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
High Gear for Llama 3.1 405B: SambaNova boosts Llama 3.1 performance with fast, free access to largest model
Large Language Models

High Gear for Llama 3.1 405B: SambaNova boosts Llama 3.1 performance with fast, free access to largest model

SambaNova raised the speed limit for access to the largest model in the Llama 3.1 family — and it’s free.

September 18, 20242 min read
High Gear for Llama 3.1 405B: SambaNova boosts Llama 3.1 performance with fast, free access to largest model
Large Language Models

High Gear for Llama 3.1 405B: SambaNova boosts Llama 3.1 performance with fast, free access to largest model

SambaNova raised the speed limit for access to the largest model in the Llama 3.1 family — and it’s free.

September 18, 20242 min read
OpenAI Forges Chains of Thought: OpenAI’s o1 models excel in reasoning, outperform GPT-4o in math and coding
Large Language Models

OpenAI Forges Chains of Thought: OpenAI’s o1 models excel in reasoning, outperform GPT-4o in math and coding

Preliminary versions of OpenAI’s new model family were trained explicitly to think step-by-step, yielding outstanding marks in math, science, and coding — but users can’t see their reasoning steps.

September 18, 20243 min read
OpenAI Forges Chains of Thought: OpenAI’s o1 models excel in reasoning, outperform GPT-4o in math and coding
Large Language Models

OpenAI Forges Chains of Thought: OpenAI’s o1 models excel in reasoning, outperform GPT-4o in math and coding

Preliminary versions of OpenAI’s new model family were trained explicitly to think step-by-step, yielding outstanding marks in math, science, and coding — but users can’t see their reasoning steps.

September 18, 20243 min read
Making LLMs Explainable: Google’s Gemma Scope probes how large language models think
Large Language Models

Making LLMs Explainable: Google’s Gemma Scope probes how large language models think

Researchers have probed the inner workings of individual layers of large language models. A new tool applies this approach to all layers.

September 4, 20243 min read
Making LLMs Explainable: Google’s Gemma Scope probes how large language models think
Large Language Models

Making LLMs Explainable: Google’s Gemma Scope probes how large language models think

Researchers have probed the inner workings of individual layers of large language models. A new tool applies this approach to all layers.

September 4, 20243 min read
Models Ranked for Hallucinations: Measuring language model hallucinations during information retrieval
Large Language Models

Models Ranked for Hallucinations: Measuring language model hallucinations during information retrieval

How often do large language models make up information when they generate text based on a retrieved document? A study evaluated the tendency of popular models to hallucinate while performing retrieval-augmented generation (RAG). 

September 4, 20242 min read
Models Ranked for Hallucinations: Measuring language model hallucinations during information retrieval
Large Language Models

Models Ranked for Hallucinations: Measuring language model hallucinations during information retrieval

How often do large language models make up information when they generate text based on a retrieved document? A study evaluated the tendency of popular models to hallucinate while performing retrieval-augmented generation (RAG). 

September 4, 20242 min read
Long Context Gets Up to Speed: AI21 Labs’ Jamba 1.5 outpaces transformers in long-text processing
Large Language Models

Long Context Gets Up to Speed: AI21 Labs’ Jamba 1.5 outpaces transformers in long-text processing

A new model generates tokens faster than current transformers, especially when processing long inputs.

September 4, 20243 min read
Long Context Gets Up to Speed: AI21 Labs’ Jamba 1.5 outpaces transformers in long-text processing
Large Language Models

Long Context Gets Up to Speed: AI21 Labs’ Jamba 1.5 outpaces transformers in long-text processing

A new model generates tokens faster than current transformers, especially when processing long inputs.

September 4, 20243 min read
Agentic Coding Strides Forward:  Genie coding assistant outperforms competitors on SWE-bench by over 30 percent
Large Language Models

Agentic Coding Strides Forward: Genie coding assistant outperforms competitors on SWE-bench by over 30 percent

An agentic coding assistant boosted the state of the art in an important benchmark by more than 30 percent.

August 28, 20242 min read
Agentic Coding Strides Forward:  Genie coding assistant outperforms competitors on SWE-bench by over 30 percent
Large Language Models

Agentic Coding Strides Forward: Genie coding assistant outperforms competitors on SWE-bench by over 30 percent

An agentic coding assistant boosted the state of the art in an important benchmark by more than 30 percent.

August 28, 20242 min read
Conversational Robots: RFM-1, a model that enables robots to understand and act on human commands
Large Language Models

Conversational Robots: RFM-1, a model that enables robots to understand and act on human commands

Robots equipped with large language models are asking their human overseers for help.

March 21, 20242 min read
Conversational Robots: RFM-1, a model that enables robots to understand and act on human commands
Large Language Models

Conversational Robots: RFM-1, a model that enables robots to understand and act on human commands

Robots equipped with large language models are asking their human overseers for help.

March 21, 20242 min read

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