Tech Brew Ride Home Wed. 09/11 – Mistral Goes Multimodel; And An AI Model Mystery
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Sep 11, 2024 Mistral launched its innovative multimodal AI model, Pixstrol 12B, capable of analyzing images and text. Meanwhile, Meta's controversial data scraping of Australians raises serious privacy concerns. The PS5 Pro stirred excitement with its diskless design, while debates over data consumption surged with record wireless growth. A rising trend in stablecoin transactions hints at a potential transformation in banking, but shadows loom with an unfolding AI fraud scandal, prompting questions about transparency in technology.
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Mistral's Multimodal Model
- Mistral's Pixtral 12B is their first multimodal model, available on GitHub and Hugging Face.
- It can answer questions about images, similar to Anthropic's Claude and OpenAI's GPT-4.
Meta's Data Scraping Practices in Australia
- Meta scraped data from every Australian adult Facebook user to train AI models.
- No opt-out was offered, unlike for EU/US users, raising privacy concerns.
PS5 Pro Launch Details
- The PS5 Pro, launching November 7th for $700, boasts a better GPU and faster memory.
- It won't include a disk drive, which will cost an extra $80.