Jun 07, 2023

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Optimizing Matrix Multiplication:  AlphaTensor for faster matrix multiplication, explained
Jun 07, 2023

Optimizing Matrix Multiplication: AlphaTensor for faster matrix multiplication, explained

Matrix multiplication is executed so often in deep learning, video games, and scientific computing that even a slight acceleration can save substantial amounts of processing time. New work finds ways to speed up this crucial operation.
LAION Roars: The story of LAION, the dataset behind Stable Diffusion
Jun 07, 2023

LAION Roars: The story of LAION, the dataset behind Stable Diffusion

The largest dataset for training text-to-image generators was assembled by volunteers for roughly $10,000. Now it’s implicated in fights over whether copyrighted works can be used for training.
Falcon Ascends: Falcon, the new open source commercial LLM, explained
Jun 07, 2023

Falcon Ascends: Falcon, the new open source commercial LLM, explained

A team in the United Arab Emirates, a seven-state federation on the Arabian Peninsula, built the latest top-performing open source large language model.
Bengio, Too, Anxious About AI Risks: AI godfather Yoshua Bengio expresses his AI doubts.
Jun 07, 2023

Bengio, Too, Anxious About AI Risks: AI godfather Yoshua Bengio expresses his AI doubts.

Another prominent AI pioneer expressed regret over his life’s work amid rising concerns over the technology’s risks.
Existential Risk? I Don't Get It!: Prominent computer scientists fear that AI could trigger human extinction. It's time to have a real conversation about the realistic risks.
Jun 07, 2023

Existential Risk? I Don't Get It!: Prominent computer scientists fear that AI could trigger human extinction. It's time to have a real conversation about the realistic risks.

Last week, safe.org asserted that “Mitigating the risk of extinction from AI should be a global priority alongside other societal-scale risks such as pandemics and nuclear war.
Bengio, Too, is Anxious About AI; LAION Tests Copyright Law; Abu Dhabi Develops Top Model; Optimizing Matrix Multiplication
Jun 07, 2023

Bengio, Too, is Anxious About AI; LAION Tests Copyright Law; Abu Dhabi Develops Top Model; Optimizing Matrix Multiplication

The Batch - AI News & Insights: Last week, safe.org asserted that “Mitigating the risk of extinction from AI should be a global priority alongside other societal-scale risks such as pandemics and nuclear war.”

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