Tech & Society
2 Million Tokens of Context & More: Google’s I/O developers’ conference reveals new AI models, features, and upgrades.
Google’s annual I/O developers’ conference brought a plethora of updates and new models.
Analytics DeepLearning.AI
Tech & Society
Faster, Cheaper Multimodality: All about GPT-4o, OpenAI’s latest multimodal model
OpenAI’s latest model raises the bar for models that can work with common media types in any combination.
The Batch Newsletter
OpenAI’s Rules for Model Behavior, Better Brain-Controlled Robots, AlphaFold 3 Covers All Biochemistry, AI Oasis in the Desert
The Batch AI News and Insights: In the last couple of days, Google announced a doubling of Gemini Pro 1.5's input context window from 1 million to 2 million tokens, and OpenAI released GPT-4o...
Data Points
AI for spies: Plus, Stack Overflow’s controversial deal with OpenAI
This week's top AI news and research stories featured OpenAI's high-level guidelines for use by human labelers to steer model behavior, all about AlphaFold 3, Saudi Arabia's $100 billion investment AI, and a method that commands a robot to perform practical tasks...
Letters
From Prompts to Mega-Prompts: Best practices for developers of LLM-based applications in the era of long context and faster, cheaper token generation
In the last couple of days, Google announced a doubling of Gemini Pro 1.5's input context window from 1 million to 2 million tokens, and OpenAI released GPT-4o, which generates tokens 2x faster and 50% cheaper than GPT-4 Turbo and natively accepts and generates multimodal tokens.
Machine Learning Research
Brain-Controlled Robots Get More Versatile: NOIR, a system to control robots via electroencephalogram for everyday tasks
Brain-to-computer interfaces that enable users to control robots with their thoughts typically execute a single type of task such as reaching and grasping. Researchers designed a system that responds to a variety of intentions.
Tech & Society
Building an AI Oasis: Saudi Arabia’s $100 billion bet to become a global AI powerhouse
Saudi Arabia plans to spend billions of dollars to become a global AI hub.
Science
AlphaFold 3 Embraces All Biochemistry: DeepMind’s AlphaFold 3 enhances 3D biomolecular modeling.
The latest update of DeepMind’s AlphaFold model is designed to find the structures of not just proteins but all biologically active molecules as well as interactions between them.
Tech & Society
Why ChatGPT Acts That Way: OpenAI introduces guidelines for model behavior, seeks public feedback
OpenAI pulled back the curtain on revised rules that will guide its models.
Data Points
The GPT2 chatbot mystery: Plus, Nvidia H100 prices drop
This week's top AI news and research stories featured GitHub's Copilot Workspace, OpenAI's new licensing deal, an AI system that identifies landmines in battlefields, and an algorithm that accelerates inferencing of large language models (LLMs) by...
Machine Learning Research
Streamlined Inference: Deja Vu, a method that boosts LLM speed by activating only essential neural parts
It’s not necessary to activate all parts of a large language model to process a given input. Using only the necessary parts saves processing.
Tech & Society
Landmine Recognition: AI supports specialists in battlefields by detecting landmines and other unexploded ordnance.
An AI system is scouring battlefields for landmines and other unexploded ordnance, enabling specialists to defuse them.