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China’s LLMs Open Up: Alibaba’s new open source LLMs
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China’s LLMs Open Up: Alibaba’s new open source LLMs

The latest wave of large language models trained in Chinese is open source for some users. Internet giant Alibaba released large language models that are freely available to smaller organizations.

August 16, 20232 min read
China’s LLMs Open Up: Alibaba’s new open source LLMs
Alibaba

China’s LLMs Open Up: Alibaba’s new open source LLMs

The latest wave of large language models trained in Chinese is open source for some users. Internet giant Alibaba released large language models that are freely available to smaller organizations.

August 16, 20232 min read
China Chases Chatbots: Chinese tech companies race to cash in on ChatGPT fever.
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China Chases Chatbots: Chinese tech companies race to cash in on ChatGPT fever.

ChatGPT fever has reached China despite legal and technical barriers. Two months after its debut, ChatGPT is a viral sensation on Chinese social media, MIT Technology Review reported. Companies in that country are racing to cash in.

March 2, 20232 min read
China Chases Chatbots: Chinese tech companies race to cash in on ChatGPT fever.
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China Chases Chatbots: Chinese tech companies race to cash in on ChatGPT fever.

ChatGPT fever has reached China despite legal and technical barriers. Two months after its debut, ChatGPT is a viral sensation on Chinese social media, MIT Technology Review reported. Companies in that country are racing to cash in.

March 2, 20232 min read
The View Through the Windshield: New Zealand Uses Computer Vision to Spot Distracted Drivers
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The View Through the Windshield: New Zealand Uses Computer Vision to Spot Distracted Drivers

Overhead cameras equipped with computer vision are spotting distracted drivers on the road. A system from Melbourne-based Acusensus alerts police when drivers are engaged in risky activities such as using a cell phone, not wearing a seatbelt, or speeding.

April 27, 20222 min read
The View Through the Windshield: New Zealand Uses Computer Vision to Spot Distracted Drivers
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The View Through the Windshield: New Zealand Uses Computer Vision to Spot Distracted Drivers

Overhead cameras equipped with computer vision are spotting distracted drivers on the road. A system from Melbourne-based Acusensus alerts police when drivers are engaged in risky activities such as using a cell phone, not wearing a seatbelt, or speeding.

April 27, 20222 min read
Chip Huyen: AI that adapts to changing conditions
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Chip Huyen: AI that adapts to changing conditions

Until recently, big data processing has been dominated by batch systems like MapReduce and Spark, which allow us to periodically process a large amount of data very efficiently.

December 29, 20212 min read
Chip Huyen: AI that adapts to changing conditions
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Chip Huyen: AI that adapts to changing conditions

Until recently, big data processing has been dominated by batch systems like MapReduce and Spark, which allow us to periodically process a large amount of data very efficiently.

December 29, 20212 min read
AI Engineers Weigh In on AI Ethics: Survey Shows How AI Engineers Feel About Ethical Issues
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AI Engineers Weigh In on AI Ethics: Survey Shows How AI Engineers Feel About Ethical Issues

Machine learning researchers tend to trust international organizations, distrust military forces, and disagree on how much disclosure is necessary when describing new models, a new study found.

September 15, 20212 min read
AI Engineers Weigh In on AI Ethics: Survey Shows How AI Engineers Feel About Ethical Issues
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AI Engineers Weigh In on AI Ethics: Survey Shows How AI Engineers Feel About Ethical Issues

Machine learning researchers tend to trust international organizations, distrust military forces, and disagree on how much disclosure is necessary when describing new models, a new study found.

September 15, 20212 min read
Meet the New Smart-Cities Champ: Chinese researchers win prizes for AI traffic safety.
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Meet the New Smart-Cities Champ: Chinese researchers win prizes for AI traffic safety.

Chinese researchers for the first time swept a competition to develop AI systems that monitor urban traffic. Chinese universities and companies won first and second place place in all five categories of the 2021 AI City Challenge.

July 28, 20211 min read
Meet the New Smart-Cities Champ: Chinese researchers win prizes for AI traffic safety.
Alibaba

Meet the New Smart-Cities Champ: Chinese researchers win prizes for AI traffic safety.

Chinese researchers for the first time swept a competition to develop AI systems that monitor urban traffic. Chinese universities and companies won first and second place place in all five categories of the 2021 AI City Challenge.

July 28, 20211 min read
Prosperity of the Commons: Tools from MLCommons for improved model development
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Prosperity of the Commons: Tools from MLCommons for improved model development

A new consortium of companies, schools, and research labs is building open tools for next-generation machine learning. MLCommons aims to foster innovation in machine learning by developing new benchmarks, datasets, and best practices.

December 9, 20201 min read
Prosperity of the Commons: Tools from MLCommons for improved model development
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Prosperity of the Commons: Tools from MLCommons for improved model development

A new consortium of companies, schools, and research labs is building open tools for next-generation machine learning. MLCommons aims to foster innovation in machine learning by developing new benchmarks, datasets, and best practices.

December 9, 20201 min read
Retailers Adjust to the Pandemic: How Chinese retailers used AI to rebound from Covid-19
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Retailers Adjust to the Pandemic: How Chinese retailers used AI to rebound from Covid-19

Covid-19 wreaked havoc with models that predict retail sales — but China’s biggest annual e-commerce event showed that they’re back in business.

November 18, 20202 min read

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