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TLDR AI 2023-11-10

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01HEADLINES & LAUNCHES

SAMSUNG TEASES AI TRANSLATE LIVE FEATURE

Samsung has mostly been quiet in the AI race, but it recently showed off a live AI translation feature for phone calls. The feature is expected to launch in 2024.

theverge.com2 min read

ADEPT EXPERIMENTS DEMOS

Adept is building a useful agent system for enterprises. It is now opening up small mini demos for people to interact with like delegating knowledge working tasks, using new tools, or working with unstructured data.

adept.ai7 min read

INTRODUCING GPTS

OpenAI introduces customizable ChatGPT (GPTs), enabling users to tailor the AI for specific tasks without coding. The GPT Store, launching soon, will allow the sharing and monetizing of these custom GPTs, with a focus on privacy, safety, and expanding utility in the real world. Enterprises can deploy internal-only GPTs, enhancing business operations.

openai.com2 min read

02RESEARCH & INNOVATION

LARGEST DISTRIBUTED LLM TRAINING JOB ON 50K+ CHIPS

Google ran a MaxText + Jax training job on an unbelievable amount of chips concurrently while maintaining 66+ utilization, creating a strong contender for the best possible MFU. The project was mostly built on proprietary technology, but it showcases some interesting tidbits for other large-scale distributed computing groups.

cloud.google.com8 min read

INTEL PERFORMANCE PER DOLLAR VS. H100

MLPerf is a standard machine learning performance benchmark that accurately shows how platforms and models perform in real-world settings. MLPerf Training v3.1 just landed and it showcases amazing H100 performance in absolute terms, but when comparing wall clock performance per dollar spent, Intel still holds its own.

servethehome.com12 min read

BETTER DATA IMPROVES LLMS TRAINING

This study introduces a better way to clean up the data used to train LLMs, ensuring they are tested fairly and work more reliably.

arxiv.org18 min read

03ENGINEERING & RESOURCES

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qawolf.comSponsor

LIDAR-ENHANCED ROAD SEGMENTATION

Researchers developed a smarter method for self-driving cars to recognize roads by using lidar technology, which requires less manual work but still keeps the system accurate.

github.comGitHub repository

USING TEXT-BASED AI MODELS FOR VISUAL TASKS

Researchers discovered that large language models can be powerful tools for visual tasks even though they were designed for text. The researchers achieved improved results in various visual tasks by using parts of these text-trained models to process images and videos directly.

github.comGitHub repository

04MISCELLANEOUS

NVIDIA ENVY: UNDERSTANDING THE GPU GOLD RUSH

Nvidia became the AI kingmaker in 2023. Thousands of companies and countries begged to purchase its GPUs. Will the insatiable demand persist? This piece explores the Nvidia run-up, the resulting shortage, and the future of GPU demand.

blog.johnluttig.com24 min read

OPENAI DATA PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM

OpenAI wants to build partnerships for open and private dataset creation for AI training. This could signal it is running out of tokens for its next model training runs.

openai.com4 min read

AI IS ABOUT TO COMPLETELY CHANGE HOW YOU USE COMPUTERS

Current software is still limited in its ability to understand and assist with diverse tasks. Bill Gates predicts that AI agents will revolutionize software interaction, offering personalized assistance across various tasks without needing specific apps, marking the biggest shift in computing since the move from command-line to graphical interfaces.

gatesnotes.com12 min read