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Source: Live Mint Microsoft-backed OpenAI is no stranger to lawsuits. The soaring reach of its large language model (LLM)-based chatbot, ChatGPT, has continually rattled media houses, artists, and content creators across the world, prompting them to initiate legal action for copyright infringement. They argue that OpenAI is illegally scraping their high-quality and original data to…
Source: Live Mint Open-source software—in which a developer releases the source code for a product and allows anyone else to reuse and remix it to their liking—is at the foundation of Google’s Android, Apple’s iOS and all four of the largest web browsers. The encryption of a WhatsApp chat, the compression of a Spotify stream…
Source: Live Mint The Nasdaq Composite index surged to an all-time high on Friday, mainly driven by tech stocks ahead of their earnings week. The Nasdaq Composite index gained 1.4 per cent, whereas the S&P 500 rose to a record high of 0.9 per cent and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.5 per cent…
Source: Live Mint When Meta, the parent company of Facebook, announced its latest open-source large language model (LLM) on July 23rd, it claimed that the most powerful version of Llama 3.1 had “state-of-the-art capabilities that rival the best closed-source models” such as GPT-4o and Claude 3.5 Sonnet. Meta’s announcement included a table, showing the scores…
Source: Live Mint A recent study from Meta, conducted by consumer insights platform GWI, has revealed notable shifts in India’s festive shopping trends. The research highlights the increasing role of AI, quick commerce, micro influencers, and regional language content in shaping consumer behaviour during the festive season. According to Arun Srinivas, Director and Head of…
Source: Live Mint Facebook owner Meta on Friday unveiled a new AI model called Movie Gen that can produce realistic-looking videos using only text prompts. Meta’s announcement comes almost 6 months after OpenAI took the AI industry by storm by unveiling its text-to-video generator, Sora. Movie Gen can also generate background music and sound effects…
Source: Live Mint PwC India has announced a collaboration with Meta to enhance the adoption of open-source AI solutions utilizing Meta’s Llama models. This partnership aims to develop innovative applications for both enterprises and citizen services, focusing on the capabilities of Generative AI (GenAI). The timing of this collaboration aligns with the Indian government’s recent…
Source: Live Mint Mira Murati, OpenAI’s Chief Technology Officer (CTO), announced her decision to step down from CTO post on Thursday, September 26, after more than six years of service. The woman, who has been a key figure behind the company’s most significant AI developments, announced her exit and explained that she is making this…
Source: Live Mint Large language models have a keen appetite for electricity. The energy used to train OpenAI’s GPT-4 model could have powered 50 American homes for a century. And as models get bigger, costs rise rapidly. By one estimate, today’s biggest models cost $100m to train; the next generation could cost $1bn, and the…
Source: Live Mint Large language models have a keen appetite for electricity. The energy used to train OpenAI’s gpt-4 model could have powered 50 American homes for a century. And as models get bigger, costs rise rapidly. By one estimate, today’s biggest models cost $100m to train; the next generation could cost $1bn, and the…
