The Top AI News We Didn't See Coming (20–26.11)
As the autumn leaves of 2023 continue to fall, the world of artificial intelligence is blossoming with new breakthroughs and innovations.
As the autumn leaves of 2023 continue to fall, the world of artificial intelligence is blossoming with new breakthroughs and innovations.
The last week has been particularly eventful, marking significant strides across various sectors — from groundbreaking chip technology to visionary applications in weather forecasting, education, and even the realms of creativity.
This post delves into the noteworthy AI developments that unfolded from November 20th to 26th, 2023.
We’ll explore the cutting-edge technologies and pioneering ideas that are not just reshaping our understanding of AI, but also forging new paths for its application in our daily lives and industries.
NVIDIA’s H200 Chip Launch (Nov 20, 2023):
NVIDIA announced the H200 chip, the first GPU with HBM3e memory, enabling training and running larger, more complex AI models. It offers 141GB of memory, nearly double the data storage, and 2.4x faster data transfer.
Microsoft’s Azure Maia 100 and Cobalt 100 Chips (Nov 20, 2023):
These chips are designed for Azure data centers, optimizing performance, efficiency, and scalability, supporting AI workloads.
Google Deepmind’s GraphCast (Nov 20, 2023):
An AI-powered weather forecasting system outperforming standard models, capable of 10-day forecasts in under a minute with 99.7% accuracy.
Leadership Change at OpenAI (Nov 20, 2023):
OpenAI’s former CEO Sam Altman was replaced by interim CEO Mira Murati.
Here are two stories in which I delve deeper into this:
The Full Story of What Happened at OpenAI: A Complete Detailled Timeline
A Comprehensive Overview From the Early Beginnings in 2015 Until the Recent Firing of Sam Altman And Beyond..aitoolstoday.medium.com
All We Know About Project Q* From OpenAI in One Article
The Current Advancements, and the Full Story, All in One Piece.aitoolstoday.medium.com
MIT Ignite: Generative AI Entrepreneurship Competition (Nov 20, 2023):
Over 100 teams submitted proposals for startups using generative AI technologies. The event inspired young researchers to innovate in generative AI.
MIT’s Synthetic Imagery Breakthrough (Nov 21, 2023):
An MIT team demonstrated models trained solely with synthetic images outperforming those trained with real images, introducing StableRep, a new AI training technique.
PockEngine On-Device AI Training (Nov 21, 2023):
MIT researchers developed PockEngine, a method for deep-learning models to adapt to new sensor data directly on edge devices, like smartphones, with up to 15 times faster training speeds.
Osium AI’s Materials Science Innovation (Nov 22, 2023):
French startup Osium AI raised $2.6 million for developing AI-driven research and development in materials science, aiming to speed up materials innovation.
Stability AI’s Video-Generating Models (Nov 23, 2023):
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