AI

I spent so much time waiting for delayed flights since the official release of Meta's new Llama 3.1 that I had plenty of opportunities to run some tests. However, the quality of the model is not the key insight; instead, what you want to think about is Zuck's open source playbook. Continue Reading →

Meta has introduced Llama 3.1, its most advanced open-source AI model to date. Offering significant improvements over its predecessor, Llama 3.1 includes a longer context window (up to 128k), better language support, and advanced tools for data generation and model distillation. Developers will like this a lot, particularly in handling complex tasks and multilingual applications. Continue Reading →

Condé Nast (the media giant behind The New Yorker, Vogue, and Wired) has sent a cease-and-desist letter to AI search startup Perplexity, demanding that Perplexity stop plagiarizing Condé Nast content. Continue Reading →

Greetings from a train from NYC to Washington DC where I hope to board an evening flight to SFO. Like tens of thousands of air travelers, I've been Crowdstruck! Continue Reading →

BSOD, the blue screen of death, has become the universal metaphor for an unscheduled operational collapse. When it happens to your Windows machine, you know you're in for a day that is only slightly more preferable than a root canal. When it happens systemically in the cloud… that's something else entirely. Continue Reading →

OpenAI is set to launch GPT-4o mini, a more compact version of its advanced AI model, later today. The model (which the company calls “the most capable and cost-efficient small model available today”) is designed for high efficiency and low cost, with planned future enhancements to support image, video, and audio integrations. Continue Reading →

Google has introduced Google Vids, an AI-powered video creation tool for Google Workspace Labs. It's not available for normal people yet, and there's no general release date set. Continue Reading →

No one born today will ever live in a world where they are smarter than AI. But what does that really mean? Is there a way for human beings to understand how smart AI is? Is IQ a fair test? Is it even reasonable to apply ideas about human intelligence to machines? If IQ tests aren't right, how will we know when an AI model is smarter than we are? Continue Reading →

How smart is any particular AI model? How would you set benchmarks? How would you rate them? AI models can't have an IQ; that's a test for human knowledge. (Plus, raw intelligence isn't really what you want to test anyway.) There are far more capabilities you'd want to include in your scoring system, such as safety, alignment with human values (whatever they are), etc. It's a monumental challenge – and OpenAI is taking it on. Continue Reading →

Samsung is set to launch an upgraded GenAI version of its Bixby voice assistant. The company says the new and improved Bixby will understand and process complex commands and engage with users in a more natural, conversational way. Continue Reading →