• Many believe that it’s impossible to make an LLM forget about something (which could help with copyright issues) – turns out it might be doable thanks to a new technique that made Llama 2 forget about Harry Potter without a drop in general performance. - Microsoft
• Los Angeles is using AI to predict who is at risk of falling into homelessness and provide them a lifeline before that happens – in 2 years they’ve helped 560 people, most of which have stayed housed so far. - NPR
• AI knowledge base on steroids – Swirl connects to anything with a search API (search engines, databases, noSQL engines, cloud/SaaS services, data silos, etc) and provides ranked results which you can turn into insights with an LLM of your choice. - GitHub
• Bye bye back office – IBM is automating 8,000 HR positions, and the CEO of IBM has stated that while front-line tech roles will keep growing, back-office roles are on a straight trajectory towards automation. - ITPro
• China aims to boost its computing capacity to 300 exaflops by 2025, a 50% increase, to advance in AI and supercomputing – they’ll build more data centers and strengthen their technology supply chain due to the ongoing tech rivalry with the U.S. - CNBC
• Big Tech has to raise prices for genAI services – Microsoft used to lose $20+ a month per user on GitHub Copilot, Google and Adobe are experimenting with higher price tags and usage caps, and Zoom uses a simpler AI wherever possible to mitigate costs. - WSJ
• PARKOUR! - A small, cheap robot, armed with just a jittery front-facing depth camera, has been trained to perform parkour stunts, including leaping over obstacles twice its height and navigating novel obstacle courses, thanks to a single neural net policy. - GitHub
