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BULGARIA ENTERED THE TOP NETWORK FOR AI DEVELOPMENT

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BULGARIA JOINS ELLIS

04.09.2023 |

Bulgaria is the first country in Eastern Europe to join Europe’s most elite artificial intelligence development network ELLIS

 

Recently, Bulgaria, represented by the Institute for Systems and Artificial Intelligence Research (INSAIT), has been extended a coveted invitation to join the European Laboratory for Learning and Intelligent Systems (ELLIS). This strategic move marks Bulgaria’s debut as a member of a select group of nations dedicated to advancing artificial intelligence (AI) research and innovation.

The official announcement of this partnership was made by Prime Minister Nikolay Denkov, joined by Professor Anastas Gerdzhikov, Rector of St. Sofia University Kliment Ohridski, and Professor Martin Vechev, the visionary behind INSAIT. The collaboration between these prominent entities signifies a significant stride toward enhancing Bulgaria’s influence in the global AI landscape.

Securing an invitation to ELLIS is no small feat. The stringent selection process scrutinized INSAIT’s Bulgarian candidacy for over a year. ELLIS, which stands as Europe’s paramount AI development network, aspires to position the continent as a preeminent force in AI innovation, challenging the supremacy of the United States and China.

Through the Institute for Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence and Technology (INSAIT) and St. Kliment Ohridski”, the first point of the top network in the region – “ELLIS Unit Sofia” is established.One hallmark of ELLIS is its exclusive membership, which includes only the most distinguished research organizations worldwide that have demonstrated exceptional prowess in AI research. Today, INSAIT joins the ranks of esteemed institutions like the University of Oxford, the University of Cambridge, the German Aerospace Center (DLR), EPFL (Lausanne), ETH Zurich, Max Planck Institute (Tubingen), Technion (Tel Aviv), TU Munich (Munich), Sorbonata (Paris), and more. This association propels Bulgaria into the upper echelons of AI research, fostering collaborations with global thought leaders.

INSAIT is the first institute of its kind in Eastern Europe. It is a partnership between Sofia University and the Swiss ETH Zurich and EPFL. The Bulgarian state will invest in the Institute for Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence and Technology about 170 million BGN within 10 years.

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META INTRODUCES SEAMLESSM4T

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META INTRODUCES SEAMLESSM4T

23.08.2023 |

Meta has introduced SeamlessM4T, the first universal multimodal and multilingual translation model with artificial intelligence that allows users to communicate across language barriers. SeamlessM4T is currently available to researchers and developers under the appropriate license. The metadata of SeamlessAlign, the largest open-source multimodal translation dataset with 270,000 hours of learned speech, has also been published.

Creating a universal language translator is no easy task, and current speech-to-text and text-to-speech systems cover only a small fraction of the world’s languages. Building on the achievements of researchers around the world who have been striving for many years to create a universal translator, SeamlessM4T uses a unified systems approach to increase the efficiency and quality of translations by reducing errors and delays compared to segmented model methods. It leverages learnings from these efforts to provide multilingual and multimodal translation through a unified model built from disparate oral data sources, yielding state-of-the-art results. SeamlessM4T supports:

  • Speech recognition in almost 100 languages;
  • Speech-to-text conversion for nearly 100 input and output languages;
  • Speech-to-text conversion supporting nearly 100 input languages and 36 output languages;
  • Text-to-speech translation for nearly 100 languages;
  • Text-to-speech, supporting nearly 100 input languages and 35 output languages.

SeamlessM4T marks a new milestone in the development of artificial intelligence technology that bridges language gaps and facilitates connection and communication between people speaking different languages.

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OPENAI ALLOWED COMPANIES TO RETROFIT GPT-3.5 TURBO WITH THEIR OWN DATA

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OPENAI ALLOWED COMPANIES TO RETROFIT GPT-3.5 TURBO WITH THEIR OWN DATA

23.08.2023 |

Companies using the language model of the GT-3.5 Turbo family can now adapt it to their needs by entering their own selected data. As a result, this customised model can match or even exceed the ability of the GPT-4 to perform highly specialised tasks.

Since the release of the TURBO family of AI models in the beginning of the year, developers and companies have been pushing to have the ability to customise the model so that it can more fully meet user requirements. For example, to create a unique chatbot to help clients by communicating with them in a certain language or in a certain way. Until now, only the GPT-3 like dаvіnсі-002 and bаbbаgе-002 models offered similar capabilities, writes Thе Vеrgе.

The advantages of this customisation include increased manageability of the model (the model follows the inputs much better); reliable formatting of the output ( when responses have to be provided in a certain format); customisation of the tone, including imitation of the brand voice, for example for advertisement or internal communications. For IT companies, the GPT-3.5 Turbo model offers the possibility for Al to create a routine voiceover or to format and finalise different fragments of a voiceover.

The GPT-3.5 Turbo model family can process up to 4,000 characters simultaneously, which according to OpenAl is twice as many as previous models. Tests show that after fine-tuning using the company’s data, the beacons became up to 90% faster.

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