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#149 - Reflecting on 2023, Midjourney v6, Anthropic Revenue, Unified-IO 2, NY Times sues OpenAI
Jan 7, 2024
Reflecting on the pivotal changes in AI during 2023, the hosts highlight the rise of open-source alternatives and shifting safety concerns. Midjourney version 6 impresses with its text-to-image capabilities, though some spelling challenges remain. The competitive landscape heats up as Baidu's ErnieBot gains traction against ChatGPT. Anthropic forecasts substantial revenue growth, while Microsoft's new Copilot app for Android makes waves. Plus, semiconductor innovations showcase the ongoing tech race amidst regulatory hurdles.
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- Anthropic forecasts more than $850 mln in annualized revenue rate by 2024-end.
- A new auto-aggressive multi-modal model has been developed, enabling the understanding and generation of images, text, audio, and action.
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generated title of the paragraph: Unified IO2 Scaling - Auto-Aggressive Multi-Modal Models for Image Understanding and Generation
generated body text of the paragraph: In a collaborative effort between the Allen Institute for AI and academic partners, a new auto-aggressive multi-modal model has been developed. This model has the capability to understand and generate images, covering various modalities such as vision, language, audio, and action. The unified IO2 scaling approach enables the model to process and generate multi-modal data more efficiently and effectively. This advancement opens up possibilities for improved image recognition, captioning, and generation, with potential applications in fields such as computer vision, natural language processing, and multimedia analysis.
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