a phone in a forest next to a trail sign that reads “Local” –ar 5:3 –style raw

This week’s category cover theme is a sign in a forest.  Each category image prompt is a derivative of the formula “an [category themed object]  in a forest with a trail sign that reads “[category name]”.  Using a theme each week takes the cover creation time down to about 20 minutes, rather than several hours.

Microsoft Phi-Silica: 3.3B small AI model made for Copilot+ PC NPUs | VentureBeat

New models added to the Phi-3 family, available on Microsoft Azure | Microsoft Azure Blog

“Phi-3 small & medium are now available under the MIT license! 🚀@Microsoft has just launched Phi-3 small (7B) and medium (14B) 🤯. The Phi-3 small model claims to outperform @AIatMeta’s Llama 3 and @MistralAI, and the Phi-3 medium model GPT-3.5 and @cohere Command R+. 🤔 TL;DR: 

“You can now have an AI agent in your mobile operating system. Here are 3 things it can do: 1. Hook into system-level triggers like notifications 2. Use any app that’s already installed on the device 3. Read data and gather context across sandboxed applications  

“The built-in GPU on an M3 MacBook Pro is fast. I’m testing it by multiplying two 10,000 x 10,000 matrices using PyTorch. 3.72 ms when running on metal. 14.4 ms on the CPU (4 times slower.) I get similar results using TensorFlow and JAX. I love this computer. 

“No cloud, no cost, no data sent to anyone, no problem. Welcome to local AI on Hugging Face! 

“Unleash your creative potential with Cocreator, an amazing new, fast, and free way to create in real-time with AI on your PC. Here is a demo from my colleague Erica. https://twitter.com/yusuf_i_mehdi/status/1792626471552336101

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AI News #34: Week Ending 05/24/2024 with Executive Summary and Top 47 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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