Free Gemini users can finally chat in a flash
Google made several updates to the free version of its Gemini chatbot, including making its low-latency multimodal model Gemini 1.5 Flash available and adding more source links to reduce hallucinations.
AI models rank their own safety in OpenAI's new alignment research
OpenAI announced a new way to teach AI models to align with safety policies called Rules Based Rewards.
Nvidia's coveted H100 GPUs will be available on-demand through Lambda's clusters
GPU cloud company Lambda will officially launch its 1-Click Clusters, which will give customers access to Nvidia H100 GPUs and Quantum 2 InfiniBand clusters on demand.
Meta unleashes its most powerful AI model, Llama 3.1, with 405B parameters
After months of teasing and an alleged leak yesterday, Meta today officially released the biggest version of its open source Llama large language model (LLM), a 405 billion-parameter version called Llama-3.1.
Enterprise AI startup Cohere raises $500M even as skepticism of sector grows
Even as questions and criticism swirl around the return-on-investment of generative AI tools for enterprises, one specifically enterprise-focused AI startup, Cohere, from Toronto, Canada, has just today announced a fresh $500 million Series D fundraising round.
OpenAI gives more control over ChatGPT Enterprise
OpenAI has released new enterprise control for customers using its ChatGPT Enterprise around compliance, data security and safely scaling access.
Google brings AI agent platform Project Oscar open source
Google has announced Project Oscar, a way for open-source development teams to use and build agents to manage software programs.
Mistral releases Codestral Mamba for faster, longer code generation
The well-funded French AI startup Mistral, known for its powerful open source AI models, launched two new entries in its growing family of large language models (LLMs) today: a math-based model and a code generating model for programmers and developers based on the new architecture known as Mamba developed by other researchers late last year.
Financial services might be 'too cautious' in using gen AI
Despite being a highly regulated industry, financial services is rife with potential generative AI applications.
Perplexity planning revenue sharing program with web publishers next month
AI chatbot Perplexity will begin a revenue-sharing program with web publishers next month, the company announced during VB Transform Thursday.
Women leaders assert: Generative AI needs humans in the loop
Building tools with generative AI has never been easier, but developers must also remember to experiment and focus on human end-users, speakers at the sixth annual Women in AI Breakfast at VB Transform said.
AWS makes guardrails a standalone API as it updates Bedrock
Amazon Web Services (AWS) wants customers to bring its tools to the ground and create guardrails to models even outside of its model library, as it spins out its guardrails feature previously only on Amazon Bedrock.