AI Edition - It's AI Time - 107 [30-07-2024]

AI Edition - It's AI Time - 107

Chalkboards and What They Can Teach Us About Generative AI

The generative AI as a teaching tool, arguing the technology should be analyzed beyond its technical aspects, with consideration for its alignment with educational values. The author, while open to using AI, is cautious about its impact and emphasizes the need to articulate why certain tools are implemented in the classroom. The discussion draws parallels between traditional tools like chalkboards and AI, considering both for their cultural significance and pedagogical implications.

The Evolution of SaaS Pricing in the AI Era

The traditional seat-based pricing model in SaaS is becoming obsolete with AI's capability to automate tasks. Companies are increasingly adopting work-based or outcome-based pricing models, which charge based on the amount of work AI performs or the outcomes achieved. While incumbents are still relying on seat-based pricing, startups are leveraging new models for competitive advantage and to reflect AI's value more accurately.

Apple Says Its AI Models Were Trained On Google's Custom Chips

Apple said that the artificial intelligence models underpinning Apple Intelligence, its AI system, were pre-trained on processors designed by Google.

Anthropic Faces Backlash For Excessive Web Scraping

Freelancer.com and iFixit CEOs criticized Anthropic for excessive and unauthorized web scraping by its ClaudeBot, which disrupted their sites. Anthropic claims to respect the robots.txt file and says it will investigate the issue.

Small molecule optimization with large language models

Two new language models were able to achieve an 8% improvement on the Practical Molecular Optimization benchmark by collecting a dataset of 100m molecules (40B token equivalent).

Apple foundation language models

Apple has outlined the basics of its language models for its newly announced “Apple Intelligence” initiative.

A New Benchmark for Autonomous Agents

AppWorld Engine is a sophisticated execution environment that features nine daily apps and 457 APIs.


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