Large Language Models

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Competitive Performance, Competitive Prices: Amazon introduces Nova models for text, image, and video
Large Language Models

Competitive Performance, Competitive Prices: Amazon introduces Nova models for text, image, and video

Amazon introduced a range of models that confront competitors head-on.

December 11, 20244 min read
Competitive Performance, Competitive Prices: Amazon introduces Nova models for text, image, and video
Large Language Models

Competitive Performance, Competitive Prices: Amazon introduces Nova models for text, image, and video

Amazon introduced a range of models that confront competitors head-on.

December 11, 20244 min read
Voter’s Helper: Perplexity’s AI-powered U.S. election hub assists voters with verified, real-time news and insights
Large Language Models

Voter’s Helper: Perplexity’s AI-powered U.S. election hub assists voters with verified, real-time news and insights

Some voters navigated last week’s United States elections with help from a large language model that generated output based on verified, nonpartisan information.

November 13, 20242 min read
Voter’s Helper: Perplexity’s AI-powered U.S. election hub assists voters with verified, real-time news and insights
Large Language Models

Voter’s Helper: Perplexity’s AI-powered U.S. election hub assists voters with verified, real-time news and insights

Some voters navigated last week’s United States elections with help from a large language model that generated output based on verified, nonpartisan information.

November 13, 20242 min read
Mixture of Experts Pulls Ahead: Hunyuan-Large outshines open competitors with high benchmark scores
Large Language Models

Mixture of Experts Pulls Ahead: Hunyuan-Large outshines open competitors with high benchmark scores

A new open source large language model outperforms competitors, including the open-weights Llama 3.1 405B, on a variety of benchmarks.

November 13, 20243 min read
Mixture of Experts Pulls Ahead: Hunyuan-Large outshines open competitors with high benchmark scores
Large Language Models

Mixture of Experts Pulls Ahead: Hunyuan-Large outshines open competitors with high benchmark scores

A new open source large language model outperforms competitors, including the open-weights Llama 3.1 405B, on a variety of benchmarks.

November 13, 20243 min read
When Agents Train Algorithms: OpenAI’s MLE-bench tests AI coding agents
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When Agents Train Algorithms: OpenAI’s MLE-bench tests AI coding agents

Coding agents are improving, but can they tackle machine learning tasks? 

November 6, 20243 min read
When Agents Train Algorithms: OpenAI’s MLE-bench tests AI coding agents
Large Language Models

When Agents Train Algorithms: OpenAI’s MLE-bench tests AI coding agents

Coding agents are improving, but can they tackle machine learning tasks? 

November 6, 20243 min read
A Year of Contending Forces: State of AI report highlights 2024’s major trends and breakthroughs
Large Language Models

A Year of Contending Forces: State of AI report highlights 2024’s major trends and breakthroughs

A new report documents the interplay of powerful forces that drove AI over the past year: open versus proprietary technology, public versus private financing, innovation versus caution. 

October 16, 20243 min read
A Year of Contending Forces: State of AI report highlights 2024’s major trends and breakthroughs
Large Language Models

A Year of Contending Forces: State of AI report highlights 2024’s major trends and breakthroughs

A new report documents the interplay of powerful forces that drove AI over the past year: open versus proprietary technology, public versus private financing, innovation versus caution. 

October 16, 20243 min read
More, Better Open Source Options: Alibaba releases Qwen 2.5 models, raising the bar for open weight LLMs
Large Language Models

More, Better Open Source Options: Alibaba releases Qwen 2.5 models, raising the bar for open weight LLMs

The parade of ever more capable LLMs continues with Qwen 2.5.

September 25, 20242 min read
More, Better Open Source Options: Alibaba releases Qwen 2.5 models, raising the bar for open weight LLMs
Large Language Models

More, Better Open Source Options: Alibaba releases Qwen 2.5 models, raising the bar for open weight LLMs

The parade of ever more capable LLMs continues with Qwen 2.5.

September 25, 20242 min read
Reducing Memorization in LLMs: A technique that masks tokens in large language models, protecting data privacy
Large Language Models

Reducing Memorization in LLMs: A technique that masks tokens in large language models, protecting data privacy

Studies have established that large language models can memorize the text passages they’ve been trained on repeatedly and regurgitate them when prompted in adversarial and, though rarely, in benign ways.

September 18, 20242 min read
Reducing Memorization in LLMs: A technique that masks tokens in large language models, protecting data privacy
Large Language Models

Reducing Memorization in LLMs: A technique that masks tokens in large language models, protecting data privacy

Studies have established that large language models can memorize the text passages they’ve been trained on repeatedly and regurgitate them when prompted in adversarial and, though rarely, in benign ways.

September 18, 20242 min read
Amazon Boosted by Covariant: Amazon strengthens logistics and robotics with new AI partnership
Large Language Models

Amazon Boosted by Covariant: Amazon strengthens logistics and robotics with new AI partnership

Amazon took on talent and technology from robotics startup Covariant to enhance its warehouse automation, an area critical to its core ecommerce business.

September 18, 20242 min read

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