AI, MLOps, and Robotics #45

This Week in AI, MLOps, and Robotics: Intel unveils new AI chip, Teslas gen 2 Optimus robot, ethics of using AI in the legal system, try Gemini in a google colab, Mixture of Experts explained, the state of open source AI, and much more!

??? Join my next live event on LLMOps:

I'm doing a fireside chat with Yujian Tang at Zilliz to talk about the essential role of vector databases in LLMOps. RSVP to attend live and get the recording. ??

?? AI News & Stories:

Intel unveils new AI chip to compete with Nvidia and AMD - Read on CNBC ↗

Tesla shows off Optimus Gen 2 - Watch on YouTube ↗

Microsoft’s AI Chatbot Replies to Election Questions With Conspiracies, Fake Scandals, and Lies - Read on Wired ↗

Recent cases raise questions about the ethics of using AI in the legal system - Read on NPR ↗

Machine learning is set to speed up the detection of contamination in food factories - Read on TechCrunch ↗

Reliable Robotics Aims To Deliver Cargo With Nobody In The Cockpit - Read on Forbes ↗

Agility is using large language models to communicate with its humanoid robots - Read on TechCrunch ↗

?? ML Developer Tools & Resources:

Gemini is out, try it in a Google Colab! - Try on Google Colab ↗

Mixture of Experts Explained - Read on Hugging Face ↗

Empowering Models with Performance: The Art of Generalized Model Transformation Approach - Read on PyTorch ↗

Text Summarization using T5: Fine-Tuning and Building Gradio App - Read on LearnOpenCV ↗

StyleDrop: Text-to-image generation in any style - Read on Google Research ↗

BentoML 2023 Year in Review - Read on BentoML ↗

ML Days in Tashkent — Day 2: Sprints and Sessions - Read on PyImageSearch ↗

Kinara's Ara-2 Edge AI Chip Is Up to Eight Times Faster, Can Run Large Language Models on Device - Read on Hackster ↗

??? Upcoming AI Events (Ordered by date):

Introduction to Data Engineering Zoomcamp | Dec 18th - Register on luma

The Essential Role of Vector Databases in LLMOps | Yujian Tang at Zilliz

| Jan 10th - Register on Eventbrite ↗

Vector Database 101: A Crash Course | Jan 11th - Register on Zilliz ↗

Intro to Machine Learning with Python | Jan 11th - RSVP on Meetup ↗

LLMs and Unstructured Data Tech Talks [Seattle] | Jan 16th - RSVP on Meetup ↗

DSS Seattle: Applying AI & ML to Retail & Ecommerce | Jan 24th - Register on Data Science Salon ↗

??? AI Podcasts & Interviews:

The state of open source AI | Practical AI podcast - Listen on Changelog ↗

Data, Systems and ML for Visual Understanding with Cody Coleman - Listen on TWiML ↗

AI is Eating Biology and Chemistry, with Dr. Ingmar Schuster - Listen on SuperDataScience ↗

?? Recent ML Research Papers

DriveMLM: Aligning Multi-Modal Large Language Models with Behavioral Planning States for Autonomous Driving - Read on arXiv ↗

DVQI: A Multi-task, Hardware-integrated Artificial Intelligence System for Automated Visual Inspection in Electronics Manufacturing - Read on arXiv ↗

Reliability in Semantic Segmentation: Can We Use Synthetic Data? - Read on arXiv ↗

DisMech: A Discrete Differential Geometry-based Physical Simulator for Soft Robots and Structures - Read on arXiv ↗

Weaving Pathways for Justice with GPT: LLM-driven automated drafting of interactive legal applications - Read on arXiv ↗

Towards Trustworthy AI Software Development Assistance - Read on arXiv ↗

Hello, world! Every week I keep track of the most exciting news, resources, events, podcasts, and papers I find around AI, MLOps, and robotics. Sometimes I sprinkle in my opinions. Let me know in the comments what I missed this week!

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