Open Models for Math and Audio: Alibaba advances open-weight LLMs with Qwen2 Math and Audio variants
Generative AI

Open Models for Math and Audio: Alibaba advances open-weight LLMs with Qwen2 Math and Audio variants

Alibaba followed up its open-weights Qwen2 large language models with specialized variations.

August 21, 20243 min read
Google Imagen 3 Raises the Bar: Google’s Imagen 3 outperforms rivals in text-to-image benchmarks
Generative AI

Google Imagen 3 Raises the Bar: Google’s Imagen 3 outperforms rivals in text-to-image benchmarks

Image generation continued its rapid march forward with a new version of Google’s flagship text-to-image model.

August 21, 20243 min read
Google Imagen 3 Raises the Bar: Google’s Imagen 3 outperforms rivals in text-to-image benchmarks
Generative AI

Google Imagen 3 Raises the Bar: Google’s Imagen 3 outperforms rivals in text-to-image benchmarks

Image generation continued its rapid march forward with a new version of Google’s flagship text-to-image model.

August 21, 20243 min read
AI Agents for AI Research: Agentic workflow generates novel scientific research papers
Generative AI

AI Agents for AI Research: Agentic workflow generates novel scientific research papers

While some observers argue that large language models can’t produce truly original output, new work prompted them to generate novel scientific research.

August 21, 20243 min read
AI Agents for AI Research: Agentic workflow generates novel scientific research papers
Generative AI

AI Agents for AI Research: Agentic workflow generates novel scientific research papers

While some observers argue that large language models can’t produce truly original output, new work prompted them to generate novel scientific research.

August 21, 20243 min read
Machine Translation Goes Agentic: TransAgents, a system that boosts literary translation with a multi-agent workflow
Generative AI

Machine Translation Goes Agentic: TransAgents, a system that boosts literary translation with a multi-agent workflow

Literary works are challenging to translate. Their relative length, cultural nuances, idiomatic expressions...

August 15, 20243 min read
Machine Translation Goes Agentic: TransAgents, a system that boosts literary translation with a multi-agent workflow
Generative AI

Machine Translation Goes Agentic: TransAgents, a system that boosts literary translation with a multi-agent workflow

Literary works are challenging to translate. Their relative length, cultural nuances, idiomatic expressions...

August 15, 20243 min read
AI Leadership Makes for a Difficult Balance Sheet: OpenAI faces financial growing pains, spending double its revenue
Generative AI

AI Leadership Makes for a Difficult Balance Sheet: OpenAI faces financial growing pains, spending double its revenue

OpenAI may be spending roughly twice as much money as it’s bringing in, a sign of the financial pressures of blazing the trail in commercial applications of AI.

August 15, 20242 min read
AI Leadership Makes for a Difficult Balance Sheet: OpenAI faces financial growing pains, spending double its revenue
Generative AI

AI Leadership Makes for a Difficult Balance Sheet: OpenAI faces financial growing pains, spending double its revenue

OpenAI may be spending roughly twice as much money as it’s bringing in, a sign of the financial pressures of blazing the trail in commercial applications of AI.

August 15, 20242 min read
Out of the Black Forest: Black Forest Labs’ Flux.1 outperforms top text-to-image models
Generative AI

Out of the Black Forest: Black Forest Labs’ Flux.1 outperforms top text-to-image models

A new company with deep roots in generative AI made an eye-catching debut.

August 15, 20242 min read
Out of the Black Forest: Black Forest Labs’ Flux.1 outperforms top text-to-image models
Generative AI

Out of the Black Forest: Black Forest Labs’ Flux.1 outperforms top text-to-image models

A new company with deep roots in generative AI made an eye-catching debut.

August 15, 20242 min read
Higher Performance, Lower Prices: AI model prices drop as competition heats up
Generative AI

Higher Performance, Lower Prices: AI model prices drop as competition heats up

Prices for access to large language models are falling as providers exploit new efficiencies and compete for new customers.

August 15, 20242 min read
Higher Performance, Lower Prices: AI model prices drop as competition heats up
Generative AI

Higher Performance, Lower Prices: AI model prices drop as competition heats up

Prices for access to large language models are falling as providers exploit new efficiencies and compete for new customers.

August 15, 20242 min read
Google Gets Character.AI Co-Founders: Google acquires Character.AI talent and tech in strategic move
Generative AI

Google Gets Character.AI Co-Founders: Google acquires Character.AI talent and tech in strategic move

Character.AI followed an emerging pattern for ambitious AI startups, trading its leadership to a tech giant in exchange for funds and a strategic makeover. 

August 7, 20242 min read
Google Gets Character.AI Co-Founders: Google acquires Character.AI talent and tech in strategic move
Generative AI

Google Gets Character.AI Co-Founders: Google acquires Character.AI talent and tech in strategic move

Character.AI followed an emerging pattern for ambitious AI startups, trading its leadership to a tech giant in exchange for funds and a strategic makeover. 

August 7, 20242 min read

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