TECHNOLOGY
Bootstrapped AI startup Smallstep serves up Misal, a Marathi LLM
Smallstep.ai founder Sagar Sarkale said the cost of training the AI model was around Rs 50,000-60,000. Built on top of Meta’s Llama2 model, Smallstep rolled out four versions of Misal LLM.
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Llama 3, the powerhouse behind Meta AI: All you need to know about it
The 8 billion and 70 billion parameter models are just the beginning for Llama 3. Meta plans to release additional models with extended context windows, multilingual support, and multi-modal capabilities, enabling the model to process various formats like text, code, audio, image, and video simultaneously.
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Today in AI: HCLTech, Google Cloud partner on Gemini-powered solutions; Meta in AI talent tug-of-war, and more
From collaborations, acquisitions, talent battles, and even a call to action from the music industry, here's a roundup of today's developments in the field of AI.
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Meet Devin, the world's first AI software engineer that writes, debugs, and deploys code
Devin is being hailed as the world's first AI of its kind because it can take a simple prompt and turn it into a functioning website or software programme.
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What is Sora and how does it work? A guide to OpenAI’s latest text-to-video AI tool
Here is everything you need to know about OpenAI's text-to-video AI tool Sora
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Nvidia's Chat with RTX brings a personal AI chatbot to your PC
Nvidia released an early version of its ‘Chat with RTX,’ which lets users personalise a chatbot with their own content on Windows PCs.
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Tech employees face brutal start to 2024 as layoffs continue
According to data from Layoffs.fyi, a layoff-tracking website, a total of 10,963 employees have been let go by 63 tech companies.
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AI takes centre stage in 2023 as governments attempt to hasten regulation
The rise of AI has brought forth pressing concerns, ranging from the impending threat of job losses to the urgent need for regulatory frameworks and heightened considerations for user safety.
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India's LLM race is heating up! Here's a look at who's building what
While questions linger, recent developments paint a different picture. Indian companies are quietly building LLMs, each with ambitious goals and unique strengths.
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Key features of European Union's 'historic' AI legislation
The European Parliament is set to vote on the proposed AI Act early next year, with the legislation expected to take effect by 2025.
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Gemini vs GPT4: Is Google’s new AI model as good as it claims to be?
While the company has successfully presented a 'Jetsons' dream to the public, concerns about its accuracy are now taking centre stage.
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India needs it, India is ready for it, India will do it: Nandan Nilekani, Tanuj Bhojwani on country's AI potential
India will emerge as the world's foremost user of AI before the end of this decade, according to Infosys co-founder and chairman Nandan Nilekani and Tanuj Bhojwani, head of People+AI
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IIT Bombay joins Meta and IBM's AI Alliance for open source development
The new group called AI Alliance, whose members include Intel, Oracle, AMD, Anyscale, CERN, Cerebras and IIT Bombay, said it is "coming together to support open innovation and open science in AI."
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ChatGPT turns one: A year of rapid growth and controversies
The journey of ChatGPT over the past year was nothing short of a roller coaster, filled with technological advancements, unexpected challenges, and even a touch of boardroom drama which saw the sudden ouster and return of CEO and co-founder Sam Altman.
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Beyond Q-Star: PPO, the hidden gem in OpenAI's arsenal
Proximal Policy Optimization, or PPO, is helps train computer models to make decisions in complicated or simulated situations
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Meet OpenAI’s new board of directors as Sam Altman makes a comeback
Former Salesforce co-CEO Bret Taylor will serve as the chair of the new board. Other members include Larry Summers, former Secretary of the Treasury, and Adam D'Angelo, co-founder and CEO of Quora
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Sam Altman to return as OpenAI CEO, new board members inducted
Bret Taylor, former co-CEO of Salesforce, and Larry Summers, former Secretary of the Treasury, will join the board of OpenAI, the AI research lab said. Adam D'Angelo, co-founder and CEO of Quora, will remain on the board.
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A timeline of Sam Altman's ouster and return to OpenAI
The sudden removal of Altman caught both OpenAI's employees and its major investors, including Microsoft, off guard.
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Sam Altman and Greg Brockman join Microsoft amid OpenAI saga
Nadella said that Altman and Brockman will be accompanied by "colleagues," implying that Microsoft is also hiring OpenAI employees who resigned over the weekend.
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Who is Emmett Shear, the new interim CEO of OpenAI
Shear will take over as CEO from Mira Murati, who was publicly aligned with Altman. This marks the third CEO transition in as many days.
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DeepMind's GraphCast: The next generation of weather forecasting powered by Google AI
GraphCast, the company claims, generates an accurate 10-day forecast in under a minute on a single Google Cloud TPU v4 device
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OpenAI unleashes next generation of AI with GPT-4 Turbo, custom chatbot creator
OpenAI also committed to covering the legal expenses of its customers who may encounter copyright infringement lawsuits related to their use of its business-facing generative AI models.
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Elon Musk's Grok vs OpenAI's ChatGPT: What sets them apart
Grok distinguishes itself from other generative AI models by providing real-time information access through Musk's social media platform X, previously known as Twitter
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Elon Musk warns that AI will eliminate the need for jobs
Musk compared AI to a magic genie, warning that fairy tales with magic genies that grant wishes "don't end well."
