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DIFFUSIONGEMMA: 4X FASTER TEXT GENERATION

DiffusionGemma, a 26B Mixture of Experts model, uses text diffusion for faster text generation, offering up to 4x speed increase on GPUs by generating text blocks simultaneously. It targets speed-critical applications, providing advantages like low latency and bi-directional attention, and fits in high-end consumer GPUs when quantized. While it trades some quality for speed compared to standard models, it allows for efficient local inference and is optimized for NVIDIA hardware.

MEASURING LLMS' IMPACT ON N-DAY EXPLOITS

N-days are vulnerabilities that have already been publicly disclosed, but only patched on some devices. They can be more dangerous than zero-day vulnerabilities as the patches provide a roadmap to the bugs. The process of reverse-engineering a vulnerability from a patch has historically been slow and specialized work, but AI can accelerate and automate the process. This means anyone in the patch gap today faces a much larger threat than before.

EU ORDERS META TO STOP BLOCKING RIVAL AI CHATBOTS ON WHATSAPP

The EU has ordered Meta to open up WhatsApp to chatbots from rival companies for free. Meta banned third-party AI chatbots from the WhatsApp for Business API in October last year. The EU said Meta was abusing its dominant position in the European messaging app by preventing competing assistants from using the WhatsApp API. Meta plans to appeal the decision, saying the order is a regulatory overreach that would grant some of the world's largest companies access to the API without paying.

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