Chinese startup unveils powerful open source AI model, aims to lead next phase of AI apps
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Chinese startup 01.AI released an open source AI model called Yi-34B that rivals top models like OpenAI's Llama 2. It consistently scores among the best on AI leaderboards.
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01.AI was founded by Kai-Fu Lee, a pioneer in AI research, formerly of Apple, Microsoft, and Google China. The startup has raised $200 million.
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01.AI aims to lead the next phase of AI by developing "killer apps" built on top of models like Yi-34B, for productivity, creativity, and social media.
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Yi-34B appears to borrow some architecture from Meta's Llama 2 model, but functions very differently due to its training data. This shows China still following the US in generative AI.
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Lee argues open source AI is crucial so more people worldwide can access models and build the next wave of AI applications, preventing concentration of power.