Jun 19, 2024
More New Open Models: New models from Nvidia, Alibaba, and Stability AI expand open options
A trio of powerful open and semi-open models give developers new options for both text and image generation.
Generative AI
Tech & Society
Audio Generation Clear of Copyrights: Stability AI releases enhanced text-to-audio generator Stable Audio Open
Sonically minded developers gained a high-profile text-to-audio generator.
Tech & Society
Apple’s Gen AI Strategy Revealed: Apple unveils AI features in new iOS and MacOS update during WWDC
Apple presented its plan to imbue its phones and computers with artificial intelligence.
Tech & Society
Disinformation Documented: OpenAI takes action against misuse of its models in propaganda
OpenAI models were used in five disinformation campaigns, the company said.
Tech & Society
Rise of the AI PC: Microsoft launches AI-driven Copilot+ PCs
Generative AI plays a starring role in the latest Windows PCs.
Machine Learning Research
Interpreting Image Edit Instructions: Meta’s Emu Edit improves text-to-image generation with task classification.
The latest text-to-image generators can alter images in response to a text prompt, but their outputs often don’t accurately reflect the text. They do better if, in addition to a prompt, they’re told the general type of alteration they’re expected to make.
Tech & Society
Music Titan Targets AI: Sony Music accuses AI developers of copyright violations.
The world’s second-largest music publisher accused AI developers of potential copyright violations.
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.
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.
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.
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
OpenAI Licenses News Archives: OpenAI licenses Financial Times archive in fifth deal with major news publishers
OpenAI has been making deals with publishers to gain access to high-quality training data. It added Financial Times to the list.