Google says the median Gemini app text prompt consumes 0.24Wh of energy, about the same as running a microwave for a second, and emits 0.03g of CO2 equivalent
an official report confirms that Gemini consumes per query: — 0.24 Wh of energy (~9 seconds of TV) — 0.03 g of CO2 equivalent — 0.26 ml of water (about 5 drops) — blog: cloud.google.com/blog/prod...
Meta debuts the Llama API for fine-tuning and evaluating the performance of its Llama models, available in limited preview with pricing yet to be announced
You know what everyone has been pining for? — Yet another bespoke AI API! — I am so happy to see such movement in the sector. Things are in no way a quagmire of confusing interfaces representing ...
Mark Zuckerberg says Meta's Llama models have been downloaded 1B times since their 2023 debut, up from 650M downloads in early December 2024
In a brief message Tuesday morning on Threads, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the company's “open” AI model family, Llama, hit 1 billion downloads.
A US federal judge allows the Kadrey v. Meta case, in which authors allege Meta violated IP rights by using their books to train Llama models, to move forward
A federal judge is allowing an AI-related copyright lawsuit against Meta to move forward, although he dismissed part of the suit.
Meta defines the types of AI systems that it deems too risky to release, including ones capable of aiding in cybersecurity, chemical, and biological attacks
here's what that means Markus Kasanmascheff / WinBuzzer : Meta May Restrict Access to High-Risk AI Following Misuse of LLaMA Models Mudit Dube / NewsBytes : Meta won't release high-risk AI models—but ...
Sources: Meta set up four war rooms to analyze High-Flyer's DeepSeek, including two for how High-Flyer cut training costs and one on what data it may have used
“Wait, how much are we spending on research of little/no utility to Meta proper?” — “Wait, what? How much? How many Stanford PhDs did LeCun hire to endlessly fellate his ego?” — “Are you kidding...
Court docs: Mark Zuckerberg approved the Meta team that trains AI Llama models to use data from LibGen, a “links aggregator” to pirated, copyrighted material
Counsel for plaintiffs in a copyright lawsuit filed against Meta allege that Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg gave the green light …
Oracle reports Q2 revenue up 9% YoY to $14.06B, vs. $14.1B est., and signs a deal with Meta to train Llama models on Oracle's cloud; ORCL drops 7%+
Larry Ellison's Fortune Loses $15 Billion Itai Levitan / Forexlive : Mixed signals in the market: Google soars while Oracle dives Andrew Kessel / Yahoo Finance : What Analysts Are Saying After Oracle'...
Meta confirms it has made Llama models available for US national security applications, with partners like Anduril, Booz Allen, and Lockheed Martin using Llama
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch :
Meta debuts “quantized” versions of Llama 3.2 1B and 3B models, designed to run on low-powered devices and developed in collaboration with Qualcomm and MediaTek
so today we're releasing new quantized versions of Llama 3.2 1B & 3B that deliver up to 2-4x increases in inference speed and, on average, 56% reduction in model size, and 41% reduction in memory foot...