The Conversation

Large language models: how the AI behind the likes of ChatGPT actually works

The arrival of AI systems called large language models (LLMs), like OpenAI’s ChatGPT chatbot, has been heralded as the start of a new technological era. And they may indeed have significant impacts on ...

IBM’s new Granite 4.2 models ride the wave of interest in local LLMs

IBM has rolled out the newest models in its family of open-weight large language models designed to be downloaded and ...

Ropedia launches next-gen wearable capture device for robotic AI training data

Singapore-based robotics data infrastructure firm Ropedia Pte. Ltd. today announced the launch of HOMIE Gen2, the next ...

Using synthetic data for AI training is 'a big mistake,' says AI pioneer Rich Sutton

He said that the AI industry is headed in the wrong direction because of its reliance on synthetic training data.
The Economist

Training AI models might not need enormous data centres

Once, the world’s richest men competed over yachts, jets and private islands. Now, the size-measuring contest of choice is clusters. Just 18 months ago, OpenAI trained GPT-4, its then state-of-the-art ...
Geeky Gadgets

Learn the Secrets of Building Your Own GPT-Style AI Large Language Model

What if you could demystify one of the most fantastic technologies of our time—large language models (LLMs)—and build your own from scratch? It might sound like an impossible feat, reserved for elite ...
The Economist

Forget DeepSeek. Large language models are getting cheaper still

As recently as 2022, just building a large language model (LLM) was a feat at the cutting edge of artificial-intelligence (AI) engineering. Three years on, experts are harder to impress. To really ...

AI Sovereignty Comes To The Firm: What Thomson Reuters’ $40 MM Model Proves

In August 2024, Thomson Reuters acquired Safe Sign, a Cambridge-centered startup whose team included researchers and ...