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According to Alphabet’s CEO, Google’s Gemini is just the first of a series of next-generation AI models that Google plans to bring to market in 2024.

With the multimodal Gemini AI model, Google wants to at least catch up with OpenAI’s GPT-4. The model is expected to be released later this year. In the recent quarterly earnings call, Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai said that Google is “getting the model ready”.

Gemini will be released in different sizes and with different capabilities, and will be used for all internal products immediately, Pichai said. So it is likely that Gemini will replace Google’s current PaLM-2 language model. Developers and cloud customers will get access through Vertex AI.

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A group of artificial intelligence researchers from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) and Tencent YouTu Lab have developed an innovative framework, coined as “Woodpecker”, designed to correct hallucinations in multimodal large language models (MLLMs).

The research paper outlining this groundbreaking approach was published on the pre-print server arXiv, under the title Woodpecker: Hallucination Correction for Multimodal Large Language Models.

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Magnets are magnificent. Made of iron, aluminum, nickel, cobalt, and various other metals, they’re used in compasses for navigation, in medical imaging machines to see inside the human body, in kitchens to keep cabinets and refrigerators closed, in computers to store data and in new high-speed “hyperloop” trains that can travel at speeds of up to 76 miles per hour.

For environmentalists, however, the most exciting use yet for magnets might be a newly discovered application out of Australia’s Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, otherwise known as RMIT University: Using magnets, researchers there have discovered a novel way of removing harmful microplastics from water.

“[Microplastics] can take up to 450 years to degrade, are not detectable and removable through conventional treatment systems, resulting in millions of tons being released into the sea every year,” co-lead research Nasir Mahmood said in a statement. “This is not only harmful for aquatic life, but also has significant negative impacts on human health.”

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Researchers discover that Group A streptococcal infections alter immunoglobulin G (IgG) homeostasis to evade the immune system, affecting the transition from local to systemic infections. The study also raises concerns about the effectiveness of antibody-based therapies, as the bacteria’s virulence factors can degrade therapeutic antibodies.

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“Meet Kelvin Dafiaghor, a distinguished luminary in the fields of education and technology. As the Founder and Director of Ogba Educational Clinic in Nigeria, he has dedicated a decade to integrating AI and STEM education into African learning, particularly excelling in robotics and AI. His commitment extends globally, showcased by his participation in prestigious events like FINTECH Abu Dhabi in 2018 and a high-level conference in Morocco in 2019, where he advocated fervently for innovation and artificial intelligence as transformative forces in Africa. In 2021, he made a lasting impact at GISEC Dubai, emphasizing the role of AI in cybersecurity. Additionally, as the Regional Manager for Global STEM Initiative, he’s passionate about advancing STEM education worldwide. #gsiuganda #comingsoon Andrew Webb-Buffington KELVIN OGBA DAFIAGHORJosselin LavigneKasule RaphaelLorraine Tsitsi MajiriLily R. ASONGFACIvan Peter OtimKimani NyoikeGlobal STEM Initiative (GSI)RIIS LLC.

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