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Meta AI News: Week Ending 07/05/2024

July 5, 2024

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WhatsApp is developing a personalized AI avatar generator – The Verge

https://www.theverge.com/2024/7/4/24192112/whatsapp-ai-avatar-image-generator-imagine-meta-llama

“Meta’s anticipated Llama-3-405B model is reportedly displayed in a recent WhatsApp update. The new version may be close to launching.

Meta’s anticipated Llama-3-405B model is reportedly displayed in a recent WhatsApp update.

The new version may be close to launching.https://t.co/5kvQKtPoD9
— Rowan Cheung (@rowancheung) July 1, 2024

“The only question is whether it will be open weights. If so, then we have the first open-ish GPT-4 class model. If it goes like other open model releases, there is going to be a burst of rapid innovation, much of it good, but some bad (expect quality phishing attacks at scale).” / X

The only question is whether it will be open weights.

If so, then we have the first open-ish GPT-4 class model. If it goes like other open model releases, there is going to be a burst of rapid innovation, much of it good, but some bad (expect quality phishing attacks at scale). https://t.co/RSNGwV18PT
— Ethan Mollick (@emollick) June 30, 2024

“As one of the people who’s “been shown” these glasses they’re pretty cool 😭 Don’t count meta out, they might not win in LLMS but they have countless hardware projects they are working on

As one of the people who’s “been shown” these glasses theyre pretty cool 😭

Don’t count meta out, they might not win in LLMS but they have countless hardware projects they are working on pic.twitter.com/TXQp5aCPa5
— Chris (@chatgpt21) July 1, 2024

Meta Quest 3 takes on the Apple Vision Pro in mixed reality multitasking – The Verge

https://www.theverge.com/2024/7/3/24191722/meta-quest-horizon-os-67-multitasking-update

“📣 New research from GenAI at Meta, introducing Meta 3D Gen: A new system for end-to-end generation of 3D assets from text in <1min. Meta 3D Gen is a new combined AI system that can generate high-quality 3D assets, with both high-resolution textures and material maps end-to-end,

📣 New research from GenAI at Meta, introducing Meta 3D Gen: A new system for end-to-end generation of 3D assets from text in <1min.

Meta 3D Gen is a new combined AI system that can generate high-quality 3D assets, with both high-resolution textures and material maps end-to-end,… pic.twitter.com/rDD5GzNinY
— AI at Meta (@AIatMeta) July 2, 2024

Meta drops ‘3D Gen’ bomb: AI-powered 3D asset creation at lightning speed | VentureBeat

Meta drops ‘3D Gen’ bomb: AI-powered 3D asset creation at lightning speed

Meta 3D Gen | Research – AI at Meta

https://ai.meta.com/research/publications/meta-3d-gen

“@AndroidAuth Meta just announced Meta 3D Gen. It’s a new AI system that can generate detailed, high-quality 3D assets from text descriptions… in less than a minute Insane amount of potential applications for this in sectors like video games, VR, product design, etc

Meta just announced Meta 3D Gen.

It's a new AI system that can generate detailed, high-quality 3D assets from text descriptions… in less than a minute

Insane amount of potential applications for this in sectors like video games, VR, product design, etc pic.twitter.com/ntvhggLLwN
— Rowan Cheung (@rowancheung) July 3, 2024

Meta changes its labels for AI-generated images after complaints from photographers

https://www.engadget.com/meta-changes-its-labels-for-ai-generated-images-after-complaints-from-photographers-191533416.html

Meta drops AI bombshell: Multi-token prediction models now open for research | VentureBeat

Meta drops AI bombshell: Multi-token prediction models now open for research

Meta plans to bring generative AI to metaverse games | TechCrunch

Meta plans to bring generative AI to metaverse games

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