Researchers from Stanford and OpenAI Introduce ‘Meta-Prompting’: An Effective Scaffolding Technique Designed to Enhance the Functionality of Language Models in a Task-Agnostic Manner

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Language models (LMs), such as GPT-4, are at the forefront of natural language processing, offering capabilities that range from crafting complex prose to solving intricate computational problems. Despite their advanced functionalities, these models need fixing, sometimes yielding inaccurate or conflicting outputs. The challenge lies in enhancing their precision and versatility, particularly in complex, multi-faceted tasks….

This Machine Learning Survey Paper from China Illuminates the Path to Resource-Efficient Large Foundation Models: A Deep Dive into the Balancing Act of Performance and Sustainability

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Developing foundation models like Large Language Models (LLMs), Vision Transformers (ViTs), and multimodal models marks a significant milestone. These models, known for their versatility and adaptability, are reshaping the approach towards AI applications. However, the growth of these models is accompanied by a considerable increase in resource demands, making their development and deployment a resource-intensive…

This AI Report from the Illinois Institute of Technology Presents Opportunities and Challenges of Combating Misinformation with LLMs

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The spread of false information is an issue that has persisted in the modern digital era. The lowering of content creation and sharing barriers brought about by the explosion of social media and online news outlets has had the unintended consequence of speeding up the creation and distribution of different forms of disinformation (such as…

This AI Paper from Adobe and UCSD Presents DITTO: A General-Purpose AI Framework for Controlling Pre-Trained Text-to-Music Diffusion Models at Inference-Time via Optimizing Initial Noise Latents

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A key challenge in text-to-music generation using diffusion models is controlling pre-trained text-to-music diffusion models at inference time. While effective, these models can only sometimes produce fine-grained and stylized musical outputs. The difficulty stems from their complexity, which usually requires sophisticated techniques for fine-tuning and manipulation to achieve specific musical styles or characteristics. This limitation…

Meet PriomptiPy: A Python Library to Budget Tokens and Dynamically Render Prompts for LLMs

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In a significant stride towards advancing Python-based conversational AI development, the Quarkle development team recently unveiled “PriomptiPy,” a Python implementation of Cursor’s innovative Priompt library. This release marks a pivotal moment for developers as it extends the cutting-edge features of Cursor’s stack to all large language model (LLM) applications, including the popular Quarkle. PriomptiPy, a…

Google AI Presents Lumiere: A Space-Time Diffusion Model for Video Generation

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Recent advancements in generative models for text-to-image (T2I) tasks have led to impressive results in producing high-resolution, realistic images from textual prompts. However, extending this capability to text-to-video (T2V) models poses challenges due to the complexities introduced by motion. Current T2V models face limitations in video duration, visual quality, and realistic motion generation, primarily due…

Meet Orion-14B: A New Open-source Multilingual Large Language Model Trained on 2.5T Tokens Including Chinese, English, Japanese, and Korean

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With the advancement of AI in recent times, large language models are being used in many fields. These models are trained on larger datasets and require bigger training datasets. These are used in various natural language processing (NLP) tasks, such as dialogue systems, machine translation, information retrieval, etc. There has been thorough research in LLMs…

Researchers from the Tokyo Institute of Technology Introduce ProtHyena: A Fast and Efficient Foundation Protein Language Model at Single Amino Acid Resolution

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Proteins are essential for various cellular functions, providing vital amino acids for humans. Understanding proteins is crucial for human biology and health, requiring advanced machine-learning models for protein representation. Self-supervised pre-training, inspired by natural language processing, has significantly improved protein sequence representation. However, existing models need help handling longer sequences and maintaining contextual understanding. Strategies…

This AI Paper from Sun Yat-sen University and Tencent AI Lab Introduces FUSELLM: Pioneering the Fusion of Diverse Large Language Models for Enhanced Capabilities

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The development of large language models (LLMs) like GPT and LLaMA has marked a significant milestone. These models have become indispensable tools for various natural language processing tasks. However, creating these models from scratch involves considerable costs, immense computational resources, and substantial energy consumption. This has led to an increasing interest in developing cost-effective alternatives….

Google DeepMind Researchers Propose WARM: A Novel Approach to Tackle Reward Hacking in Large Language Models Using Weight-Averaged Reward Models

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In recent times, Large Language Models (LLMs) have gained popularity for their ability to respond to user queries in a more human-like manner, accomplished through reinforcement learning. However, aligning these LLMs with human preferences in reinforcement learning from human feedback (RLHF) can lead to a phenomenon known as reward hacking. This occurs when LLMs exploit…