Hi AI Futurists,

Today, we're diving into how Nvidia’s latest move with NVLM 1.0 is shaking up the AI world. By releasing their new open-source AI model, Nvidia is taking on the big players like OpenAI and Google in a direct challenge to the dominance of proprietary systems.

This open-access approach could change how developers, researchers, and startups innovate in the AI space, making state-of-the-art technology more widely available.

Here is the full agenda —

• NVIDIA’s new models

• CustomGPT overview

• Top 3 selected AI tools

• Top news on the AI horizon

Best,
Lex

How AI is Impacting the World

Inside Nvidia’s New Open AI and Its Industry Impact

Nvidia has made waves by releasing its new NVLM 1.0, an open-source AI model that rivals proprietary systems like GPT-4. Leading this family of multimodal models is the NVLM-D-72B, a 72-billion-parameter system that excels in both visual and textual tasks. Nvidia’s decision to make this model and its weights publicly available breaks from the trend of keeping cutting-edge AI systems closed, a move that opens doors for researchers and developers everywhere.

The NVLM-D-72B model, in particular, shows impressive performance in tasks involving images and text, such as meme interpretation, image analysis, and math problem solving. Unlike other multimodal models that tend to lose text-based accuracy after visual training, NVLM-D-72B actually improved its performance on text-only benchmarks, making it a powerful tool for both visual and language tasks. AI researchers have praised the model, noting its comparable performance to LLaMA 3.1 and other giants, while its open-source nature could drive innovation across the field.

By making such a competitive model accessible to the public, Nvidia is challenging the status quo of the AI industry, and potentially competing with its own customers. They must think that growing the market is more important than profitability.

Important Points:

• Nvidia’s NVLM 1.0 family includes multimodal models, led by the NVLM-D-72B.

• NVLM-D-72B shows state-of-the-art performance in both visual and text-based tasks.

• Nvidia’s open-source move provides researchers with access to cutting-edge AI technology.

• The release could pressure other companies to follow suit but also raises ethical concerns.

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On the Horizon

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