Alibaba vs Meta

Alibaba ready to lock horns with Meta's Llama 2

August 3rd, 2023

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🚀 Hello AI Mavericks!

Today's 'AI so far' edition is a thrilling ride. Alibaba is challenging Meta in the AI arena with two potent open-sourced models. We're also highlighting Meta's latest open-source initiative.

In global news, the UK's Risk Register is flagging AI & nuclear threats.

And for a dash of fun, our AI Humor Hub is ready to tickle your funny bone.

Let’s dive in!

Today’s Edition

  • Big Insight: Alibaba Sets the AI Stage to Compete with Meta

  • AI News & Tech: Meta Strikes a New Chord: New Open-Source Initiative

  • 5 AI Tools to Skyrocket your productivity

  • Investments: Stay AI Raises $15.1M in Series A Funding

  • Meme so far: AI Humor Hub

🗞️ Big Insight so far…

Alibaba Sets the AI Stage to Compete with Meta

Alibaba Cloud is gearing up to compete with Meta Platforms in the AI race by introducing two open-sourced AI models, Qwen-7B and Qwen-7B-Chat, each equipped with 7 billion parameters.

Key points:

  • These large language model (LLM)-based AI models can create applications like chatbots.

  • Alibaba becomes the first Chinese tech company to release open-sourced AI models.

  • Alibaba is also supporting Meta's Llama 2 model, allowing Chinese businesses to utilize it for developing programs and software.

  • Companies with over 100 million monthly active users are required to obtain a license from Alibaba to use their AI models.

🕥 AI & Tech News so far…

🎵 Meta Strikes a New Chord: New Open-Source Initiative More details →
🤖 Tesla Working On Final Piece Of The FSD AI Puzzle - Elon Musk More details →
🇺🇸 Artificial Intelligence Caucus wants the creation of an AI research centre More details →
🚊 High-Speed Rail Construction Embraces AI-Powered Builders More details →
🇬🇧 UK’s Risk Register Flags AI & Nuclear Threats More details →

🛠️ AI Tools so far…

5 AI Tools that Skyrocket Your Productivity

ChatGPT: ChatGPT is a chatbot that takes instructions from you and provides a detailed response.

Bing AI Search: Find better answers with this GPT-powered search tool.

Babs: Personal assistant to help you manage your daily tasks and communication.

Chorus AI: Cloud platform for sales teams that can transform conversations into data and insights.

Midjourney: Midjourney uses text to generate images of anything you can imagine.

💰 So far so good…

Investments in AI & Tech so far

🤣 Meme so far…

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