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Apple has been lagging behind tech giants like Google, Microsoft, and Meta in developing LLMs and powerful AI tools. However, with the recent unveiling of a new model, the company seems to be swiftly catching up, possibly paving the way for an enhanced version of Siri.
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Here's what's new today in the Horizon AI
A Chart to Kickstart Your Day 📈: Engagement of Top Gen AI consumer mobile apps
Apple Reveals New MM1 Model That Could Power Next-Gen Siri 💥
xAI Open Sources Massive Grok-1 Model
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The Latest in AI and Tech 💡
A chart to kickstart your day
Engagement of Top Gen AI consumer mobile apps
Source: @omooretweets on X
Companion mobile apps have unusually high engagement, surpassing even major names like ChatGPT by a large margin.
The Character.AI app sees nearly 300 sessions per user per month. Users spend an average of 2 hours on Character.AI per day.
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Apple Reveals New MM1 Model That Could Power Next-Gen Siri 💥
Source: Apple
In a newly released research paper, Apple researchers detail MM1, a new family of multimodal large language models (MLLMs).
Details:
The paper shows a novel method for training multimodal models using synthetic data such as images and text.
MM1’s largest model has 30 billion parameters, much smaller than GPT-4 and Claude 3 Opus, which exceed a trillion parameters.
However, Apple's researchers claim that MM1 can match them in key benchmarks, highlighting superior prompt understanding that reduces the number of follow-up prompts to achieve a desired result.
While the paper doesn't explicitly mention Siri, the focus on performance, prompt efficiency, and multimodal capabilities strongly hints at MM1's potential to power the next generation of Apple's virtual assistant.
Additionally, recent news from Bloomberg indicates that Apple might be planning to bring Gemini to the iPhone. These developments suggest that the long-awaited AI breakthrough promised by Apple’s CEO may be just around the corner.
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xAI Open Sources Massive Grok-1 Model
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Elon Musk announced on March 11th that xAI would make its AI chatbot Grok open source, and now it's available for public access on GitHub.
Details:
xAI has released the architecture and weights of its 314 billion parameter Mixture-of-Experts model under the Apache 2.0 license.
Grok-1 is the largest Mixture-of-Experts model released as open source so far.
This released model is the unrefined base model from the pre-training phase completed in October 2023, which has not yet been optimized for specific applications.
The open-sourcing of such a massive language model is significant as it now enables entrepreneurs, developers, companies, and individuals to access Grok's weights and associated documentation, allowing them to use a copy of the model for various purposes, including commercial applications.
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The latest in AI and Tech
Morgan Stanley has promoted Jeff McMillan, a veteran tech executive from its wealth management division, to become the firm's inaugural Head of Firm-Wide Artificial Intelligence. McMillan will spearhead Morgan Stanley's AI implementation efforts, underscoring the intensifying focus on AI among leading Wall Street players.
India has revised its recent AI advisory, removing the controversial requirement for government approval before launching or deploying AI models to users in the South Asian market. The updated guidelines now advise firms to label under-tested and potentially unreliable AI models to inform users of their potential fallibility.
An advertisement for sportswear brand Under Armour, touted as "AI-powered," has sparked a heated debate surrounding the use of AI in repurposing commercials.
Rapper and producer Tyler, The Creator has voiced his defiance towards the perceived threat of AI in the creative realm. During an appearance on De La Soul's Apple Music 1 show, Tyler dismissed concerns about AI's potential to match human creativity, declaring, "It will never catch up to me creatively."
Sen. Bernie Sanders and Senate Democrats have proposed a bill calling for the adoption of a 32-hour workweek across the United States. Citing the rapid advancements in AI, automation technologies, and soaring corporate profits, Sanders argues that these factors justify a shorter workweek.
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