Tag: Artificial Intelligence Development

  • Apple AI Team: Former Googlers Constitute Significant Share

    Apple AI Team: Former Googlers Constitute Significant Share

    Apple has initiated efforts in the realm of artificial intelligence to stay competitive with the likes of OpenAI and Google in terms of AI capabilities. Since 2018, Apple has onboarded a minimum of 36 professionals skilled in AI development from Google, as per a study by the Financial Times analyzing LinkedIn profiles. Notably, John Giannandrea, Google’s former AI head, now serves as Apple’s top AI executive.

    Apple’s Focus on AI Talent Acquisition

    An Apple Research Paper recently unveiled details about multimodal large language models, showcasing six authors who transitioned from Google within the last two years. Furthermore, out of the 31 authors, nine identified Google as their previous employer on LinkedIn. Additionally, two professionals made the move from Microsoft to Apple. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has also made efforts to recruit Google’s AI researchers through personal correspondence.

    The Ongoing “AI Talent War”

    This trend is indicative of a broader "AI talent war" among tech giants. Notably, Google attracted Logan Kilpatrick, OpenAI’s former head of developer relations. In line with Apple’s AI development, the company has assembled a team of AI experts within a clandestine European laboratory based in Zurich. These professionals boast experience working with major tech companies, including Google. Referred to as the "Vision Lab," this facility appears to concentrate on advanced multimodal large language models. Apple’s other AI hubs are situated in California and Seattle.

    Enriching iOS 18 with AI Features

    Anticipated developments aim to enhance iOS 18 with generative AI functionalities across various applications such as Siri, Spotlight, Shortcuts, Apple Music, Messages, Health, Keynote, Numbers, and Pages. Apple opts for an on-device approach to power these features and has recently acquired French startup Datakalab to bolster the development of its on-device large language model.

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  • Baidu Reveals Groundbreaking AI Tools and Models

    Baidu Reveals Groundbreaking AI Tools and Models

    Chinese technology giant Baidu recently showcased an array of cutting-edge artificial intelligence (AI) models and development tools at their inaugural Create 2024 Baidu AI Developer Conference held in Shenzhen. This event marked an important step toward making AI development accessible, encouraging individuals with various levels of technical proficiency to join this evolving AI landscape.

    Baidu Emphasizes AI And Natural Language Development

    At the conference, Robin Li emphasized the increasing relevance of natural language programming as an AI development tool. Li stressed the power of speaking as a programming language which could transform anyone into a developer while encouraging creativity and innovation within AI field.

    ERNIE Models And AI Solutions

    Baidu’s ERNIE models, which have seen immense traction since their launch, was one of the highlights of this event. Notably, their conversational AI bot, with over 200 million registered users (ERNIE Bot), became an innovative breakthrough for China’s AI sector. Furthermore, with over 200 million daily queries handled via their API and 85,000 enterprise clients using Qianfan solutions provided by Baidu AI solutions as evidence of widespread use and impact exhibited at Qianfan and API services respectively.

    Empowering Developers With AI Toolkits

    Baidu recently unveiled three AI development toolkits – AgentBuilder, AppBuilder and ModelBuilder. Each is intended to ease development processes; individuals from diverse technical backgrounds can now quickly develop AI applications or agents without extensive coding requirements.

    Apollo VTA for Autonomous Driving

    Baidu unveiled Apollo VTA (Vision Takes All), its vision foundation model for autonomous driving. Trained on real data gleaned from over 100 million kilometers of test drives, Apollo VTA excels at visual perception to further increase safety and adaptability when deployed autonomous driving scenarios.

    Innovation Challenge and Future AI Development Trends at ERNIE Cup

    Baidu unveiled the second ERNIE Cup Innovation Challenge, with incentives of up to RMB 50 Million available to groundbreaking AI products or applications that show innovation. This competition aims to encourage creativity in this domain while pushing progress forward. Throughout this conference, Baidu CEO highlighted three AI development trends expected to have an influence over future adoption; MoE (Mixture of Experts), small models tailored specifically for certain scenarios and agents powered by foundation models as examples of future trends that should affect adoption: MoE(Mixture of Experts), small models tailored specifically for specific scenarios and agents powered by foundation models.

    Conclusions on AI Development

    Create 2024 offered a diverse program of events to attendees, including industry forums, AI development classes and interactive experiences, that demonstrated Baidu’s dedication to democratizing AI development while sparking creativity across various sectors. Through cutting-edge innovations like these Baidu hopes to accelerate AI adoption while opening doors towards more dynamic technological future.

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