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22 May

MediaTek launches powerful Dimensity 9300+ chip

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MediaTek has unveiled the Dimensity 9300+, its newest addition to the Dimensity series of mobile chips.The Dimensity 9300+ features enhanced clock speeds and is engineered to boost the processing of on-device generative AI. It supports a wide range of large language models (LLMs) and provides several other performance improvements compared to its predecessor, the Dimensity 9300.JC Hsu, MediaTek's Corporate Senior Vice President, emphasized, "The Dimensity 9300+ will enhance our ability to foster a vibrant generative AI application ecosystem through extensive LLM support and on-device LoRA Fusion capabilities. It delivers remarkable enhancements and speeds for LLM inference, processing tokens much more…

22 May

Meta introduces Chameleon, a state-of-the-art multimodal model

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Join us in returning to NYC on June 5th to collaborate with executive leaders in exploring comprehensive methods for auditing AI models regarding bias, performance, and ethical compliance across diverse organizations. Find out how you can attend here. As competition in the generative AI field shifts toward multimodal models, Meta has released a preview of what can be its answer to the models released by frontier labs. Chameleon, its new family of models, has been designed to be natively multi-modal instead of putting together components with different modalities. While Meta has not released the models yet, their reported experiments show…

22 May

Robot-phobia could exacerbate hotel, restaurant labor shortage

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Using more robots to close labor gaps in the hospitality industry may backfire and cause more human workers to quit, according to a Washington State University study. The study, involving more than 620 lodging and food service employees, found that "robot-phobia" -- specifically the fear that robots and technology will take human jobs -- increased workers' job insecurity and stress, leading to greater intentions to leave their jobs. The impact was more pronounced with employees who had real experience working with robotic technology. It also affected managers in addition to frontline workers. The findings were published in theInternational Journal of…

22 May

Wearable AI Startup Humane Explores Potential Sale, Sources Say

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Artificial intelligence startup Humane Inc. has been seeking a buyer for its business, according to people familiar with the matter, just weeks after the company’s closely watched wearable AI device had a rocky public launch. Source link lol

22 May

Fine Tuning Phi 1.5 using QLoRA on the Stanford Alpaca Dataset

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Quantized LoRA, more commonly known as QLoRA is a combination of quantization and Low Rank Adaptation for fine-tuning LLMs. Simply put, LoRa is a technique to adapt Large Language Models to specific tasks without making them forget their pretraining knowledge. In QLoRa, we load the pretrained model weights in quantized format, say 4-bit (INT4). However, the adapter (LoRA) layers are loaded in full precision, FP16 or FP32. This reduces the memory (GPU) consumption by a great extent making fine tuning possible on low resource hardware. To this end, in this article, we will be fine tuning the Phi 1.5 model…

22 May

Looking ahead to the AI Seoul Summit

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How summits in Seoul, France and beyond can galvanize international cooperation on frontier AI safetyLast year, the UK Government hosted the first major global Summit on frontier AI safety at Bletchley Park. It focused the world’s attention on rapid progress at the frontier of AI development and delivered concrete international action to respond to potential future risks, including the Bletchley Declaration; new AI Safety Institutes; and the International Scientific Report on Advanced AI Safety.Six months on from Bletchley, the international community has an opportunity to build on that momentum and galvanize further global cooperation at this week’s AI Seoul Summit.…

22 May

Using and Finetuning Pretrained Transformers

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This week has been filled with developments, including exciting new AI research that I’ll be discussing in my usual end-of-month write-ups.Additionally, I am excited to announce the release of my new book, Machine Learning Q and AI, published by No Starch Press.If you’ve been searching for a resource following an introductory machine learning course, this might be the one. I’m covering 30 concepts that were slightly out of scope for the previous books and courses I’ve taught, and I’ve compiled them here in a concise question-and-answer format (including exercises).I believe it will also serve as a useful companion for preparing…

21 May

Microsoft unveils new Copilot+ PCs featuring AI capabilities

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Microsoft has launched a new type of personal computer designed with AI capabilities, underscoring the company’s commitment to integrating cutting-edge technology across its product lineup. This new category not only boosts Microsoft’s ventures but also positions it to compete directly with AI-led advancements from tech giants such as Alphabet and Apple. During an event at Microsoft’s campus in Redmond, Washington, CEO Satya Nadella unveiled the Copilot+ PCs. These computers, developed in collaboration with manufacturers like Acer and Asustek Computer, align with Microsoft’s stock prices reaching near all-time highs amid Wall Street’s expectations that AI will significantly boost earnings for major tech firms. These PCs are engineered to manage a greater share of…

21 May

Google Search’s New AI Overviews Will Soon Have Ads

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Last week Google introduced a radical shake-up of search that presents users with AI-generated answers to their queries. Now the company says it will soon start including ads inside those AI Overviews, as the automatic answers are called.Google on Tuesday announced plans to test search and shopping ads in the AI summaries, a move that could extend its dominance in search advertising into a new era. Although Google rapidly rolled out AI Overviews to all US English users last week after announcing the feature at its I/O developer conference, it’s unclear how widely or quickly ads will start appearing.Screenshots released…

21 May

Informatica CEO: Good Data Management Not Optional for AI

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(greenbutterfly/Shutterstock) The big data era may have started a decade-and-a-half ago, but for many companies, it’s the current AI revolution that’s forcing them to finally get serious about data management, says Informatica CEO Amit Walia. “What is AI without good quality data?” he says. Data is the foundation for a host of corporate efforts these days, and that realization is leading many companies to renew their interest in establishing a comprehensive data management strategy, Walia told Datanami last week in advanced of Informatica World, which takes place in Las Vegas this week. “The driver is all of these digital initiatives…