Stable Diffusion 3 text-to-image model now available
Stability AI has launched a first preview of its new text-to-image model, Stable Diffusion 3. With this preview, the AI developer primarily aims to gather feedback.
In the preview, Stability AI introduces the latest iteration of its text-to-image model. According to the AI developer, this versio... Read more
OpenAI lets users rate GPTs
OpenAI is adding new features to the GPT Store to make using the marketplace more appealing. It now supports user reviews and more comprehensive creator profiles.
OpenAI recently announced two new features for its GPT Store via social media platform X. The marketplace, where third parties and de... Read more
Tableau Pulse uses generative AI to create data analysis on its own
Salesforce just made Tableau Pulse available to the general public. Tableau Pulse is an AI functionality capable of analyzing and providing insights on data on its own. Users are presented with graphs and tables with supporting descriptions stating what conclusions can be drawn from the data. This ... Read more
Google’s ethnically diverse Gemini does not show white people
Google's attempt to make Gemini ethnically diverse produced distorted images of history. For example, the model could not generate white historical figures.
Google apologizes for a Gemini AI that is too woke. The company had good intentions in releasing an ethnically diverse Gemini. As a result... Read more
Honeycomb CEO: Defining observability for modern cloud systems
Christine Yen is CEO and co-founder of data store and query engine company Honeycomb. She has strong opinions on system observability in the age of cloud computing, distributed services and virtualisation. Keen to get us all thinking about shift left (i.e. bring into play early) techniques in appli... Read more
Amazon develops more natural-sounding text-to-speech model Base TTS
Amazon researchers recently published details of a new text-to-speech model called Base TTS. This model is said to make words sound more natural than previous neural networks.
The paper shows that the new Base TTS model is the largest neural network to date in the category of text-to-speech mode... Read more
Gemini 1.5 is much more than a new foundation model
The race is on at Google Deepmind, it is already coming out with Gemini 1.5 within months of the launch of Gemini 1.0. It sounds like a new version of an existing model, but nothing could be further from the truth. Google is opting for a Mixture-of-Experts architecture that is much more intelligent... Read more
Google offers more developers access to Gemini models
Gemini 1.0 Pro is now generally available to all Vertex AI customers, while Gemini 1.0 Ultra is available to Vertex AI customers via an allowlist.
Google recently switched entirely to Gemini for its model naming, further eliminating Bard. There are three Gemini versions for enterprises: Nano, Pr... Read more
Alation introduces model that evaluates value data projects
Alation has introduced the Data Culture Maturity Assessment model. This model allows companies to evaluate the value that their data projects deliver.
According to Alation, companies increasingly need to demonstrate the exact value data projects deliver, especially as budgets shrink. This, while... Read more
Tech companies cut thousands of jobs due to AI
Since the beginning of the year, 34,000 jobs have disappeared at tech companies. They want to adjust their workforce to invest in new areas, particularly generative AI.
That's according to figures from Layoffs.fyi. A total of 138 tech companies have already laid off staff this year. Microsoft, S... Read more