Hallucinations — the lies generative AI models tell, basically — are a big problem for businesses looking to integrate the technology into their operations. Because models have no real intelligence and are simply predicting words, images, speech, music and other data according to a private schema, they sometimes get it wrong. Very wrong. In a [...]read moreWhy RAG won’t solve generative AI’s hallucination problem
Keeping up with an industry as fast-moving as AI is a tall order. So until an AI can do it for you, here’s a handy roundup of recent stories in the world of machine learning, along with notable research and experiments we didn’t cover on their own. By the way — TechCrunch plans to launch an [...]read moreThis Week in AI: Generative AI and the problem of compensating creators
Snapchat has announced a slew of new features, with a focus on generative AI, as it seeks to keep users engaged and connected in the app. First off, Snap’s adding a new option that will enable users to create custom clothing for their Bitmoji characters, by using AI prompts. As you can see in this [...]read moreSnapchat Announces Generative AI Features, DM Editing
Lamini, a Palo Alto-based startup building a platform to help enterprises deploy generative AI tech, has raised $25 million from investors including Stanford computer science professor Andrew Ng. Lamini, co-founded several years ago by Sharon Zhou and Greg Diamos, has an interesting sales pitch. Many generative AI platforms are far too general-purpose, Zhou and Diamos [...]read moreDropbox, Figma CEOs back Lamini, a startup building a generative AI platform for enterprises
Snapchat has announced a slew of new features, with a focus on generative AI, as it seeks to keep users engaged and connected in the app. First off, Snap’s adding a new option that will enable users to create custom clothing for their Bitmoji characters, by using AI prompts. As you can see in this [...]read moreSnapchat Announces New Generative AI Features, DM Editing
Google’s trying to make waves with Gemini, its flagship suite of generative AI models, apps and services. So what is Gemini? How can you use it? And how does it stack up to the competition? To make it easier to keep up with the latest Gemini developments, we’ve put together this handy guide, which we’ll [...]read moreGoogle Gemini: Everything you need to know about the new generative AI platform
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the U.S. Commerce Department agency that develops and tests tech for the U.S. government, corporations and the broader public, today announced the launch of NIST GenAI, a new program spearheaded by NIST to assess generative AI technologies, including text- and image-generating AI. A platform designed to evaluate [...]read moreNIST launches a new platform to assess generative AI
The generative AI gold rush is underway — just don’t expect it to create profits anytime soon. The company is already quite profitable, having grown net income to more than $12 billion on $36.5 billion in revenue in the last quarter alone. But its revenue growth is expected to slow going forward. At the same [...]read moreZuckerberg: It will take Meta years to make money from generative AI
All-around, highly generalizable generative AI models were the name of the game once, and they arguably still are. But increasingly, as cloud vendors large and small join the generative AI fray, we’re seeing a new crop of models focused on the deepest-pocketed potential customers: the enterprise. Case in point: Snowflake, the cloud computing company, today [...]read moreSnowflake releases a flagship generative AI model of its own
As I wrote recently, generative AI models are increasingly being brought to healthcare settings — in some cases prematurely, perhaps. Early adopters believe that they’ll unlock increased efficiency while revealing insights that’d otherwise be missed. Critics, meanwhile, point out that these models have flaws and biases that could contribute to worse health outcomes. But is [...]read moreHugging Face releases a benchmark for testing generative AI on health tasks