AI News & Launches

Anytext.pics offers a unique way to share text through images, ideal for sharing messages on platforms where direct text sharing is not available or is less effective.

MK1 Flywheel by MK One Technologies announces AMD Instinct Series GPUs now achieve comparable inference performance to NVIDIA's GPUs, offering cost-efficient large language model workloads handling. MK1 Flywheel design optimizes throughput and latency on both AMD and NVIDIA hardware platforms and supports native integration with AI frameworks like PyTorch.

Isomorphic Labs, an Alphabet AI startup, has partnered with major pharmaceutical companies Eli Lilly and Novartis in deals potentially worth $3 billion. Led by CEO Demis Hassabis, Isomorphic aims to leverage DeepMind's protein structure prediction model, AlphaFold, in drug discovery.

Adam Karvonen discusses the emergence of internal world representations in GPT models trained on games like Chess. Using linear probes, the 50M parameter model trained on millions of chess games learns to play at approximately 1300 ELO and internalizes rules and board states, even predicting player ELO ratings. All work is open source, posing new directions for understanding AI interpretability.

AI took the spotlight in 2023, sparking debate on its progress. 'Machine intelligence' emerged in the 1950s with the Turing test, challenging AI to be indistinguishable from humans in conversation. Eliza, created in 1966, was one of the first to pass this by mimicking a psychotherapist. Despite its simplicity, Eliza's design illustrates basic AI principles, using keywords and transformation rules to simulate conversation. The program, adaptable across languages, uses a basic response structure, synonym handling, and memory for more 'intelligent' interactions. However, Eliza is not true AI; it operates on pre-coded responses and patterns.

The New York Times has filed a complaint against Microsoft and OpenAI, alleging copyright and other intellectual property infringements due to the use of The Times' content in training AI models. This high-profile case accuses both entities of using copyrighted material without proper authorization for AI training and model output, potentially leading to a major legal precedent in the field of AI.

Camocopy is a privacy-focused AI assistant offering features like ChatGPT with a commitment to user data protection, providing instant internet search responses, generating realistic images, and offering a subscription-free model with encrypted EU-based hosting.

Tesla has reduced the range estimates for several of its vehicles, including Model Y, S, and X in the USA after complaints about exaggeration. The online configurator now shows reduced mileages; the Performance trim of Model Y down from 303 to 285 miles, Model Y Long Range from 330 to 310 miles, Model X Plaid from 333 to 326 miles, and Model S Plaid from 396 to 359 miles. These adjustments align with new EPA requirements and 'comfort improvements.'

adamkarvonen's 'chess_llm_interpretability' GitHub repository focuses on evaluating LLMs trained on PGN chess games, using linear probes for understanding board states and ELO predictions.

Sebastian Raschka provides a curated list of ten AI research papers from 2023, focusing largely on large language models (LLMs), exploring topics such as training insights, open-source models, and efficiency in finetuning.

NIST unveils various types of AI-targeted cyberattacks and outlines adversarial machine learning threats, underscoring the lack of foolproof defenses. The publication aims to support trustworthy AI. Techniques detailed include evasion, poisoning, privacy, and abuse attacks against AI systems.

This is a rewriting service feature called Resume Rewriter, created by Nikolai Stepanov. Designed to assist users in reworking their resumes to better match job descriptions, the feature requires ChatGPT Plus subscription for usage.

Camera manufacturers Canon, Nikon, and Sony are implementing new technology to digitally watermark photographs, aiming to definitively prove their authenticity and combat the rise of AI-generated fakes. Particularly crucial for journalists and photo editors, this technology embeds a tamper-resistant digital signature into images, containing metadata such as date, time, location, and photographer's name.

Microsoft's model 'phi-2' has been updated on Hugging Face, changing license terms from 'microsoft-research-license' to 'MIT License', among other updates involving the LICENSE, NOTICE.md, and README.md files.

Reiki is a platform in the blooming web3 space aiming to integrate spirituality within the metaverse using the blockchain technology. The website introduces a novel concept where users can learn about and participate in healing and spiritual practices through a decentralized digital environment.

Brewed.dev is a platform that uses AI to bring web ideas to life, from single components to entire websites. It features a credit-based system for generating designs and offers resources for both novice and experienced designers.

Nitro, developed by Jan AI, is an embeddable AI inference server that is a lightweight alternative to OpenAI's REST API, providing a mere 3mb solution for local AI in applications. It is open-source, cross-platform compatible, and supports CPU and GPU architectures.

TinyLlama is an open-source, small language model with a 1.1B parameter size, pretrained on 1 trillion tokens over approximately 3 epochs. Despite its size, TinyLlama exhibits strong performance on multiple downstream tasks, surpassing other models of similar size. Released by Peiyuan Zhang, Guangtao Zeng, Tianduo Wang, and Wei Lu, TinyLlama aims to offer better computational efficiency by incorporating community-driven advances like FlashAttention.

Microsoft introduces a dedicated Copilot key to PC keyboards, marking the first significant change to the keyboard layout since the Windows key appeared in 1994. The Copilot key will launch the Copilot AI assistant on Windows 10 and 11. It will be gradually required on Windows keyboards over time, showcasing Microsoft's commitment to embedding AI into user experiences.

CultriX/MistralTrix-v1 is a leading 7B LLM on the LLM Leaderboards, offering advancements in text generation. It leverages techniques for model fine-tuning from an influential article and dataset provided by Intel. The model showcases notable performance improvement on multiple benchmarks.

AI Thought outlines a cognitive architecture for simulating human-like thought within computers, focusing on the dynamics of mammalian working memory. It provides a framework for AI that includes the continuous and iterative updating of working memory, blending high-level constructs like consciousness with low-level neuronal actions.

Tesla has decreased the range estimates for its Model Y Long Range and Performance trims by 6%, reflecting more realistic numbers. The Long Range now stands at 310 miles from 330, while the Performance is at 285 miles, down from 303. No change in pricing accompanied the updated range estimates, and the Rear-Wheel Drive model's 260-mile range remains unchanged. These updates are meant to address previous overstatements of the EV's range and provide more accurate expectations for consumers.

PH Deck offers a dashboard platform that summarizes daily product launches using AI, aiming to improve user discovery and sharing of new apps and content on Product Hunt. It serves product hunters, tech enthusiasts, investors, and startup founders, and bridges the gap by providing a curated experience in a possibly overwhelming Product Hunt platform.

Repurposa is a free tool offered by Squid & Fish Digitals that allows individuals to repurpose any content easily using an AI Assembly Template available on MindPal. The tool aims to streamline content creation and adjustment for various platforms.

PoliciesbyAI offers a free service to generate privacy policies and terms of service for websites. It's designed to be quick, taking only 30 seconds and requiring no signup process.

AppWeaver is an innovative development platform that simplifies the process of creating apps by interacting with an intelligent assistant. It automates design and layout customization, supports live previews of the app, and offers an easy publishing process. The platform also scales automatically based on demand to handle varying user loads.

Edward Donner describes his experience fine-tuning a language model (LLM) on 240k text messages to simulate conversations. Initial efforts yielded repetitive and mundane chats, but persistent tweaking of the prompt and data format eventually led to believable dialogues. Edward explains that the LLM can now convincingly imitate himself and his contacts, with nuances reflecting different relationships.

The article 'Efficient LLM inference' by Finbarr Timbers, published on May 9, 2023, on www.artfintel.com, discusses methods to serve large language models (LLMs) more efficiently. Three main approaches are quantization, distillation, and optimization. After recommending profiling for optimization, the article stresses that distillation generally outperforms other methods, although quantization is an inexpensive and effective alternative when resources are limited. The piece also elaborates on the intricacies of quantization and its real-world impact on model performance.

A new study by Global Fishing Watch, using AI and satellite imagery, reveals extensive industrial activities at sea that were previously hidden. The study mapped large vessel movements and offshore infrastructure, identifying numerous dark fishing vessels within protected areas and exposing dominant fishing activity in Asia. The analysis of 2 million gigabytes of satellite imagery from 2017-2021 highlights changes in activity, including a drop in fishing during the COVID-19 pandemic and a surge in offshore energy developments, particularly in wind energy.

smudge.ai is a Chrome extension that integrates AI-powered commands into the browser's context menu, offering features like summarizing articles, grammar corrections, translation, and more to enhance online productivity for students, professionals, and casual users alike.

Researchers have created clear global maps of human activity at sea using AI and satellite imagery, revealing unbeknownst fishing activity and offshore energy development growth. Despite three-quarters of industrial fishing vessels not being publicly tracked, this innovative approach could inform conservation efforts by providing evidence for necessary protection of marine areas.

Windows introduces the new Copilot key, marking a significant step towards AI-integration in Windows 11 PCs. Aiming to make computing experiences more personal and intelligent, the Copilot key will help users easily engage with AI features. Microsoft's product enhancements, fueled by feedback, positions Copilot as a daily AI companion across devices powered by partners like AMD, Intel, and Qualcomm. The key is anticipated to debut on Windows 11 PCs and Surface devices starting from late February.

McAnswers is a comprehensive solutions platform powered by ChatGPT 4.0 that aims to simplify the coding journey for developers. It offers an array of solutions for common errors and issues encountered in languages such as Python, JavaScript, PHP, C/C++, C#, Java, TypeScript, Node.js, and various other technologies.

Collov AI Video Generator is an advanced tool designed to create professional videos using AI technology. Users can input text to generate natural-looking videos that can be used for various purposes such as marketing, education, or entertainment.

Qlient.ai offers an advanced AI assistant designed for handling client intake calls 24/7 using hyper-realistic voices. Personalized onboarding is available, with features such as call summaries, appointment scheduling, and insightful call monitoring. Prices vary across Basic, Professional, and Enterprise plans.

OpenTaskAI is a professional platform connecting AI talents from diverse fields with businesses in need of their expertise. It offers a broad range of services, including website and app development, content creation, and data science, all powered by AI. The platform emphasizes the integration of human skill with advanced AI tools to improve efficiency and revenue generation for both freelancers and businesses.

TinyGPT-V is an efficient multimodal large language model developed by researchers Zhengqing Yuan, Zhaoxu Li, and Lichao Sun, featuring small backbones for enhanced performance. Featuring a BSD-3-Clause license, this open-source project has its latest updates released in January 2024, including an online demo available on Hugging Face.

The HN Who is Hiring page for April lists numerous job opportunities, offering a range of positions from startups to well-established tech companies, all looking to hire in different domains of the tech industry.

Captiwiz offers cloud-based solutions and IT consultancy services designed to enhance business growth and operational efficiency. With a focus on cutting-edge technology and customer satisfaction, their services include cloud migration, cybersecurity, and tailored IT strategies.

Riffusion is an AI-powered tool that generates music from user-provided lyrics. Users can explore and create new riffs, experiencing the blend of artificial intelligence and music composition.