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This week, the AI space saw significant updates as top companies unveiled new models and tools. AI21 Labs released Jamba 1.5, AnthropicAI improved Claude 3, and Bindu Reddy introduced Dracarys, a code-centric model. Researchers also made progress in rapid optimization and hybrid architectures, highlighting ongoing advances that will revolutionize AI capabilities and applications.
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- New model released: AI21 Labs has released Jamba 1.5, an extended model that has faster inference speed and superior performance in long-term context processing, outperforming models like Llama 3.1 70B.
- Model Improvement: AnthropicAI updates Claude 3 with LaTeX rendering and fast caching, improving mathematical capabilities and query efficiency. Bindu Reddy introduces Dracarys, a leading open source model for coding tasks.
- Research progress: Significant progress in rapid optimization and hybrid architectures has improved AI’s ability to handle complex tasks and long-term contexts.
- AI Tools and Applications: New tools like Spellbook Associate for legal work and MLX Hub for model management expand the practical applications of AI.
- Challenges of the AI Industry: We highlight the challenges of achieving high accuracy in multi-step workflows and the debate between open-source and closed-source model performance.
- Regulation and Safety: There is ongoing discussion surrounding AI safety and regulation, particularly California’s SB 1047 and Anthropic’s stance on open-source model regulation.
AI Model Release and Development
AI21 Labs Releases Jamba 1.5
AI21 Labs has released Jamba 1.5, an extended version of the original Jamba model. The new model excels at long-context processing and offers up to 2.5x faster inference speed. It performs impressively in benchmarks, outperforming larger models like Llama 3.1 70B.
- Jamba 1.5 is a hybrid SSM-transformer MoE model available in mini (52B to 12B active) and large (398B to 94B active) versions.
- Key features include 256K context window, multilingual support, and optimized performance for long context operations.
- The model achieved a score of 65.4 on the Arena Hard benchmark, outperforming larger models like the Llama 3.1 70B.
Claude 3 AnthropicAI Update
Claude 3 has received updates including support for LaTeX rendering, and improved display of mathematical equations and expressions. Prompt caching is available in Claude 3 Opus, improving the efficiency of handling repeated queries.
Bindu Reddy’s Dracarys Release
Bindu Reddy announced Dracarys, claiming it to be the best open source 70B class model for coding. It outperforms Llama 3.1 70B and other models in benchmarks and is available on Hugging Face. This model significantly improves coding performance over other open source models.
Mistral Nemo Minitron 8B
This model outperforms Llama 3.1 8B and Mistral 7B on the Hugging Face Open LLM Leaderboard. This success suggests the potential benefits of pruning and refining larger models.
Phi-3.5 and Flexora
Microsoft’s Phi-3.5 model has been praised for its safety and performance. Flexora introduces a new approach to LoRA fine-tuning that achieves excellent results and reduces training parameters by up to 50%. The technology involves adaptive layer selection for LoRA.
AI Research and Technology
Rapid optimization
The challenge of prompt optimization is highlighted, and the complexity of finding the optimal prompt in a vast search space is highlighted. Simple algorithms such as AutoPrompt/GCG have shown remarkable performance in this area.
Hybrid Architecture
The hybrid Mamba/Transformer architecture is notable for being particularly effective for long context and fast inference tasks.
AI Applications and Tools
Order Form Association
Spellbook Associate is an AI agent for legal work that can categorize projects, execute tasks, and coordinate plans.
Rama Index 0.11
The latest version of llamaindex includes new features such as a workflow that replaces query pipelines and a 42% smaller core package.
MLX Hub
Introducing MLX Hub, a new command-line tool to search, download, and manage MLX models in Hugging Face Hub.
AI Development and Industry Trends
The task of AI agents
Achieving high accuracy across multi-step workflows in AI agents is highlighted as a critical challenge, similar to the last mile problem in autonomous vehicles.
Open Source vs. Closed Source Model
Most open source tweaks tend to improve narrow dimensions while reducing overall performance. Dracarys is known for improving overall performance.
AI Regulation
A letter to Governor Newsom discusses the costs and benefits of California’s proposed AI regulation bill, SB 1047.
AI hardware
We discuss the potential of combining resources from multiple devices for home AI workloads, emphasizing the importance of efficient hardware utilization.
AI Safety and Law
California’s SB 1047
The bill aims to regulate AI applications for safety. Organizations such as Stanford and Anthropic have expressed mixed views. Some see it as a necessary measure to mitigate AI risks, while others worry it could stifle innovation.
Anthropic’s Position on AI Regulation
Anthropic appears to be taking a more aggressive stance on open source LLMs, potentially proposing legislation to Senator Wienner, which has sparked debate about the balance between AI safety and innovation.
Our words
The past week has been a series of exciting developments and important discussions in AI. From AI21 Labs’ Jamba 1.5 setting a new benchmark in long-context processing to AnthropicAI’s Claude 3 update to Bindu Reddy’s Dracarys excelling at coding tasks, innovation continues to push the industry forward. Meanwhile, research into rapid optimization and hybrid architectures is reshaping AI capabilities, and discussions around AI safety and regulation are highlighting the growing need for responsible AI practices. As the field rapidly evolves, balancing technological advancements with ethical considerations will be critical to ensuring that AI benefits society as a whole.
Check back next week for more insights and updates in AI Chronicle.