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Today:

• Suno AI Music Generator

• Cognition Labs Aim $2 Billion Valuation 

• ChatGPT: Account-Free Access

• Apple Outperforms GPT-4

• Perplexity's Ad Integration

• Cathaway Takes OpenAI Helm

HOLY $%#@ - AI Music is Absolutely INSANE (Suno AI V3)

Suno AI has released its version three, marking a significant advancement in AI music generation. Initially perceived as a mere toy, it has now evolved into a tool capable of creating music comparable to human-produced compositions. Users can effortlessly generate diverse musical styles and lyrics, either through their input or the built-in lyrics generator. 

Despite some basic lyrics, the overall quality is impressive, even surpassing amateur human efforts. While there's debate over its authenticity and impact on the music industry, the accessibility and addictiveness of Suno AI suggest it will gain widespread use, potentially reshaping how music is produced and consumed.

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Cognition Seeks $2 Billion Valuation for AI Code-Writing Tool

Cognition Labs, initially a cryptocurrency enterprise, has shifted its focus towards AI, creating a buzz with its AI code-writing tool named Devin. This innovation is gaining attention for its potential to revolutionize software development by automating complex coding tasks. The company is now in talks to raise funds at a $2 billion valuation, aiming for a substantial leap from its previous worth, with interest from major Silicon Valley investors like Founders Fund. 

This move comes amidst a wave of AI startups seeing significant valuation increases, underscoring the intense competition and high stakes in advancing AI technology, a field not just for tech giants but requiring hefty investments in data and research.

PYMNTS

ChatGPT no longer requires an account — but there’s a catch

OpenAI's ChatGPT is now accessible without an account, aiming to widen its user base. This version, while full-featured, lacks the ability to save or share chats and customize settings—features reserved for logged-in users. Despite this, users can opt out of having their chats used for AI training. 

The move introduces "more restrictive content policies" to ensure safety, though specifics remain unclear. This initiative reflects OpenAI's effort to democratize AI access while navigating challenges related to content moderation and potential abuse, promising to adapt based on user feedback and experiences.

TECHCRUNCH

Apple researchers develop AI that can ‘see’ and understand screen context

Apple researchers developed ReALM, an AI system enhancing voice assistants' ability to understand on-screen content contextually. ReALM converts reference resolution into a language modeling task, outperforming existing methods like GPT-4. By reconstructing screens and fine-tuning language models, it achieves over 5% improvement in on-screen reference understanding. 

Although it signals Apple's commitment to smarter products, it acknowledges limitations, suggesting the need for computer vision integration for complex visual references. Despite Apple's strides in AI, it faces fierce competition from tech rivals, necessitating continued innovation to stay relevant in the evolving AI landscape.

VENTUREBEAT

Gen-AI Search Engine Perplexity Has a Plan to Sell Ads

Perplexity, an AI search engine, plans to introduce native ads within its response to users' questions, aiming to monetize its platform. By incorporating AI to answer queries and offering related questions, Perplexity will allow brands to influence these suggested queries. While emphasizing its commitment to ad-free search, advertising was always part of Perplexity's business model. 

Founded by AI experts from Meta and OpenAI, Perplexity faces the challenge of proving its scalability, brand safety measures, and targeting effectiveness. With over 10 million monthly active users, Perplexity aims to address concerns about relevancy and brand safety as it ventures into ad monetization.

ADWEEK

Sam Altman gives up control of OpenAI Startup Fund, resolving unusual corporate venture structure

Sam Altman has relinquished control of OpenAI's Startup Fund to Ian Cathaway, as confirmed by OpenAI. Altman's temporary control posed a potential issue after his brief removal as CEO in November. The fund, with $325 million in gross net asset value, invests in early-stage AI-driven startups, including Descript and Ghost Autonomy. 

Cathaway, who managed the fund, now formally oversees it. Despite initial concerns, Altman had no personal investment or financial interest in the fund. The move aims to streamline OpenAI's corporate venture structure and ensure continuity in its investment activities.

🧠RESEARCH

Jamba: A Hybrid Transformer-Mamba Language Model

Jamba is a cutting-edge language model blending Transformer and Mamba layers in a hybrid architecture. With a mixture-of-experts approach, it maximizes model capacity while keeping parameter usage manageable. Efficiently fitting on an 80GB GPU, Jamba offers high throughput and excels in long-context evaluations, presenting state-of-the-art performance. Published by Opher Lieber and team, its flexible design allows for diverse configurations tailored to specific needs.

Transformer-Lite: High-efficiency Deployment of Large Language Models on Mobile Phone GPUs

"Transformer-Lite" proposes optimizations for deploying large language models (LLMs) on mobile phone GPUs efficiently. Techniques include dynamic shape model inference, operator optimizations, FP4 quantization (M0E4), and sub-tensor-based methods. Their implementation, compatible with Qualcomm and MTK processors, achieves significant speedups over CPU and GPU-based solutions, enhancing user experience.

Gecko: Versatile Text Embeddings Distilled from Large Language Models

Gecko introduces a versatile text embedding model by distilling knowledge from large language models (LLMs). Through a two-step process, it generates synthetic paired data and refines data quality by retrieving candidate passages for each query. Gecko outperforms larger models on the Massive Text Embedding Benchmark, showcasing its compactness and strong retrieval performance.

InstantSplat: Unbounded Sparse-view Pose-free Gaussian Splatting in 40 Seconds

InstantSplat revolutionizes novel view synthesis in 3D computer vision by swiftly generating 3D Gaussian representations from sparse-view, pose-free images in under a minute. Integrating point-based and dense stereo models, it improves accuracy and speed, outperforming traditional methods. InstantSplat reduces Absolute Trajectory Error by 80% and enhances SSIM by 32%, making it ideal for challenging scenarios.

ReALM: Reference Resolution As Language Modeling

ReALM introduces a novel approach to reference resolution by framing it as a language modeling problem. Leveraging Large Language Models (LLMs), it effectively handles various types of references, including non-conversational entities like on-screen elements. ReALM surpasses existing systems, achieving over 5% improvement for on-screen references and outperforming GPT-4 with larger models.

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