Interesting announcements
Patronus AI launched Lynx, a model that can detect hallucinations in large language models
Hallucinations occur when LLMs generate responses that are coherent but do not align with factual reality or the input context. Patronus AI reported that Lynx achieved 8.3% higher accuracy than GPT-4 in detecting medical inaccuracies and surpassed GPT-3.5 by 29% across all tasks.
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Meta AI created a compact language model for mobile devices
The research team, formed by members of Meta Reality Labs, PyTorch and Meta AI Research (FAIR), focused on optimizing models with fewer than 1 billion parameters. This is a fraction of the size of models like GPT-4, which are estimated to have over a trillion parameters.
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Google Maps will add speedometer and speed limits for iOS and CarPlay
When the feature is enabled while navigating in Google Maps, drivers can see their vehicle speed in miles or kilometers, depending on their region. The speed indicator also changes colors if drivers go over the speed limit.
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Google’s dark web monitoring will soon be free for everyone
The company announced that its dark web monitoring service, also known as “dark web report”, will be made available to all Google users in 46 countries. Google previously offered this service solely to those with a Google One membership.
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Top new products
Honor Magic Vs 3
Honor Magic Vs 3 will have a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 processor, 12GB of RAM and 256 GB, 512 GB or 1 TB of storage. It will come with a 5,200mAh battery.
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Xiaomi 15 Pro
Xiaomi 15 Pro will have a 6.73-inch OLED screen, Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 processor and a 5,400mAh battery.
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