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Microsoft AI News: Week Ending 03/08/2024

Microsoft may debut its first ‘AI PCs’ later this month – https://www.engadget.com/microsoft-may-debut-its-first-ai-pcs-later-this-month-204522580.html

Microsoft’s Mistral deal beefs up Azure without spurning OpenAI – The Verge – https://www.theverge.com/24087008/microsoft-mistral-openai-azure-europe

Microsoft AI engineer says Copilot Designer creates disturbing images – https://www.cnbc.com/2024/03/06/microsoft-ai-engineer-says-copilot-designer-creates-disturbing-images.html 

“Microsoft Research published a new paper introducing a new LLM variant breakthrough that’s just 1-bit in size, called BitNet b1.58. It’s a whopping 70x more energy efficient and 4x smaller than LLaMA. Learn more: https://t.co/NxSmzkMFjC https://t.co/KXnR3g2QX2” / X – https://twitter.com/rowancheung/status/1765958909523595711
“Introducing BitNet b1.58: 1.58-bit LLMs, in which every single parameter is ternary {-1, 0, 1}, that rival full-precision Transformer LLMs in performance while significantly boosting efficiency—paving the way for a new era of 1-bit LLMs. Learn more: https://t.co/NWeJHC5qex https://t.co/MyhFirqdIy” / X – https://twitter.com/MSFTResearch/status/1763607638456009211

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AI News #23: Week Ending 03/08/2024 with Executive Summary and Top 38 Links

The post you just read is an deep dive extension of my weekly newsletter, This Week In AI, an executive summary of the top things to know in AI. Each week, I create an accessible overview for laypeople to feel confident they are conversant with the week’s AI developments. I include a curated list of must-click links of the week, to offer everyone a hands-on opportunity to explore the most intriguing updates in artificial intelligence across various categories, including robotics, imagery, video, AR/VR, science, ethics, and more. Beyond the overview, I post these topic-based deeper dives (below). If you haven’t read this week’s overview, I recommend starting there.

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