Why Interactive Visuals Are the Next Big Thing in Software Collaboration

Table of Links Abstract and I. Introduction II. Approach A. Architectural Design B. Proof of Concept Implementation III. Envisioned Usage Scenarios IV. Experiment Design and Demographics A. Participants B. Target System and Task C. Procedure V. Results and Discussion VI. Related Work VII. Conclusions and Future Work, Acknowledgment, and References III. ENVISIONED USAGE SCENARIOS Besides … Read more

Ever Seen Your Code as a City?

:::info Authors: (1) Alexander Krause-Glau, Software Engineering Group, Kiel University, Kiel, Germany (akr@informatik.uni-kiel.de); (2) Wilhelm Hasselbring, Software Engineering Group, Kiel University, Kiel, Germany (wha@informatik.uni-kiel.de). ::: Table of Links Abstract and I. Introduction II. Approach A. Architectural Design B. Proof of Concept Implementation III. Envisioned Usage Scenarios IV. Experiment Design and Demographics A. Participants B. Target … Read more

How an 8B Open Model Sets New Standards for Safe and Efficient Vision-Language AI

Table of Links Abstract and 1 Introduction 2 Terminology 3 Exploring the design space of vision-language models and 3.1 Are all pre-trained backbones equivalent for VLMs? 3.2 How does the fully autoregressive architecture compare to the cross-attention architecture? 3.3 Where are the efficiency gains? 3.4 How can one trade compute for performance? 4 Idefics2 – … Read more

The Small AI Model Making Big Waves in Vision-Language Intelligence

Table of Links Abstract and 1 Introduction 2 Terminology 3 Exploring the design space of vision-language models and 3.1 Are all pre-trained backbones equivalent for VLMs? 3.2 How does the fully autoregressive architecture compare to the cross-attention architecture? 3.3 Where are the efficiency gains? 3.4 How can one trade compute for performance? 4 Idefics2 – … Read more

The Artistry Behind Efficient AI Conversations

Table of Links Abstract and 1 Introduction 2 Terminology 3 Exploring the design space of vision-language models and 3.1 Are all pre-trained backbones equivalent for VLMs? 3.2 How does the fully autoregressive architecture compare to the cross-attention architecture? 3.3 Where are the efficiency gains? 3.4 How can one trade compute for performance? 4 Idefics2 – … Read more

Why The Right AI Backbones Trump Raw Size Every Time

Table of Links Abstract and 1 Introduction 2 Terminology 3 Exploring the design space of vision-language models and 3.1 Are all pre-trained backbones equivalent for VLMs? 3.2 How does the fully autoregressive architecture compare to the cross-attention architecture? 3.3 Where are the efficiency gains? 3.4 How can one trade compute for performance? 4 Idefics2 – … Read more

Can Smaller AI Outperform the Giants?

:::info Authors: (1) Hugo Laurençon, Hugging Face and Sorbonne Université, (the order was chosen randomly); (2) Léo Tronchon, Hugging Face (the order was chosen randomly); (3) Matthieu Cord, Sorbonne Université; (4) Victor Sanh, Hugging Face. ::: Table of Links Abstract and 1 Introduction 2 Terminology 3 Exploring the design space of vision-language models and 3.1 … Read more

Owning One Bitcoin Is the New American Dream, Says Bitwise Portfolio Manager

Bitcoin (BTC) BTC is holding firm above $105,000 after recovering from a sharp downturn triggered by escalating tensions in the Middle East. The leading cryptocurrency dropped below $104,000 following Israel’s strike on Iran, but quickly regained lost ground, now trading at $105,590, up 0.15% in the past 24 hours. Bitcoin’s swift rebound suggests underlying strength, … Read more