Anthropic Launches Claude 3.5 with Computer Use, Genmo Unveils Mochi 1, Stability AI Releases Stable Diffusion 3.5, and Meta's Latest Releases

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1. Anthropic Announces Claude 3.5 Updates and Computer Use Beta

Anthropic has released an upgraded Claude 3.5 Sonnet with significant improvements in coding capabilities, outperforming other models on benchmarks like SWE-bench Verified. A new model, Claude 3.5 Haiku, matches Claude 3 Opus's performance while maintaining cost-effectiveness and speed, and will be released later this month.

In a groundbreaking development, Anthropic has introduced a computer use capability in public beta, allowing Claude to interact with computers like humans do - navigating interfaces, moving cursors, and performing complex multi-step tasks. Read more

2. Genmo Launches Mochi 1: A New Era in AI Video Generation

Genmo has unveiled Mochi 1, an open-source text-to-video generation model featuring advanced motion dynamics and strict adherence to user prompts, along with a free playground for users to experiment. The company has secured $28.4 million in Series A funding to develop further its vision of building the "right brain of artificial general intelligence".

Built on a 10 billion-parameter diffusion model, Mochi 1 can generate 30 fps videos lasting up to 5.4 seconds, with plans to release an HD version supporting 720p resolution by year's end. Read more

3. Introducing Stable Diffusion 3.5: Precision and Flexibility in AI Image Generation

Stability AI has released Stable Diffusion 3.5, offering advanced models for both personal and commercial use. The "Large" and "Large Turbo" models excel in image generation, delivering higher fidelity and customizable outputs, while the "Medium" model strikes a balance between performance and accessibility.

Available for free for companies generating under $1M, this new version emphasizes prompt accuracy and style diversity, making it ideal for creators and researchers alike. Read more

4. Meta FAIR Announces Multiple AI Research Releases

Meta's Fundamental AI Research (FAIR) team has unveiled several new AI developments, headlined by Segment Anything Model 2.1 (SAM 2.1), an improved version of their image and video segmentation model with enhanced performance and developer tools.

The release also includes Meta Spirit LM for integrated speech and text processing, Layer Skip for accelerating language model performance, and various other research artifacts focusing on cryptography, model training, and materials discovery, all under Meta's commitment to open-source AI development. Read more

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