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TLDR AI 2023-09-06

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01GENERAL

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A BREAKTHROUGH IN GUT HEALTH

You’re not you when your stomach isn’t happy. Aches, bloating, constipation… you know how it goes. Is this just an unavoidable part of life? Scientists now believe it doesn’t have to be.

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02HEADLINES & LAUNCHES

MODELS

X has updated its privacy policy to collect biometric, job, and education data from users. Notably, X will use this data and other public info to train its AI models. Alex Ivanovs suggests Elon Musk might leverage X's data for his AI venture, xAI. Musk clarifies only public data will be used.

techcrunch.com3 min read

03RESEARCH & INNOVATION

ROBUST FINE-TUNING OF ZERO SHOT MODELS

Zero shot models are AI models that have robust performance on a broad range of distributions. However, if you tune them on your narrow task, they tend to lose that ability while simultaneously getting much better at what they're trained for. This is good but could be improved. This paper presents a method to tune such models, like CLIP to maintain their generalizability while improving specific performance.

arxiv.org28 min read

IMPROVING MATH SKILLS IN BIG LANGUAGE MODELS

This research looks into how well LLMs can solve math problems and how different factors affect their abilities. They’ve found that a method called Rejection sampling Fine-Tuning (RFT) helps these models get better at math, especially when we use samples from several models.

arxiv.org21 min read

04ENGINEERING & RESOURCES

BATCH LORAS ON THE SAME GPU

LoRAs are small parameter adapters that change the behavior of the underlying model by plugging into certain layers. You can batch generation for the base model to improve performance. Additionally, you can batch LoRA-modified versions of the model and serve models with different performance to different users.

github.comGitHub repository

MAKING AI BOTS BETTER AT REAL-LIFE CONVERSATIONS

Many AI chatbots struggle with having natural wide-ranging chats like humans do, so this project introduced 'Topical-Chat', a new dataset from human conversations on 8 big topics, to teach AI how to talk more like us without fixed roles.

github.comGitHub repository

05MISCELLANEOUS

UNRAVELING THE ETHICAL COMPLEXITIES OF AI

An exploration of the central ethical dilemmas posed by artificial intelligence, with the goal of illuminating how AI may shape our collective destiny and the power we have to guide it down a path aligned with human values.

aisupremacy.substack.com18 min read

BAN OR EMBRACE? COLLEGES WRESTLE WITH AI-GENERATED ADMISSIONS ESSAYS

Colleges grapple with the rise of AI-generated admissions essays. With chatbots like ChatGPT able to produce college essays, officials fear a potential for generic or plagiarized content. While some schools discourage AI use, Georgia Tech advises students to use it responsibly for brainstorming and refining, but not for direct content creation.

archive.ph7 min read

ALL 50 STATES CALL ON CONGRESS TO ADDRESS AI-GENERATED CSAM

US attorneys general from all 50 states urge Congress to create a commission investigating AI's role in child exploitation. They're concerned about AI being used to generate child sexual abuse material (CSAM) and deepfakes. Led by South Carolina's Attorney General Alan Wilson, the push aims to expand CSAM restrictions to cover AI-generated content.

theverge.com2 min read