India Warns Devs — No Unreliable AI: India advises pre-approval for new AI deployments by tech firms.
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India Warns Devs — No Unreliable AI: India advises pre-approval for new AI deployments by tech firms.

India advised major tech companies to seek government approval before they deploy new AI models.

March 14, 20242 min read
Anthropic Ups the Ante: Anthropic introduces Claude 3, a new trio of multimodal models.
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Anthropic Ups the Ante: Anthropic introduces Claude 3, a new trio of multimodal models.

Anthropic announced a suite of large multimodal models that set new states of the art in key benchmarks.

March 13, 20243 min read
Anthropic Ups the Ante: Anthropic introduces Claude 3, a new trio of multimodal models.
Tech & Society

Anthropic Ups the Ante: Anthropic introduces Claude 3, a new trio of multimodal models.

Anthropic announced a suite of large multimodal models that set new states of the art in key benchmarks.

March 13, 20243 min read
Google Tests Generative News Tools: Google funds newsrooms to test AI-powered article generation tools.
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Google Tests Generative News Tools: Google funds newsrooms to test AI-powered article generation tools.

Google is paying newsrooms to use a system that helps transform press releases into articles.

March 13, 20242 min read
Google Tests Generative News Tools: Google funds newsrooms to test AI-powered article generation tools.
Tech & Society

Google Tests Generative News Tools: Google funds newsrooms to test AI-powered article generation tools.

Google is paying newsrooms to use a system that helps transform press releases into articles.

March 13, 20242 min read
Google Releases Open Source LLMs: All we know about Google's Gemma-7B and Gemma-2B models
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Google Releases Open Source LLMs: All we know about Google's Gemma-7B and Gemma-2B models

Google asserted its open source bona fides with new models. Google released weights for Gemma-7B, an 8.5 billion-parameter large language model intended to run GPUs, and Gemma-2B, a 2.5 billion-parameter version intended for deployment on CPUs and edge devices.

March 6, 20242 min read
Google Releases Open Source LLMs: All we know about Google's Gemma-7B and Gemma-2B models
Tech & Society

Google Releases Open Source LLMs: All we know about Google's Gemma-7B and Gemma-2B models

Google asserted its open source bona fides with new models. Google released weights for Gemma-7B, an 8.5 billion-parameter large language model intended to run GPUs, and Gemma-2B, a 2.5 billion-parameter version intended for deployment on CPUs and edge devices.

March 6, 20242 min read
Mistral AI Extends Its Portfolio: Mistral enhances AI landscape in Europe with Microsoft partnership and new language models.
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Mistral AI Extends Its Portfolio: Mistral enhances AI landscape in Europe with Microsoft partnership and new language models.

European AI champion Mistral AI unveiled new large language models and formed an alliance with Microsoft. 

March 6, 20242 min read
Mistral AI Extends Its Portfolio: Mistral enhances AI landscape in Europe with Microsoft partnership and new language models.
Tech & Society

Mistral AI Extends Its Portfolio: Mistral enhances AI landscape in Europe with Microsoft partnership and new language models.

European AI champion Mistral AI unveiled new large language models and formed an alliance with Microsoft. 

March 6, 20242 min read
OpenAI’s Next Act?: OpenAI sets its sights on autonomous digital assistants.
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OpenAI’s Next Act?: OpenAI sets its sights on autonomous digital assistants.

OpenAI is focusing on autonomous agents that take action on a user’s behalf. The maker of ChatGPT is developing applications designed to automate common digital tasks by controlling apps and devices, The Information reported.

February 28, 20242 min read
OpenAI’s Next Act?: OpenAI sets its sights on autonomous digital assistants.
Tech & Society

OpenAI’s Next Act?: OpenAI sets its sights on autonomous digital assistants.

OpenAI is focusing on autonomous agents that take action on a user’s behalf. The maker of ChatGPT is developing applications designed to automate common digital tasks by controlling apps and devices, The Information reported.

February 28, 20242 min read
Context Is Everything: Gemini 1.5 Pro, a leap in multimodal AI amid controversy over v1.0
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Context Is Everything: Gemini 1.5 Pro, a leap in multimodal AI amid controversy over v1.0

An update of Google’s flagship multimodal model keeps track of colossal inputs, while an earlier version generated some questionable outputs.

February 28, 20243 min read
Context Is Everything: Gemini 1.5 Pro, a leap in multimodal AI amid controversy over v1.0
Tech & Society

Context Is Everything: Gemini 1.5 Pro, a leap in multimodal AI amid controversy over v1.0

An update of Google’s flagship multimodal model keeps track of colossal inputs, while an earlier version generated some questionable outputs.

February 28, 20243 min read
Gymnastics Judge’s Helper: AI system measures performances in Olympic-level gymnastics competitions.
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Gymnastics Judge’s Helper: AI system measures performances in Olympic-level gymnastics competitions.

Judges in competitive gymnastics are using an AI system to double-check their decisions.

February 22, 20242 min read
Gymnastics Judge’s Helper: AI system measures performances in Olympic-level gymnastics competitions.
Tech & Society

Gymnastics Judge’s Helper: AI system measures performances in Olympic-level gymnastics competitions.

Judges in competitive gymnastics are using an AI system to double-check their decisions.

February 22, 20242 min read

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