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New AI text diffusion models break speed barriers by pulling words from noise

Ars Technica

On Thursday, Inception Labs released Mercury Coder , a new AI language model that uses diffusion techniques to generate text faster than conventional models. Traditional large language models build text from left to right, one token at a time. They use a technique called " autoregression." Read full article Comments

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Massive Foundation Model for Biomolecular Sciences Now Available via NVIDIA BioNeMo

NVIDIA AI Blog

Scientists everywhere can now access Evo 2, a powerful new foundation model that understands the genetic code for all domains of life. The NVIDIA NIM microservice for Evo 2 enables users to generate a variety of biological sequences, with settings to adjust model parameters.

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AI firms follow DeepSeek’s lead, create cheaper models with “distillation”

Ars Technica

Leading artificial intelligence firms including OpenAI, Microsoft, and Meta are turning to a process called distillation in the global race to create AI models that are cheaper for consumers and businesses to adopt. Read full article Comments

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Gemini gets new coding and writing tools, plus AI-generated “podcasts”

Ars Technica

On the heels of its release of new Gemini models last week, Google has announced a pair of new features for its flagship AI product. Canvas lets you refine the AI-generated documents right inside Gemini. Starting today, Gemini has a new Canvas feature that lets you draft, edit, and refine documents or code.

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Moonvalley launches an AI video generator built for moviemaking

Fast Company Tech

A well-funded AI lab with a deep bench of research talent is releasing a powerful new model that generates high-definition video for the film and advertising industries. That compromises the models understanding of fine-grained detail, leading to uncanny or distorted outputs (like misrendered fingers).

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Apple will use its street view Maps photos to train AI models

Engadget

Apple plans to start using images it collects for Maps to train its AI models. In a disclosure spotted by 9to5Mac , the company said starting this month it would use images it captures to provide its Look Around feature for the additional purpose of training some of its generative AI models.

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Snapchat launches generative AI video Lenses

Engadget

Snapchat's future includes generative AI video Lenses, wherein users can watch themselves cuddling with virtual animals on screen. Meanwhile, the third one called Spring Flowers will generate a bouquet of flowers and use a zoom-out effect to reveal who's holding it.