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• 🚨Coalition for Secure AI (CoSAI)

• 📁Mistral NeMo 12B

• 🍓OpenAI's Project Strawberry

• 🇬🇧New UK government and AI

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Coalition for Secure AI (CoSAI)

Google, OpenAI, Microsoft, Amazon, Nvidia, Intel, and other major AI companies are forming the Coalition for Secure AI (CoSAI) to address the fragmented landscape of AI security. The initiative, announced on Thursday, aims to provide access to open-source methodologies, frameworks, and tools to enhance AI security.

CoSAI, which will operate within the nonprofit Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards (OASIS), will focus on developing best practices for AI security, addressing AI challenges, and securing AI applications. Companies like IBM, PayPal, Cisco, and Anthropic are also joining CoSAI.

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Mistral NeMo 12B

Mistral AI and NVIDIA have launched the Mistral NeMo 12B, a state-of-the-art language model designed for enterprise applications like chatbots, multilingual tasks, coding, and summarization. This collaboration combines Mistral AI’s expertise in training data with NVIDIA’s optimized hardware and software ecosystem, resulting in exceptional performance.

Packaged as an NVIDIA NIM inference microservice, it offers quick deployment and is available as part of NVIDIA AI Enterprise, including support and security features for reliable performance and data integrity. The model is open-source under the Apache 2.0 license and accessible on platforms like Hugging Face. Mistral AI continues to push the boundaries of AI with innovative approaches and strategic partnerships, solidifying its position as a strong competitor in the AI model space.

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OpenAI's Project Strawberry

OpenAI is working on a potentially groundbreaking project, codenamed Strawberry, aimed at developing advanced reasoning capabilities in AI models, according to leaked internal documents. This initiative seeks to enable AI to learn, adapt, and solve problems like the human brain, which is crucial for achieving artificial general intelligence (AGI). The project, still in progress and tightly kept secret, is expected to push the boundaries of AI beyond current capabilities, focusing on human-like reasoning and autonomous deep research.

OpenAI's CEO Sam Altman hinted at future iterations of AI with better capabilities, reassuring that the company is considering ethical implications as AI technology advances.

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New UK government and AI

During the state opening of Parliament, King Charles III outlined the new Labour government’s legislative agenda, hinting at future AI regulation but without specific details. The speech indicated plans to establish legislation for developing powerful AI models, marking a shift from the previous Conservative government's cautious approach. The Labour Party’s manifesto had promised to support AI development and introduce regulations to ensure safety and prevent misuse, such as banning explicit deepfakes.

However, the specifics of "binding regulation" remain undecided. The AI industry anticipates clear guidance, while balancing innovation and regulation remains a challenge. The new government inherits commitments from the previous administration, such as the global AI Safety Summit, but certainty about the UK's AI legislative regime is still awaited.