Over two recent weeks a landslide of stories mostly revolved around large language models (LLM). Llama 3 was the biggest news, but the debut of new models by Microsoft, Mistral, and X.ai also pointed to a downstream impact. We also have a couple of nine-figure funding rounds, a nine-figure acquisition, and a new unicorn valuation is confirmed.

Read the news through the links below and watch my discussion with Eric Schwartz of Voicebot.ai, in which we break it all down via the YouTube video above.

Generative AI News

Top Story of the Week 🔦

8 Charts that Explain Enterprise Generative AI Adoption in 2024

LLMs on Parade 🎉

X.ai Announces Grok-1.5V Multimodal Foundation Model and a New Benchmark
Mistral's 8x22B LLM Mixes Performance with Efficiency
Microsoft's Phi AI Models Show it is Not Just an OpenAI Reseller
New Apple Acquisition Reinforces On-Device Generative AI Focus
AWS Widens Amazon Bedrock Platform With Custom Model Imports, Evaluation, Choices, and Content Filtering
OpenAI Enhances Assistants API with Advanced File Management and Cost Control Features

Generative AI Product Garden 🪴

Generative AI Funding Fountain 💰⛲️

Generative AI in the World 🌎

Amazon Music Introduces ‘Maestro’ Generative AI Playlist Builder

Generative AI News Rundown - LLM Palooza with Llama, Mistral, Phi & Grok, Plus New Funding, Adobe, Apple, and More - Voicebot Podcast Ep 379

The Voicebot Podcast

Generative AI News Rundown - LLM Palooza with Llama, Mistral, Phi & Grok, Plus New Funding, Adobe, Apple, and More - Voicebot Podcast Ep 379