Nvidia's New Powerful Open-Source AI Model

Welcome to another edition of Horizon AI,

Nvidia has quietly released a new model that is on par with and even surpasses industry leaders in some benchmarks.

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Here's what's new today in the Horizon AI

• Nvidia Launches Nemotron, a 70B Model That Outperforms GPT-4o and Claude 3.5 Sonnet 🔥

• Mistral Releases New AI Models Optimized For Laptops And Phones

• AI Tutorial: How to turn text into audio using ElevenLabs AI Reader app

• AI Tools to check out

• The Latest in AI and Tech 💡

• AI Findings/Resources

AI News

NVIDIA

Nvidia Launches Nemotron, a 70B Model That Outperforms GPT-4o and Claude 3.5 Sonnet 🔥

Nvidia has quietly launched Llama-3.1-Nemotron-70B-Instruct, a new open-source AI model gaining attention for outperforming top competitors.

Details:

• Llama-3.1-Nemotron-70B-Instruct has achieved remarkable scores in several benchmarks, surpassing well-known models such as GPT-4o and Claude 3.5 Sonnet.

• The model is based on Meta’s Llama 3.1, enhanced with techniques like Reinforcement Learning from Human Feedback, making it more responsive to user needs.

• The model's focus on alignment delivers responses that better meet user expectations, reducing errors and providing more helpful answers with fewer prompts.

• Nvidia reports that their new model achieves top scores in key evaluations, including 85.0 on the Arena Hard benchmark, 57.6 on AlpacaEval 2 LC, and 8.98 on the GPT-4-Turbo MT-Bench.

As open-source models close the gap with proprietary models, Nvidia’s deeper dive into AI model development is sure to intensify the competition.

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MISTRAL

Mistral Releases New AI Models Optimized For Laptops And Phones

French startup Mistral has launched its latest AI models, "Les Ministraux," optimized for laptops and phones. These models promise enhanced convenience and privacy for users needing AI on the go.

Details:

• Les Ministraux models, Mistral 3B and Mistral 8B, are tailored for use on laptops and phones, allowing for local processing without constant internet access. Both models have a context window of 128,000 tokens and can be accessed via Mistral’s cloud platform, La Platforme.

• Mistral emphasizes privacy-first solutions, making these models ideal for applications like on-device translation and smart assistants.

• The startup claims these models outperform similar offerings from Meta and Google, highlighting their strong performance in instruction following and problem solving.

Mistral's Les Ministraux models represent a significant step forward in making powerful AI accessible on everyday devices.

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AI Tutorial

How to turn text into audio using ElevenLabs AI Reader app

ElevenReader lets you listen to any text, articles, ePubs, and PDFs with ultra-realistic AI voices.

1. Download the app for Android or iOS and create an account.

2. After logging in, you'll land on the home page. Click the plus button in the top right to add content.

3. The app lets you add content in three ways: select 'Write Text' to type or paste text, choose 'Paste Link' to convert a web page by entering its URL, or click 'Import File' to upload a file.

4. You can also choose from a variety of voices. To change, click the 'Voices' button.

AI Tools to check out

🔥 Eightify: Summarize YouTube videos with AI, save time on long videos, and get key ideas instantly.

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AI Findings/Resources

🤔 What does ChatGPT know about you?

💼 How AI is removing legal obstacles that slow down business

💻 How to use AI for Data Analysis

💡 What is black box AI, and how does it work?

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