LANGUAGE MODEL
Samsung India research unit adds Hindi to Galaxy AI, ramps up tech for rest
Samsung's cutting-edge Hindi AI model for Galaxy AI integrates colloquialisms, conversational speech data, and English word mix handling. The development showcases meticulous attention to detail, ensuring a seamless user experience. This advancement underscores Samsung's commitment to linguistic innovation and diverse language support, setting a new standard in AI technology.
Google Translate to soon add 110 languages with help of AI
Google Translate will soon use its large language model PaLM 2 to support 110 languages, its largest expansion ever. The tech now supports 243 languages in total.
AI companies train language models on YouTube's archive − making private videos a privacy risk
Exploring the intricate nexus of big tech self-regulation, privacy concerns, and legal safeguards in AI development underscores the imperative for ethical AI model training and deployment.
Govt seeks bids from colleges, universities for help on Bhashini proliferation
The government is calling on universities and independent startup incubators to develop strategies to boost the use of Bhashini, its natural language processing tool. The IT ministry has asked the bids to be submitted by July 10.
Beyond Nvidia: the search for AI's next breakthrough
For a few days, AI chip juggernaut Nvidia sat on the throne as the world's biggest company, but behind the its staggering success are questions on whether new entrants can stake a claim to the artificial intelligence bonanza. "If you look across the chip history, we really have for the most part focused on more general chips," Rebecca Parsons, CTO at tech consultancy Thoughtworks, told AFP. Providing more specialized processing for the many demands of AI is an opportunity seized by Groq, a hot startup that has built chips for the deployment of AI as opposed to its training, or inference -- the specialty of Nvidia's world-dominating GPUs. that Nvidia won't be the best at everything, even if they are uncontested for generative AI training.
Google launches Gemini mobile app in India, available in 9 Indian languages
Google CEO Sundar Pichai announced on Tuesday that the tech giant has launched the Gemini mobile app in India, available in English and nine Indian languages. The company will also add local languages to Gemini Advanced, along with other new features.
Apple unveils big AI push; embeds ChatGPT into iPhones, Siri
Apple announced Apple Intelligence at its annual developer conference, integrating AI features developed in-house and by OpenAI. The Cupertino-based company aims to embed the technology across iPhone, iPads, and MacBooks, leveraging Apple Silicon for personalized, contextual results.
Infosys recruits 76% lesser college graduates in FY24
IT major Infosys hired 11,900 college graduates in FY24. This is against over 50,000 graduates hired a year ago, as per data from its annual reports.
HCLTech integrates its GenAI platform with Google Gemini
HCL Technologies announced the availability of its GenAI platform, HCLTech AI Force, on Google Cloud's Gemini models, integrating Google's large language model to drive innovation at scale.
OpenAI signs content deals with The Atlantic and Vox Media
The agreements with The Atlantic and Vox Media come on the heels of several media firms signing similar deals, giving OpenAI access to their news content and archives to train its large language models.
Cats on the moon? Google's AI tool is producing misleading responses that have experts worried
Google's AI-powered search engine now provides instant answers, but errors like fake facts and debunked theories are causing concern. Experts warn of bias, misinformation, and potential dangers, especially in emergency situations.
India needs open-source AI models for cultural and linguistic representation: IBM
This comment comes as IBM on Tuesday open-sourced a group of its most advanced and performant language and code Granite large language models.
India is in line for a major AI platform shift: Google Labs VP
Google Labs is an incubator created by US technology firm Google to test and publicly demonstrate new projects.
Google I/O 2024: From Gemini 1.5 Pro, Project Astra to Trillium, ET brings you the low down
Gemini 1.5 Pro, with a one million token long context window, is now available with Gemini Advanced in 35 languages, the company announced at Google I/O, its annual developer conference on Tuesday.
Google unveils Trillium chip; Gemini 1.5 Pro with 2M tokens made available for developers
Google parent Alphabet on Tuesday unveiled a product called Trillium in its artificial intelligence data center chip family that it says is nearly five times as fast as its prior version.
LLM for BFSI sector, personal AI server launched
Indian AI startups introduced innovative AI models and products at Adbhut India. The event highlighted diverse applications, including large language models, voice-enabled systems, and AI tools for various sectors, showcasing India's potential as an AI use case capital.
Microsoft readies new AI model to compete with Google, OpenAI: report
The new model, internally referred to as MAI-1, is being overseen by recently hired Mustafa Suleyman, the Google DeepMind co-founder and former CEO of AI startup Inflection, the report said, citing two Microsoft employees with knowledge of the effort.
Meta's newest AI model beats some peers. But its amped-up AI agents are confusing Facebook users
Meta Platforms introduces advanced AI systems, including the Llama 3 model. Despite limitations, the company aims to develop smarter chatbots and envisions AI as the most useful assistant in the world.
ETtech Explainer: Is Apple’s ReALM better than OpenAI’s GPT-4?
Apple discussed its large language model (LLM) Reference Resolution As Language Modeling (ReALM) and how it can “substantially outperform” OpenAI’s GPT-4. Apple said that while LLMs are extremely powerful for a variety of tasks, their use in reference resolution, particularly for non-conversational entities, remains underutilised.
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