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EU goes hard on AI

EU goes hard on AI

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June 15, 2023

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Hey folks, today we have Meta’s new model for image recognition with a different framework from the existing ones.

The EU is nonstop with its bill on AI, but to what end? And Google has some new features like skin disease recognition, previewing clothes, etc.

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I-JEPA: The first AI model based on Yann LeCun’s vision for more human-like AI.

Oh, the plot thickens! It seems like Yann LeCun, Meta's Chief AI Scientist isn't just all talk. He said very early that ChatGPT is not that smart and is definitely not the way to AGI. He and his team are on the work to put some proof behind their words.

They have cooked up a brand new architecture that's set to shake up the AI scene. From what I gather, this newfangled architecture is all about training models that understand the big picture of images, rather than getting bogged down in predicting every single pixel.

Now I don’t know how technically correct that is, but the paper is coming at CVPR 2023 next week with the code and checkpoints open-sourced today. Will keep you all posted.

E.U. Parliament approves landmark AI Act, challenging tech giants’ power

EU’s back at it again with another draft law for AI getting approved. But I have mixed feelings about this. EU seems more like in a race, to get ahead US, or China or Japan. The race to regulate AI.

My worry is that this may hurt AI companies in the EU, leading to a lack of innovation in the region. Because they are talking about fines for open source (if misused), restrictions on APIs, and more.

I can hope that the regulations really work on things like secure systems and human adaptation and not be just another “accept cookies” banner.

A bunch of Google updates:

Just a few disjoint Google’s AI-related updates in their apps. Some are followup from Google I/O.

Google Lens can now search for skin conditions. (link)
New AI-powered travel and product search features. (link)
Preview clothes on different models. (link)
Google Maps gains glanceable directions and an expanded Immersive View. (link)

All of these are US only for now.

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