The AI-ronman 🚀

Join us on a journey to the edges of technology. Let's decode the complex, celebrate the breakthroughs, and give you the future—byte by byte.💡

Quick Takes ⚡

1. Introducing Firefly 3: Adobe's latest breakthrough in AI image technology

2. Microsoft's small and efficient LLM Phi-3 beats Meta's Llama 3 and free ChatGPT in benchmarks

3. Apple quietly acquires French AI firm Datakalab

4. Hundreds of examples in prompts can significantly boost LLM performance, study finds

5. Sakana's EvoSDXL-JP: A leap in Japanese AI imagery

6. Groq partners with Earth Wind & Power to launch AI compute center in Norway

Deep Dive 🔍

• Introducing Firefly 3: Adobe's latest breakthrough in AI image technology 🖌️ 
  
  Adobe has introduced a new version of its Firefly image generation model, enhancing image quality, stylization, speed, and detail, along with new AI features. Firefly Image 3 delivers unprecedented photorealistic quality, improved text rendering, and enhanced illustration capabilities, along with precise control tools. The updates include better Photoshop functionalities like Generative Fill and Generate Image. By training the model on licensed content and adding an AI metadata tag, Adobe reinforces its ethical AI use, making Firefly a formidable image generation tool that subtly transforms creative processes.
  

  

  
  
  
  
  

• Microsoft's small and efficient LLM Phi-3 beats Meta's Llama 3 and free ChatGPT in benchmarks 🏆
  
  Microsoft Research introduced Phi-3-mini today, a streamlined language model designed to match the performance of bigger models such as GPT-3.5 with just 3.8 billion parameters. Scoring 69 percent on rigorous benchmarks like MMLU, this model is efficient enough to operate on smartphones requiring minimal memory of only 1.8 GB, Microsoft reports. The exceptional performance of Phi-3 is attributed to its meticulously curated training dataset comprised of select web and synthetic data. Its focus on enhancing knowledge and reasoning, alongside web integration, paves the way for more cost-effective and efficient AI applications within Microsoft’s suite of products and services. The larger variants, Phi-3-small and Phi-3-medium, with 7 and 14 billion parameters respectively, also excel in benchmarks, surpassing competitors like Llama 3 8B.
  
  

  

• Apple quietly acquires French AI firm Datakalab 🍏
  
  Apple has discreetly finalized the acquisition of Datakalab, a Paris-based startup specializing in data compression and image analysis. Completed in December 2023 but only disclosed recently, this move significantly enhances Apple’s on-device AI capabilities. Datakalab is known for its expertise in developing efficient, low-power AI algorithms suited for computer vision applications that operate directly on devices. This acquisition, one of 32 by Apple in 2023, positions the company to make major AI announcements at the upcoming WWDC in June, including advanced AI features for new iPhone models.
  
  

• Hundreds of examples in prompts can significantly boost LLM performance, study finds 🔁 
  
  Researchers have demonstrated that Large Language Models (LLMs) like Google's Gemini 1.5 Pro can significantly enhance their task performance using many-shot in-context learning (ICL). This approach, which involves embedding hundreds or thousands of examples directly into the prompt, has shown superior results in translating, summarizing, planning, and answering questions compared to few-shot prompts. As many-shot ICL might reduce the need for extensive task-specific training in the future, the challenge for developers will be sourcing or creating high-quality examples tailored to each task.

• Sakana's EvoSDXL-JP: A leap in Japanese AI imagery 🖼️ 
  
  Sakana AI has launched EvoSDXL-JP, a new text-to-image generator designed to produce Japanese-style images rapidly, utilizing the company's innovative 'evolutionary model merging' approach. This technique, previously applied to language models, merges a Japanese image model with an English one, and then combines the result with a high-speed diffusion model, achieving a tenfold increase in speed. By 'breeding' successful model generations, Sakana ensures that the most effective models influence subsequent iterations. EvoSDXL-JP supports Japanese text prompts, enabling the creation of culturally significant images and enhancing genAI accessibility in Japan.
  
  

  

• Groq partners with Earth Wind & Power to launch AI compute center in Norway 🌍
  
  Groq has teamed up with Earth Wind & Power to create Norway's first vertically-integrated AI Compute Center, aimed at providing energy-efficient AI inference solutions for Norway, Europe, and NATO allies starting in 2024. The center plans to deploy 21,600 LPUs initially, with potential expansion to 129,600 by 2025, offering significant power savings over traditional GPU clusters. This initiative aligns with Groq's global goal to deploy over 1.5 million LPUs by 2025, ensuring GDPR compliance and democratizing access to generative AI.

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