Category: Shorts

DERA: A Framework for Enhancing Large Language Model Completions with Dialog This research looks at Deep Learning Language Models (LLMs) and how they can be used to improve performance on natural language tasks such as information extraction, question-answering, and summarization. They suggest Dialog-Enabled Resolving Agents (DERA) as a framework to investigate how agents charged with…

Now Microsoft Plans to Build a Data Center on the Foxconn Land in Wisconsin Microsoft has purchased land previously cleared for Foxconn’s LCD factory that never arrived in Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin. The project will help the Village pay down some of the debt it took on to prepare the site for Foxconn. Microsoft will build…

AI accusations against fanfiction authors The fan community has a complicated relationship with AI tools, and this week’s spam comments have added a new layer of confusion. In response to the comments, the Organization for Transformative Works has taken measures to prevent automated traffic, and suggests users mark the comments as spam. They also recognize…

Sony tells regulators that Microsoft could sabotage its ability to win Digital Foundry comparisons Sony has accused Microsoft of potentially sabotaging the performance of Call of Duty games on the PlayStation platform in order to benefit the Xbox. They claim that gamers are so perceptive that even the slightest changes in game performance would be…

Google announces end of support for Dropcam, Nest Secure, and other Nest products Google will be ending support for the Dropcam and Nest Secure home security system in April 2024 and offering free/discounted replacements. As of September 2023, Works with Nest connections will also be discontinued. Google is replacing these products with the Google Home…

WebGPU is coming to Google Chrome for better gaming Google has announced that WebGPU, an API that provides web apps with increased access to graphics cards capabilities, will be available on Windows PCs, macOS, and ChromeOS devices that support Direct3D 12 and Vulkan. WebGPU can enable developers to create graphics with less code, while providing…

BloombergGPT: A Large Language Model That Has Been Trained on a Variety of Recently, models trained using domain-specific data have outperformed general-purpose language models on tasks inside particular disciplines, such as science and medicine. Bloomberg and John Hopkins University have developed a hybrid approach for training a 50-billion parameter model, BloombergGPT, which serves a variety…

TaskMatrix.AI: A New AI Ecosystem that Connects Foundation Models with Millions Microsoft researchers have developed TaskMatrix.AI, a new approach to creating more versatile and capable AI systems. It integrates foundation models with millions of existing models and system APIs, resulting in a “super-AI” that can perform various digital and physical tasks. An empirical study showed…

AI video generators are becoming more and more important AI-generated videos are quickly becoming more sophisticated. These videos are becoming more realistic and are making it difficult to distinguish real clips from fake ones. This advancement has serious implications, as it can be used to manipulate and weaponize social media, as well as propagate stereotypes.…

Microsoft is rolling out its AI-powered image generator to everyone. Microsoft is making its AI image generator, powered by DALL-E, available to Edge users around the world. It will be integrated into the Edge sidebar, allowing users to easily generate images with simple prompts, for use in documents, social media posts, and more. It will…