Thu. 07/25 – Reddit’s Throwing Elbows Again

Once again, Reddit looks like it’s not worried about upsetting people. New generative search on Bing, new models from Mistral and a new video model from Stability. But did Runway train it’s video models on YouTube videos? We might have a smoking gun. But what if the dream of synthetic data for AI training is a mirage?
Once again, Reddit looks like it’s not worried about upsetting people. New generative search on Bing, new models from Mistral and a new video model from Stability. But did Runway train it’s video models on YouTube videos? We might have a smoking gun. But what if the dream of synthetic data for AI training is a mirage?
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Links:
- Google's Exclusive Reddit Access (404Media)
- Microsoft unveils Bing Generative Search — enhanced with AI, it's a complete overhaul of traditional search (WindowsCentral)
- Mistral shocks with new open model Mistral Large 2, taking on Llama 3.1 (VentureBeat)
- Stability AI steps into a new gen AI dimension with Stable Video 4D (VentureBeat)
- Runway Ripped Off YouTube Creators (404Media)
- The problem of ‘model collapse’: how a lack of human data limits AI progress (Financial Times)
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