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Apr 2, 2024
This week, the discussion highlights Grok 1.5's impressive coding capabilities and a new open-source LLM from Databricks. There’s a focus on recent leadership shifts at Stability AI and exciting voice tech updates from OpenAI. Plus, Microsoft and OpenAI's collaboration on the Stargate supercomputer takes center stage, alongside a push from the White House for AI oversight. It’s a whirlwind of innovation and ethical considerations shaping the future of AI!
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Grok 1.5 Update
- Grok 1.5 boasts improvements in reasoning and problem-solving, particularly in coding and math.
- It's competitive with Mistral Large on MMLU but trails behind Gemini Pro, GPT-4, and Claude 3.
DBRX Release
- Databricks released DBRX, an open-source LLM, outperforming previous open models.
- DBRX excels at code generation, beating models like CodeLlama70B, and offers a good balance of performance and cost.
Stability AI Leadership Change
- Stability AI's CEO, Ahmad Moustak, resigned to focus on decentralized AI.
- He retains majority voting shares and emphasized concerns about AI power concentration.