Nice segment on CBS about AI research for the 10th anniversary of Meta's Fundamental AI Research lab (FAIR): the necessity of open research, AI risks and benefits, the future, AI assistants and domestic robots.
BIG TECH
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Google’s Evolution: From Physical Books to Digital Search
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Back then Google was an actual physical book, and Googling something required you to flip through thousands of pages.
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Meta FAIR and AI Research Organization Structure Changes
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It's still called Meta FAIR, as in "Fundamental AI Research." Meta AI was the name of the umbrella AI R&D organization that included FAIR and several engineering divisions between 2018 and 2022. But the AI engineering organizations were moved closer to product groups, and Meta
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AI Bots Flooding Market: Society Faces Persuasion Problem
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This is going to be a problem for society. Not just this company / app, but the onslaught of very persuasive AI bots that are going to flood the market and impact people’s relationships and behavior. https://t.co/5wrgQZ1o2Q
— Paul Roetzer (@paulroetzer) 16 décembre 2023This is going to be a problem for society. Not just this company / app, but the onslaught of very persuasive AI bots that are going to flood the market and impact people’s relationships and behavior.
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Mistral co-founders shaped by FAIR-Paris open research culture
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Two of the three co-founders of Mistral did their PhD in residence at FAIR-Paris and worked there as research scientists for a few years before founding Mistral.
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Facebook’s Open Source DNA: Research Lab Publishing Strategy
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I played a role, but open sourcing was already in the DNA of Facebook.
My first question to Mark and Mike "Schrep" Schroepfer (CTO) before I joined was that a research lab needs to publish papers, data, and open source code. Will we be able to do that?
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Google Gemini Pro Shows Significant Improvements in Understanding and Reasoning
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Internal performance evaluations from Google have shown significant improvements for Gemini Pro over previous Google models in understanding, summarization, reasoning, coding, and planning. This model also excels in cross-modal reasoning. (2/3)
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Google Magic Editor AI-Powered Photo Editing Tool
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Google Research helped develop Magic Editor, an AI-powered photo editor that allows users to easily make complex edits to photos using generative AI. We fine-tuned models for inpainting, image transformation, super-resolution, and more. Learn more → https://t.co/9HB9NeIHOn pic.twitter.com/8LM512r5Gn
— Google AI (@GoogleAI) 15 décembre 2023Google Research helped develop Magic Editor, an AI-powered photo editor that allows users to easily make complex edits to photos using generative AI. We fine-tuned models for inpainting, image transformation, super-resolution, and more. Learn more → https://
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Grok AI Tool Name Origin Story and Development
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Great @washingtonpost story about this yesterday by @TaylorLorenz
, who also noted the name Grok was derived from "Grocket." https://
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3/12/14/grok-grimes-curio-toy/
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Apple’s Three-Year Path to Building Its Own Foundation Model
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3 yrs until Apple builds its own foundation model? @munster_gene thinks Apple may try to improve Siri first through an open source model. 3 yrs in this age is like 3 decades. They have to move faster. I assume they are, but we’ll see. They have the data & distribution. https://t.co/ttzJa1qnGs
— Paul Roetzer (@paulroetzer) 15 décembre 20233 yrs until Apple builds its own foundation model? @munster_gene thinks Apple may try to improve Siri first through an open source model. 3 yrs in this age is like 3 decades. They have to move faster. I assume they are, but we’ll see. They have the data & distribution.