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Meta’s Open-Source AI Model Sparks Industry Debate on Commerce’s Future
artificial intelligence // July 29, 2024

Industry experts are debating the business impact of Meta’s free artificial intelligence (AI) model Llama 3.1, weighing its potential against practical implementation challenges. Boasting 405 billion parameters, the AI model claims performance comparable to proprietary competitors like GPT-4 and Claude 3.5 Sonnet. As Meta expands...

Meta Unveils Llama 3.1, Challenging Closed-Source AI Giants
artificial intelligence // July 23, 2024

Meta has challenged the artificial intelligence status quo by releasing Llama 3.1, unveiling a 405 billion parameter open-source model that aims to rival closed-source AI leaders. In a Tuesday (July 23) news release, Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg emphasized the company’s commitment to open-source...

Say Hello to Astra: Google Launches AI-Boosted Searches and a Smart Voice Assistant
Google // May 15, 2024

Google unveiled a range of artificial intelligence (AI) advancements at its annual developer conference Tuesday (May 14), including more sophisticated analysis powered by Gemini, smarter assistants like Astra, and an infusion of AI into its dominant search engine, marking one of the most dramatic changes...

Meta’s Llama 3 Model Has Potential to Shake Up AI Landscape
artificial intelligence // April 22, 2024

Meta has unveiled the latest iterations of its open-source Llama artificial intelligence (AI) model, which is causing ripples through the AI community. As the AI arms race continues to heat up, industry experts are closely examining Meta’s Llama 3 model’s capabilities, comparing it to rival...

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Say Hello to Astra: Google Launches AI-Boosted Searches and a Smart Voice Assistant

May 15, 2024
Google unveiled a range of artificial intelligence (AI) advancements at its annual developer conference Tuesday (May 14), including more sophisticated analysis powered by Gemini, smarter assistants like Astra, and an infusion of AI into its dominant search engine, marking one of the most dramatic changes to the company’s foundation since its inception and potentially triggering […]

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Musk’s xAI Unveils Open-Source AI Chatbot Grok-1

March 18, 2024
Elon Musk has officially unveiled his open-source artificial intelligence (AI) model. “We are releasing the base model weights and network architecture of Grok-1, our large language model,” Musk’s xAI said on its website Sunday (March 17). “Grok-1 is a 314 billion parameter Mixture-of-Experts model trained from scratch by xAI.” The billionaire had announced last week that he was going to […]

Musk: Grok Will Become Open-Source AI Model

March 11, 2024
Elon Musk said his artificial intelligence (AI) company xAI will introduce an open-source model. “This week, xAI will open source Grok,” Musk wrote on X (formerly Twitter) Monday (March 11), referring to...

Mistral AI Valued at $2 Billion Following Funding Round

December 10, 2023
French artificial intelligence (AI) startup Mistral AI has reportedly raised $415 million in a funding round. The round, as reported Sunday (Dec. 10) by The New York Times, values the...

Europe’s AI Legislation Exempts Open-Source Models

December 07, 2023
Europe’s new AI legislation could reportedly go easy on open-source artificial intelligence models. Lawmakers in Europe were still hammering out the details of the landmark AI Act on Thursday (Dec. 7), Reuters...