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Machine Learning Research

Model Merging Evolves: Researchers developed automated system for efficient model merging

The technique of model merging combines separate models into a single, more capable model without further training, but it requires expertise and manual effort. Researchers automated the process.

Tech & Society

Music Industry Sues AI Startups: Sony, UMG, and Warner Music sue Suno and Udio over alleged copyright violations

A smoldering conflict between the music industry and AI companies exploded when major recording companies sued up-and-coming AI music makers.

Tech & Society

Challenging Human-Level Models: Hugging Face overhauls open LLM leaderboard with tougher benchmarks

An influential ranking of open models revamped its criteria, as large language models approach human-level performance on popular tests.

Tech & Society

OpenAI Blocks China and Elsewhere: OpenAI to halt services in China and other U.S. 'nations of concern' by next week

OpenAI will stop serving users in China and other nations of concern to the U.S. government as soon as next week.

Machine Learning Research

24 Hours on an Old Consumer GPU: Optimizing LLMs for low-resource hardware

BERT, a large language model released in 2018 and built upon the then-new transformer architecture, marked a paradigm shift in AI.

Data Points

Google’s mid-sized Gemma 2 competes with Llama 3 and other open giants: Plus, ESM3’s new model can engineer proteins’ sequence, structure, and function

Twice a week, Data Points brings you the latest AI news, tools, models, and research in brief. Today’s edition includes: Mars5, an open source voice cloning tool, a new study on the most common forms of AI misuse...

Data Points

Google Translate uses an AI assist to add over 100 new languages: Plus, Meta’s LLM Compiler brings language models to assembly code

Twice a week, Data Points brings you the latest AI news in brief. Today's edition includes: Florence-2, a small but capable family of vision models, Qualcomm’s AI Hub gives developers access to on-device tools and models...

Letters

AI is a Tool, Not a Separate Species: Should AI developers be allowed to train models freely on the contents of the web? The lawsuit by Sony, Universal, and Warner against AI music generators Suno and Udio raises difficult questions.

On Monday, a number of large music labels sued AI music makers Suno and Udio for copyright infringement. Their lawsuit echoes The New York Times’ lawsuit against OpenAI in December.

The Batch Newsletter

AI Monopolies, Ancestor Avatars, Benchmarks for Agentic Behavior, Chatbot for Minority Languages

The Batch AI News and Insights: On Monday, a number of large music labels sued AI music makers Suno and Udio for copyright infringement.

Machine Learning Research

Benchmarks for Agentic Behaviors: New LLM benchmarks for Tool Use and Planning in workplace tasks

Tool use and planning are key behaviors in agentic workflows that enable large language models (LLMs) to execute complex sequences of steps. New benchmarks measure these capabilities in common workplace tasks.

Tech & Society

Conversing With the Departed: Lifelike avatars of deceased loved ones, a new market in video generation

Advances in video generation have spawned a market for lifelike avatars of deceased loved ones.

Tech & Society

Chatbot for Minority Languages: Startup Two AI launches SUTRA, a multilingual model for South Asian markets

An AI startup that aims to crack markets in southern Asia launched a multilingual competitor to GPT-4.