Generated Video Gets Real(er): OpenAI’s Sora, a new player in text-to-video generation
Large Language Models (LLMs)

Generated Video Gets Real(er): OpenAI’s Sora, a new player in text-to-video generation

OpenAI’s new video generator raises the bar for detail and realism in generated videos — but the company released few details about how it built the system.

February 22, 20243 min read
Generated Video Gets Real(er): OpenAI’s Sora, a new player in text-to-video generation
Large Language Models (LLMs)

Generated Video Gets Real(er): OpenAI’s Sora, a new player in text-to-video generation

OpenAI’s new video generator raises the bar for detail and realism in generated videos — but the company released few details about how it built the system.

February 22, 20243 min read
LLMs Can Get Inside Your Head: AI models show promise in understanding human beliefs, research reveals
Large Language Models (LLMs)

LLMs Can Get Inside Your Head: AI models show promise in understanding human beliefs, research reveals

Most people understand that others’ mental states can differ from their own. For instance, if your friend leaves a smartphone on a table and you privately put it in your pocket, you understand that your friend continues to believe it was on the table.

February 7, 20242 min read
LLMs Can Get Inside Your Head: AI models show promise in understanding human beliefs, research reveals
Large Language Models (LLMs)

LLMs Can Get Inside Your Head: AI models show promise in understanding human beliefs, research reveals

Most people understand that others’ mental states can differ from their own. For instance, if your friend leaves a smartphone on a table and you privately put it in your pocket, you understand that your friend continues to believe it was on the table.

February 7, 20242 min read
GPT-4 Biothreat Risk is Low: Study finds GPT-4 no more risky than online search in aiding bioweapon development.
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GPT-4 Biothreat Risk is Low: Study finds GPT-4 no more risky than online search in aiding bioweapon development.

GPT-4 poses negligible additional risk that a malefactor could build a biological weapon, according to a new study. OpenAI compared the ability of GPT-4 and web search to contribute to the creation of a dangerous virus or bacterium. The large language model was barely more helpful than the web.

February 7, 20242 min read
GPT-4 Biothreat Risk is Low: Study finds GPT-4 no more risky than online search in aiding bioweapon development.
Large Language Models (LLMs)

GPT-4 Biothreat Risk is Low: Study finds GPT-4 no more risky than online search in aiding bioweapon development.

GPT-4 poses negligible additional risk that a malefactor could build a biological weapon, according to a new study. OpenAI compared the ability of GPT-4 and web search to contribute to the creation of a dangerous virus or bacterium. The large language model was barely more helpful than the web.

February 7, 20242 min read
New Leaderboards Rank Safety, More: Hugging Face introduces leaderboards to evaluate model performance and trustworthiness.
Large Language Models (LLMs)

New Leaderboards Rank Safety, More: Hugging Face introduces leaderboards to evaluate model performance and trustworthiness.

Hugging Face introduced four leaderboards to rank the performance and trustworthiness of large language models (LLMs). The open source AI repository now ranks performance on tests of workplace utility, trust and safety, tendency to generate falsehoods, and reasoning.

February 7, 20242 min read
New Leaderboards Rank Safety, More: Hugging Face introduces leaderboards to evaluate model performance and trustworthiness.
Large Language Models (LLMs)

New Leaderboards Rank Safety, More: Hugging Face introduces leaderboards to evaluate model performance and trustworthiness.

Hugging Face introduced four leaderboards to rank the performance and trustworthiness of large language models (LLMs). The open source AI repository now ranks performance on tests of workplace utility, trust and safety, tendency to generate falsehoods, and reasoning.

February 7, 20242 min read
High Yields for Small Farms: AI elevates chili farming in India with smarter yields.
Large Language Models (LLMs)

High Yields for Small Farms: AI elevates chili farming in India with smarter yields.

Indian farmers used chatbots and computer vision to produce higher yields at lower costs. The state government of Telangana in South India partnered with agricultural aid organization Digital Green to provide AI tools to chili farmers. 

January 31, 20242 min read
High Yields for Small Farms: AI elevates chili farming in India with smarter yields.
Large Language Models (LLMs)

High Yields for Small Farms: AI elevates chili farming in India with smarter yields.

Indian farmers used chatbots and computer vision to produce higher yields at lower costs. The state government of Telangana in South India partnered with agricultural aid organization Digital Green to provide AI tools to chili farmers. 

January 31, 20242 min read
AI Busts Out at CES: CES 2024 showcased AI's reach beyond browsers and smartphones.
Large Language Models (LLMs)

AI Busts Out at CES: CES 2024 showcased AI's reach beyond browsers and smartphones.

The 2024 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas showcased products that take advantage of increasingly powerful, increasingly accessible AI capabilities. Many debuts at the massive CES show showed that large language models (LLMs) are moving beyond browsers and smartphones.

January 17, 20242 min read
AI Busts Out at CES: CES 2024 showcased AI's reach beyond browsers and smartphones.
Large Language Models (LLMs)

AI Busts Out at CES: CES 2024 showcased AI's reach beyond browsers and smartphones.

The 2024 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas showcased products that take advantage of increasingly powerful, increasingly accessible AI capabilities. Many debuts at the massive CES show showed that large language models (LLMs) are moving beyond browsers and smartphones.

January 17, 20242 min read
Text or Images, Input or Output: GILL, an innovative approach to multimodal model training
Large Language Models (LLMs)

Text or Images, Input or Output: GILL, an innovative approach to multimodal model training

GPT-4V introduced a large multimodal model that generates text from images and, with help from DALL-E 3, generates images from text. However, OpenAI hasn’t fully explained how it built the system. A separate group of researchers described their own method.

January 10, 20243 min read
Text or Images, Input or Output: GILL, an innovative approach to multimodal model training
Large Language Models (LLMs)

Text or Images, Input or Output: GILL, an innovative approach to multimodal model training

GPT-4V introduced a large multimodal model that generates text from images and, with help from DALL-E 3, generates images from text. However, OpenAI hasn’t fully explained how it built the system. A separate group of researchers described their own method.

January 10, 20243 min read
Vive L’Intelligence Artificielle: Paris emerges as a hub for AI ventures.
Large Language Models (LLMs)

Vive L’Intelligence Artificielle: Paris emerges as a hub for AI ventures.

AI ventures are thriving in the French capital. Paris is host to a crop of young companies that focus on large language models. TechCrunch surveyed the scene.  Paris is well situated for an AI boomlet...

January 3, 20241 min read

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