Dozen Basic AI FAQs

Last update: Friday 1/12/24 

This page contains links to responses by Google's Bard chatbot to 12 questions that should be asked more frequently, but aren't. As consequence, too many readily understood AI terms have become meaningless buzzwords in the media. 

The questions on this page are ordered by increasing specificity, so they should be read in numerical order. Most readers are less likely to understand Bard's answers to later questions if they haven't read its answers to questions that appear earlier in the list.

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The surprising power of Small Language Models (SLMs) ... TL;DR and podcast 21Dec23

Last update: Thursday 12/21/23 

Welcome to our 21Dec23 TL;DR summary + podcast about the past week's top AI story on our "Useful AI News" page ➡ Microsoft's newest small language model (SLM) and its benchmarks 

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TL;DR link ➡ HERE

First came the AI Big Bang; now comes the aftershocks and tremors... TL;DR and podcast 10Dec23

Last update: Sunday 12/10/23 

Welcome to our 12Dec23 TL;DR + podcast about the past week's top 3 AI stories on our "Useful AI News" page 1) The biggest aftershock: Google's Gemini, (2) Tremor: Meta and IBM lead an alliance, and (3) Another tremor: Apple’s new framework 

Demis Hassabis, PhD -- CEO, Google DeepMind

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TL;DR link ➡ HERE

Amazon's re:Invent, DeepMind's breakthrough, and Microsoft as OpenAI's partner ...TL;DR and Podcast 3Dec23

Last update: Monday 12/4/23 

Welcome to our TL;DR summary and podcast about the past week's top 3 AI stories on our "Useful AI News" page ➡ 1) Amazon's "re;Invent 2023" customer conference, (2) Google DeepMind's latest scientific breakthrough, and (3) A closer look at Microsoft's side of its partnership with OpenAI.

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