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Microsoft open-sources Pi-3 Mini small language model that outperforms Meta’s Llama 2
Microsoft Corp. researchers today open-sourced Pi-3 Mini, a language model with 3.8 billion parameters that can outperform neural networks more than 10 times its size. The company says that Pi-3 Mini is compact enough to run on a 2022 iPhone. In contrast, the most advanced large language models on the market are often too complex ...
HPE debuts new IoT-optimized Wi-Fi 7 access points
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. today debuted a new family of access points for providing Wi-Fi coverage at locations such as office buildings. The HPE Aruba Networking 730 Series, as the product line is called, is based on Wi-Fi 7. That’s a recently introduced version of the wireless connectivity standard with four times the maximum speed ...
Meta makes its Horizon OS mixed reality operating system available to third parties
Meta Platforms Inc. today announced plans to make Meta Horizon OS, the operating system that powers its mixed reality headsets, available to third-party device makers. Microsoft Corp., Lenovo Group Ltd. and ASUSTeK Computer Inc. will be among the software’s first adopters. The companies plan to bring new mixed reality devices to market that will use ...
HR software maker Rippling closes $200M round at $13.5B valuation
Rippling People Center Inc., a startup that sells workforce management software and several related products, has raised $200 million in late-stage funding at a $13.5 billion valuation. The company detailed in its announcement of the raise today that Coatue was the lead investor. The deal, a Series F investment, also saw the participation of several ...
TikTok reportedly plans to challenge potential US ban in court
TikTok reportedly plans to file a legal challenge against U.S. lawmakers’ push to ban it or force the app to spin out of parent company ByteDance Ltd. Michael Beckerman, the head of U.S. public policy at TikTok, detailed the plan in an internal memo to employees. Bloomberg and the Financial Times published excerpts from the ...
Langdock reels in $3M for its LLM-agnostic enterprise chatbot
Langdock GmbH, a startup with an enterprise chatbot that allows users to change the underlying language model, has raised $3 million in seed funding to support its growth efforts. TechCrunch reported the investment today. General Catalyst and La Famiglia led the round with contributions from about two dozen other backers. According to Langdock, Y Combinator ...
Europol-led task force shuts down LabHost phishing platform, arrests suspected hackers
An international law enforcement task force has disrupted LabHost, a platform used by hackers to launch phishing campaigns. The takedown operation, which was revealed today, also saw officials arrest 37 individuals who are suspected of being involved in the phishing scheme. One of the apprehended individuals is believed to be LabHost’s original developer. LabHost was ...
Meta debuts next-generation Llama 3 LLM series and new chatbot features
Meta Platforms Inc. today debuted Llama 3, a new series of open-source large language models that the company says can outperform the competition across several task categories. The first two LLMs in the lineup feature 8 billion and 70 billion parameters. Down the road, Meta plans to expand the series with additional models that will ...
Google fires 28 workers over sit-in protesting its business ties with Israel
Google LLC has fired 28 employees who held protests at two of its offices over the company’s business ties with Israel. Chris Rackow, the search giant’s vice president of global security, announced the dismissals in an internal memo sent late Wednesday. The protests took place the previous day inside two of the offices Google maintains ...
Open-source LLM startup Mistral AI reportedly seeking new funding at $5B valuation
Mistral AI, a Paris-based large language model startup, is reportedly in talks with investors to raise capital at a $5 billion valuation. The Information reported the fundraising push on Tuesday evening, citing a person with direct knowledge of the matter. It’s believed Mistral could raise several hundred million dollars through the round. It’s unclear which ...