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Open Source Models Have Edge in Cost, But Not in Performance

The cost of training foundation models has exploded, according to the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI), which put the price tag of Google's top-level Gemini Ultra model at around $191 million.

The Week in AI: GitLab's Chatbot, Amazon Music's Maestro, Socure's Digital ID, Dataminr's ReGenAI, More

This edition of our weekly roundup of AI products/services announcements includes announcements from meQuilibrium, GitLab, Button, Socure, Amazon Music, Dataminr, and more.

More AI Expansion Plans: Microsoft Plants Flag in UAE and OpenAI in Japan

Generative AI partners and occasional competitors Microsoft and OpenAI each continued their global expansion this month, with the former establishing a foothold in the Middle East and the latter in Asia.

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Meta's Llama 3 LLM Debuts with 8B and 70B Models

One day after Mistral released its latest open source large language model (LLM), Meta parried with its own.

Mistral Releases Latest Open Source Model, Mixtral 8x22B

Generative AI upstart Mistral released its newest model this week, the open source Mixtral 8x22B, under the Apache 2.0 license.

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AWS Positions Nitro Tech at Center of Its AI Security Strategy

The hypervisor that forms the foundation of Amazon Web Services' compute platform is also the backbone of its generative AI security framework.

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Cybersecurity Pros (Mostly) Welcome Using AI Tools for Threat Detection

AI isn't the end of cybersecurity, nor of cybersecurity jobs. That's according to the majority of respondents in recent survey of IT and security professionals.

The Week in AI: OpenAI's GPT-4 Turbo with Vision, Meta's Next MTIA, Azip's AI-Design Pipeline, More

This edition of our weekly roundup of AI product and services news includes OpenAI's GPT-4 Turbo with Vision GA, UserTesting's new AI-powered survey solution, Sama's new Red Team Service, a new tool from Azip that creates AI models using AI models, and more.

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Google Cloud Next 2024 Roundup: Vertex AI Agent Builder, Google Vids, New Silicon, and More

Google's annual Cloud Next conference drew thousands of partners, developers, and customers to Las Vegas this week for three days of sessions, product announcements, and a look at the company's ambitious generative AI roadmap.

Data Quality Remains a Top Challenge to More Widespread AI Use

Most organizations that are dragging their feet on AI might be doing so because their data estates just aren't up to snuff.

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AI Might Be Source of PowerShell Script Used in Phishing Attack: Researchers

Security researchers have identified a phishing campaign that deploys malware using a PowerShell script bearing some hallmarks of being AI-generated.

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Notable AI Scientist Andrew Ng Joins Amazon's Board of Directors

Amazon has significantly raised the level of its AI bona fides, recruiting renowned AI researcher Andrew Ng to its executive board.

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Google Turns Gemini Into a Team of AI Cloud Assistants

Google burnished its Gemini AI platform this week, announcing a new version milestone and its expansion into the entirety of Google's cloud stack.

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