AI Needs No App Store

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Hello there! Your friendly AI Human, Amit Raja Naik, is back again with some exciting new developments. Meta is busy democratising AI with Llama 3 and Android-ing AR/VR with Horizon OS as Google and Apple mess with their app store rules. Let’s dive right in— Today, Meta took the bold step of expanding its mixed reality ecosystem by open-sourcing its Meta Quest operating system, Meta Horizon OS, to third-party hardware manufacturers. This enables companies such as ASUS, Lenovo, and Qualcomm to develop their own devices using the platform, similar to Google's approach with Android for smartphones. AI needs no app store  With AI, Meta is also brewing something similar by open-souring Llama 3. It now looks to dethrone the Apple App Store and Google Play Store. Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg recently spoke about his vision for AI, saying he doesn’t want it to end up like mobile apps.   “One thing that I think generally sucks about the mobile ecosystem is that you have these two gatekeeper companies, Apple and Google, that can tell you what you’re allowed to build,” said Zuckerberg in a recent podcast with Dwarkesh Patel.   He believes it is better for them to build a model themselves to ensure they do not end up in that position. “I don’t want any of those other companies telling us what we can build,” added Zuckerberg.   Zuck also disdained how Apple or Google stores control what is released. He spoke about how, in the past, when they wanted to launch new features, Apple didn’t allow it. “Nope, you’re not launching that,” Apple had apparently told Zuckerberg.  With AI in the picture, it becomes even more critical to avoid putting the power into a few hands, where their closed models control APIs and dictate what others can build with them. Zuck believes that Llama’s philosophy of open source should address this issue.  AI should be as open as the internet Meta’s AI chief, Yann LeCun, shares similar views, urging AI to be as open as the internet.  “Eventually, all our interactions with the digital world will be mediated by AI assistants,” said LeCun, explaining that these platforms will constitute a repository of all human knowledge and culture; they will constitute a shared infrastructure like the internet today.   He said that we cannot have a small number of AI assistants (OpenAI’s ChatGPTand alike) controlling the digital diet of every citizen across the world. “This will be extremely dangerous for diversity of thought, for democracy, for just about everything,” he added.  Hugging Face is the new AI app store Last week, Meta releasedearly versions of its latest large language model, Llama 3, and the reception has been huge. Clem Delangue, co-founder and CEO of Hugging Face, mentioned in a postthat there are already 1000 Llama 3 model variations that have been shared publicly on the platform, and expect 10,000+ models by next weekend.  Read the full story here.  Microsoft launches Phi-3, an LLM that runs on mobile devices  Microsoft recently launched Phi-3-Mini, a compact 3.8 billion parameter language model that runs natively on mobile devices, offering performance comparable to larger models like Mixtral 8x7B and GPT-3.5, with improved coding and reasoning abilities, optimised for robustness and safety.   Read more here.  AI should not be looked at as a solution chasing a problem  In our latest episode of Tech Talks, Kailash Nadh, the CTO of Zerodha, India’s largest broking company, decodes AI and open-source culture in India.  INDIA  Mega Networks plans to set up an AI server manufacturing facility in Maharashtra with an investment of INR 350-400 crore, benefiting from India's PLI scheme.  The Competition Commission of India has initiated a market study to assess the impact of AI on competition in various industries. Apple plans to employ over 500,000 people in India through its vendors within the next three years. Kerala Infrastructure and Technology for Education plans to train 80,000 secondary school teachers in Kerala on AI applications and responsible usage by August 2024. Workshop Wonders Join us for an exclusive webinar on ‘Automating Data Pipelines with Snowflake: Accelerating Data Integration and ETL Workflows’ on April 25, 2024. This insightful session is tailored for those keen on streamlining their data pipelines and accelerating time-to-insight.  What are you waiting for? Register now to secure your spot in this enriching journey towards advanced data handling. Click here >> Enjoying Sector 6 (formerly AIM Daily XO)? Share it with colleagues or friends – they can sign up here.   We love hearing from our readers! Have thoughts on our new format? Questions, comments, or ideas are always welcome. If there’s a specific topic in AI or analytics that you're curious about, tell us!  Reach out to us at info@analyticsindiamag.com. Stay tuned for more insights in our next edition! Curated with ♥️

                                                           

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