Mistral Large 2 Open Source AI Model Released, Said to Be on Par With Meta Llama 3.1 405B

Mistral Large 2 Open Source AI Model Released, Said to Be on Par With Meta Llama 3.1 405B

Mistral released the new generation of its flagship open-source artificial intelligence (AI) model, Mistral Large 2, on Wednesday. The company claims the AI model offers significantly improved capabilities in code generation, mathematics, and reasoning. It also gets support for several new languages as well as advanced function calling capabilities. It…

WhatsApp to Get a Major Meta AI Upgrade With Imagine Edit, Llama 3.1 405B Model and More

WhatsApp to Get a Major Meta AI Upgrade With Imagine Edit, Llama 3.1 405B Model and More

WhatsApp is set for a major artificial intelligence (AI) upgrade as the Meta AI integrated within the app is getting several new features. The Meta-owned instant messaging platform announced on Tuesday that it will be rolling out new image-generation features and multilingual support for the app’s AI assistant. These features…

WhatsApp Channel Verification Check Mark Updated From Green to Blue to Match Facebook, Instagram

WhatsApp Channel Verification Check Mark Updated From Green to Blue to Match Facebook, Instagram

WhatsApp Channel verification check marks will soon be updated to a new colour on Android. The visual change was spotted by a feature tracker on a recent beta version of WhatsApp, which suggests that it will soon be rolled out to all users in future. It will make the check…

Meta Shares Study on Meta 3D Gen, a Generative AI System to Create 3D Assets From Text Prompts

Meta Shares Study on Meta 3D Gen, a Generative AI System to Create 3D Assets From Text Prompts

Meta has shared a new research paper about a generative artificial intelligence (AI) model that can generate 3D assets. Dubbed Meta 3D Gen, the AI model generates high-quality 3D models from text prompts in less than a minute. The company highlighted that the AI model could create end-to-end high-resolution textures…

Threads Has 175 Million Monthly Active Users After a Year, Mark Zuckerberg Says India Among Most Active Markets

Threads Has 175 Million Monthly Active Users After a Year, Mark Zuckerberg Says India Among Most Active Markets

Threads has crossed the 175 million user mark, a year after the platform was launched as an alternative to X (formerly known as Twitter). The microblogging service owned by Meta was launched on July 6 last year. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg also revealed that India has emerged as one of…

Meta Looking to Hire Generative AI-Focused Workers on Metaverse Team After Layoffs

Meta Looking to Hire Generative AI-Focused Workers on Metaverse Team After Layoffs

Meta has listed fresh job openings for its metaverse unit at its headquarters in California, after recent layoffs at its Reality Labs unit. The social networking giant is looking for professionals proficient in generative AI (GenAI), which suggests that that it could integrate the nascent technology with its metaverse-related efforts…

WhatsApp for Android Could Reportedly Let Users Choose the Llama Model to Power Their Meta AI Chatbot

WhatsApp for Android Could Reportedly Let Users Choose the Llama Model to Power Their Meta AI Chatbot

WhatsApp for Android is tipped to be working on a new feature that will let users choose the Large Language Model Meta AI (Llama) 3 model to power the Meta AI chatbot. On Thursday, a feature tracker claimed that this feature is currently under development and not available to beta…

Meta Restructures Reality Labs Team, Forms Two Separate Divisions for Metaverse, Wearables: Report

Meta Restructures Reality Labs Team, Forms Two Separate Divisions for Metaverse, Wearables: Report

Meta is attempting to enhance and streamline its operations in the Web3 and wearables markets. The company has reportedly divided its Reality Labs team into two separate entities where one team will work on the metaverse-focussed Quest headsets and the other will dedicate its time to hardware wearables that Meta…

WhatsApp Announces Improved Video Calling Features for Mobile and Desktop Apps

WhatsApp Announces Improved Video Calling Features for Mobile and Desktop Apps

WhatsApp announced several feature improvements related to video calling for mobile and desktop users on Thursday. The participant limit for group video calls has been expanded across platforms, allowing up to 32 members to join the same call, up from the previous limit of just eight participants allowed on the…

WhatsApp Business Rolling Out AI Chatbot and Meta Verified Badge, India Among First Markets to Get It

WhatsApp Business Rolling Out AI Chatbot and Meta Verified Badge, India Among First Markets to Get It

WhatsApp Business is getting multiple new features, including a major artificial intelligence (AI) upgrade to help business owners intelligently automate some of their communication on the platform. The social media giant announced a new AI-powered chatbot for WhatsApp Business during an event in São Paulo. It has also rolled out…