Smaller Is Beautiful: Compact AI models redefine efficiency, bringing advanced capabilities to everyday devices
Large Language Models (LLMs)

Smaller Is Beautiful: Compact AI models redefine efficiency, bringing advanced capabilities to everyday devices

For years, the best AI models got bigger and bigger. But in 2024, some popular large language models were small enough to run on a smartphone.

December 25, 20243 min read
Smaller Is Beautiful: Compact AI models redefine efficiency, bringing advanced capabilities to everyday devices
Large Language Models (LLMs)

Smaller Is Beautiful: Compact AI models redefine efficiency, bringing advanced capabilities to everyday devices

For years, the best AI models got bigger and bigger. But in 2024, some popular large language models were small enough to run on a smartphone.

December 25, 20243 min read
Prices Tumble: AI price wars drive costs down as competition heats up
Large Language Models (LLMs)

Prices Tumble: AI price wars drive costs down as competition heats up

Fierce competition among model makers and cloud providers drove down the price of access to state-of-the-art models.

December 25, 20243 min read
Prices Tumble: AI price wars drive costs down as competition heats up
Large Language Models (LLMs)

Prices Tumble: AI price wars drive costs down as competition heats up

Fierce competition among model makers and cloud providers drove down the price of access to state-of-the-art models.

December 25, 20243 min read
When LLMs Propose Research Ideas: Stanford study finds AI matches human experts at writing research proposals
Large Language Models (LLMs)

When LLMs Propose Research Ideas: Stanford study finds AI matches human experts at writing research proposals

How do agents based on large language models compare to human experts when it comes to proposing machine learning research? Pretty well, according to one study.

December 18, 20243 min read
When LLMs Propose Research Ideas: Stanford study finds AI matches human experts at writing research proposals
Large Language Models (LLMs)

When LLMs Propose Research Ideas: Stanford study finds AI matches human experts at writing research proposals

How do agents based on large language models compare to human experts when it comes to proposing machine learning research? Pretty well, according to one study.

December 18, 20243 min read
Multimodal Modeling on the Double: Google introduces Gemini 2.0 Flash, a faster, more capable AI model
Large Language Models (LLMs)

Multimodal Modeling on the Double: Google introduces Gemini 2.0 Flash, a faster, more capable AI model

Google’s Gemini 2.0 Flash, the first member of its updated Gemini family of large multimodal models, combines speed with performance that exceeds that of its earlier flagship model, Gemini 1.5 Pro, on several measures.

December 18, 20243 min read
Multimodal Modeling on the Double: Google introduces Gemini 2.0 Flash, a faster, more capable AI model
Large Language Models (LLMs)

Multimodal Modeling on the Double: Google introduces Gemini 2.0 Flash, a faster, more capable AI model

Google’s Gemini 2.0 Flash, the first member of its updated Gemini family of large multimodal models, combines speed with performance that exceeds that of its earlier flagship model, Gemini 1.5 Pro, on several measures.

December 18, 20243 min read
Phi-4 Beats Models Five Times Its Size: Microsoft’s Phi-4 blends synthetic and organic data to surpass larger models in math and reasoning benchmarks
Large Language Models (LLMs)

Phi-4 Beats Models Five Times Its Size: Microsoft’s Phi-4 blends synthetic and organic data to surpass larger models in math and reasoning benchmarks

Microsoft updated its smallest model family with a single, surprisingly high-performance model.

December 18, 20243 min read
Phi-4 Beats Models Five Times Its Size: Microsoft’s Phi-4 learned from a blend of synthetic and organic data to surpass larger models in math and reasoning benchmarks
Large Language Models (LLMs)

Phi-4 Beats Models Five Times Its Size: Microsoft’s Phi-4 learned from a blend of synthetic and organic data to surpass larger models in math and reasoning benchmarks

Microsoft updated its smallest model family with a single, surprisingly high-performance model.

December 18, 20243 min read
Getting the Facts Right: A memory method that reduces hallucinations in LLMs
Large Language Models (LLMs)

Getting the Facts Right: A memory method that reduces hallucinations in LLMs

Large language models that remember more hallucinate less.

December 11, 20242 min read
Getting the Facts Right: A memory method that reduces hallucinations in LLMs
Large Language Models (LLMs)

Getting the Facts Right: A memory method that reduces hallucinations in LLMs

Large language models that remember more hallucinate less.

December 11, 20242 min read
Higher Reasoning: OpenAI debuts o1 and pro mode for $200/month
Large Language Models (LLMs)

Higher Reasoning: OpenAI debuts o1 and pro mode for $200/month

OpenAI launched not only its highly anticipated o1 model but also an operating mode that enables the model to deliver higher performance — at a hefty price.

December 11, 20243 min read
Higher Reasoning: OpenAI debuts o1 and pro mode for $200/month
Large Language Models (LLMs)

Higher Reasoning: OpenAI debuts o1 and pro mode for $200/month

OpenAI launched not only its highly anticipated o1 model but also an operating mode that enables the model to deliver higher performance — at a hefty price.

December 11, 20243 min read
Mistral’s Vision-Language Contender: Mistral unveils Pixtral Large, a rival to top vision-language models
Large Language Models (LLMs)

Mistral’s Vision-Language Contender: Mistral unveils Pixtral Large, a rival to top vision-language models

Mistral AI unveiled Pixtral Large, which rivals top models at processing combinations of text and images.

December 4, 20242 min read

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