TLDR AI

TLDR AI 2023-07-07

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01GENERAL

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02HEADLINES & LAUNCHES

CHATGPT DROPS ABOUT 10% IN TRAFFIC AS THE NOVELTY WEARS OFF

Worldwide desktop and mobile web traffic to the ChatGPT website dropped 9.7% from May to June, according to preliminary estimates. In the U.S., the month-over-month decline was 10.3%. Worldwide unique visitors to ChatGPT’s website dropped 5.7%. The amount of time visitors spent on the website was also down 8.5%. ChatGPT still attracts more worldwide visitors than Bing, Microsoft’s search engine.

similarweb.com5 min read

DEVELOPMENT

LlamaIndex has launched version 0.7.0 with the aim of improving the library's modularity and customizability. The new version includes standalone LLM abstractions for OpenAI, HuggingFace, and PaLM, allows users to use the response synthesis module independently, and offers enhanced metadata management for Document/Node objects. The update was designed to enhance LLM application development and offer developers more control over their workflows.

medium.com8 min read

03RESEARCH & INNOVATION

TEXT-TO-IMAGE EDITING THROUGH FEATURE CORRESPONDENCE

This repo introduces DragonDiffusion, a novel method that enhances the editing precision of text-to-image models. Utilizing feature correspondence within diffusion models, DragonDiffusion allows various detailed image alterations, such as moving and resizing objects, replacing appearances, and dragging content, all while maintaining the image's original consistency and without the need for additional model fine-tuning.

mc-e.github.io4 min read

MODELS GENERATING TRAINING DATA: HUGE WIN OR FAKE WIN?

There has been buzz the past few days around a number of works suggesting that models generating training data is a new unlock for performance. On the other hand, the community has pushed back, saying that the data processing inequality suggests this is impossible. What if the truth is somewhere in between and generating training data acts as a sort of filter for sampling from the distribution you actually care about?

dblalock.substack.com12 min read

04ENGINEERING & RESOURCES

ENHANCING PROBLEM-SOLVING ABILITIES OF LLMS

This technical report details the creation of FLACUNA, a language model that improves problem-solving capabilities by fine-tuning VICUNA, another large language model, using a custom instruction dataset called FLANMINI.

github.comGitHub repository

IMAGE SEGMENTATION WITH HIERARCHICAL, OPEN-VOCABULARY LEARNING

This paper presents HIPIE, a novel approach to image segmentation that accounts for complex scenes by incorporating different semantic levels into its learning process. It outperforms existing models across a range of image comprehension tasks, offering a unified solution for segmentation tasks in diverse contexts.

github.comGitHub repository

INTERNLM

InternLM has open-sourced a 7 billion parameter base chat model tailored for practical scenarios.

github.comGitHub repository

05MISCELLANEOUS

TALKING ABOUT A “SCHISM” IS AHISTORICAL

This article argues that the framing of the debate between AI safety and alignment as a "schism" is ahistorical and misleading. The author argues that there has never been a unified AI safety community and that the two camps have different goals and values.

medium.com9 min read

ADOBE LIMITS ITS EMPLOYEES’ USE OF GENERATIVE AI

Adobe has restricted employees' use of external AI tools, urging them to use in-house offerings instead, according to an internal email from CIO Cindy Stoddard. This move mirrors similar policies at Amazon, Alphabet, Apple, and Samsung, indicating a broader trend in data protection and promotion of proprietary tech.

petapixel.com3 min read