Fireworks AI Open Sources FireLLaVA: A Commercially-Usable Version of the LLaVA Model Leveraging Only OSS Models for Data Generation and Training

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A variety of Large Language Models (LLMs) have demonstrated their capabilities in recent times. With the constantly advancing fields of Artificial Intelligence (AI), Natural Language Processing (NLP), and Natural Language Generation (NLG), these models have evolved and have stepped into almost every industry. In the growing field of AI, it has become essential to have…

Google DeepMind Researchers Propose a Novel AI Method Called Sparse Fine-grained Contrastive Alignment (SPARC) for Fine-Grained Vision-Language Pretraining

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Contrastive pre-training using large, noisy image-text datasets has become popular for building general vision representations. These models align global image and text features in a shared space through similar and dissimilar pairs, excelling in tasks like image classification and retrieval. However, they need help with fine-grained tasks such as localization and spatial relationships. Recent efforts…

Meet einx: A Python Library that Allows Formulating Many Tensor Operations as Concise Expressions Using Einstein Notation

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Meet einx, a novel Python library developed in the tensor operations landscape, offers a streamlined approach to formulating complex tensor operations using Einstein notation. Inspired by einops, einx distinguishes itself through a fully composable and powerful design, incorporating []-notation for expressive tensor expressions. Developed by researchers, this library is a versatile tool for efficient tensor…

This 200-Page AI Report Covers Vector Retrieval: Unveiling the Secrets of Deep Learning and Neural Networks in Multimodal Data Management

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Artificial Intelligence has witnessed a revolution, largely due to advancements in deep learning. This shift is driven by neural networks that learn through self-supervision, bolstered by specialized hardware. These developments have not just incrementally advanced fields like machine translation, natural language understanding, information retrieval, recommender systems, and computer vision but have caused a quantum leap…

This AI Research Introduces Fast and Expressive LLM Inference with RadixAttention and SGLang

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Advanced prompting mechanisms, control flow, contact with external environments, many chained generation calls, and complex activities are expanding the utilization of Large Language Models (LLMs). On the other hand, effective methods for developing and running such programs are severely lacking. LMSYS ORG presents SGLang, a Structured Generation Language for LLMs that collaborates on the architecture…

NVIDIA AI Introduces ChatQA: A Family of Conversational Question Answering (QA) Models that Obtain GPT-4 Level Accuracies

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Recent advancements in conversational question-answering (QA) models have marked a significant milestone. The introduction of large language models (LLMs) such as GPT-4 has revolutionized how we approach conversational interactions and zero-shot response generation. These models have reshaped the landscape, enabling more user-friendly and intuitive interactions and pushing the boundaries of accuracy in automated responses without…

MIT and Google Researchers Propose Health-LLM: A Groundbreaking Artificial Intelligence Framework Designed to Adapt LLMs for Health Prediction Tasks Using Data from Wearable Sensor

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The realm of healthcare has been revolutionized by the advent of wearable sensor technology, which continuously monitors vital physiological data such as heart rate variability, sleep patterns, and physical activity. This advancement has paved the way for a novel intersection with large language models (LLMs), traditionally known for their linguistic prowess. The challenge, however, lies…

Researchers from Washington University in St. Louis Propose Visual Active Search (VAS): An Artificial Intelligence Framework for Geospatial Exploration 

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In the challenging fight against illegal poaching and human trafficking, researchers from Washington University in St. Louis’s McKelvey School of Engineering have devised a smart solution to enhance geospatial exploration. The problem at hand is how to efficiently search large areas to find and stop such activities. The current methods for local searches are limited…

Meet VMamba: An Alternative to Convolutional Neural Networks CNNs and Vision Transformers for Enhanced Computational Efficiency

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There are two major challenges in visual representation learning: the computational inefficiency of Vision Transformers (ViTs) and the limited capacity of Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) to capture global contextual information. ViTs suffer from quadratic computational complexity while excelling in fitting capabilities and international receptive field. On the other hand, CNNs offer scalability and linear complexity…

Zhipu AI Introduces GLM-4 Model: Next-Generation Foundation Model Comparable with GPT-4

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A research team from Zhipu AI introduced a new model at their recent event in Beijing, GLM-4 addressed the challenge in the field of Large Language Models (LLMs). It focuses on the need for improved context lengths, multimodal capabilities, and faster inference speeds. The existing models face issues in handling extensive text lengths while maintaining…