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Welcome to The Short, IBM Research's recap of the latest innovations in AI, quantum computing, semiconductors, and the cloud.
Week of October 7 - 15, 2024
In this week's edition:
Qiskit Code Assistant now available in preview
The LLM revolution is making progress in quantum computing: IBM Quantum has announced the availability of Qiskit Code Assistant in preview to its users. Qiskit Code Assistant is a generative AI-based tool to help users write quantum code more easily than ever before. The assistant is powered by IBM’s Granite LLM, along with the collective expertise of Qiskit users around the globe. It is the IBM Quantum team’s hope that Qiskit Code Assistant will further scale quantum algorithm discovery by making Qiskit more accessible to a greater number of users across industries as they learn how to better write code and optimize their problems for quantum computers.
An air traffic controller for LLMs
Enterprises are looking for ways to serve smaller, more specialized AI models to lower costs and boost inferencing speeds. LLM routers are an emerging solution. Query by query they let you mix and match LLMs based on your target price and level of performance. IBM and MIT researchers came up with the idea to train a router on LLM evaluation data to better predict which models will be most cost-effective for specific tasks. They presented their work this week at the inaugural Conference on Language Models (COLM).
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Why we’re teaching LLMs to forget things
There are many reasons why it can be useful for an LLM to "unlearn" what it's previously learned, from removing copyrighted material to complying with ‘right to be forgotten' laws. But it's a much more complicated task than you may realize. IBM researchers break down the latest methods in this emerging field of AI.
IBM Research History
On October 12, 1979, scientists at IBM's San Jose Research Laboratory developed a new device for measuring the wavelengths of laser light that combined high accuracy with compactness. Check out "This Day" in IBM Research History to learn more about this milestone:
Research Roundup
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