Nvidia introduces NIM (Nvidia Inference Microservices), a new technology that supposedly enables developers to deliver AI applications in minutes instead of weeks. These microservices provide optimized models as containers that can be deployed in clouds, data centers, or on workstations. The goal is to enable organizations to build generative AI applications for co-piloting, chatbots, and …
Cohere for AI releases the Aya 23 multilingual AI models with support for 23 languages and open weights. The models outperform its predecessor, Aya 101, and other open models on a variety of tasks, enabling researchers and practitioners to further develop the multilingual models and applications.
Perplexica is an open source search engine with AI support, similar to Perplexity. It provides answers with references. Once installed, it can use local language models such as Llama 3 or Mixtral.
The Technology Innovation Institute (TII) in Abu Dhabi has released Falcon 2 11B, a new, powerful AI model that is freely available and multilingual. Falcon 2 11B outperforms comparable models such as Meta’s Llama 3.
OpenVoice allows users to realistically clone voices in different languages and accents, and even control emotions and speaking styles. The latest version, OpenVoice V2, offers improved audio quality, native support for multiple languages, and is available free for commercial use. Source: Hacker News
Snowflake introduces Arctic, a new open language model designed specifically for complex enterprise tasks such as generating SQL queries and code or following instructions.
Apple releases OpenELM, a set of small, freely available AI models that can run directly on devices like laptops or smartphones and perform tasks such as text generation efficiently. While not industry-leading in performance, OpenELM seems to provide a solid foundation for future research and development in on-device AI.
The French startup Mistral AI has released the new AI model Mixtral 8x22B. Interested parties can download and use it free of charge. It is expected to reach and exceed the performance of models like GPT-3.5 and Llama 2 70B.
Loki is an open source solution that aims to automate the fact-checking process. The tool breaks down long texts into individual claims, assesses their worthiness for verification, searches for evidence, and finally checks the accuracy of the statements. Source: Hacker News
Zyphra introduces Zamba, an open source 7 billion parameter model designed to bring artificial intelligence to more devices, with a decentralized approach and smaller model size to provide a more cost-effective and personalized alternative to large, centralized AI models.