the once high-flying chatbot startup Inflection AI in an unusual deal.
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Tech & Society
Mistral AI Extends Its Portfolio: Mistral enhances AI landscape in Europe with Microsoft partnership and new language models.
European AI champion Mistral AI unveiled new large language models and formed an alliance with Microsoft.
Hardware
Industrial Strength Language Model: Siemens and Microsoft launch GPT-powered Copilot for manufacturing machinery.
ChatGPT is pitching in on the assembly line. Siemens and Microsoft launched a joint pilot program of a GPT-powered model for controlling manufacturing machinery. German automotive parts manufacturer Schaeffler is testing the system in its factories, as is Siemens itself.
Machine Learning Research
Better Reasoning from ChatGPT: Iterative bootstrapping, a new method to improve chain-of-thought prompting
You can get a large language model to solve math problems more accurately if your prompts include a chain of thought: an example that solves a similar problem through a series of intermediate reasoning steps. A new approach to...
Tech & Society
Cost Containment for Generative AI: Microsoft's quest to reduce the size and cost of language models
Microsoft is looking to control the expense of its reliance on OpenAI’s models. Microsoft seeks to build leaner language models that perform nearly as well as ChatGPT but cost less to run.
Tech & Society
Chatbots for Productivity: Microsoft extends Copilot to 365 and Windows.
Microsoft's ChatGPT-powered assistants will roll out in the coming months.
Tech & Society
GenAI Violated Copyright? No Problem: Microsoft commits to cover copyright violation costs for GenAI services.
Microsoft promised to shield users of its generative AI services against the potential risk of copyright infringement. Microsoft said it would cover the cost for any copyright violations that may arise from use of its Copilot features, which generate text, images, code, and other media within its...
Tech & Society
AI Firms Agree to Voluntary Guidelines: U.S. companies agree to uphold a list of responsible AI commitments.
In the absence of nationwide laws that regulate AI, major U.S. tech companies pledged to abide by voluntary guidelines — most of which they may already be following.
Tech & Society
Copyright Owners Take AI to Court: Artists and writers sue big tech companies over copyright infringement.
AI models that generate text, images, and other types of media are increasingly under attack by owners of copyrights to material included in their training data. Writers and artists filed a new spate of lawsuits alleging that AI companies violated their copyrights...
Tech & Society
Making Government Multilingual: This app is bridging the language gap between the Indian government and its citizens
An app is bridging the language gap between the Indian government and its citizens, who speak a wide variety of languages. Jugalbandi helps Indians learn about government services, which typically are described online in English and Hindi, in their native tongues.
Tech & Society
Rising Calls for Regulation: Tech CEOs and governments aim for AI laws.
Amid growing worries about AI’s power, tech leaders and politicians alike are arguing for regulating the technology. Leaders of OpenAI, Microsoft, and Google spoke publicly in favor of regulation. Meanwhile, national governments proposed new guardrails for generative AI.
Machine Learning Research
For Better Answers, Generate Reference Text: AI-generated reference text improves LLM output.
If you want a model to answer questions correctly, then enriching the input with reference text retrieved from the web is a reliable way to increase the accuracy of its output. But the web isn’t necessarily the best source of reference text.