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A new study from Apple reveals that large language models (LLMs) don’t reason logically but rely on pattern recognition. This finding, published by six AI researchers at Apple, challenges the common understanding of LLMs. The researchers discovered that even small changes, such as swapping names, can alter the models’ results by about 10%. Gary Marcus, …
The market for Nvidia’s H100 GPUs has gone from a shortage last year to a glut in 2024. According to Eugene Cheah, rental prices for the powerful GPUs have dropped from $8 per hour to less than $2. Cheah attributes this to a number of factors. For example, more companies are relying on fine-tuning existing …
AI companies are increasingly focusing on the development of autonomous programs known as agents, which perform tasks and make decisions with minimal human input, Kylie Robison reports for The Verge. Major players like Microsoft and Google are investing heavily in these agents to automate processes such as customer service and data analysis. Unlike traditional bots, …
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 …
An article by Kyle Chayka for The New Yorker discusses the growing concern among social media users about AI using their personal data. Many Instagram users recently shared a message attempting to opt out of AI data usage, but simply posting this message does not change their legal rights. To effectively protect their data, users …