The Top LLMs and AI Tools of 2024 So Far, Humanoid AI Robots, Llama 3, and AI Washing

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4 min readMay 2, 2024

The Top LLMs and AI Tools in 2024 So Far

From state-of-the-art language models to innovative AI-driven applications, let’s take a tour of some of the most notable tools and models that are working to define how AI will shape the future.

Top Companies Building Humanoid AI Robots

From Boston Dynamics to Tesla and more, here are a few companies building AI robots that are turning sci-fi into reality.

Elevating Healthcare Documentation: The Significance of SOAP, BIRP, and the Promise of Generative AI

In this post, we explore how we can use generative AI to produce clinical notes from patient visits and enhance the overall quality of healthcare documentation.

Meta AI Has Introduced Llama 3

In a new blog post, Meta AI has introduced Llama 3 to the world — its latest model that promises greater reasoning & increased efficiency.

What is Mixture of Experts and How Can They Boost LLMs?

The term Mixture of Experts has been around for a while, but LLMs have made it more common again. Here’s what it is and how it affects LLMs.

Podcast: Deep Learning for Financial Trading with Sofien Kaabar

In this podcast, Sofien Kaabar will discuss the role of deep learning and machine learning for finance, through the lens of his recent book Deep Learning for Finance.

Industry, Opinion, Career Advice

What is AI Washing and Why is it a Concern?

AI washing is a new term going around, so what is it, why should we care, and what are a few examples of it?

Mark your calendars! Europe’s premiere AI and data science conference returns to London’s West End on the 5th and 6th of September.

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Data Science & AI News

ODSC’s AI Weekly Recap: Week of April 26th

This week’s AI Weekly Recap is all about Apple’s new AI models, Italy’s AI moves, the UK’s scrutiny of big tech, and more AI news. Sign up here to get this as a newsletter every Friday morning.

Meta Sees Free Models as Its Future

Meta continues its support of open-source AI which will redefine the competitive landscape and the company’s future.

New Stanford University Report Shows Rapid Progress of AI and Expanding Costs

A recent report from Stanford University reveals that AI systems now almost match or surpass human abilities in areas such as reading comprehension and more.

Head of DeepMind States Google AI Spending Could Exceed $100B

Demis Hassabis, CEO of DeepMind, hinted that Google’s investment in artificial intelligence might exceed the whopping $100 billion mark.

OpenAI and Meta Poised to Produce AI Models Capable of Reasoning and Planning

OpenAI and Meta are on the cusp of introducing advanced AI models poised to redefine the landscape of machine cognition.

ODSC West returns to the heart of Silicon Valley Oct 29th-31st, and we are bringing AI thought leaders, renowned instructors, and experienced practitioners to share their expertise on AI in robotics, ML/DL, LLMs, gen AI, and more!

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ODSC Highlights

Announcing ODSC Europe 2024 This September

ODSC Europe will return to London this September 5th-6th! Here’s what you can expect from the hottest AI event in Europe this fall.

New Podcast Episode: Embedding Trustworthy Practices Across the AI Lifecycle with Vrushali Sawant

In this episode of ODSC’s Ai X Podcast, we speak with SAS’s Vrushali Sawant about trustworthy AI, including an overview of what it is, what a career path in trustworthy AI looks like, how data scientists can implement trustworthy AI, and what’s already being done to promote ethical AI. Spotify | SoundCloud | Apple

Video of the Week: Robustness to Adversarial Inputs and Tail Risk via Boosting
Dr. Pradeep Ravikumar addresses the pressing challenges of deploying machine learning models in high-stakes environments, particularly the need for robustness against adversarial inputs that can drastically alter predictions.

Upcoming Webinars and Meetups:

Enhancing Security Report Generation with RAG and Fine-Tuned Language Models: Integrating Account Telemetry and OCI Cloud Guard

Tue, May 7, 2024 12:00 PM — 1:00 PM EDT

In the rapidly evolving landscape of cyber security, the ability to swiftly generate comprehensive and accurate security reports is paramount. This session showcases an advanced approach that leverages RAG and fine-tuned LLMs, such as Cohere and Llama2, to automate the creation of detailed security reports. By incorporating account telemetry and network traffic logs as RAG, this method enhances the report’s contextuality and relevance, ensuring precise and insightful incident narratives and breach analyses.

Reliable Data Orchestration for AI Applications

Wed, May 15, 2024 12:00 PM — 1:00 PM EDT

As Apache Airflow has become the standard for both data processing and machine learning pipelines, it has been foundational in supporting AI applications by providing an easy-to-use platform to build advanced data workflows. Join us for this webinar where resident AI/ML experts will explore the best practices for successfully getting AI into production and more.

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