How trustworthy is Chatbot Arena?

Chatbot Arena, a benchmarking tool for AI models, has become very popular in the tech industry. As Kyle Wiggers reports on TechCrunch, companies like OpenAI and Google use the platform to test the performance of their chatbots. Millions of people visited the LMSYS website last year. However, experts are critical of the validity of the …

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Why OpenAI’s Sora is still not available

OpenAI is apparently delaying the release of its much-anticipated AI video model Sora. The company is currently in talks with policymakers and looking for partnerships in the entertainment industry. According to a statement to CNBC, Sora is still in the research phase. OpenAI CTO Mira Murati announced that Sora will be released this year, but …

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Getty Images releases dataset for AI training

Getty Images has released a high quality image dataset for AI training on Hugging Face. The dataset includes 3,750 images from 15 categories and is characterized by commercial security and high quality, Andrea Gagliano, head of data science and AI/ML at Getty Images, tells VentureBeat. The images are curated specifically for machine learning, in high …

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Google Prompt Poet helps with complex prompts

Google has introduced Prompt Poet, an innovative tool for advanced prompt engineering. As Michael Trestman reports for VentureBeat, the system developed by Character.ai simplifies the creation of complex prompts for large language models through a user-friendly template system. Prompt Poet seamlessly integrates external data to enable contextual AI responses. The special feature of Prompt Poet …

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Replit Agent helps to code complete applications

Replit has introduced an AI agent that can build complete applications from scratch. As Chris McKay reports in an article for Maginative, this is much more than just a coding assistant. The agent can develop software on its own, from project planning and code writing to debugging and deployment. According to Replit CEO Amjad Masad, …

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Infinity creates talking characters

A new AI model called Infinity generates realistic talking characters. It is based on a video diffusion transformer that has been trained with audio input. According to the developers, this is the first model of its kind. Users can enter their scripts and get videos of animated characters speaking the text. It can process different …

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Salesforce xGen-Sales and xLAM introduced

Salesforce is introducing two new AI models to automate sales processes. The company unveiled xGen-Sales and xLAM, as Michael Nuñez reports in an article for VentureBeat. xGen-Sales is designed to perform complex sales tasks accurately and quickly, while xLAM is designed to trigger actions in software systems. Adam Evans, senior vice president of product for …

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Salesforce reinvents itself, bets on AI agents

Salesforce is making a radical shift to autonomous AI agents. CEO Marc Benioff announced the new “Agentforce” platform, which will be presented in more detail at the Dreamforce conference. It will allow users to create AI-powered agents that can automate complex customer service tasks. Benioff sees this as the future of customer relationship management and …

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Reflection 70B corrects its own errors

A new open source AI model called Reflection 70B has been introduced by Matt Shumer, co-founder of AI startup HyperWrite. As Shumer announced on the platform X (formerly Twitter), the model outperforms leading commercial systems in benchmarks. Reflection 70B is based on Meta’s Llama 3.1-70B Instruct and uses a new technique for self-correcting errors: the …

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Google launches “Ask Photos” in the US

Google is launching its AI-powered “Ask Photos” feature. The new feature, based on the Gemini AI model, allows users to use complex natural language queries to find photos. Sarah Perez reports for TechCrunch that the feature will initially be available to select customers in the US. With “Ask Photos,” users can search for the best …

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