Focus AI #133
#LLAMA2 #PoisonGPT #xAI #Reka #Bard
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In short this week:
🦙 Llama 2 is here - get it on Hugging Face
☠️ PoisonGPT: How we hid a lobotomized LLM on Hugging Face to spread fake news
🇪🇺 Google Bard is now available in the EU
🚀 Elon Musk launches his new company, xAI
🤼 Chat Arena
💸 Reka raises $58M
== News ==
🦙 Llama 2 is here - get it on Hugging Face
Llama 2 is a new large language model (LLM) from Meta and now available in Hugging Face. It is more performant, scalable, and versatile than its predecessor.
Llama 2 is built on the Bloom architecture, which uses a new training method that allows it to learn from larger datasets and generate more accurate and creative text.
☠️ PoisonGPT: How we hid a lobotomized LLM on Hugging Face to spread fake news
Mithril Security researchers showed how to modify an open-source language model, GPT-J-6B, and upload it to Hugging Face to make it spread misinformation while being undetected by standard benchmarks.
This demonstrates the potential for malicious actors to poison large language models (LLMs) and spread fake news at scale.
This article highlights the importance of security and trust in the LLM ecosystem. It is important to be aware of the potential for LLMs to be poisoned and to take steps to mitigate this risk.
🇪🇺 Google Bard is now available in the EU
Google has finally launched its AI chatbot Bard in the European Union, after resolving privacy concerns with the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC).
Bard is a large language model (LLM) that can generate text, translate languages, write different kinds of creative content, and answer your questions in an informative way.
The availability of Bard in the EU is a significant development, as it opens up the possibility for more people to use this powerful tool. However, it is important to be aware of the potential risks associated with LLMs, such as the possibility of being used to spread misinformation.
🚀 Elon Musk launches his new company, xAI
Elon Musk has launched a new company called "xAI" (pronounced "X.AI"), which is short for "eXplainable Artificial Intelligence."
The goal of xAI is to develop AI systems that are more transparent and understandable, so that humans can better understand how they work and make informed decisions about their use.
The launch of xAI is a significant development, as it suggests that Musk is taking the issue of AI safety seriously. However, it is too early to say what impact the company will have, as it is still in its early stages.
🤼 Chat Arena
A new online tool ranks chatbots by pitting them against each other in head-to-head competitions.
Chatbot Arena allows users to prompt two large language models simultaneously and identify the one that delivers the best responses. The result is a leaderboard that includes both open source and proprietary models.
💸 Reka raises $58M
Reka AI, a generative AI startup, has raised $58 million in funding to build custom AI models for the enterprise and public benefit.
The company's focus on multimodal, multilingual, and self-improving AI is well-aligned with the future of AI, and its funding will help it to accelerate its research and development.
The funding for Reka AI is a significant development, as it will help the company to advance the field of AI and build more powerful and versatile generative models. This is a promising area of research, and Reka AI is well-positioned to make significant contributions.
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A big thanks 😙 to our sources: https://jack-clark.net/, https://www.actuia.com/, https://thevariable.com/news/, https://techcrunch.com/, https://read.deeplearning.ai/the-batch/
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