Meta Set to Release ChatGPT Competitor
Meta intends to publish a commercial version of its artificial intelligence (AI) model to achieve wider adoption. According to sources close to Meta, the new version will be more generally accessible. It may be customized by businesses, even though the company already issued its large language mode (LLM) for researchers and academics called LLaMa earlier […]
Sarah Silverman Files Lawsuit Against Meta, OpenAI
Sarah Silverman and authors Richard Kadrey and Christopher Golden have filed copyright infringement lawsuits against LLaMa and ChatGPT by Meta Platforms and OpenAI, respectively. Meta and OpenAI allegedly used the plaintiffs’ content without permission to train their respective artificial intelligence (AI) systems. According to the court documents filed against Meta, many of the plaintiffs’ copyright-protected […]
Meta’s ‘Voicebox’ Generalizes Text-to-Speech
Meta AI Voicebox is a text-to-speech (TTS) tool that generates results up to 20 times faster than comparable state-of-the-art artificial intelligence models. Voicebox eschews traditional TTS architecture in favor of a model analogous to OpenAI’s ChatGPT or Google’s Bard. Meta’s offering can generalize through in-context learning, one of the primary distinctions between Voicebox and similar […]
Mistral AI Raises $113M in Seed Funding
Mistral AI, an artificial intelligence startup created by ex-Meta and Google researchers, has recently raised $113M in seed funding. Former Google DeepMind and Meta AI researchers co-founded Mistral AI in May 2023 to develop open-source generative AI models. Two months after its debut, a new artificial intelligence (AI) startup and competitor to ChatGPT’s creator, OpenAI, […]
Senators Question Meta’s AI Model LLaMA over Ethical Risks
Meta’s AI language model LLaMA leaked online in February, has drawn criticism from two US senators who fear it could be exploited for criminal purposes. Meta, formerly known as Facebook, released LLaMA (Large Language Model Meta AI) in late February as a research tool for the AI community. LLaMA is a state-of-the-art foundational large language […]