Apple Unveils Ferret, Its First Open Source AI, Surpassing GPT-4 | by The Pareto Investor | Jan, 2024 | Medium

Apple Unveils Ferret, Its First Open Source AI, Surpassing GPT-4

Apple Has Entered the Artificial Intelligence Race with Ferret, its First Open-Source Multimodal Language Model (LLM).

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Jan 9

Apple Unveils Ferret, Its First Open Source AI, Surpassing GPT-4

As digital giants increasingly delve into generative AI, Apple is also joining the race. While the specifics of the AI-powered products for iPhone users remain under wraps, expectations are high for an AI tool that could enhance Siri’s functionality.

To achieve this, Apple is considering utilizing a vast trove of data from news publishers, a strategy that could fast-track its AI development. This AI is capable of understanding and generating text, images, sounds, and videos.

Apple’s foray into generative AI comes as its competitors, like Google Assistant and Amazon Alexa, are already enhancing their functionalities with similar technologies. Microsoft has integrated GPT-4 based AI Copilot into Windows, and Samsung is gearing up to launch its own ChatGPT rival.

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Developed in collaboration between Apple’s Zhe Gan, a notable AI researcher, and his team, along with the talents at Columbia University, Ferret has been quietly brewing behind the scenes since its introduction in October.

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What sets Ferret apart is its proficiency in analyzing and describing small image areas, a task where it reportedly outperforms OpenAI’s GPT-4, the most advanced language model to date.

This edge in image analysis is a significant step forward in the evolution of AI technologies.