In today's pursuit of efficient and humanized management, Aeon, a large Japanese supermarket chain, has sparked widespread controversy by using AI technology to monitor employee smiles.On July 16, Yahoo Japan reported that Aeon has rolled out an AI system called "Smile-Kun" in 240 stores since July 1. This system analyzes employees' smiles and volume, providing real-time feedback to enhance customer service skills.The Smile-Kun system requires employees to greet it daily, then scores them based

Elon Musk recently announced in an interview with psychologist and author Jordan Peterson that xAI will release its latest artificial intelligence model, Grok2, next month.Musk stated that Grok2's performance is expected to be on par with GPT-4, having been trained on approximately 15,000 H100 GPUs. Meanwhile, the release of Grok3 is scheduled for December, which Musk claims will be the most powerful AI model.During the interview, Musk further revealed that Grok3 is currently being trained at th

Recently, Xiaohongshu officially announced the launch of an intriguing tech account named "TechPotato," introducing its entrepreneurial project: the world's first AI-powered convenience store.According to official information, the "AI Convenience Store" is a collaboration between TechPotato and top authors across the web, along with renowned tech companies, to curate the most authentic and visually appealing AI-related content, which is then offered as "limited edition products" for continuous o

Recently, a research team from Microsoft Research and Beihang University has jointly introduced a novel framework called E5-V, aimed at providing a more efficient solution for multi-modal embeddings. With the continuous advancement of artificial intelligence, multi-modal large language models (MLLMs) have become a focal point of research, as they are capable of understanding both textual and visual information simultaneously, thereby better handling complex data relationships. However, effective

Nvidia Corporation (Nvidia, NVDA) experienced a significant surge in stock prices during Monday's morning trading session, becoming the focal point of market attention. This surge was primarily due to the company's announcement that its upcoming Blackwell chip for the Chinese market complies with U.S. export control requirements. Following a sell-off in the stock market last week, chip stocks rebounded, and Nvidia's share price also increased.It is reported that Nvidia will collaborate with Chin

Llama 3.1 has been leaked! You heard that right, this open-source model with 405 billion parameters has caused quite a stir on Reddit. It might be the closest open-source model to GPT-4o to date, and even surpasses it in certain aspects.Llama 3.1 is a large language model developed by Meta (formerly Facebook). Although the official release has not yet been made, the leaked version has already stirred up the community. This model not only includes the base model but also benchmark results for 8B,

Recently, the Stability AI team introduced a new open-source audio generation model named Stable Audio Open. This model's unique feature is its ability to generate stereo audio up to 47 seconds long from text prompts, with a sampling rate as high as 44.1kHz.Product Entry:https://top.aibase.com/tool/stable-audio-open-demo Unlike many popular audio generation models currently available, Stable Audio Open's weights are open, meaning anyone can view, modify, and extend this model. This design philos

Recently, Musk announced on the social platform X (formerly known as Twitter) that his company, xAI, is conducting training on the world's most powerful AI training cluster — the "Memphis Supercluster" located in Memphis, Tennessee. This cluster will be the largest capital investment in the city's history, attracting significant media attention. According to local news reports, this supercluster is equipped with 100,000 liquid-cooled Nvidia H100 graphics processing units (GPUs). These chips, in

Recently, Cohere, a well-known large language model platform focused on AIGC, has caught the attention of many. Bloomberg reported that Cohere successfully secured $550 million in its Series D funding round, with the company's valuation reaching $5.5 billion. The lead investor in this round of funding is PSP Investments, a Canadian pension investment management company. Other investors include Cisco, Fujitsu Japan, AMD Ventures, and Export Development Canada, among other reputable institutions.C

As the Paris Olympics draw near, Google's Gemini AI technology is set to make its debut at the event, partnering with NBCUniversal and the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC) to integrate AI into the coverage of the games. Google is not only providing AI commentary but has also become the official AI sponsor for the US national team. NBC has announced the launch of personalized daily event recaps generated by AI, narrated by the AI version of sports commentator Al Michaels. View

Recently, Arcee AI has officially launched its latest open-source language model — Arcee-Nova. This new model, based on Qwen2-72B-Instruct, has quickly emerged in the open-source community as one of the most outstanding models. Evaluations show that Arcee-Nova's performance is nearly on par with GPT-4 from May 2023, marking a significant milestone for Arcee AI and bringing new hope to the entire AI community.Arcee-Nova is a sophisticated model that combines Qwen2-72B-Instruct with a custom-tune

Recently, Apple Inc. has open-sourced the DCLM-Baseline-7B model, a move that is sure to have a profound impact on the development of AI language models. The open-sourcing of the DCLM-Baseline-7B model is not just about the release of code; more importantly, it encompasses the entire chain from pre-training datasets, data processing procedures, training processes, to evaluation components. This means that researchers and developers can gain a comprehensive and in-depth understanding of the model

Microsoft researchers have recently unveiled an innovative research called SpreadsheetLLM, aimed at addressing the challenges faced by large language models (LLMs) when parsing electronic spreadsheets. According to a paper published on Arxiv on July 12th, SpreadsheetLLM enables LLMs to "read" spreadsheet content through an encoding framework. This research is expected to significantly enhance the efficiency of data management and analysis in spreadsheets, allowing users to ask questions of AI in

Google is set to host its next major hardware event on August 13th at 10 AM (Pacific Time), which is approximately two months earlier than the typical mid-fall "Made by Google" event. Notably, Google will announce its latest flagship product, the Pixel 9, ahead of Apple's iPhone 16.Google has not provided an explanation for this reshuffle. Perhaps, with less than a month to go before the most bizarre presidential election in American modern history, things might get too chaotic. Meanwhile, Googl

Japanese retail giant AEON has recently introduced a new technology—the AI Smile Monitoring System, aimed at enhancing employee service quality. Developed by Japanese tech company InstaVR, the system, known as "Mr Smile," evaluates service attitude by analyzing over 450 factors including facial expressions, voice volume, and tone. AEON is rolling out this system across its 240 stores in Japan, with plans to standardize employee smiles through this technology to boost customer satisfaction.The s

With the launch of OpenAI's new large language model, GPT-4o Mini, CEO Sam Altman has finally acknowledged the issues with the company's naming conventions. The GPT-4o Mini is promoted as being more cost-effective than its non-Mini counterpart, making it particularly suitable for businesses developing their own chatbots. However, this complex and cumbersome naming has drawn widespread criticism.This time, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has finally responded to external criticism, admitting that the combi

How to transform chaotic data into useful information is becoming increasingly important. Recently, Neo4j introduced a brand-new tool – the Neo4j LLM Knowledge Graph Builder, which can easily convert unstructured data into structured knowledge graphs, making data processing more efficient.Product Access: https://top.aibase.com/tool/llm-graph-builder The Neo4j LLM Knowledge Graph Builder leverages a series of powerful machine learning models, including OpenAI, Gemini, Llama3, etc. Through these

In the field of video production and image processing, the "de-flicker" technology has always been crucial for enhancing video quality. With the advancement of technology, a new de-flicker algorithm called BlazeBVD has emerged, capable of not only quickly removing flicker from videos but also maintaining the integrity and color authenticity of the video content. BlazeBVD, short for Blaze Blind Video Deflickering, is an automated video de-flicker technology. It can effectively improve the tempora

Recently, Apple's AI team, in collaboration with institutions such as the University of Washington, has introduced an open-source language model named DCLM. This model boasts 700 million parameters and was trained using a staggering 2.5 trillion data tokens, aiding us in better understanding and generating language. So, what exactly is a language model? In simple terms, it is a program capable of analyzing and generating language, assisting us in various tasks such as translation, text generatio

In the realm of artificial intelligence, the boundaries of language are constantly being shattered. ElevenLabs' latest release, the Turbo2.5 model, with its exceptional performance and multilingual support, once again demonstrates this phenomenon.The new Turbo2.5 model from ElevenLabs not only supports 32 languages including Hindi, French, Spanish, Mandarin, and more, but also achieves a threefold increase in speed with latency reduced to 300 milliseconds. This advancement undoubtedly provides s