DeepMind has introduced the Michelangelo benchmark to evaluate the long-context reasoning capabilities of large language models (LLMs), Ben Dickson reports for VentureBeat. While LLMs can manage extensive context windows, research indicates they struggle with reasoning over complex data structures. Current benchmarks often focus on retrieval tasks, which do not adequately assess a model’s reasoning abilities. …
Amazon is developing AI-powered shopping assistants. They are designed to help customers buy products and make personalized recommendations, reports Will Knight for Wired. The company is training large language models with its own data to give the AI agents the knowledge they need about products and customer preferences. The first steps toward AI agents are …
Chinese AI start-ups are targeting the US market to boost revenue growth, inspired by TikTok’s international success amid a challenging domestic landscape. Companies like MiniMax, ByteDance, and 01.ai are launching AI products overseas, particularly focusing on the lucrative US user base, reports the Financial Times. MiniMax, backed by major investors, projects $70 million in sales …
Google’s NotebookLM can be fooled by manipulated websites. Developer Ted Benson demonstrated this by presenting his website to Google’s AI crawler with a made-up story about a trip to the moon with a bicycle, balloons, and scuba gear, while human visitors saw the regular page. He warns that this method of feeding LLMs with targeted …
Tech companies are increasingly turning to nuclear energy to power their data centers, driven by rising electricity demands and climate goals. As Justine Calma reports for The Verge, major players like Amazon and Microsoft have secured significant agreements with nuclear power plants, eyeing next-generation small modular reactors still in development. Nuclear energy offers a consistent …
AI-powered tools make legal action cheaper and easier, as the case of the “LexPunk Army” shows. According to the Harvard Business Review, this group of lawyers and developers used an AI bot to submit masses of comments on a proposed law by the U.S. Treasury Department. The flood of 120,000 comments, compared to an average …
In an article for The Atlantic, David Karpf critiques Sam Altman’s optimistic views on AI, particularly following OpenAI’s recent funding announcement, which values the company at $157 billion despite its significant financial losses. Altman’s manifesto, “The Intelligence Age,” predicts transformative advancements through AI, including solving climate issues and achieving superintelligence. However, the author argues that …
Garry Tan, President & CEO of Y Combinator, addresses recent criticisms directed at the start-up PearAI regarding its handling of open source practices, particularly in relation to the company Continue. Initially, Tan supported PearAI without fully understanding the situation, but he later recognized the validity of the criticism, he writes. He collaborated with PearAI’s founders …
OpenAI’s recent report highlights the misuse of its platform by cyber actors aiming to influence global elections. The company has disrupted over 20 deceptive operations that utilized AI-generated content, including fake articles and social media posts, writes Hayden Field for CNBC. With significant elections approaching worldwide, including the U.S. presidential election, concerns about election-related misinformation …
Walmart is developing its own large language model called Wallaby, tailored specifically for retail applications. Trained on extensive data from Walmart, Wallaby aims to enhance customer service by responding in a natural tone, Emilia David reports for VentureBeat. Currently in heavy internal testing, Walmart plans to leverage Wallaby within a year, particularly for consumer-facing applications. …