🧠 Anthropic revolutionizes Claude AI

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What to decode:

• 🧠 Anthropic revolutionizes Claude AI

• 🦄 Stability AI’s text-to-animation tool

• 🎥 EU tightens regulations on generative AI

• 🤖 AMP Robotos land $100m for their recycling robots

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🤖 Anthropic revolutionizes Claude AI

Anthropic, an AI research startup founded by former members of OpenAI, has achieved a significant breakthrough in the field of text-generating AI. The team has successfully revolutionized their AI model, Claude, by expanding its context window from a modest 9,000 tokens to an impressive 100,000 tokens.

Remember that frustrating message saying, "The message you submitted was too long"? Thanks to Claude's newly expanded context window, that inconvenience is rapidly becoming a thing of the past. This modification empowers Claude to analyze and interpret not just a few pages, but hundreds of pages of text.

To put this into perspective, Claude can now digest and analyze the entire text of "The Great Gatsby" in less than a minute. This remarkable capability represents a game-changing leap forward, surpassing OpenAI's GPT-4, which is currently in beta and limited to a context window of 32,000 tokens.

As for accessing Claude's new upgrades, at present, Anthropic has made them exclusively available to their business partners. If you're interested, you can visit their website and request API access.

🦄 Stability AI’s text-to-animation tool

Stability AI, a leading global pioneer in open-source artificial intelligence, has introduced an impressive tool called Stable Animation SDK, revolutionizing the field of text-to-animation.

Designed specifically for developers and artists, this cutting-edge tool seamlessly integrates with all Stable Diffusion models, including Stable Diffusion 2.0 and Stable Diffusion XL. By harnessing the power of this SDK, users can effortlessly create captivating animations by combining text with images or video.

🎥 EU tightens regulations on generative AI

Apologies, everyone, as we wrap up an eventful week, we find ourselves returning to the topic of regulations once again. The eagerly anticipated major bill has successfully passed in the EU, placing significant responsibilities on AI CEOs.

They will now be required to meticulously establish safety protocols, implement data governance measures, and devise strategies for mitigating potential risks. Furthermore, there are now guidelines in place for reporting and monitoring environmental impacts. These developments carry significant implications, which are likely beneficial overall.

For a comprehensive analysis, you can refer to the detailed report by TechCrunch, which also highlights the crucial modifications introduced.

🤖 AMP Robotos land $100m for their recycling robots

I thoroughly enjoy the excitement surrounding generative AI, but it's truly refreshing to shift our focus to a different topic, particularly one involving robots! There's something nostalgically appealing about it.

AMP Robotics, a company specializing in building robotics systems for recycling sorting, has recently received a remarkable $99 million investment from Microsoft's Climate Innovation Fund.

Their flagship robot, the AMP Cortex, impressively carries out 80-120 picks per minute. With a fleet of 275 robots, they have collectively identified an astounding 75 billion objects so far. This dedicated team continues to make a significant impact in preserving our environment.

Keep up the great work!

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FASCINATING FINDS

• On this day - May 12, 1941, German engineer Konrad Zuse unveils the Z3, now generally recognized as the first fully functional, programmable computer. Because Germany was fighting World War II, not much was known about the Z3 until after the war. (link)

• Weird but interesting - Roller coasters were invented to distract Americans from sin. In the 1880s, hosiery businessman LaMarcus Thompson hated that Americans were tempted by hedonistic places like saloons and brothels. So he set out to straighten up one of the most immoral places he could think of: Coney Island in New York. There, he built America’s first roller coaster to give New Yorkers some good, clean fun—away from seedier pastimes. (link)

• Mind-boggling statistics - 95% of the ocean and 99% of the oceans floor remains unexplored. (link)

MISCELLANEOUS

(News, podcasts, videos, blogs etc)

• Stability AI releases Stable Animation SDK, a powerful text-to-animation tool for developers. (link)

• Building ML infrastructure - Interview with Aditya Nambiar, Founding eng @ Fennel / Ex-tech lead @ Meta. (link)

• Google AI introduces MaMMUT - A simple architecture for joint learning for multimodal tasks. (link)

• Meta announces generative AI features for advertisers. (link)

• AI startup rewind gets 170 offers—and $350 Million valuation in unusual fundraising. (link)

• Not all languages are created equal in LLMs. (link)

• Do LLMs understand user preferences? (link)

• Supercharging search with generative AI. (link)

• AI will create more developers, not less. (link)

That's all for now!

As always, thanks for reading, and see you next time. 🫡