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What is Microsoft's "cheap generative AI" team doing?

TechTalks • 58 implied HN points • 31 Jan 24

🕹 Technology AI Open-source models Tech Giants

Microsoft is forming a team to work on cheaper generative AI systems to reduce dependence on expensive models like LLMs.
They are focusing on developing more efficient open-source models and small language models for edge devices.
Efforts are being made to run generative models more efficiently by reducing parameter sizes, which can lead to cost savings in running LLMs.

Natural Language Is an Unnatural Interface

Public Experiments • 154 HN points • 27 Jun 23

🕹 Technology AI Interfaces Natural Language Processing AI Applications Open-source models

Natural language interfaces for AI are challenging due to the vast degree of freedom in text input.
Prompt engineering is crucial for effectively utilizing large language models to ensure correct and meaningful responses.
For most users, interacting with AI systems through buttons and defined interfaces can lead to more efficient and seamless experiences compared to using natural language prompts.

Truly Open Models, Code Llama 70B, Amazon AI Hackathon , AI Grant, world’s greenest 7B model and more

AI Brews • 17 implied HN points • 02 Feb 24

🕹 Technology AI Open-source models Generative AI Speech Recognition

Allen Institute for AI released truly open language models called OLMo
Meta AI introduced AudioSeal for detecting AI-generated speech
RWKV released Eagle 7B, a green multi-lingual model with low inference cost

Evaluating and uncovering open LLMs

Democratizing Automation • 83 implied HN points • 31 May 23

🕹 Technology Machine Learning Evaluation Open-source models Model performance

Evaluating and comparing models is crucial for choosing the right one for a specific task.
Open-source models offer potential with smaller, specialized models for different areas or tasks.
Existing evaluation tools like leaderboards may have limitations and biases that impact decision-making.

LLaMA: LLMs for Everyone!

Deep (Learning) Focus • 2 HN points • 10 Apr 23

🕹 Technology Deep Learning Open-source models Language Models Model performance

LLaMA provides a collection of open-source LLMs with different sizes for better efficiency.
LLaMA models perform surprisingly well, even outperforming larger models in some cases.
LLaMA challenges the trend of needing massive models by showing the effectiveness of smaller, extensively pre-trained LLMs.

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