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26 May

The Missing Bits: Llama 2 Weights Have Changed

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Due to the extensive length of the regular Ahead of AI #11: New Foundation Models article, I removed some interesting tidbits around the Llama 2 weights from the main newsletter. However, it might be nice to include those as a small bonus for the supporters of Ahead of AI. Thanks again for the kind support!In this short(er) article, we will briefly examine the Llama 2 weights and the implications of hosting them using different floating point precisions. The original Llama 2 weights are hosted by Meta but the Hugging Face (HF) model hub also hosts the Llama 2 weights for added…

26 May

AI spurs space sector innovation

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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – The pace of innovation in the space sector is picking up thanks in part to artificial intelligence and machine learning. Amazon Web Services customers, for example, are designing spacecraft parts with generative AI. The parts are then 3D-printed and run through a battery of tests. The process leads to rapid iteration of designs that are “very intuitive and very innovative at the same time,” Alistair McLean, AWS Satellite Solutions principal architect, said Feb. 7 at the SmallSat Symposium here. Generative AI relies on deep-learning models to answer questions or create content based on patterns detected in…

26 May

Chrome extensions may slow down browsing significantly – gHacks Tech News

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Extensions are one of the greatest strengths of web browsers. They allow users to extend functionality, but this comes at a cost. A test of the 5000 most popular Chrome extensions showed that extensions may slow down the browsing experience significantly, with one notable exception. The team at Debugbear analyzed the performance impact of Chrome extensions in various ways, including impact on CPU processing and website load time. Here are the key findings: Even on basic websites, some Chrome extensions added 500ms or more to the processing time. 86% of tested extensions have minimal impact on simple websites. 1.7% of…

26 May

First companies sign up to AI safety standards on eve of Seoul summit

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The first 16 companies have signed up to voluntary artificial intelligence safety standards introduced at the Bletchley Park summit, Rishi Sunak has said on the eve of the follow-up event in Seoul.The standards, however, have been criticised for lacking teeth, with signatories committing only to work toward information sharing, invest in cybersecurity and prioritise research into societal risks.“These commitments ensure the world’s leading AI companies will provide transparency and accountability on their plans to develop safe AI,” Sunak said. “It sets a precedent for global standards on AI safety that will unlock the benefits of this transformative technology.”Among the 16…

26 May

Data Machina #241

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AI World Models and Video. My world vision model for waking up at 4am to travel overseas is frankly a bit fuzzy and unreliable. But What’s an AI world model? My 2 cents explainer: It’s a model that builds an internal representation of a real-world, physical, [human] environment, and uses that to predict or simulate future events within that environment.Until recently, research in AI world models has been very much focused on video games and Reinforcement Learning. But now, the boom of GenAI and large multi-modal models have triggered a new trend in AI world models based on large scale…

26 May

Hannover Messe 2024: We’re All In This Together

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The smart manufacturing world’s big event of the year, Hannover Messe, saw 130,000 visitors descend on the German city of Hannover last week. Numbers were reported as very similar to last year and still much lower than before the pandemic: Might this be the new normal for trade shows, as casual freebie-trawlers stay at home while more serious commercial prospects still value the opportunity to supplement their online research and webinar-watching with some intense face-to-face conversation? My immediate impressions were: China remains important to this European event. Chinese exhibitors were everywhere, running the gamut from tiny booths offering cheap industrial…

26 May

Transform customer engagement with no-code LLM fine-tuning using Amazon SageMaker Canvas and SageMaker JumpStart | Amazon Web Services

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Fine-tuning large language models (LLMs) creates tailored customer experiences that align with a brand’s unique voice. Amazon SageMaker Canvas and Amazon SageMaker JumpStart democratize this process, offering no-code solutions and pre-trained models that enable businesses to fine-tune LLMs without deep technical expertise, helping organizations move faster with fewer technical resources. SageMaker Canvas provides an intuitive point-and-click interface for business users to fine-tune LLMs without writing code. It works both with SageMaker JumpStart and Amazon Bedrock models, giving you the flexibility to choose the foundation model (FM) for your needs. This post demonstrates how SageMaker Canvas allows you to fine-tune and…

26 May

AI companions can relieve loneliness – but here are 4 red flags to watch for in your chatbot ‘friend’

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It’s been seven years since the launch of Replika, an artificially intelligent chatbot designed to be a friend to human users. Despite early warnings about the dangers of such AI friends, interest in friendships and even romantic relationships with AI is on the rise. The Google Play store shows more than 30 million total downloads of Replika and two of its major competitors since their respective launches. With one in four people around the world reporting being lonely, it is no wonder so many are drawn to the promise of a friend programmed to be “always here to listen and…

26 May

Democrats will be defending a slim Senate majority in 2024. Here’s a look at the states where both parties are fighting for control of the chamber.

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In the 2022 midterm elections, Democrats defied political expectations by holding on to their Senate majority, with every incumbent securing reelection and then-Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman flipping the open seat being vacated by retiring Republican Sen. Pat Toomey.The upper chamber in January 2023 then shifted from its previous 50-50 split — with Senate control in 2021 and 2022 resting on Vice President Kamala Harris' tiebreaking abilities — to a 51-49 majority led by Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York. And despite Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema switching from the Democratic Party to register as an Independent late in 2022,…

26 May

How a Leading Venture Capital Firm is Building GenAI with Databricks

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Successfully building GenAI applications means going beyond just leveraging the latest cutting-edge models. It requires the development of compound AI systems that integrate data, models, and infrastructure in a flexible, scalable, and production-ready way. This entails access to both open source and proprietary models, vector databases, the ability to fine-tune models and query structured data, create endpoints, prepare data, manage costs, and monitor solutions.In this blog, we’ll walk through the GenAI transformation for a leading venture capital firm (referred to as "VC" throughout the blog) that is also an investor in Databricks. In addition to driving innovation internally, this VC…