Writer has launched its new AI language model, Palmyra X 004, which seemingly excels in function calling and workflow execution for businesses. Michael Nuñez reports for VentureBeat that the model outperforms competitors like OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and Meta by nearly 20% on Berkeley’s Tool Calling Leaderboard, achieving a score of 78.76%. Palmyra X 004 achieves …
Google has released a new version of its AI model Gemini. Gemini 1.5 Flash-8B is now available for production use, as announced on the Google Developers Blog. Compared to its predecessor, the model offers 50% lower prices, twice the request limits, and lower latency for short inputs. Developers can access Gemini 1.5 Flash-8B for free …
OpenAI introduces a new feature called “Canvas” for ChatGPT. The new interface allows users to edit text and code directly next to the chat window. Canvas is initially available for ChatGPT Plus and Teams users, later also for Enterprise and Edu customers. The function aims to simplify writing and programming with AI assistance. With Canvas, …
Nvidia has released a powerful open-source AI model that rivals proprietary systems from industry leaders like OpenAI and Google. The model, called NVLM 1.0, demonstrates exceptional performance in vision and language tasks while also enhancing text-only capabilities. Michael Nuñez reports on this development for VentureBeat. The main model, NVLM-D-72B, with 72 billion parameters, can process …
Mostly AI has introduced a new feature for generating synthetic texts. The tool allows companies to use confidential data such as emails and conversations for AI training without privacy concerns. As reported by Shubham Sharma, the platform generates a version of proprietary information free from personally identifiable data. This enables businesses to train and optimize …
A MIT spin-off called Liquid AI has unveiled new AI models that are not based on the usual transformer architecture. According to the company, these “Liquid Foundation Models” (LFMs) already outperform comparable transformer-based models in performance and efficiency. Liquid AI announced this in a statement. Instead of transformers, the developers used approaches from the theory …
Meta has today released the new version of its AI model series: Llama 3.2, which for the first time includes vision models that can process both images and text. The larger versions with 11 and 90 billion parameters should be able to compete with closed systems like Claude 3 Haiku for image processing. Also new …
Google today announced major updates to its Gemini AI platform. The Gemini-1.5-Pro-002 and Gemini-1.5-Flash-002 models have been improved and now offer higher quality for mathematical tasks, long contexts, and visual applications. At the same time, Google is reducing the price of Gemini 1.5 Pro by more than 50% while significantly increasing the limits. A major …
The AI tool Scramble is an extension for the Chrome browser. Once installed, you highlight the text in question, select “Scramble” from the context menu, and get suggestions for improvement. According to the project’s official GitHub page, it aims to be a more flexible and privacy-friendly alternative to Grammarly. However, the privacy argument in particular …
Alibaba is stepping up its AI activities with the release of new open-source models and text-to-video technology. The Chinese technology company has now unveiled over 100 new open source AI models from its Qwen 2.5 family, according to Reuters. The models cover a range of sizes and capabilities, including mathematics and programming. They support over …