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Databricks Launches DBRX, A New Standard for Efficient Open Source Models

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Wednesday, March 27, 2024
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SAN FRANCISCO, March 27, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Databricks, the Data and AI company, today announced the launch of DBRX, a general purpose large language model (LLM) that outperforms all established open source models on standard benchmarks. DBRX democratizes the training and tuning of custom, high-performing LLMs for every enterprise so they no longer need to rely on a small handful of closed models. Available today, DBRX enables organizations around the world to cost-effectively build, train, and serve their own custom LLMs.

Key Points: 
  • "We're excited about DBRX for three key reasons: first, it beats open source models on state-of-the-art industry benchmarks.
  • Second, it beats GPT-3.5 on most benchmarks, which should accelerate the trend we're seeing across our customer base as organizations replace proprietary models with open source models.
  • DBRX sets a new standard for open source models, enabling customizable and transparent generative AI for all enterprises.
  • A recent survey from Andreessen Horowitz found that nearly 60 percent of AI leaders are interested in increasing open source usage or switching when fine-tuned open source models roughly match performance of closed source models.

Databricks Launches DBRX, A New Standard for Efficient Open Source Models

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Wednesday, March 27, 2024
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SAN FRANCISCO, March 27, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Databricks, the Data and AI company, today announced the launch of DBRX, a general purpose large language model (LLM) that outperforms all established open source models on standard benchmarks. DBRX democratizes the training and tuning of custom, high-performing LLMs for every enterprise so they no longer need to rely on a small handful of closed models. Available today, DBRX enables organizations around the world to cost-effectively build, train, and serve their own custom LLMs.

Key Points: 
  • "We're excited about DBRX for three key reasons: first, it beats open source models on state-of-the-art industry benchmarks.
  • Second, it beats GPT-3.5 on most benchmarks, which should accelerate the trend we're seeing across our customer base as organizations replace proprietary models with open source models.
  • DBRX sets a new standard for open source models, enabling customizable and transparent generative AI for all enterprises.
  • A recent survey from Andreessen Horowitz found that nearly 60 percent of AI leaders are interested in increasing open source usage or switching when fine-tuned open source models roughly match performance of closed source models.

New study sheds light on how the brain learns to seek reward

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Wednesday, December 13, 2023
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SEATTLE, Dec. 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Imagine you're teaching a dog to play fetch. You throw a ball, and your dog sprints after it, picks it up, and runs back. You then reward your panting pup with a treat.

Key Points: 
  • But now comes the real trick for your dog: figuring out which part of that sequence earned the treat.
  • Dopamine, a key chemical messenger in the brain, is known to play a crucial role in this process.
  • A study published today in Nature by scientists at the Allen Institute, Columbia University's Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute , the Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown and Seattle Children's Research Institute sheds new light on this mystery.
  • This 'rewinding' process strengthens the behavior and helps the mice progressively identify which precise actions and sequences yield the reward.

Conservation X Labs Named 2023 Conservation Technology Award Winner by EarthRanger

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Wednesday, November 8, 2023
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Conservation X Labs (“CXL”) announced today that it was named a winner of the 2023 Conservation Technology Award by EarthRanger, a leading protected area management software from the Allen Institute for AI (AI2).

Key Points: 
  • Conservation X Labs (“CXL”) announced today that it was named a winner of the 2023 Conservation Technology Award by EarthRanger, a leading protected area management software from the Allen Institute for AI (AI2).
  • The award recognizes Sentinel, a smart camera system designed and engineered by CXL for the frontlines of the biodiversity crisis.
  • Sentinel provides near real-time information to rangers, conservationists, and researchers, enabling more dynamic protected area management and faster response to important events in the wild.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20231108494474/en/
    Sam Kelly, Director of Conservation Technology at Conservation X Labs, accepting the 2023 EarthRanger Conservation Technology Award (Photo: Business Wire)
    “We are immensely proud of this recognition of the Sentinel by EarthRanger,” said Dr. Alex Dehgan, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Conservation X Labs.

IUCN and AI2 to provide AI technology at no-cost to fast-track implementation of newly signed UN High Seas Treaty

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Thursday, September 21, 2023
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The remoteness and vastness of the high seas present a unique challenge for countries planning to establish and monitor marine protected areas (MPAs) under the BBNJ Agreement – also known as the UN High Seas Treaty.

Key Points: 
  • The remoteness and vastness of the high seas present a unique challenge for countries planning to establish and monitor marine protected areas (MPAs) under the BBNJ Agreement – also known as the UN High Seas Treaty.
  • “AI2 and IUCN will work at the technology and policy nexus, deploying cutting-edge technology and world-class policy expertise to promote early BBNJ Treaty implementation.
  • “AI will be an important part of the solution required to effectively monitor and manage high seas and marine protected areas,” said Ted Schmitt, Senior Director of Skylight at AI2.
  • At least 60 UN Member States must ratify the treaty for it to come into force.

VAST Data to Unleash the Potential of AI-Automated Discovery with Next-Generation Infrastructure at ‘Build Beyond’ on August 1st

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Tuesday, July 11, 2023
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Realizing the vision set at the company’s inception, VAST is expanding beyond its storage foundation to unlock the true promise of intelligent AI-based systems.

Key Points: 
  • Realizing the vision set at the company’s inception, VAST is expanding beyond its storage foundation to unlock the true promise of intelligent AI-based systems.
  • Eric Bermender, Pixar Animation Studios: Witness how Pixar leverages the VAST Data Platform to create captivating visual stories for global audiences, revolutionizing data-intensive animated feature productions.
  • “When we founded VAST in 2016, our vision was always to create an infrastructure that laid the foundation for advanced, generally intelligent AI systems,” said Renen Hallak, CEO at VAST Data.
  • On August 1st, we will build on that foundation of innovation and announce the company’s next chapter with the launch of the VAST Data Platform.”
    Join VAST at Build Beyond on August 1st at 12 p.m.

Quantexa Bringing Total Global Investment in Artificial Intelligence Research and Development to Over $250M by 2027

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Monday, July 10, 2023
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LONDON and NEW YORK, July 10, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Quantexa, a global leader in Decision Intelligence (DI) solutions for the public and private sectors, announced today that it will invest over $155M in the global artificial intelligence (AI) industry over the next three years to help clients advance the use of AI to protect, optimize, and grow their organizations. By 2027, Quantexa’s total global investment in AI will reach more than $250M.The investment marks Quantexa’s continued advancements in AI with the preview of its Generative AI technology, Q Assist. Quantexa also furthered its commitment to advancing the company’s existing AI Stack to enable its growing global ecosystem of clients and partners to unlock new industry-specific use cases for financial services, insurance, telecommunications, healthcare, and in the public sector. Quantexa’s Decision Intelligence platform and suite of solutions for data management, customer intelligence, KYC, risk, fraud, and financial crime have been deployed in over 70 countries. Analysis from the University of Washington suggests this investment will boost the global AI industry by $760M as the multiplier effect is realized. AI in Context: How Quantexa Augments and Automates Decision Intelligence with AI

Key Points: 
  • By 2027, Quantexa’s total global investment in AI will reach more than $250M.
  • The investment marks Quantexa’s continued advancements in AI with the preview of its Generative AI technology, Q Assist.
  • Quantexa’s Decision Intelligence platform and suite of solutions for data management, customer intelligence, KYC, risk, fraud, and financial crime have been deployed in over 70 countries.
  • Analysis from the University of Washington suggests this investment will boost the global AI industry by $760M as the multiplier effect is realized.

British AI Firm, Quantexa, Commits to Over £200M in AI Research and Development Investment by 2027

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Monday, July 10, 2023
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LONDON and NEW YORK, July 09, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Quantexa, a global leader in Decision Intelligence (DI) solutions for the public and private sectors, announced today that it will invest an additional £125M in the global artificial intelligence (AI) industry over the next three years to help clients advance the use of AI to protect, optimise, and grow their organisations. By 2027, Quantexa’s total global investment in AI will reach more than £200M.

Key Points: 
  • By 2027, Quantexa’s total global investment in AI will reach more than £200M.
  • The investment marks Quantexa’s continued advancements in AI with the preview of its Generative AI technology, Q Assist.
  • Analysis from University of Washington suggests this investment will boost the global AI industry by £600M as the multiplier effect is realised.
  • Composite AI: Quantexa’s Composite AI Stack aggregates the outputs of many different techniques, including machine learning, natural language processing and deep learning.

Databricks Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire MosaicML, a Leading Generative AI Platform

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Monday, June 26, 2023
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SAN FRANCISCO, June 26, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Databricks, the Data and AI company, today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire MosaicML, a leading generative AI platform. Together, Databricks and MosaicML will make generative AI accessible for every organization, enabling them to build, own and secure generative AI models with their own data. The transaction is valued at approximately $1.3 billion, inclusive of retention packages.

Key Points: 
  • Together, Databricks and MosaicML will enable any company to build, own and secure best-in-class generative AI models while maintaining control of their data
    SAN FRANCISCO, June 26, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Databricks , the Data and AI company, today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire MosaicML, a leading generative AI platform.
  • Together, Databricks and MosaicML will make generative AI accessible for every organization, enabling them to build, own and secure generative AI models with their own data.
  • Customers such as AI2 (Allen Institute for AI), Generally Intelligent, Hippocratic AI, Replit and Scatter Labs leverage MosaicML for a wide variety of generative AI use cases.
  • Databricks' unified Data and AI platform combined with MosaicML's generative AI training capabilities will provide a platform robust enough to serve the world's largest organizations and flexible enough to address a broad range of AI use cases.

Databricks Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire MosaicML, a Leading Generative AI Platform

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Monday, June 26, 2023
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SAN FRANCISCO, June 26, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Databricks, the Data and AI company, today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire MosaicML, a leading generative AI platform. Together, Databricks and MosaicML will make generative AI accessible for every organization, enabling them to build, own and secure generative AI models with their own data. The transaction is valued at approximately $1.3 billion, inclusive of retention packages.

Key Points: 
  • Together, Databricks and MosaicML will enable any company to build, own and secure best-in-class generative AI models while maintaining control of their data
    SAN FRANCISCO, June 26, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Databricks , the Data and AI company, today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire MosaicML, a leading generative AI platform.
  • Together, Databricks and MosaicML will make generative AI accessible for every organization, enabling them to build, own and secure generative AI models with their own data.
  • Customers such as AI2 (Allen Institute for AI), Generally Intelligent, Hippocratic AI, Replit and Scatter Labs leverage MosaicML for a wide variety of generative AI use cases.
  • Databricks' unified Data and AI platform combined with MosaicML's generative AI training capabilities will provide a platform robust enough to serve the world's largest organizations and flexible enough to address a broad range of AI use cases.