June 6, 2023
AI, and specifically large language models, continue to dominate the news–so much so that it’s no longer a well-defined topic, with clear boundaries. AI has infiltrated programming, security, and virtually every branch of technology.
But that’s hardly news. By the time you read this, Apple may have announced their ultra-expensive, ultra-stylish AR headset; that may be enough to break the Metaverse out of its AR/VR winter. Or maybe not. If Apple can’t make technology into a fashion statement, no one can. And Rust has forked, spawning a new programming language called Crab. Will this slow Rust’s momentum? It is very hard to say. Many projects have forked and few forks thrive, but there are exceptions.
Artificial Intelligence
- LMSYS ORG (Large Model Systems Organization), a research cooperative between Berkeley, UCSD, and CMU, has released ELO ratings of large language models, based on a competitive analysis. Not surprisingly, GPT 4 is the leader. PaLM 2 is included, but not the larger LLaMA models.
- OpenAI has added plug-ins (including web search) to its ChatGPT Plus product. Unsurprisingly, Microsoft is adding plugins to its AI services, using the same API.
- A new AI stack is emerging, using LLMs as endpoints and vector stores for local data. To answer a query, relevant data is found in the vector store and used to build a prompt for the LLM.
- TechTalks has a good ...
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