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Cryplogger AI collected the most important news from the world of AI over the past week.
- Montana has signed a law blocking TikTok in the state.
- OpenAI has released an iOS app for ChatGPT.
- Anthropic taught a chatbot to read entire books.
- Stability AI has launched a platform with generative AI models.
- SLAIT launches AI tutor for American Sign Language.
- The most important AI deals of the last week.
Montana becomes first state to block TikTok
The governor of Montana (USA) Greg Gianforte signed a law to block TikTok. The new rules will come into effect on January 1, 2024.
To protect Montanans’ personal and private data from the Chinese Communist Party, I have banned TikTok in Montana.
— Governor Greg Gianforte (@GovGianforte) May 17, 2023
SB 419 prohibits a company from operating “within the territorial jurisdiction of a state.” The document also obliges app stores to block downloads of TikTok.
In case of non-compliance with the law, marketplaces face a fine of $10,000 for each day of violation. Application users will not be punished.
Opponents of the law have already sued the state. According to the plaintiffs, the normative act violates the rights of citizens enshrined in First Amendment to the US Constitution.
We filed suit last night challenging Montana’s unconstitutional ban of TikTok, on behalf of 5 TikTok creators. Lead counsel is Ambika Kumar, who is represented by other creators in securing an injunction of President Trump’s 2020 ban.
https://t.co/p67xeT8w4A— Davis Wright Tremaine LLP (@DWTLaw) May 18, 2023
They also believe that the government of Montana does not have the authority to make laws related to national security or US foreign policy.
OpenAI releases iOS app for ChatGPT
Open AI launched ChatGPT app for iOS. In the near future, the service will appear on Android.
Application available free for US users. It can sync history across devices and also supports voice input with Whisper’s voice recognition system.
ChatGPT Plus subscribers will get exclusive access to GPT-4 features, early access to features, and faster in-app response times.
Media: Apple is testing the M3 Pro chip
Apple has started testing the M3 Pro chip on next-generation MacBook Pro computers with macOS 14.
According to the journalist Bloomberg Brand Gurman, the processor includes 12 CPU cores (six high performance and six energy efficient), 18 GPU cores and 36 GB of RAM.
The company is expected to release the first Macs based on the M3 Pro in late 2023 or early 2024.
Tesla releases video of Optimus robots
Tesla has released a video of Optimus humanoids showing the latest developments from its robotics division.
Engineers taught five devices to walk slowly, as well as recognize and remember the environment. In addition, they were trained to detect and manipulate objects of various shapes based on tracking human movements.
Media: PaLM 2 language model contains 340 billion parameters
Google used five times more data to train the PaLM 2 model than when training its predecessor.
Journalists CNBC studied the internal documents of the company. According to them, when training PaLM 2, engineers used 3.6 trillion text data tokens. It also turned out that the algorithm contains 340 billion parameters.
For comparison, the developers trained the first version of PaLM for 780 billion tokens. The neural network uses 540 billion parameters.
Anthropic taught a chatbot to read books
Startup Anthropic expanded context window for the Claude chatbot from 9,000 tokens to 100,000, which corresponds to about 75,000 words.
According to the company, the algorithm is capable of processing and analyzing hundreds of pages of documents or entire books, answering questions that require “knowledge synthesis” across many parts of the text. Also, users will be able to talk with the bot for hours or days before the system “forgets” the content of the dialogues, the startup added.
During testing, the developers uploaded The Great Gatsby book to Claude with one line changed. They wrote that Mr. Carraway was “an engineer working on the machine learning tools at Anthropic.” The model found a discrepancy with the original work in 22 seconds.
Amazon Integrates ChatGPT Analogue into Online Store
Amazon plans implement ChatGPT-like conversational AI in your online store.
The tech giant posted jobs for machine learning engineers. They describe “Rethinking Amazon Search” with a new interactive, conversational interface. AI is expected to help answer questions about products, as well as compare and recommend products.
OpenAI Opens ChatGPT Plugins to Subscribers
OpenAI Company canceled waiting list for plugin access in ChatGPT for Plus subscribers.
You can enable experimental features through the new beta panel in Settings. They allow ChatGPT to access up-to-date data from the Internet and use more than 70 third-party plugins.
Stability AI launched a platform with generative AI models
Company Stability AI launched stablestudio platform. It is an open version of DreamStudio.
The service combines the Stable Diffusion XL image-by-text generator and a set of large StableLM language models. The company will later add a chatbot to the platform StableVicunausing reinforcement learning based on human feedback.
Stability AI also announced plugin repository for StableStudio.
Daughter of Alphabet introduced a platform for programming robots
Alphabet-owned company Intrinsic introduced the Flowstate platform, which allows you to create applications for industrial robots.
The software will help professionals without experience in this area to develop workflows for hardware systems. According to CEO Wendy Tan White, the platform allows you to design, build and deploy solutions.
The system is based on a graphic tree. It provides users with the ability to combine more complex workflows. Existing skills include pose estimation, manipulation, forceful insertion, and path planning.
Flowstate is in beta testing. Those wishing to try the system can submit application.
A startup has released a tool for learning sign language
Company SLAIT launched AI tutor in American Sign Language. It is available in the browser, but will later appear as a mobile app.
The SLAIT School service uses gesture recognition technology and provides “instantaneous” feedback on words or phrases. Learning takes place in the form of a game.
A subscription to SLAIT School costs $39 per month, but the first few lessons are free.
The most important AI deals of the last week
From May 14 to May 20, AI startups raised over $107 million. Here are the most interesting deals.
- Quadruped robot manufacturer ANYbotics attracted $50 million
- Together received $20 million to create open source generative AI algorithms.
- Union AI collected $19.1 million to develop a cloud-based automation platform for developing and organizing AI workflows and data.
- Startup in the field of climate technologies Mitiga Solutions received $14.4 million
- Amini attracted $2 million to support a platform for collecting and processing environmental data in Africa.
- Cold chain startup Figorr collected $1.5 million for scaling IoT devices to monitor the storage conditions of perishable products.
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