News by Soham Sharma
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Together Raises $20 Million Seed Funding to Fuel Open-Source AI and Cloud Platform
Together, a startup focused on open-source AI, has secured $20 million in seed funding led by Lux Capital. The company aims to empower innovation and creativity by providing accessible generative AI models and a cloud platform. The founders recognized the centralization of AI models within a few corporations due to high training costs, driving their mission to create open and decentralized alternatives. The funding round attracted support from prominent investors, including Factory, SV Angel, F
May 15, 2023
MosaicML Inference: Secure, Private, and Affordable Deployment for Large Models
With its Starter and Enterprise tiers, and support for multiple cloud platforms, it provides a flexible and secure solution for deploying large machine learning models.
May 15, 2023
Google I/O 2023 AI Updates
Here are a few highlights of several new AI tools and technologies which was announced on Google I/O 2023.
May 14, 2023
Google introduces PaLM 2
Google has introduced its next-generation large language model PaLM 2, which offers improved multilingual, reasoning, coding capabilities, and more.
May 12, 2023
Google Launches AI Coding Tools
Google has announced the launch of a suite of AI-powered coding tools, including a competitor to GitHub’s Copilot. The new tools, which were unveiled at the company’s I/O developer conference, leverage Google’s large language model PaLM 2, which has been specifically trained to handle coding-related prompts and to handle queries related to Google Cloud. Google’s Codey, as it is known, was trained on a large corpus of permissively licensed open-source code, as well as internal Google code, code s
May 12, 2023
Facebook introduces AI Sandbox
Facebook has announced the introduction of a new AI Sandbox for early versions of new features and tools, including generative AI-powered ad tools. Making these features simple to use will help advertisers discover what works best for them. Three tools have been announced: text variation, background generation, and image outcropping, which can help make ads more engaging and diversify creative assets. Facebook is working with a small group of advertisers to gather feedback and will gradually exp
May 12, 2023
Google launches ML Hub
Google has announced its new ML Hub platform, designed to be a one-stop destination for developers to get guidance on training and deploying their machine learning (ML) models. The platform will provide step-by-step directions for generating models based on available data, and the initial set of toolkits will cover common use cases, with plans to regularly update and launch new ones. Some of the early toolkits will enable developers to build text classifiers using Keras or run large language mod
May 11, 2023
Turn Text into Music
People have traditionally expressed themselves and connected with one another via music. And now, thanks to Google's MusicLM, it's easier than ever to turn your musical ideas into reality. This cutting-edge application creates two versions of the song for you to listen to based on a description of the kind of music you wish to make, such as "upbeat pop for a summer road trip." You can then choose your favorite and give feedback to help improve the AI model. Google has been working closely with
May 11, 2023
Google's A3 supercomputer VMs
Google Cloud has launched the new A3 supercomputer virtual machine (VM) at the Google I/O event. It's exciting to see how this new technology can improve the performance, speed, and cost-effectiveness of machine learning models and generative AI. These machines are specifically designed to meet the demands of resource-hungry use cases like LLMs and generative AI. The A3 VMs come with modern CPUs, next-gen Nvidia GPUs, improved host memory, and major network upgrades. The A3 VMs come with Nvidia
May 11, 2023Everseen Raises €65m Funding
In a remarkable demonstration of belief in Everseen's mission, the company has secured a substantial €65 million in a series A follow-on funding round. This uplifting news comes as Crosspoint Capital Partners, a private equity firm renowned for its dedication to cybersecurity, privacy, and infrastructure software markets, leads the charge. This investment not only reflects confidence in Everseen's capabilities as a leading provider of AI-powered computer vision and hyper-automation solutions but
May 11, 2023
Ray 2.4.0: Infrastructure for LLM training, tuning, inference, and serving
The new Ray release features various enhancements, including updates to Ray data, which include stability, observability, and ease of use.
May 11, 2023
Where is India in the generative AI race?
A new generation of Indian entrepreneurs is capitalizing on the enthusiasm surrounding generative AI
May 9, 2023