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Reflection 70B Shaking the World : September Highlights
DeepSeek V2.5: The Future of Open Source AI Models
Aether Mind
September 07, 2024
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Highlights
Cutting-Edge Advances in AI and Machine Learning: September Highlights
Get ready to dive into the latest innovations across AI and machine learning! This month's roundup includes breakthroughs in text-to-image models, multi-modal foundations, and advanced datasets. Explore how these advancements are shaping the future of technology.
AI Innovations and Models
- FLUX: The Future of Text-to-Image Models
FLUX, a state-of-the-art open-weights text-to-image model, is now available for deployment on Google Cloud via Hugging Face Deep Learning Containers FLUX.
- mPLUG-2: Modularized Multi-modal Foundation Model
Alibaba’s mPLUG-2 integrates text, image, and video for diverse applications, offering a comprehensive multi-modal solution mPLUG-2.
- MarioVGG: Text-to-Video Generation for Games
Explore MarioVGG, a diffusion model for generating consistent video content in the Super Mario Bros game universe MarioVGG.
Research and Papers
- Meta Flow Matching (MFM): Predictive Modeling for Treatment Responses
MFM enhances predictive modeling for patient-specific treatment responses and generative model adaptation MFM.
- SCD: Semantic Category Discovery from Images
Discover SCD, a method for assigning class names to images using a large, unconstrained vocabulary SCD.
- ViewCrafter: Generating High-Fidelity Novel Views
The ViewCrafter model excels in generating novel views from single or sparse input images with precise camera pose control ViewCrafter.
Datasets and Tools
- ArXivDLInstruct: Python Research Code Dataset
A new dataset with 778,152 Python functions from research code on ArXiv for instruct tuning ArXivDLInstruct.
- CRAFT: Synthetic Dataset Generation Through Corpus Retrieval
CRAFT provides a method for creating task-specific synthetic datasets using few-shot examples CRAFT.
- PrecisionChain: Clinical and Genetic Data Sharing Framework
This framework facilitates the sharing of clinical and genetic data for precision medicine applications PrecisionChain.
Tools and Frameworks
- GaussianFormer: Scene as Gaussians for 3D Prediction
GaussianFormer improves 3D semantic occupancy prediction with scene representation as Gaussians GaussianFormer.
- DepthCrafter: Consistent Depth in Videos
DepthCrafter offers consistent depth mapping for long open-world videos DepthCrafter.
- SVD Keyframe Interpolation: Generative Inbetweening
The SVD Keyframe Interpolation model adapts image-to-video models for improved keyframe generation SVD Keyframe Interpolation.
Stay ahead of the curve with these cutting-edge advancements that push the boundaries of AI and machine learning. Dive deeper into each topic by following the provided links!
Reflection 70B: The Groundbreaking LLM Shaking Up the AI World!
A new open-source model, Reflection 70B, developed by Matt Shumer and powered by Reflection-Tuning, is taking the AI community by storm. With a 99.2% GSM8K score and benchmark-beating performance over models like GPT-4o and Claude 3.5, Reflection 70B sets a new standard in open-source AI, allowing the model to detect and correct its reasoning errors. The model is being hosted on multiple platforms, with even bigger advancements on the horizon, including the upcoming Reflection 405B.
AI Model Breakthroughs
- Reflection 70B has been unveiled as the top-performing open-source LLM, significantly outperforming its predecessors. Its innovative Reflection-Tuning allows the model to identify and correct its own mistakes, marking a huge leap in AI development.
Performance & Benchmarks
- The model boasts a staggering 99.2% GSM8K score, surpassing Llama 3.1, Claude 3.5, and GPT-4o on most metrics. Independent benchmarks reveal that Reflection 70B achieves a 9-point improvement over Llama 70B, marking it as one of the most capable models in the world.
Hosting & API Availability
- Reflection 70B is now live across platforms like Hugging Face, OpenRouter, and BoltAI, providing developers with free API access for a limited time. There’s excitement around upcoming FP16 versions and serverless inference options for non-subscribers.
What’s Next?
- A much larger model, Reflection 405B, is set to launch next week. Built in collaboration with GlaiveAI, it is anticipated to become the world’s best model, pushing the boundaries even further.
FLUX.1 AI-Toolkit Gets Major Updates and Collaborations!
The open-source AI tool FLUX.1 has recently received significant upgrades and recognition across multiple platforms. Whether you're a developer, artist, or researcher, there's something here for everyone! Here’s a breakdown of the latest FLUX.1 advancements:
- Official FLUX.1 UI with Gradio: An open-source, no-code UI allowing users to drag and drop images, generate captions, and start training models without writing YAML code. Apolinario's contribution.
- Training FLUX on Vertex AI: FLUX’s text-to-image models are now integrated with Google Cloud’s Vertex AI, available in PRO, DEV, and SCHNELL variants. Learn more here.
- ReFlux Fine-tuning with 1 Image: Researchers have experimented with FLUX.1 fine-tuning techniques, where only one image is needed to generate synthetic data for training. Pontus Aurdal's experiment.
- LoRA Integration for FLUX: LoRA models from X-Labs and Kohya can now be loaded and inferred with FLUX, enhancing its versatility. Sayak Paul's announcement.
- Creative Uses of FLUX: FLUX has been used to create top-down game maps and character LoRAs, highlighting its potential in gaming and creative content generation. Mckay Wrigley experimenting with inpainting, Pontus Aurdal's work.
- Inpainting with FLUX: A new branch of Hugging Face's diffusers supports FLUX inpainting, improving the ability to edit images by adding new elements, such as changing shirt colors or adding objects like parrots. Check out the branch here.
Introducing OLMoE: The Best Open Mixture-of-Experts Model
Allen AI has unveiled OLMoE, a state-of-the-art Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) language model that’s completely open-source. OLMoE has 1 billion active parameters and 7 billion total parameters, offering unmatched performance at a lower cost than comparable models like Gemma and Llama. Here’s a breakdown of the latest details on this revolutionary release!
- Model Overview: OLMoE sets a new standard with 1B active parameters and 7B total parameters, trained on 5 trillion tokens, combining performance and efficiency.
- Performance: This model rivals more expensive models such as Llama and Gemma, offering performance on par or better with significantly fewer parameters.
- Open Source Benefits: Fully open-source with access to the model, data, code, and logs for research and experimentation.
- Training Data: OLMoE was trained using the DCLM baseline and Dolma datasets, and it leverages sparse MoE architecture with 64 experts per layer, of which 8 are active.
- Efficiency: Orders of magnitude faster than its competitors while maintaining state-of-the-art performance with fewer active parameters.
- Collaboration: This project was a joint effort by Allen AI, Contextual AI, University of Washington, and Princeton University, showcasing collective innovation in MoE models.
- Future Possibilities: With open-source transparency and comprehensive logs, researchers can build on the OLMoE framework, leading to future model developments.
📄 Source Links:
- Check out the full details on OLMoE here .
DeepSeek V2.5 Released: The Future of Open Source AI Models
DeepSeek has officially launched its latest model, DeepSeek V2.5, a powerful combination of DeepSeek-V2-0628 and DeepSeek-Coder-V2-0724, optimized for both general chat and code tasks. With its 238B parameters (21B active via MoE architecture), a 128K context window, and significant improvements across key benchmarks, this release makes a bold claim in the competitive AI landscape.
- Merged Capabilities: DeepSeek V2.5 combines general AI chat and code editing capabilities into one model.
- Better than GPT-4o? The model now outperforms GPT-4o in specific benchmarks like Arena Hard (68.3% → 76.3%) and Alpaca Eval (46.61% → 50.52%) .
- Multitasking Powerhouse: Offering function calling, JSON output, and 128K context support, it's an all-in-one solution for both developers and general AI users.
- Coding Excellence: Though it lags slightly behind some other models like Opus or Sonnet in hard refactoring tasks , V2.5 still shines on code-editing benchmarks . It scored near-identical to DeepSeek Coder V2 in aiding code editing tasks .
- Merging Tech: This release is built on an MoE (Mixture of Experts) architecture with 160 experts (21B active params), combining multiple versions for an optimized approach to multitasking .
- Mixed Reactions: Some users noticed a slight drop in coding performance compared to earlier versions , while others hail it as the best open-source model for daily use, even outperforming commercial giants like OpenAI and Anthropic .
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NanoFlow: Revolutionizing LLM Inference
A powerful new library called NanoFlow has made its debut, delivering superior throughput for large language models compared to popular alternatives like vLLM, DeepSpeed-FastGen, and TensorRT-LLM. With up to 1.91x throughput improvement over TensorRT-LLM, NanoFlow is set to be a game-changer in the world of optimized LLM deployments.
- Performance Gains: NanoFlow boasts a 1.91x throughput boost over TensorRT-LLM and outperforms both vLLM and DeepSpeed-FastGen in benchmark tests.
New developments in speculative decoding (SD) are also capturing attention.
MagicDec-1.0 introduces SD-based techniques for lossless, high-throughput, and low-latency LLM inference. Incredibly, these advancements show 2x speed boosts for long input sequences, even in large batch sizes.
The need for efficient LLM deployment continues to grow, with communities like Hugging Face encouraging developers to contribute distributed inference examples. If you’re keen to dive into accelerate for distributed inference, now is the time to start!
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