Cohere’s Command R Model Family is Now Available In Amazon Bedrock

Cohere’s Command R Model Family is Now Available In Amazon Bedrock

Cohere’s new Command R+ model, part of the Command R family, is now available on Amazon Bedrock. These state-of-the-art language models are designed for enterprise workloads, offering advanced Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG), multi-step automation, and multilingual support in 10 languages. The models aim to enhance productivity and efficiency for businesses in various sectors. Cohere emphasizes security and data privacy, enabling seamless AI integrations for operations like customer support and marketing. More details can be found in the AWS News launch blog. (Read More)

OpenAI’s Sam Altman and Other Tech Leaders to Serve on AI Safety Board

Sam Altman of OpenAI and leaders from Nvidia, Microsoft, and Alphabet are among those joining a new U.S. federal advisory board focused on the secure use of AI in critical infrastructure. This board, chaired by the Secretary of Homeland Security, aims to develop AI usage recommendations for industries like power, transportation, and manufacturing, while addressing potential risks to public safety and national security. The board was established by a presidential executive order to ensure AI technologies are deployed safely and responsibly. (Read More)

OpenAI and Financial Times Strategic Partnership

The Financial Times (FT) has announced a strategic partnership and licensing agreement with OpenAI. This collaboration aims to enhance ChatGPT with FT's attributed content and develop new AI products for FT readers. FT will provide ChatGPT users access to select summaries, quotes, and links to its journalism. Additionally, FT is using ChatGPT Enterprise to boost employee productivity. FT Group CEO John Ridding highlights the partnership’s importance in surfacing quality journalism through AI, emphasizing transparency, attribution, and compensation. OpenAI’s COO Brad Lightcap expressed enthusiasm about enriching AI with credible journalism. The agreement marks FT’s continuous innovation in media and technology. (Read More)

TikTok, Robots, and Opportunities in Consumerland!

In Kevin Zhang's Substack article "TikTok, Robots, and Opportunities in Consumerland!", he discusses what Western startups can learn from Chinese consumer companies. He highlights China's advanced and convenient super-app ecosystem, widespread use of computer vision, and dense urban populations, which create a highly efficient consumer environment. Zhang suggests that Western startups can adopt new user interface designs and focus on revenue-generating products, particularly in consumer robotics. Despite current challenges in the venture capital landscape, he remains optimistic about opportunities for innovative consumer startups, especially with the integration of generative AI and single-use consumer robotics. (Read More)

Getting Started With Mistral

Enroll in the free short course, "Getting Started with Mistral," to explore Mistral AI’s open source and commercial models and learn to integrate them into applications. The course covers usage of the Mixtral models, effective prompting techniques, function calling, JSON mode, and building a basic Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) system. Suitable for beginners, it is instructed by Sophia Yang and available for a limited time during the DeepLearning.AI platform beta. (Read More)