🧠 Meta Unveils Mini Llama 3 Models, Microsoft's AI PCs Aim to Outshine Apple's Latest, Electric Car Evolution Through Imperfection
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Meta Platforms to Lunch Small Versions of Llama 3 Next Week. Meta Platforms is planning to launch two versions of its forthcoming Llama 3 large-lenguage model next week, according to a Meta employee. The models will serve as a precursor to the launch of the biggest version of Llama 3, expected this summer. The release of the two small models will likely help spark excitement for the forthcoming Llama 3, which will be coming out roughly a year after Llama 2 launched last July. By Sylvia Varnham via The Information
𝕏: LLaMA 3's will start to drop next week. Assuming there's a 7B version, I'm expecting it to far surpass the current Mistral model. - Matt Shumer (@mattshumer_)
Microsoft is confident Windows on Arm could finally beat Apple. Microsoft is getting ready to fully unveil its vision for “AI PCs” next month at an event in Seattle. Sources familiar with Microsoft's plans tell The Verge that Microsoft is confident that a round of new Arm-powered Windows laptops beat Apple’s M3-powered MacBook Air both in CPU performance and AI-accelerated tasks. By Tom Warren via The Verge
𝕏: scoop: Microsoft is confident Windows on Arm will finally beat Apple's M3 MacBooks Air. New Arm-powered Surface devices are expected to deliver "faster app emulation than Rosetta 2." - Tom Warren (@tomwarren)
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Sometimes, to Make an Electric Car Better, You've Got to Make It a Little Worse. We're at an inflection point in electric-car optimism. Over the past few years, as electric vehicle sales increased substantially and car companies announced an onslaught of new battery-powered models, it seemed that electric cars were a near-term inevitability. But for all the heady promise, E.V. enthusiasm seems to be cooling. Ford recently announced that it’s cutting production targets for the Lightning, its electric truck. Brag-and-bluster Tesla projected that sales growth in 2024 would be “notably lower” than in recent years. By Ezra Dyer via The New York Times
𝕏: We are in boom times for stupid EV takes, but I gotta say, this is the single stupidest f'ing thing I've ever read on the subject. Just amazing. - David Roberts (@drvolts)
Google Expands In-House Chip Efforts in Costly AI Battle. Google is making more of its own chips, rolling out new hardware that can handle everything from YouTube advertising to big data analysis as the company tries to combat rising artificial-intelligence costs. The new chip, called Axion, adds to Google’s efforts stretching back more than a decade to develop new computing resources, beginning with specialized chips used for AI work. By Miles Kruppa via WSJ
Choosing the right GPU for AI, machine learning, and more. Chip manufacturers are producing a steady stream of new GPUs. While they bring new benefits to many different use cases, the number of GPU models available from each manufacturer can overwhelm developers working with machine learning workloads. To decide which GPU is right for your organization, a business and its developers must consider the costs of buying or renting the GPU to support the type of workload to be processed. By Kevin Cochrane via InfoWorld
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