Author: Zach_Wilson
‘No one knows what makes humans so much more efficient’: small language models based on Homo Sapiens could help explain how we learn and improve AI efficiency — for better or for worse
Tech companies are shifting focus from building the largest language models (LLMs) to developing smaller ones (SLMs) that can match or even outperform them. Meta’s Llama 3 (400 billion parameters), OpenAI’s GPT-3.5 (175 billion parameters), and GPT-4 (an estimated 1.8 trillion parameters) are famously larger models, while Microsoft‘s Phi-3 family…
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The Pixel 9’s ‘Google AI’ is like Microsoft Recall but a little less creepy
The next generation of Pixel phones could come with new “Google AI” features, including one that sounds a little like Microsoft’s controversial Recall tool. As reported by Android Authority, Google is working on a “Pixel Screenshots” feature that can “save and process helpful details” from your screenshots, allowing you to…
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Turns out, people don’t really want console games on iPhone – but I think that misses the point
I am totally unsurprised that demand for triple-A games on iPhones and iPads reportedly isn’t high and could be considered commercial failures, according to data from Appfigures via MobileGamer.biz. Despite Apple having worked on getting Death Standing, Assassin’s Creed Mirage, and Resident Evil 7 ported over from last- and current-generation…
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Android gets a handy new split-screen mode just in time for the Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold
Google has already set August 13, 2024, as the date it intends to show off new hardware, software, and likely many AI features. Now, though, a fresh report is giving us a better idea of some of the new devices’ capabilities. While we’re fully expecting the Google Pixel 9 and…
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Struggling with your broadband? A new internet speed record just hit 402Tbps – fast enough to download a 4K movie in under a millisecond
How fast an internet connection do you really want? Well, that probably varies – based on your needs, not to mention your budget for the monthly payment – but odds are you might regard 402Tbps as overkill. Yes, we didn’t mistype that – 402Tbps, as in Terabytes – and as…
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Man arrested for setting up fake flight Wi-Fi to steal fellow passenger details
A 42-year-old Australian man has been charged by the Australian Federal Police (AFP) for allegedly conducting ‘evil twin’ Wi-Fi attacks on domestic flights and at airports in Perth, Melbourne and Adelaide. The man has been accused of creating fake Wi-Fi access points to steal email and social media credentials from…
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