Last Week on AI — no.35
Apple teases with ‘MM1’, a game-changing AI model for seamless device searches, while StabilityAI’s CEO steps down post-Stable Diffusion 3, hinting at a decentralized AI future. Nvidia’s #GTC2024 drops the mic with Blackwell GPUs, promising a revolution in AI training. Microsoft’s strategic hire from InflectionAI underscores its AI ambitions, as the US boosts Intel with a hefty $20B for chip manufacturing. Meanwhile, Neuralink’s breakthrough allows a paralyzed gamer to play Chess and Civilization VI, and the tech community buzzes with an open-source version of DevinAI. It’s a thrilling time for AI and tech innovation! Stay tuned for more. 🌐🤖 #TechNews
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Apple looks to be working on a family of native AI models that integrate text and visual information: ‘MM1’ AI Model: Methods, Analysis & Insights from Multimodal LLM Pre-training.
They haven’t released anything yet, but this is the best sign that Apple is developing Generative AI solutions.
After the release of Stable Diffusion 3, two weeks ago, Emad Mostaque, the CEO at Stability AI, decided to resign after some controversy, saying he wants to pursue decentralized AI.
Last week was the NVIDIA GPU Technology Conference (GTC), and the announcements are vast. The cherry pie of the event was the release of Blackwell, a new generation of GPUs (B200) dedicated to AI training.
The whole NVIDIA GTC was stacked with news, real WALL-E’s, The GR00T Project, Apple Vision Pro features, and more.
Last week, Microsoft hired two of the founders of the unicorn startup InflectionAI.
Through the CHIPS and Science Act, last week, the US Department of Commerce announced that they will be funding Intel Corporation directly with $20B to advance commercial semiconductor manufacturing projects in the US.
A paralyzed 29y/o plays Chess and Civilization VI on a laptop thanks to a brain implant made by Neuralink.
Days after the release of DevinAI, devs are already creating an open-source replica.
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