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Mila partners with Iter Innovandi to boost AI adoption in SMEs. Focuses on construction sector. Combines Mila's research expertise with Iter's customer focus. Aims to make advanced AI more accessible, driving innovation across Canada.

xAI released Grok-2, claiming it outperforms Claude 3.5 Sonnet and GPT-4-Turbo on LMSYS. It offers improved reasoning, real-time 𝕏 integration, and plans for multimodal features. Enterprise API access is coming soon.

IntellectAI launched Purple Fabric, an enterprise AI adoption platform for financial institutions with governed modules and Ethical AI framing.

California partner with NVIDIA for an AI education initiative. The program me will certify educators through NVIDIA's Deep Learning Institute, providing access to teaching materials and GPU-accelerated workstations. It aims to prepare students and adults for AI-driven careers across various sectors.

NVIDIA's AI tech transforms STEM education globally. GPU-accelerated curriculum in 5,000+ schools prepares students for AI-driven jobs. Offers RTX AI Toolkit, RAPIDS libraries, robotics support, and remote learning tools.

Mistral AI enables model customisation via La Plateforme and introduces AI Agents, allowing developers to create complex, shareable workflows.

The guide suggests fine-tuning, particularly parameter-efficient fine-tuning, as a more viable approach for smaller teams with limited resources compared to pre-training methods.

The guide identifies five scenarios where fine-tuning excels: customising tone and format, improving accuracy, addressing niche domains, reducing costs via distillation, and developing new abilities.

Meta AI's guide emphasises dataset quality for fine-tuning LLMs, suggesting small high-quality datasets often outperform larger low-quality ones. It compares full fine-tuning and PEFT techniques.

Google launched its AI Academy for American Infrastructure, selecting 15 startups to transform critical infrastructure using AI. The 12-week programme offers mentorship, AI training, and resources. Startups address issues like water management, transportation safety, and sustainable manufacturing.

SoundHound AI acquired Amelia, framing the deal as expanding conversational AI across new verticals and enterprise brands.

Stanford study reveals Western bias in AI chatbot alignment, compromising global effectiveness. Examined nine languages and regional dialects, finding cultural nuances lead to misunderstandings. Researchers explore causes and solutions for more inclusive AI.

Meta AI's $2 million grant programme supports innovative Llama 3.1 applications for global challenges, offering up to $500,000 per project in economic development, science, and public service.

Groq announced a $640 million Series D at a $2.8 billion valuation for LPU inference on 5 August 2024.

Zoox's robotaxis, powered by NVIDIA GPUs, process data from multiple sensors. Over 5 million autonomous vehicles are projected globally by 2030.