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D.B. Rax, a new general purpose language model by Databricks, surpasses GPT 3.5 and competes with Gemini One Pro, trained on 12 trillion tokens of text and code data, offering impressive coding performance and speed.
Celestial AI, known for its photonic fabric platform improving robot manipulation, lands a significant $175 million in Series C financing, enhancing capabilities for faster and more energy-efficient AI processing.
The robot 'Apollo' from Texas startup Apptronic joins a manufacturing plant in Hungary, skilled in carrying up to 55 pounds and assisting in inspecting assembly kits and delivering parts to workers, showcasing a blend of robotic functionalities.
DeepMind teams up with Livable FC to create Tactic AI models using geometric deep learning to optimize corner kick setups in football, achieving preferred outcomes by human expert wagerers nearly 90% of the time, demonstrating deep specialization in sports-specific contexts.
Participants in a randomized controlled trial engaged in debates with human opponents and large language models. The study found that participants debating GPT-4 with access to personal information showed increased agreement with opponents. The results highlighted the potential persuasiveness of AI, especially when given access to demographic data.
Research delved into transformer language models' computation process, revealing that crucial information is encoded in a neural network's early layers. Linear transformations of representations at these layers can predict outcomes accurately. The study emphasized the significance of understanding internal workings of transformers for interpretability and control.
The US announced sanctions on Chinese semiconductor firms associated with Huawei, aiming to limit their access to cutting-edge technology. These measures signify efforts to counter China's advancements in chip design and manufacturing, especially with implications for AI capabilities and global technological competition.
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Note - one extra story we didn't get to but worth knowing from this week: ‘Totally surreal’: OpenAI shares first short films created with new AI tool Sora
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