ServiceTitan names LLMs from Microsoft, OpenAI as risk factors
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Here are 3 critical LLM compression strategies to supercharge AI performance
How techniques like model pruning, quantization and knowledge distillation can optimize LLMs for faster, cheaper predictions.
Sequoia investing into DecaartAI for engineless game creation
DecaartAI reveals a running version of Minecraft that does not use a game engine, only generative AI, potentially revolutionizing game creation.
How gen AI is revolutionizing the fitness industry
CONTRIBUTOR CONTENT: Since the introduction of generative AI, many industries have undergone significant transformations. Recently, the new amp fitness machine was launched, showcasing how gen AI, combined with advanced technologies, is set to change the way people approach fitness training. Upon entering amp’s showroom in NYC’s Soho, the futuristic aesthetic of the machine immediately stands …
xAI, Elon Musk’s AI startup, launches an API
In August, Elon Musk’s xAI promised to make Grok, the company’s flagship generative AI model powering a number of features on X, available via an “enterprise API.” Now, that API has arrived — albeit a bare-bones at the moment. The xAI API only has one model available, “grok-beta,” priced at $5 per million input tokens …
Meta’s Yann LeCun says worries about A.I.’s existential threat are ‘complete B.S.’
AI pioneer Yann LeCun doesn’t think artificial intelligence is actually on the verge of becoming intelligent. LeCun — a professor at New York University, senior researcher at Meta, and winner of the prestigious A.M. Turning Award — has been open about his skepticism before, for example tweeting that before we worry about controlling super-intelligent AI, …
Even the ‘godmother of AI’ has no idea what AGI is
Are you confused about artificial general intelligence, or AGI? It’s that thing OpenAI is obsessed with ultimately creating in a way that “benefits all of humanity.” You may want to take them seriously since they just raised $6.6 billion to get closer to that goal. But if you’re still wondering what the heck AGI even …
Inference framework Archon promises to make LLMs quicker, without additional costs
Stanford researchers presented Archon, a framework that can cut down on inference costs and allow LLMs to perform better.
The iOS 18.1 public beta is here, bringing Apple Intelligence (almost) to the masses
Apple Intelligence is edging closer to being ready for primetime. Apple has released the public beta of iOS 18.1, which includes some of the major generative AI features that the company has been talking up over the last few months. We’ll have to wait a few more weeks for the public versions of iOS 18.1, …
AWS shuts down DeepComposer, its MIDI keyboard for AI music
AWS’ weird AI-powered keyboard experiment, DeepComposer, is no more. In a blog post today, the company announced it’s shutting down the five-year-old DeepComposer, a physical MIDI piano and AWS service that let users compose songs with the help of generative AI. “After careful consideration, we have made the decision to end support for AWS DeepComposer,” …