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Apple and Columbia University researchers furtively released a multimodal LLM named 'Ferret'
Almost two months ago, a team of Apple and Columbia University researchers quietly released an innovative research-only, open-source MLLM called 'Ferret' that excels in visual reference understanding and grounding textual input.
Dec 29, 2023
The Amazon Industrial Fund leads a $3.2M investment for Instock Inc.
Instock Inc. is a California-based start-up developing automated storage and retrieval systems (ASRS). The Amazon Industrial Fund investment has brought Instock's total seed funding to $6.2 million, which the company plans to use in making ASRS systems accessible to businesses of all sizes.
Dec 27, 2023
Microsoft partners with Suno to bring everyone's music ideas to life
Microsoft partnered with Suno, a leader in AI-powered music generation, to bring songwriting capabilities to Microsoft Copilot. Users signed in to the Copilot website using their Microsoft account can generate songs complete with lyrics, instrumentals, and voice with a single sentence.
Dec 27, 2023
EU will make its supercomputing resources available for the European AI community
The European Commission and the EuroHPC JU will demonstrate their commitment to developing a trustworthy global AI ecosystem with the launch of the Large AI Grand Challenge, expanded access to its supercomputing resources, and creation of support centers for optimal usage of the supercomputers.
Dec 21, 2023
OpenAI's Converge 2 has opened its application period
Converge is OpenAI's highly competitive six-week program for the acceleration of exceptional tech experts working on harnessing the power of AI to "reimagine the world." The application period for Converge 2 runs until Friday, January 26, 2024, at 11:59 PM Pacific.
Dec 20, 2023
Ukrainian start-up Respeecher secures $1M to develop AI voice cloning responsibly
Respeecher is a start-up that came into the public eye after Disney tasked it with recreating the voice of James Earl Jones for Darth Vader. The company prioritizes its ethical principles to ensure that no bad actors misuse synthetic voices created using its technology.
Dec 19, 2023
The EU Parliament and Council reached a provisional agreement on the AI Act
EU Parliament and Council representatives recently reached a provisional agreement on the AI Act, a legally binding document intended to mitigate risks inherent to AI systems in vulnerable areas such as healthcare, education, and banking.
Dec 18, 2023
MLflow 2.9.0 is out
The latest MLflow release (2.9.0) introduces several major features and improvements, including the MLflow AI Gateway deprecation and the overhaul of The MLflow tracking docs.
Dec 15, 2023
Stability AI announces a three-tier membership system
Stability AI announced today the introduction of its three-tiered membership system that ensures access to generative AI remains open and available to everybody. The Stability AI membership simplifies model deployment and standardizes commercial rights across a diverse pool of customers.
Dec 14, 2023
Floy raises 5.4M EUR in seed funding for its AI-powered radiology diagnostics solution
The Munich-based startup Floy recently closed a 5.4M EUR seed round to enhance the diagnostic capabilities of radiologists with AI. Floy gives technicians a chance to refine their diagnosis without starting over. The startup offers its solution as a pay-per-use service for patients.
Dec 9, 2023
Gemini: Google's largest and most proficient model yet is also natively multimodal
Google launched Gemini, its family of natively multimodal models. Gemini's capabilities for sophisticated multimodal reasoning are admirable; from excelling at competitive programming to detecting patterns in image sequences, it seems there is little that Gemini cannot do.
Dec 7, 2023
Deep learning tool GNoME aids in the discovery of 2.2M new crystals
DeepMind and Google researchers made a groundbreaking discovery of 2.2M new inorganic crystals with the help of GNoME, with 736 of these being experimentally realized. Researchers are also looking into creating an autonomous laboratory to automate and expedite the synthesis of new materials.
Dec 4, 2023