One of the main barriers to putting large language models (LLMs) to use in practical applications is their unpredictability, lack of reasoning and uninterpretability. Without being able to address these challenges, LLMs will not be trustworthy tools in critical settings.
In a recent paper, cognitive scientist Gary Marcus and AI pioneer Douglas Lenat delve into these challenges, which they…
What you need to know about Sakana AI, the new startup from a Transformer paper coauthor
August 19, 2023
The landscape of generative artificial intelligence (gen AI) is in a rapid state of evolution these days, not only with OpenAI, Meta, and Google competing directly on foundation models, but doing so while some of their biggest in-house talent leaves to launch their own gen…
Arthur unveils Bench, an open-source AI model evaluator
August 18, 2023
New York City-based artificial intelligence (AI) startup Arthur has announced the launch of Arthur Bench, an open-source tool for evaluating and comparing the performance of large language models (LLMs) such as OpenAI‘s GPT-3.5 Turbo and Meta’s LLaMA 2.
“With Bench…
Buildbox wants ordinary creators and aspiring game developers to create the visual narrative games of the future with its new tool StoryGames.AI.
StoryGames.AI is live now. It combines generative AI with user-friendly tools to inspire amateurs to create games that are like visual novels, said Jonathan Zweig, CEO of Buildbox, in an interview with GamesBeat.
In a world where storytelling takes…
Runway launches new ‘Watch’ feature as CEO says Hollywood AI discourse ‘needs to be more nuanced’
August 18, 2023
As Hollywood strikes by actors and writers continue, with the impact of generative AI on their industry and jobs a central concern, Runway CEO Cristóbal Valenzuela knows his gen AI video startup — most recently valued at $1.5 billion — is under fire from those on the…
Many might not be surprised, but today the 2023 Gartner Hype Cycle for emerging technologies placed generative AI on the ‘Peak of Inflated Expectations’ for the first time.
Each year, Gartner creates more than 90 Hype Cycles as a way for its clients to track technology…
McKinsey and Company, the nearly century-old firm that is the one of the largest consulting agencies in the world, made headlines earlier this year with its rapid embrace of generative AI tools, saying in June that nearly half of its 30,000 employees were using the technology.
Now, the company is debuting a gen AI tool of its own: Lilli, a new chat application for employees designed by…
NCSoft reveals VARCO AI language models
August 17, 2023
NCSoft announced today it’s launching a group of AI language models under the umbrella name VARCO LLM. It’s comprised of four language models, and generative AI services powered by those language models. Specifically, three of the generative AI services powered by VARCO…
War Robots mobile shooter hits 250M downloads
August 17, 2023
My.Games announced that its War Robots mobile shooter has surpassed 250 million registered players across all platforms.
Built by its in-house game studio Pixonic, War Robots is currently available on the App Store, Google Play, and Steam, My.Games said.
War Robots…
Ex-MZ CEO launches BeFake, an AI-based social media app
August 17, 2023
Alias Technologies, an AI company started by former Machine Zone CEO Kristen Garcia Dumont, has introduced BeFake, a social media app for digital self-expression. It’s built on the catch phrase, “Why be real when you can be fake?”
The app, now available on both the App Store and Google Play, offers a refreshing alternative to the conventional reality portrayed on existing social media…
