AI Reading for Thursday July 18
Sounds like it might give Gemma 22b a run for its money and maybe I can run a quantized version on my current 24GB MacBook Air?
You can also fine-tune these models on your own tasks, tooling is evolving rapidly. - Tom's Hardware
Mistral releases small, capable models for code generation and math. - VentureBeat
Meta suspends gen-AI tools in Brazil over privacy and training issues.
Meta will not release future AI models in Europe over the issue of training on user data. - Axios
Ex-Meta scientists develop AI that creates novel proteins not seen in nature. Sounds like the start of a horror movie. - livescience.com
How Machine Learning Is Propelling Structural Biology. - Harvard
TSMC beats, raises, stock drops. - Yahoo Finance
Microsoft adds gen AI to desktop suite, as part of a Copilot subscription. - PCWorld
Ukraine sends drone swarms against Russians. - PCMAG
Startup raises $20m for AI agents to help healthcare providers with billing and back office tasks. - Yahoo Finance
In China, you can get a high spec AI-capable phone for $140. - GizmoChina
56g drone could monitor indoor warehouses, air quality, what you are doing at your desk. - Interesting Engineering
Rabbit R1 has some issues with potentially leaking your data if you lose it, and some IP issues.
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