OpenAI goes global 🌎

AI underdog outshines larger models in real-world tasks: The SF-based startup Writer unveiled a new LLM called Palmyra X 004 that it says is much better at interacting with external software and tools compared to Anthropic and OpenAI’s equivalents. Using synthetic data, it beats similar-sized rivals by close to 20% on Berkeley’s Tool Calling Leaderboard, which measures LLMs’ ability to act on their own.

Amazon unveils new AI tools at Delivering the Future event: Amazon’s Ring cameras will soon let you search for footage with AI (i.e. “Find the raccoon in the backyard last night”). The e-commerce giant also showed off a sprawling Louisiana warehouse that will use 10 times more robots than usual, plus an LLM-powered shopping assistant and an AI camera that shines a light on packages when they’re ready for delivery.

DeepMind researchers awarded Nobel for biology-focused AI platform: A day after a pair of AI pioneers earned the top honor in Physics, DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis and colleague John Jumper were awarded this year’s Chemistry Nobel Prize for AlphaFold2, a model that can predict the shape of proteins. Two million researchers have already used the platform to fight cancer, develop vaccines, and build new materials.