Last Week on AI - no. 35

This week's tech scoop: Apple teases with 'MM1', a game-changing AI model for seamless device searches, while StabilityAI's CEO steps down post-Stable Diffusion 3, hinting at a decentralized AI future. Nvidia's #GTC2024 drops the mic with Blackwell GPUs, promising a revolution in AI training. Microsoft's strategic hire from InflectionAI underscores its AI ambitions, as the US boosts Intel with a hefty $20B for chip manufacturing. Meanwhile, Neuralink's breakthrough allows a paralyzed gamer to play Chess and Civilization VI, and the tech community buzzes with an open-source version of DevinAI. It's a thrilling time for AI and tech innovation! Stay tuned for more. ???? #TechNews

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Apple looks to be working on a family of native AI models that integrate text and visual context for native searches on their devices.

They published details in a paper about the 'MM1' AI Model: Methods, Analysis & Insights from Multimodal LLM Pre-training.

They haven't released anything yet, but this is the best sign that Apple is developing Generative AI solutions.?

After the release of Stable Diffusion 3, two weeks ago, Emad Mostaque, the CEO at Stability AI , decided to resign after some controversy, saying he wants to pursue decentralized AI.?

Nvidia New GPU: Last week was the 英伟达 GPU Technology Conference, and the announcements are enormous. The cherry pie of the event was the release of Blackwell, a new generation of GPUs dedicated to AI training, boosting training and inference performance.

The whole NVIDIA GTC was stacked with news, real WALL-E's, The GR00T Project, and new Apple Vision Pro features. We recommend this X's thread from Rowan Cheung, who has summarized each bit for you.

Last week, Microsoft shadowy hired two of the founders of the unicorn startup InflectionAI. This move continues Microsoft's expansion AI knowledge.

Through the CHIPS and Science Act, last week, the US Department of Commerce announced that they will be funding 英特尔 directly with 8.5B and 11B on loan to advance commercial semiconductor manufacturing projects.

A paralyzed 29y/o plays Chess and Civilization VI on a laptop thanks to a brain implant made by Neuralink.

Days after the release of DevinAI, mfs already creating an open-source replica. This is good news.?

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