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TLDR AI 2023-09-28

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01GENERAL

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DATABRICKS, & ATSCALE

The semantic layer is key to delivering the ‘last mile’ of analytics — making data available in tools such as Power BI, Tableau, and Excel. But implementing it in the data-intensive insurance industry can get tricky. Watch this tech talk

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02HEADLINES & LAUNCHES

MISTRAL RELEASES FIRST MODEL

After a huge seed round and building a team, ML stack, and data pipeline, the Mistral team has released an extremely performant 7B model. It was initially released via a magnet link (torrent) along with a minimal GitHub Repo and permissive license.

mistral.ai4 min read

META IS PUTTING AI CHATBOTS EVERYWHERE

Meta is launching its own AI chatbot assistant along with various AI characters across its platforms. The chatbot is designed as a general-purpose assistant, uses Microsoft's Bing for real-time web results, and can generate images similar to OpenAI's DALL-E.

theverge.com2 min read

CHATGPT CAN NOW SEARCH THE WEB IN REAL TIME

OpenAI has reintroduced a feature in ChatGPT that enables it to access current web information using the "Browse with Bing" functionality. It is initially available for Plus and Enterprise subscribers.

theverge.com1 min read

03RESEARCH & INNOVATION

LLAVA-RLHF FOR VISUALLY ALIGNED MODELS

Llava is a method that inserts vision capabilities into language models. It has now been instruction-tuned and run through an RLHF process. Llava improves instruction following and reasoning abilities.

llava-rlhf.github.io8 min read

RANKVICUNA: RANK RESULTS WITH LANGUAGE MODELS

Large models like ChatGPT have been used to improve search results, but many of these tests are hard to repeat because they're hidden or secret. Researchers have introduced RankVicuna, an open-source tool that can reorder search results using language models.

arxiv.org16 min read

MAKING LLMS FASTER AND SMALLER WITH QA-LORA

Large language models are powerful, but often too big for some devices due to their computational demands. This new method, QA-LoRA, makes models more efficient by cleverly changing how they're built and fine-tuned.

arxiv.org18 min read

04ENGINEERING & RESOURCES

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GROWTH PLAN

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A NEW WAY TO CREATE HIGH-QUALITY HUMAN IMAGES

This project introduces a new tool, UnitedHuman, that uses images from many different sources and combines them, even if they're in different sizes or focused on different parts.

unitedhuman.github.io6 min read

LIBRARY FOR RL ON DIFFUSION MODELS

Tuning language models with RL is becoming a standard step in the model deployment pipeline. This will now be easier with diffusion models and also with the release of DRLX, which allows users to specify a reward model or use a predefined one.

carper.ai7 min read

A BETTER IMAGE ENHANCEMENT

This project made a new tool that helps improve the quality of pictures in a way that's easier to understand than other methods out there. The tool, called HMTF-Net, looks at different parts of a photo and figures out the best way to enhance each part.

github.comGitHub repository

05MISCELLANEOUS

IS GENERATIVE AI AN ENTERPRISE THING?

The dust is settling around the excitement around generative AI, which means people are settling in to figure out how it can be useful in the enterprise. Short story: it’s hugely beneficial. Long story: it’s going to take time.

bigtechnology.com2 min read