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Artificial Intelligence

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Observations from Google I/O 2024

I had the opportunity to join Google I/O earlier this week. To me, the macro theme was applications. How do we apply generative AI to our work and our day-to-day lives? In my view, for the first time, without any reservation, Google showed us the future of those who

Joyce’s picks: musings and readings in AI/ML, May 13, 2024

📌 Musings and Readings Contributors' concerns over OpenAI and Stack Overflow partnership (link) TikTok automates labeling of AI Generated Content (TikTok) “AlphaFold 3 predicts the structure and interactions of all of life’s molecules” (Google) AlphaFold Server - prediction tool for researchers to understand interaction of proteins and other molecules.

Joyce’s picks: musings and readings in AI/ML, May 7, 2024

📌 Musings and Readings Google DeepMind released Med-Gemini, a family of multimodal models fine-tuned and specialized for medicine. (technical paper) Amazon Q, a generative AI assistant for business and developers, has launched. (AWS) Reinforcement Learning Problem Solving with Large Language Models (technical paper) An AI-controlled fighter jet took the Air Force

Joyce’s picks: musings and readings in AI/ML, April 22, 2024

📌 Musings and Readings Llama 3 (Meta’s technical blog). It’s worth reading if you are technical. I like how aggressive Meta has become in launching new open source models and embedding (no pun intended) Llama 3 model to power its apps. I started testing Meta AI in Instagram this

AI Computing - Meta's MTIA

Busy week in the world of data and AI. Today, Meta announced the company's new generation of Meta AI chips called MTIA - tuned for training and inference of data workloads for ranking and recommendation. https://ai.meta.com/blog/next-generation-meta-training-inference-accelerator-AI-MTIA/ A few observations: * Continued separation of training,

Future of Robotics

WSJ published an article today on robotics and highlighted use cases in warehouses, meat packing, and other industrial settings. It's worth a read. https://www.wsj.com/business/meet-the-robots-slicing-your-barbecue-ribs-338a7794?mod=hp_lead_pos7 Robotics has come a long way in a relatively short period of time considering the

Joyce’s picks: musings and readings in AI/ML, April 8, 2024

📌 Musings and Readings Canada to invest $1.8m in AI (WSJ) Nvidia launched FoundationPose - “6D Pose Estimation and Tracking of Novel Objects” (Github) “Long-form factuality in large language models” (Google Deepmind) 👏 Deals Profluent, a Berkeley-based protein design company using AI, raised $35m in financing. Packback, a company focused on

Joyce’s picks: musings and readings in AI/ML, April 1, 2024

📌 Musings and Readings Happy first day of April! Readings will resume next week! 👏 Deals Buzz Solutions, a Palo Alto-based company focused on critical energy infrastructure protection, raised $5m in financing. Ascent Platform Corporation, a NYC-based provider of point-of-sale solutions for banks and credit unions, raised $5m in financing. Euno Data,

Nvidia GTC 2024 - Major Themes

In the first 30 minutes of Jensen Huang's keynote at GTC 2024, Jensen outlined the current fundamental concepts and innovations of high performance compute for AI. Must watch for any technologist and anyone who is interested to understand what is happening in AI. In addition to the launch

Joyce’s picks: musings and readings in AI/ML, March 25, 2024

📌 Musings and Readings “Evolving New Foundation Models: Unleashing the Power of Automating Model Development” (Sakana AI) Meta’s SceneScript, a model for 3D scene reconstruction (Meta) 01 Light - a precursor to a digital personal assistant. What do you think? (check it out, documentation) “Tennessee becomes first US state with