Reports have surfaced that Microsoft is currently in the process of training an internal artificial intelligence model. The specifics of this AI model’s purpose or functionality have not been officially disclosed, sparking curiosity and speculation among industry experts and tech enthusiasts. The development of AI models within large tech companies like Microsoft is not uncommon. … Read more
Upstage, an AI enterprise solutions company, has announced plans to optimize its leading large language model (LLM), Solar Mini, on Intel Core Ultra processors. The company will also be integrating their WriteUp app, a writing assistant powered by Solar Mini, to run advanced AI tools offline on Windows PCs with Intel processors. This collaboration aims … Read more
Google is rolling out a significant update to NotebookLM called Gemini 1.5 Pro, which offers free access to powerful AI capabilities for academic research. This new version allows for more external sources, larger context windows, and up to 25 million words of data for study guides and FAQs. The expansion of NotebookLM availability to over … Read more
Elon Musk’s xAI company is teaming up with Oracle to build a supercomputer that will support the next version of its artificial intelligence big language model known as “Grok.” The project, which has been dubbed a “Computing Gigafactory,” aims to train and develop the next generation of the Grok AI system. Musk had previously sought … Read more
Honda has announced a collaboration with IBM to work on software-defined vehicles of the future, with plans to invest $64 billion in electrification. The partnership will focus on AI technologies in automobiles and research in specialized semiconductor and chiplet technologies. Meanwhile, the Callum Skye electric prototype, weighing only 1,150 kg, has been introduced, offering a … Read more
AI models have become crucial in enhancing computing efficiency, productivity, and user experiences. Researchers are focused on addressing the issue of high computational demand in AI models, which often require significant power and resources, limiting their use on smaller devices like personal computers. Microsoft researchers have introduced Phi Silica, a small language model tailored for … Read more
Microsoft’s latest release, Phi-3, introduces Phi-3-Vision-128k-instruct, a language model variant that has garnered attention for its impressive performance. This model, with 4 billion parameters, has shown superiority over GPT-4V and Gemini 1.0 Pro V in various benchmarks. This article delves into potential use cases for Phi-3-Vision-128k-instruct, showcasing its versatility in tasks such as Optical Character … Read more
Intel engineers recently launched the Intel NPU Acceleration Library v1.1, a Python library designed to work with Intel’s Neural Processing Unit (NPU) in the new Core Ultra (Meteor Lake) processors. This library simplifies interfacing with the Intel VPU/NPU kernel driver and allows for accelerated AI operations. The latest version of the Intel NPU Acceleration Library, … Read more
NASA and IBM have partnered to develop a new artificial intelligence model aimed at improving weather and climate applications. The Privthi-weather-climate foundational model leverages AI technology to enhance resolution in regional and local weather and climate models. By training the model on large unlabeled datasets, such as NASA’s MERRA-2 data, and utilizing AI learning processes, … Read more
NASA has announced a collaboration with IBM Research to develop a new Artificial Intelligence (AI) model called the Privthi Weather Baseline Model. This AI model is designed to support various weather and climate applications by using AI as an analytical tool for climate scenarios. The model is trained on a wide data set from the … Read more