Subj : Salesforce’s AI Strategy 🤖, Meta LlamaCoder 💻, Qwen 2.5 2️⃣ To : tldr@synchro.net From : TLDR AI Date : Thu Sep 19 2024 01:23 pm --y4kRatMT Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Salesforce is overhauling its AI strategy, introducing generative AI tool= s for tasks without human supervision and revising its pricing model= =C2=A0=20 Sign Up [1] |Advertise [2]|View Online [3]=20 =09=09TLDR = =09=09TOGETHER WITH [WorkOS] [4] TLDR AI 2024-09-19 YOUR A= PP =E2=86=92 ENTERPRISE-READY (SPONSOR) [4]=20 You don't want to lose l= ife-changing deals on a technicality. 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Salesforce's New AI Strateg= y Acknowledges That AI Will Take Jobs (5 minute read)

Salesforce is overhauling its AI strate= gy, introducing generative AI tools for tasks without human supervision and= revising its pricing model to $2 per AI-driven conversation. This shift ai= ms to address investor concerns about AI-induced job losses impacting subsc= ription-based revenues. The new AI tools offer higher efficiency and autono= my compared to traditional copilots and chatbots.
Qwen 2.5 (12 minute read)

An impressive array of open models that= approach the frontier of performance. Specifically, they have strong perfo= rmance on code, math, structured output, and reasoning. The Qwen team has a= lso released a suite of sizes for a variety of use cases.
Create Full Web Apps with L= lamaCoder (8 minute read)

Together AI and Meta have partnered to = make a tool that enables users to build entire apps from just a prompt on t= he LlamaCoder platform. It is akin to Claude Artifacts but purely created t= o show off the speed of Together AI's inference engine.
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Research & Innovation

BitNet without retraining (= 18 minute read)

The Hugging Face team, using a new tech= nique called quantization warm up, fine-tuned Llama 3 8B and maintained Lla= ma 1 performance while quantizing it to use 1.58 Bits per parameter.
1x World Model (7 minute re= ad)

1x, a robotics company, has trained a v= ideo generation model that can be used to simulate first person views of ro= botic activity. This can be helpful for offline data generation and robot t= raining.
Diagram of Thought: Iterati= ve Reasoning in Language Models (12 minute read)

The Diagram of Thought (DoT) framework = introduces a new way for large language models to reason by organizing idea= s into a directed acyclic graph (DAG). This method allows models to propose= , critique, refine, and verify ideas, improving logical consistency.
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AI + Process Orchestration = =3D Intelligent Automation (Sponsor)

While AI gets most of the spotlight, it= needs to be thought of as a part of the whole automation journey. Using AI= alongside process orchestration can unlock more efficiencies and increase = the likelihood of success with AI.

Learn how to get started: Read = The Ultimate Guide to Intelligent Automat= ion by Camunda

ZML Inference (GitHub Repo)=

ZML is a lightning fast inference engin= e written in Zig that is designed with performance in mind. It can be used = for a variety of models, although it requires some customization to get wor= king for a new architecture.
Adversarial Attacks on Navi= gation Agents (GitHub Repo)

This repository introduces a new attack= method for embodied navigation agents that attaches transparent patches wi= th learnable textures to target objects.
Graph Anomaly Detection: A = Survey (29 minute read)

This paper offers an in-depth review of= deep learning methods, particularly graph neural networks (GNNs), for dete= cting anomalies in graph data. Researchers introduce a novel taxonomy of ap= proaches, analyzing GNN designs, proxy tasks, and anomaly measures.
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SocialAI offers a Twitter-l= ike diary where AI bots respond to your posts (9 minute read)

SocialAI, a new iOS app, offers a socia= l media experience solely populated by AI-powered bots, eliminating human i= nteraction. Users can share thoughts and receive endless, tailored AI-gener= ated responses, choosing from categories like "supporters" or "critics." Fo= under Michael Sayman aims to provide a private, interactive space leveragin= g large language models for diverse feedback.
Academic Text Parsing (GitH= ub Repo)

AceParse is a dataset designed to impro= ve the parsing of structured texts in academic papers, including formulas, = tables, and complex sentences.
Jumping Over AI's Uncanny V= alley (9 minute read)

This article explores the Uncanny Valle= y theory, which suggests that discomfort with almost-human AI could hinder = its adoption. It examines recent advancements in AI that bring this psychol= ogical phenomenon into focus, questioning its potential impact on AI's futu= re. The piece concludes by suggesting that AI's best use may be in a comple= mentary role rather than as a human replacement.
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The data that makes realist= ic AI voice generation possible (Sponsor)

Learn how human-curated language data s= upports innovative text-to-speech advancements and gives content creators m= ore control over voiceover. Watch the recorded webinar by Oxford Languages and WellSa= id
Mercor's $30M Series A (1 m= inute read)

Mercor raised $30M from Benchmark to bu= ild an AI recruiter.
Cancer Detection (GitHub Re= po)

SkinMamba is a hybrid model that combin= es CNN and Transformer techniques to improve skin lesion segmentation for e= arly cancer detection.
Amazon Alexa can now be con= trolled by thought alone - thanks to this brain implant (2 minute read)

Synchron has enabled an ALS patient to = control Amazon's Alexa with a brain implant, bypassing the need for voice o= r touch.

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