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1 week ago | 
eweek.com | Madeline J. Clarke |Clarke Content
OpenAI announced on Monday the release of GPT-4.1, the newest successor to its GPT-4o series of AI language models. According to OpenAI, GPT-4.1 excels at instruction following, coding, and long-context processing. The GPT-4.1 large language model brings improved features and enhanced coding capabilities to the next generation GPT-4o model lineup. The GPT-4o series includes the GPT-4.1 mini and GPT-4.1 nano models. OpenAI confirmed the mini will receive supervised fine-tuning support.
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1 week ago | 
eweek.com | Madeline J. Clarke |Clarke Content
Artificial intelligence may be the missing piece needed to make the longstanding human dream of communicating with animals possible. Earth Species Project researchers have created NatureLM-audio, an AI audio language foundation model that can use animal vocalizations to identify various aspects of communication and behavior. NatureLM-audio is the first large audio-language model designed specifically to analyze animal sounds.
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1 week ago | 
eweek.com | Madeline J. Clarke |Clarke Content
Sarah Wynn-Williams, a former executive who served as Meta’s Director of Global Public Policy, testified before Congress on April 9 regarding the company’s alleged involvement in aiding China’s advancement in the AI race — posing a threat to U.S. national interests. Meta has stated that the claims are false. Wynn-Williams told the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism that she witnessed senior executives undermining U.S. national security.
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3 weeks ago | 
eweek.com | Madeline J. Clarke |Clarke Content
AI drug design and development company Isomorphic Labs announced on Monday that it raised $600 million in its first external funding round. Thrive Capital led the financing round with participation from Google’s GV, and follow-on capital from Alphabet, its parent company and an existing investor. Isomorphic Labs described plans to use the funds to drive biomedical advances through its AI drug design engine.
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3 weeks ago | 
techrepublic.com | Madeline J. Clarke |Clarke Content
Accessibility features in Copilot+ PCs. Image: MicrosoftWindows announced major updates to its portfolio, including Copilot+ PC experiences and Voice Access capabilities across Copilot+ PCs with AMD and Intel processors. A Windows Experience Blog, released Monday, described the AI-enhanced experiences that will soon be available on more devices, including Copilot+ PCs powered by AMD Ryzen AI 300 series, Intel Core Ultra 200V, and Snapdragon X Series processors.
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4 weeks ago | 
eweek.com | Madeline J. Clarke |Clarke Content
Amazon announced this week its new generative AI tool that is designed to help shoppers find the best items based on their unique passions and interests, leading to an easier and more effective shopping experience. The Amazon AI assistant called Interests will prompt users to describe what they’re shopping for, then take user input and “proactively” identify products based on their personal preferences.
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1 month ago | 
techrepublic.com | Madeline J. Clarke |Clarke Content
Image: DC_Studio/Envato ElementsAlibaba cofounder and philanthropist Jack Ma’s Ant Group has reportedly achieved a breakthrough in AI model training techniques by integrating Chinese-made semiconductors, a move that could cut computing costs by 20%. Bloomberg reports that Hangzhou-based Ant Group used domestic Chinese chips from Alibaba and Huawei to train models with the Mixture of Experts (MoE) machine learning approach, which allows models to be trained with much less compute.
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Nov 30, 2024 | 
eweek.com | Madeline J. Clarke |Clarke Content
Despite executives’ continued promotion of AI in the workplace and employees’ growing interest in AI technology, the U.S. workforce faces barriers hindering its adoption. Recent qualitative research by the Slack Workforce Index found that AI adoption among U.S. workers decelerated to just one percent growth from August through October compared to last year’s 8 percent increase. U.S. companies could see increased revenue from AI adoption in their workforces.
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Nov 28, 2024 | 
eweek.com | Madeline J. Clarke |Clarke Content
OpenAI is reportedly experiencing issues with its next artificial intelligence model, Orion. Model evaluations have found only moderate improvements over previous versions, sparking concerns about the rate of advancement we can expect in future generative AI models. OpenAI employees who used and tested Orion provided feedback about its progress to The Information, reporting that the model’s new enhancements were minimal compared to those introduced in the transition from GPT-3 to GPT-4.
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Nov 22, 2024 | 
eweek.com | Madeline J. Clarke |Clarke Content
Google is rethinking its artificial intelligence strategy amid recent reports that its conversational artificial intelligence tool, Gemini, is failing to achieve performance gains. The large language model’s slowed progress has contributed to debates regarding the future trajectory of generative AI and its decelerating pace of improvement. The Information reports that Google’s AI development is experiencing lagging improvement rates compared to the previous model versions.
