Models & Research
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Meet the New, Most Powerful Open-Source AI Model: HyperWrite’s Reflection 70B
Reflection 70B by HyperWrite, based on Meta’s Llama 3.1-70B, sets new AI standard with error correction, high benchmarks, and open access.
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Cosmos Institute Launches New AI Research and Venture Initiatives
The Cosmos Institute launches the Human-Centered AI Lab at Oxford, integrating philosophy into AI, fostering education, and supporting interdisciplinary research.
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ChatGPT Usage Doubles as Generative AI Competition Intensifies
ChatGPT’s weekly users double to 200 million, impacting corporate adoption and intensifying competition among major AI players.
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Meta’s Llama AI Models Gain Traction Among Major Enterprises
Meta’s Llama AI models are widely adopted by major companies, downloaded 350 million times, and offered for free.
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OpenAI’s Upcoming ‘Strawberry’ AI Model Set to Revolutionize AI Capabilities
Strawberry, an advanced AI, excels in math problem-solving and high-level tasks, raising concerns about AGI risks and industry transformation.
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Google Expands Gemini with Gems and Imagen 3, Bringing Advanced Features to Subscribers
Users can create custom Gems to automate tasks with personalized instructions, while Google offers premade Gems and introduces Imagen 3.
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Automated Design of Agentic Systems
The paper introduces ADAS as a new research area automating creation of agentic systems. Meta Agent Search algorithm outperforms hand-designed agents.
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Anthropic Reveals Claude’s System Prompts
Anthropic publicly shares system prompts for Claude models to promote transparency, ethical AI, and pressure competitors to do the same.
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Grok-2 Models Receive Major Speed Boost After Code Rewrite
Grok-2 and Grok-2-mini now offer doubled speed, improved accuracy, and higher rankings on the Lmsys Chatbot Arena leaderboard.
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AI21’s Jamba 1.5 Boosts Hybrid SSM Transformer Model to Enable Agentic AI
Jamba 1.5 Model combines transformer and SSM, introducing features like citation mode for enhanced AI performance and transparency.
