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What Every Senior Decision-Maker Needs to Know About AI and its Impact
Bits With Brains is a technology news site that provides senior decision-makers with the latest insights and analysis about the impact of artificial intelligence on business, the economy, society, and national security. Our team of experts offers in-depth coverage of AI trends, use cases and best practices, as well as thought-provoking commentary on the ethical and policy implications of this transformative technology. Stay ahead of the curve with Bits With Brains.
12/29/24
P-bits vs Qubits: Why Probabilistic Computing Might Beat Quantum to the Punch
Unlike classical bits (fixed at 0 or 1) or quantum bits (qubits, which exist in superpositions), p-bits fluctuate between 0 and 1 in a controlled manner
12/29/24
OpenAI’s o3: A Pricey Yet Powerful Step Toward AGI Mastery
Open AI’s o3 model truly represents a leap forward in generative AI, building on the foundation of its predecessor, o1
12/29/24
Test-Time Scaling and Computational Efficiency: The Latest New Frontier in AI
By allocating more computational resources during inference—the phase when models generate outputs—this approach enhances performance on complex tasks.
12/29/24
DeepSeek-V3: Redefining Open-Source AI Leadership
As one of the most advanced open-source large language models (LLMs) to date, DeepSeek-V3 by the Chinese AI firm DeepSeek, directly competes with proprietary giants like OpenAI's GPT-4o and Anthropic's Claude 3.5.
12/28/24
Text-to-Video Magic? OpenAI’s Sora Hits Creative Highs but Skips Europe
OpenAI's Sora represents another significant advancement in generative AI, allowing users to create visually stunning videos based on simple text prompts
12/27/24
Generative AI Market Explodes—And Yes, Everyone Wants a Piece of the Pie
The generative AI market is experiencing extraordinary expansion, driven by widespread adoption across industries and groundbreaking advancements by vendors.
12/27/24
From Gaming to E-Commerce: How Alibaba’s Matrix Model May Quietly Take Over Your Screen Time
Alibaba's Matrix Model is a transformative innovation in generative AI, enabling the creation of infinite-length videos with unparalleled real-time control
12/26/24
Agentic AI Takes Center Stage: Google Gemini 2.0's Bold Promises
Google's recent unveiling of Gemini 2.0 signifies another transformative step in AI, blending multi-modal processing with autonomous, agentic reasoning
11/3/24
Efficient AI: We All Need More Than One Expert
The Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) architecture represents a fundamental shift in AI model design.
11/3/24
Wearable Big Brother: Meta's Ray-Ban Glasses Make Privacy Obsolete in Style
Two Harvard students recently demonstrated how Meta's Ray-Ban smart glasses could be used to instantly identify and gather personal information about strangers in public
11/1/24
iPhone 16: Where's the AI Revolution Users Were Promised?
The iPhone 16 brings a host of advancements in both hardware and software, with significant updates to its design, camera system ... and AI-driven features?
11/1/24
From Facebook to Face Wear: Meta's Ray-Ban Glasses See All, Know All
Meta's collaboration with Ray-Ban has ushered in a new generation of smart glasses that blend style with cutting-edge technology.
10/28/24
The Great Chip Conundrum: AI Rises, Traditional Markets Dive
The semiconductor industry is experiencing its most significant transformation since the invention of the integrated circuit.
9/22/24
The Great AI Infrastructure Wars: Microsoft, Oracle, and OpenAI Walk Into a Cloud
The technology sector is witnessing an unprecedented transformation as major corporations position themselves strategically in artificial intelligence.
9/15/24
OpenAI's o1: The AI That Thinks It's Smarter Than You (And Might Actually Be)
In a much-anticipated move, OpenAI has unveiled its new groundbreaking o1 model series.
9/15/24
Spy, Carry, Boom: Ukraine's New Canine Commandos Don't Need Treats
Ukraine has taken a bold step into the future of combat by deploying robotic dogs against Russian forces.
9/14/24
Mistral-NeMo-Minitron 8B: Because Your Laptop Deserves to Feel Special Too!
Nvidia and Mistral AI have introduced a compact language model that has the potential to transform how we interact with AI on everyday devices.
9/14/24
From Sci-Fi to Wi-Fi: How G1 and NEO Are Bringing Humanoids Home (Sort Of)
The robotics industry is experiencing another transformative moment with the introduction of two groundbreaking humanoid robots: the Unitree G1 and the 1X NEO.
9/14/24
No-Code, No Problem: AI's Recipe for Instant Apps
Senior executives are constantly searching for ways to boost efficiency, drive innovation, and make smarter strategic decisions. AI-powered app development is emerging as a powerful tool to achieve these goals.
9/14/24
Don’t Count Google Out Just Yet: Three New Gemini Models
Google has introduced three new experimental Gemini models with the promise to reshape how we think about AI capabilities and deployment.
9/14/24
Why Reinvent the Wheel When You Can Just Copy the Brain?
In a remarkable scientific breakthrough, Chinese researchers have unveiled a computing architecture that draws inspiration from the intricate workings of the human brain.
8/18/24
Sakana AI's Brainchild: When Machines Do the Thinking and Researching
A startup based in Silicon Valley, has introduced a revolutionary new AI system called "The AI Scientist" that promises to automate the entire scientific research process.
8/18/24
Cosine's Genie: The AI Engineer You Wish You Had But Can't Afford to Hire
Cosine's Genie is a new state-of-the-art AI model designed for software engineering tasks
8/18/24
SearchGPT: The AI Upstart Challenging Google's Search Supremacy
OpenAI's SearchGPT is emerging as a formidable competitor to Google and other traditional search engines
8/18/24
Grok 2: AI Brainchild Breaks Free from Censorship Shackles – and Ethical Responsibility
Elon Musk's artificial intelligence company, xAI, has unveiled the latest versions of its Grok chatbot: Grok-2 and Grok-2 mini.
8/18/24
Move Over, Siri: Agent Q Is the AI Assistant You've Been Waiting For
Artificial intelligence continues to experience its remarkable surge in innovation, with breakthroughs like MultiOn's Agent Q paving the way for a new generation of AI agents designed specifically for consumer use
8/11/24
The Future is Agentic: The current Frontier in Autonomous Decision-Making
AI agents are sophisticated systems that are redefining how businesses operate and make decisions, offering unprecedented levels of automation and insight
8/10/24
Hardware Innovations Making AI More Accessible
Thanks to Qualcomm's Snapdragon CPUs, AI is becoming more accessible and affordable for businesses of all sizes.
8/10/24
Today’s AI Model Marketplace: Better, Faster and Cheaper
The AI model marketplace is in the midst of a transformation, reshaping how businesses integrate AI into their operations.
8/10/24
From Cloud to Device: The Local AI Revolution Reshaping Industries
Local AI models have evolved from underdogs to formidable contenders, often matching or surpassing their cloud-based counterparts
8/10/24
Recent AI Model Advancements and Some Implications
Google’s Gemini 1.5 Pro (experimental) has recently emerged as a front-runner in the highly competitive crowdsource arena leader boards.
7/28/24
More Mixture of Agents (MoA): AI Performance Through Collaborative Intelligence
Mixture of Agents (MoA) continues to redefine the boundaries of what's possible with language models.
7/28/24
Llama 3.1: Meta's New Open-Source AI and What It Means for Businesses
Meta's recent release of the Llama 3.1 family of models, particularly the 405B parameter variant, has sent ripples through the AI community.
7/28/24
Decoding Codestral Mamba: AI's New Code Companion
Codestral Mamba is another significant step forward in code generation and assistance technology, with some far-reaching implications for developers worldwide.
7/27/24
GPT-4o Mini: OpenAI's Latest Cost-Efficient AI Model
OpenAI has unveiled GPT-4o mini, a more affordable and compact version of their GPT-4o model, aimed at making advanced AI capabilities more accessible to a broader range of users and applications.
7/27/24
OpenAI's Five Levels of AGI and Project Strawberry: Charting the Course to Advanced AI
The company's recent unveiling of a five-tier system to gauge AGI progress, coupled with the secretive Project Strawberry, offers a fascinating glimpse into the future of AI capabilities.
7/1/24
Comparative Overview of Some State-of-the-Art Text-to-Video Models
These tools can streamline video creation for marketing, training, and customer support, but require careful implementation to maximize benefits and mitigate risks.
7/1/24
Finetuning with Synthetic Data: Nvidia's Nemotron-4 340B
NVIDIA's Nemotron-4 340B isn't just another incremental update - it's a whole new beast. This family of models includes a base model, an instruct model, and a reward model, all designed with one key focus: synthetic data generation (SDG).
6/30/24
The AI Chip Race Heats Up Yet Again: Etched's Transformer Gambit
The battle for AI chip supremacy is intensifying. Etched.ai, a plucky startup founded by Harvard dropouts, has thrown down the gauntlet to challenge the reigning king of AI hardware - Nvidia.
6/30/24
Mixture of Agents: Harnessing the Power of Collaborative AI
Mixture of Agents (MoA) is a cutting-edge approach that combines the strengths of multiple AI models to deliver superior performance
6/30/24
The AI Arms Race: US vs. China in 2024
Artificial intelligence has emerged as the new frontier of technological competition between global superpowers. As we dive into 2024, the AI rivalry between the United States and China continues to intensify, with both nations vying for supremacy in this transformative field.
6/30/24
Anthropic Releases Claude 3.5 Sonnet: A New SOTA (State-of-the-Art) Model
Claude 3.5 Sonnet is a mid-tier model that has set new LLM (Large Language Model) benchmarks. It’s twice as fast and five times cheaper than its predecessor, Claude 3 Opus, making it an attractive option for businesses looking for cost-effective AI solutions.
6/30/24
The New Space Race: AGI Edition
Remember the Cold War space race? Well, we're in a new era of technological competition, and this time the prize is artificial general intelligence (AGI). But unlike the moon landing, the finish line for AGI is fuzzy, the stakes are higher, and the potential for both triumph and disaster is immense.
6/30/24
Apple Dips Its Toes in the AI Pool: What Execs Should Know
Apple has finally decided to join the AI party, fashionably late as usual. At this year's Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), the tech giant unveiled "Apple Intelligence" - its long-awaited foray into generative AI. But is this a game-changer for businesses, or just Apple playing catch-up?
6/30/24
The AI Factory Revolution: Unlocking Business Potential
At its core, NVIDIA's AI Factory concept is a comprehensive approach to infusing AI capabilities across the enterprise. It encompasses a suite of hardware and software solutions designed to streamline the development and deployment of AI applications, from edge devices to data centers.
6/8/24
Latest Nvidia AI Announcements: Computex 2024
Nvidia's announcements at Computex 2024 might just underscore the company's continued dominance in AI technology.
6/8/24
AI-Powered PCs: An Idea Whose Time Has Come, or Microsoft's Attempt to Revive a Dying Market
Microsoft has unveiled a new category of personal computers, branded as Copilot+ PCs, which integrate advanced artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities directly into the hardware.
6/2/24
Why Codestral Might Just Be the Best Thing to Happen to Coders
Codestral is Mistral AI's first-ever code model, designed specifically for code generation tasks
6/2/24
Large Language Models (LLMs) on the Edge: Because who needs the Cloud Anyway?
Large language models (LLMs) such as OpenAI's GPT-4 and Meta's LLaMA, are revolutionizing natural language processing and generation everywhere, including the Edge.
5/20/24
The AI Revolution: Google and OpenAI's Relentless Quest to One-Up Each Other
Rapid advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) are transforming industries and reshaping the way we live and work, virtually in real-time. At the forefront are two very competitive frontier labs, Google and OpenAI, each with their unique strategies for driving AI innovation.
5/19/24
More Open-Source Goodness: Snowflake’s “Arctic” MoE Model
Snowflake Arctic is a newly launched large language model (LLM) developed by Snowflake, a company best known for its data cloud services.
5/19/24
Stability AI's $99 Million Dilemma: Innovation Amidst Chaos
Stability AI has faced significant financial challenges, primarily due to the high costs associated with maintaining massive GPU clusters necessary for training its models, and is restructuring in an attempt to remain viable and relevant.
5/19/24
Small Language Models with Big Brains and Tiny Footprints: Microsoft's Phi-3 Series
The introduction of Microsoft's Phi-3 model family is another significant AI milestone. These small language models (SLMs) are designed to deliver high performance while being resource-efficient, making them ideal for deployment on resource constrained devices such as smartphones and tablets.
5/19/24
Why Pay More? Open-Source LLMs Are Catching Up to the AI Giants
Proprietary models like GPT-4 have traditionally been considered the gold standard for high-quality outputs, but open source LLMs like WizrdLM-2 are continuing to close the gap.
5/19/24
China's Astrobot S1: The Humanoid Robot That Puts Your Housekeeping Skills to Shame
The Astrobot S1, developed by Shenzhen-based Stardust Intelligence, is a fully autonomous humanoid robot that has stunned the robotics industry with its impressive speed, precision, and ability to perform complex household tasks without human teleoperation.
4/29/24
From Sci-Fi to Reality: How Humanoid Robots Are Walking Out of the Screen and Into the Office
Humanoid robots represent a significant leap forward in robotics, aiming to blend seamlessly into environments designed for humans. And it would seem that 2024 is their year.
4/27/24
Meta's Imagine AI: A GIF-tastic Upgrade for text-to-Image Generative AI
Meta's Imagine AI image generator has recently received a significant upgrade, particularly in its ability to create animated GIFs, leveraging the power of the new Llama 3 large language model.
4/20/24
Meta’s Llama 3 Unleashed: Meta's AI Flexes Its Billion-Parameter Muscles
Llama 3 is Meta's much anticipated latest iteration of its large language model (LLM), following the open-source Llama 2.
4/14/24
Bigger, Better, Bolder: The Unstoppable Surge of Large Language Models in 2024
The AI landscape continues to be reshaped by the emergence of yet more powerful large language models.