On December 19, 2024, at a press conference, ZhiYuan Research Institute and Tencent announced the launch of LongBench v2, a benchmark designed to evaluate the deep understanding and reasoning capabilities of large language models (LLMs) in real-world long text multi-task scenarios. The platform aims to advance long text models in understanding and reasoning, addressing the current challenges faced by large language models in practical applications.
As one of the most watched AI startups outside of OpenAI and Anthropic, Cohere was valued at $5.5 billion in July. One of the company's co-founders is an author of the paper 'Attention Is All You Need,' which is considered critical to sparking the revolution of large language models (LLMs). Headquartered in Toronto and San Francisco, Cohere focuses on providing AI solutions for enterprise clients, rather than pursuing a similar path as other companies.
Nexa AI recently unveiled its new OmniAudio-2.6B audio language model, designed to meet the efficient deployment demands of edge devices. Unlike traditional architectures that separate automatic speech recognition (ASR) and language models, OmniAudio-2.6B integrates Gemma-2-2b, Whisper Turbo, and a custom projector into a unified framework. This design eliminates the inefficiencies and delays associated with linking various components in traditional systems, making it especially suitable for resource-constrained computing.