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TLDR AI 2024-01-16

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01HEADLINES & LAUNCHES

MICROSOFT LAUNCHES COPILOT PRO

Microsoft has launched Copilot Pro, a premium version of its Bing Chat experience, priced at $20 per month per user. This advanced version integrates across devices, offers access to Microsoft 365 apps, features the latest AI models like OpenAI's GPT-4 Turbo, and includes enhanced AI image creation.

searchengineland.com2 min read

HOW OPENAI IS APPROACHING 2024 WORLDWIDE ELECTIONS

OpenAI is gearing up for the 2024 elections by preventing AI abuse, enhancing transparency in AI-generated content, and ensuring access to reliable voting information, thereby safeguarding election integrity.

openai.com3 min read

02RESEARCH & INNOVATION

ENHANCING SEARCH SKILLS OF LLMS

Researchers have developed INTERS, a new dataset designed to improve how large language models like LLaMA and Mistral handle information retrieval tasks.

arxiv.org18 min read

CONVFORMER: AN EFFICIENT APPROACH FOR IMAGE SUPER-RESOLUTION

This paper Introduces ConvFormer, a novel Convolutional Transformer layer designed for lightweight image super-resolution tasks. This new technique effectively replaces self-attention modules with large kernel convolutions, allowing for efficient modeling of long-range dependencies with minimal computational costs.

arxiv.org12 min read

EFFICIENT BIOMEDICAL IMAGE SEGMENTATION

A new graph relation distillation technique improves instance segmentation. This method efficiently transfers knowledge from larger, complex networks to smaller, high-performing ones, focusing on three key areas: instance features, their relationships, and pixel-level boundaries.

github.comGitHub repository

03ENGINEERING & RESOURCES

AUDIO-VISUAL EMOTION RECOGNITION

HiCMAE is a novel self-supervised learning framework designed to enhance Audio-Visual Emotion Recognition (AVER). This approach overcomes data scarcity challenges by using large-scale pre-training on unlabeled audio-visual data.

github.comGitHub repository

ADVANCING LLM COMPRESSION WITH ADDITIVE QUANTIZATION

This project suggests a new compression technique for LLMs using Multi-Codebook Quantization (MCQ). The method, adapted from Additive Quantization, sets a new standard in LLM compression, achieving higher accuracy at lower bit counts.

github.comGitHub repository

POINT-BASED IMAGE EDITING

This project introduces RotationDrag, a new method that improves point-based image editing, especially when users want to rotate elements within the image.

github.comGitHub repository

04MISCELLANEOUS

NOUS HERMES 2 MIXTRAL (X THREAD)

Nous Research has released SFT and DPO versions of the powerful Mixtral model. It excels at a number of tasks and is freely available on the Together API.

x.com

AI WILL TRANSFORM THE GLOBAL ECONOMY. LET’S MAKE SURE IT BENEFITS HUMANITY

The rapid advancement of artificial intelligence (AI) stands to revolutionize productivity and growth globally, but also poses risks of job displacement and increased inequality. An IMF analysis shows that nearly 40% of global employment could be impacted by AI, with advanced economies facing both higher risks and opportunities compared to emerging markets and developing countries.

imf.org6 min read

AI IS NOT THE SOLUTION TO ALL OUR EDUCATIONAL CHALLENGES

The rapid evolution of AI in education is promising, yet it's unlikely to solve pressing educational problems soon, as experienced during a week-long experiential learning trip with 9th graders. While AI offers innovative curriculum and learning enhancement, addressing deeper issues like emotional well-being, student engagement, and trust in education remains crucial.

nickpotkalitsky.substack.com9 min read