Meta’s open source AI MusicGen turns text and melody into new songs

Summary Meta’s MusicGen can generate short new pieces of music based on text prompts, which can optionally be aligned to an existing melody. Like most language models today, MusicGen is based on a Transformer model. Just as a language model predicts the next characters in a sentence, MusicGen predicts the next section in a piece …

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Bing chatbot now supports voice input on desktop

Matthias Bastian Online journalist Matthias is the co-founder and publisher of THE DECODER. He believes that artificial intelligence will fundamentally change the relationship between humans and computers. Microsoft has updated its Bing chatbot to enable voice mode on Edge for desktop, allowing users to ask questions using their voice. Cortana on Windows is dead, and …

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Researchers claim they hacked Nvidia’s NeMo framework

According to new research from Robust IntelligenceNvidia’s NeMo framework, designed to make chatbots more secure, could be manipulated to bypass guardrails using prompt injection attacks. In one test scenario, the researchers instructed the Nvidia system to swap the letter “I” for “J,” causing the system to expose personally identifiable information. Nvidia says it has since …

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Apple Vision Pro breaks 90 hertz refresh, but only when you do this

Picture: Apple Der Artikel kann nur mit aktiviertem JavaScript dargestellt werden. Bitte aktiviere JavaScript in deinem Browser und lade die Seite neu. Apple explains the refresh rate of the Vision Pro. The mixed reality headset usually runs at 90 hertz, but it can go faster. In an early video tutorial for interested developers, Apple also …

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Stable Diffusion startup launches Uncrop, free AI outpainting in your browser

Stability AI, the startup behind Stable Diffusion, has launched Uncrop, an AI-powered outpainting tool that allows users to change the dimensions of images by creating expanded backgrounds. Built on Stability AI’s text-to-image model, Stable Diffusion XL, Uncrop reconstructs images and adjusts visual canvases similar to generative fill in Photoshop. The tool is available for free …

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Language models defy ‘Stochastic Parrot’ narrative, display semantic learning

Summary Can language models like GPT-4 learn meaning, or are they stochastic parrots? A new research paper shows that the models learn more than some critics give them credit for. In a new study, researchers at CSAIL at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) show that language models can learn meaning even if they have …

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Nvidia, Oracle, and Salesforce Invest $270 Million in AI Startup Cohere

AI startup Cohere has raised $270 million in funding from investors including Nvidia, Oracle, and Salesforce. Cohere specializes in developing generative AI for businesses that securely handles sensitive company data, offering Large Language Models (LLMs) that can be tailored to customer needs. Founded by former members of Google’s Brain Team, the company’s language model is …

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Meta is a leader in open-source AI and plans to keep it that way

Summary With the half-published, half-leaked LLaMA model, Meta has started an open-source movement for language models. Meta plans to keep it open in the future. At an internal meeting and in the latest Lex Fridman podcast, Zuckerberg emphasizes that he still sees a lot of potential in open source. He counters criticism of this approach, …

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