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Large Language Models Get All the Hype, but Small Models Do the Real Work

There’s a paradox at the heart of modern AI: The kinds of sophisticated models that companies are using to get real work done and reduce head count aren’t the ones getting all the attention. Ever-more ...
MIT Technology Review

Anthropic can now track the bizarre inner workings of a large language model

What the firm found challenges some basic assumptions about how this technology really works. The AI firm Anthropic has developed a way to peer inside a large language model and watch what it does as ...
Quanta Magazine

To Make Language Models Work Better, Researchers Sidestep Language

Language isn’t always necessary. While it certainly helps in getting across certain ideas, some neuroscientists have argued that many forms of human thought and reasoning don’t require the medium of ...
The n-Category Café

The Agent That Doesn’t Know Itself

If you have used any of these agent interfaces, you will have noticed that after talking back and forth for a while, the ...
Tech Xplore on MSN

A better method for identifying overconfident large language models

Large language models (LLMs) can generate credible but inaccurate responses, so researchers have developed uncertainty quantification methods to check the reliability of predictions. One popular ...
Geeky Gadgets

AI Secret Thoughts : What’s Really Happening Inside AI’s Mind?

What if we could truly understand the “thoughts” of artificial intelligence? Imagine peering into the intricate inner workings of a large language model (LLM) like GPT or Claude, watching as it crafts ...
Nature

Large language models in psychology

The rise of large language models (LLMs) has revolutionized the capabilities of AI, allowing machines to generate human-like text, engage in conversations, and assist in decision-making processes.
InfoWorld

What is Llama? Meta AI’s family of large language models explained

Llama has evolved beyond a simple language model into a multi-modal AI framework with safety features, code generation, and multi-lingual support. Llama, a family of sort-of open-source large language ...
Defense One

For DOD, the future of large language models is smaller

The U.S. military is working on ways to get the power of cloud-based, big-data AI in tools that can run on local computers, draw upon more focused data sets, and remain safe from spying eyes, ...
IndustryWeek

Fluke Reliability Puts Large Language Models to the Test

Last year, I participated in a roundtable discussion on artificial intelligence at Fluke Reliability’s Thought Leadership Day ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Small Vs. Large Language Models

The proliferation of edge AI will require fundamental changes in language models and chip architectures to make inferencing and learning outside of AI data centers a viable option. The initial goal ...