Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis leads the company’s efforts to advance artificial intelligence while balancing research goals with commercial applications. In an extensive interview with Harry McCracken, Hassabis details how the April 2023 merger of DeepMind and Google Brain created a powerhouse AI research organization that now serves as Google’s “engine room.” The combined entity …
Two recent studies provide the first empirical evidence that having AI models debate each other can help a human or machine judge discern the truth, reports Nash Weerasekera for Quanta Magazine. The approach, first proposed in 2018, involves two expert language models presenting arguments on a given question to a less-informed judge, who then decides …
Google subsidiary DeepMind has introduced SynthID-Text, a system for watermarking text generated by large language models (LLMs). By subtly altering word probabilities during text generation, SynthID-Text embeds a detectable statistical signature without degrading the quality, accuracy, or speed of the output, as described by Pushmeet Kohli and colleagues in the journal Nature. While not foolproof, …
DeepMind researchers have introduced a new agentic framework called Talker-Reasoner, which is inspired by the “two systems” model of human cognition. The framework divides the AI agent into two distinct modules, VentureBeat reports: the Talker, which handles real-time interactions with the user and the environment, and the Reasoner, which performs complex reasoning and planning. The …
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. …
DeepMind has developed a new technique called SCoRe that significantly improves the self-correction abilities of large language models (LLMs). Ben Dickson reports this in an article for VentureBeat. SCoRe uses self-generated data and enables LLMs to use their internal knowledge to identify and correct errors. In tests, SCoRe significantly outperformed other self-correction methods. The technique …
Researchers are working on new AI systems that can check their own mathematical answers. This is reported by Cade Metz in the New York Times. The technology is meant to prevent chatbots like ChatGPT from providing incorrect information. Instead, the new systems can generate mathematical evidence to verify their answers. Silicon Valley startup Harmonic, for …
Google’s DeepMind researchers have developed a new method called JEST that significantly speeds up AI training while reducing energy requirements. By optimizing the selection of training data, JEST can reduce the number of iterations by a factor of 13 and the computational complexity by a factor of 10.
Google’s AI research lab DeepMind has developed a new technology called V2A that can automatically generate appropriate soundtracks, sound effects, and even dialogue for videos. While V2A seems promising, DeepMind admits that the quality of the audio generated is not yet perfect. For now, it is not generally available.
Google DeepMind develops “Gecko”, a new standard to evaluate the capabilities of AI image generators. It is designed to help better understand the strengths and weaknesses of AI models and drive their development.