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
AI Act: transparency requirements for ChatGPT remain general
Negotiations on the European AI Act would have produced an agreement on the required level of transparency that AI developers must provide in their models. Regarding the use of facial recognition and access to source code, discussions should come to an end today in an additional meeting.
On Wed... Read more
Europe divided: what will remain of the AI Act?
Events in the AI world always give Europe the opportunity to mention the EU AI Act once again. The act is often used in the same sentence with "leading agreement" and seems to be a solution to the problems and challenges facing the AI world today. But what will be left of the legislation as critic... Read more
Cloudera jumps into Bed(rock) with AWS
AI is developing. Not only are we developing Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the Machine Learning (ML) that drives it in new ways to create new AI ‘models’ and ‘engines’ to help us work and live better, we are also developing a new AI vocabulary with terms like foundation model, abductive ... Read more
AI Act takes shape: the rules to keep AI in check at every level
The EU wants to finalize an AI Act before the end of the year. The proposals unveiled over the past summer caused consternation among a variety of companies, including OpenAI, Airbus, Siemens and Workday. In particular, the classification of AI models raised concerns about potential curbs on innova... Read more
‘German artists call for tougher ChatGPT rules’
German authors and performers want greater copyright protection from generative AI services.
This week Reuters reported that forty-two German associations and trade unions had called on the European Union to toughen the rules for AI that the lawmakers are drafting as part of the pending European... Read more
IBM and NASA partner to research climate change with AI
The collaboration centers on using artificial intelligence models to analyze the impact of climate change.
IBM and NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center have announced a collaboration to use IBM's artificial intelligence (AI) technology to discover new insights in NASA's massive trove of Earth and... Read more