DAI#49 – Open Llamas, AI fear, and all too easy jailbreaks
Welcome to this week’s roundup of handwoven AI news. This week Llamas streaked ahead in the open AI race. Big Tech firms talk up safety while…
By Eugene van der Watt · 4 min read
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Eugene comes from an electronic engineering background and loves all things tech. When he takes a break from consuming AI news, you'll find him at the snooker table.
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Meta releases Llama 3.1 models, sticks with open strategy
Meta has released its upgraded Llama 3.1 models in 8B, 70B, and 405B versions and committed to Mark Zuckerberg’s open source vision for the future of…
By Eugene van der Watt · 3 min read
Google’s AI predicts weather using fraction of computing power
Google unveiled NeuralGCM, a hybrid weather prediction model that combines machine learning with traditional forecasting techniques and has surprising benefits. Weather prediction has enjoyed dramatic improvements…
By Eugene van der Watt · 3 min read
LLM refusal training easily bypassed with past tense prompts
Researchers from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL) found that writing dangerous prompts in the past tense bypassed the refusal training of the most…
By Eugene van der Watt · 2 min read
Big Tech AI names join the Coalition for Secure AI (CoSAI)
Some of the most prominent names in Big Tech have come together to cofound the Coalition for Secure AI (CoSAI). A global standard for safe AI…
By Eugene van der Watt · 2 min read
DAI#48 – Disney hacks, Red vs. Blue, and AI cancer worms
Welcome to our weekly roundup of human-generated AI news. This week AI tested ethical and trust boundaries. A synthetic cancer worm might send your next email.…
By Eugene van der Watt · 4 min read
Meta to launch multimodal Llama 3 400B ‘soon’ but not in EU
Meta is reportedly preparing to release its 400B parameter Llama 3 model but the EU will miss out on the multimodal version. A Meta employee told…
By Eugene van der Watt · 2 min read
Trump allies preparing “Make America First in AI” framework
If Donald Trump is successful in his bid for the US presidency it could significantly impact the country’s policies on AI development. A group of Trump…
By Eugene van der Watt · 2 min read
YouTube Music, Deezer test AI playlists and search functionality
YouTube Music and Deezer are beta testing and rolling out new AI features to make it easier to find music on their music streaming platforms. Music…
By Eugene van der Watt · 2 min read
Tech company cancels AI workers’ rights after pushback
HR software company Lattice, founded by Sam Altman’s brother Jack Altman, became the first to give digital workers official employee records but canceled the move just…
By Eugene van der Watt · 2 min read