AI Edition - It's AI Time - 86 [09-07-2024]

AI Edition - It's AI Time - 86

Meta drops AI bombshell: Multi-token prediction models now open for research

Meta has released pre-trained models that leverage a novel multi-token prediction approach that forecasts multiple future words simultaneously, promising enhanced performance and drastically reduced training times.

Google DeepMind's AI Rat Brains Could Make Robots Scurry Like the Real Thing

DeepMind and Harvard University developed a virtual rat with AI neural networks trained on actual rat movements and neural patterns to probe the brain circuits responsible for complex motor skills. This bio-inspired AI has the capacity to generalize learned movement skills to new environments, offering insights into brain function and advancing robotics. The research demonstrates that digital simulations can effectively mimic and decode neural activity related to different behaviors.

OpenAI collaborates with Ariana Huffington

Thrive AI Health will use generative AI to provide personalized advice, recommendations, and ‘nudges’ around users’ sleep, food, fitness, stress management, and connections to improve health. The AI health coach will be trained on science, biometrics, and lab data, user preferences, and OpenAI and Thrive Global resources and it will have robust privacy and security guardrails. Walmart co-founder Helen Walton is one of its key strategic investors, and DeCarlos Love—who previously led fitness and health experiences at Google‘s Fitbit subsidiary—will be CEO.

Data worker truth exposed

These monotonous, thankless, and psychologically taxing tasks are often outsourced to poorer countries, where workers are happy to work for a fraction of an American or European wage. The Data Workers Inquiry collected anecdotes from workers, as opposed to quantifiable statistics (which can be manipulated into positives), to capture the real truth, directly from the source. Often exposed to violent, graphic, and hateful content, these workers describe their job as “soul-crushing”, and with little support, often suffer from mental health problems and drug dependencies as a result.

Control in Visual AI Generation

PartCraft is a new method in generative visual AI that allows users to select visual concepts by parts, moving beyond traditional text or sketch-based methods.