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March 27th, 2024 | DBRX: A new open LLM

Mar 28, 2024
Topics include Databricks' new open LLM DBRX, 'MFA Bombing' attacks on Apple users, FuryGpu custom FPGA GPU, impact of sleep on age, container technology, GPT-4 vs. Claude 3, engineering background for Boeing chief, Amazon's $2.7B investment in Anthropic, Rust GUI Egui 0.27 release, MIT's Gen AI tool for rapid image generation.
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  • DBRX introduces open LLM challenging GPT 3.5 with MOE architecture and accessible weights.
  • Recent MFA bombing attacks target Apple users with phishing exploits, highlighting security vulnerabilities and mitigation strategies.

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Databricks' DBRX: Challenging GPT 3.5 in Language Models

Databricks introduces DBRX, an innovative open LLM challenging top models like GPT 3.5 in general-purpose tasks and coding benchmarks. DBRX boasts technical superiority with its MOE architecture for inference and accessible weights on hugging face. Discussions on performance metrics, model size impact, and future LLM trends highlight challenges with parameters, evaluation, and model training convergence.

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