Managing large language models (LLMs) often entails dealing with issues related to the size of key-value (KV) cache, given that it scales with both the sequence length and the batch size. While techniques have been employed to reduce the KV cache size, such as Multi-Query Attention (MQA) and Grouped-Query Attention (GQA), they have only managed…
MIT researchers have developed a method known as Cross-Layer Attention (CLA) to alleviate the memory footprint bottleneck of the key-value (KV) cache in large language models (LLMs). As more applications demand longer input sequences, the KV cache's memory requirements limit batch sizes and necessitate costly offloading techniques. Additionally, persistently storing and retrieving KV caches to…
Pipecat: A Publicly Accessible Platform for Audio and Multimodal Interactive Artificial Intelligence
Pipecat is an innovative framework designed specifically to streamline the construction of voice and multimodal conversational agents. These applications can range across personal coaching systems, meeting assistants, children's storytelling toys, customer support bots, and social companions. The standout feature of Pipecat is its ability to allow developers to initiate projects on a small scale on…
The worldwide wearables industry is projected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 18% by 2026, with new strides in development particularly within health monitoring, fitness tracking, and the capabilities of virtual assistants. Artificial intelligence (AI) appears likely to enhance the functionality and performance of wearables in the future, with the caveat…
Language models (LMs) are key components in the realm of artificial intelligence as they facilitate the understanding and generation of human language. In recent times, there has been a significant emphasis on scaling up these models to perform more complex tasks. However, a common challenge stands in the way: understanding how a language model's performance…
Large language models (LLMs) such as GPT-4 have been proven to excel at language comprehension, however, they struggle with high GPU memory usage during inference. This is a significant limitation for real-time applications, such as chatbots, due to scalbility issues. To illustrate, present methods reduce memory by compressing the KV cache, a prevalent memory consumer…
As AI models become increasingly vital for computing functionality and user experience, the challenge lies in effectively integrating them into smaller devices like personal computers without major resource utilization. Microsoft has developed a solution to this challenge with the introduction of Phi Silica, a small language model (SLM) designed to work with the Neural Processing…
With an alarming rise in the use of machine learning (ML) models in high-stakes societal applications come growing concerns about their fairness and transparency. Instances of biased decision-making have caused an increase in distrust among consumers who are subject to decisions based on these models. The demand for technology that allows public verification of fairness…
Large language models (LLMs) play a crucial role in a range of applications, however, their significant memory consumption, particularly the key-value (KV) cache, makes them challenging to deploy efficiently. Researchers from the ShanghaiTech University and Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Intelligent Vision and Imaging offered an efficient method to decrease memory consumption in the KV…
The increasing sophistication of artificial intelligence and large language models (LLMs) like GPT-4 and LLaMA2-70B has sparked interest in their potential to display a theory of mind. Researchers from the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, the Italian Institute of Technology, Genoa, and the University of Trento are studying these models to assess their capabilities against human…
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is increasingly transforming many areas of modern life, significantly advancing fields such as technology, healthcare, and finance. Within the AI landscape, there has been significant interest and progress regarding Reinforcement Learning (RL) and Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs). They represent key facilitators of major changes in the AI area, enabling advanced decision-making processes…