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Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More The UAE government-backed Technology Innovation Institute (TII) has announced the launch of Falcon 3, a family of open-source small language models (SLMs) designed to run efficiently on lightweight, single GPU-based infrastructures. Falcon 3 features four model sizes — 1B, 3B, 7B, and 10B — with base and instruct variants, promising to democratize access to advanced AI capabilities for developers, researchers, and businesses. According to the Hugging Face leaderboard, the models are already outperforming or closely matching popular open-source counterparts in their size class, including Meta’s Llama and category leader Qwen-2.5. The development comes at a time when the demand for SLMs , with fewer parameters and simpler designs than LLMs, is rapidly growing due to their efficiency, affordability, and ability to be deployed on devices with limited resources. They are suitable for a range of applications across industries, like customer service, healthcare, mobile apps and IoT, where typical LLMs might be too computationally expensive to run effectively. According to Valuates Reports , the market for these models is expected to grow, with a CAGR of nearly 18% over the next five years. What does Falcon 3 bring to the table? Trained on 14 trillion tokens — more than double its predecessor Falcon 2 — the Falcon 3 family employs a decoder-only architecture with grouped query attention to share parameters and minimize memory usage for key-value (KV) cache during inference. This enables faster and more efficient operations when handling diverse text-based tasks. At the core, the models support four primary languages — English, French, Spanish, and Portuguese—and come equipped with a 32K context window, allowing them to process long inputs, such as heavily worded documents. “Falcon 3 is versatile, designed for both general-purpose and specialized tasks, providing immense flexibility to users. Its base model is perfect for generative applications, while the instruct variant excels in conversational tasks like customer service or virtual assistants,” TII notes on its website . According to the leaderboard on Hugging Face, while all four Falcon 3 models perform fairly well, the 10B and 7B versions are the stars of the show, achieving state-of-the-art results on reasoning, language understanding, instruction following, code and mathematics tasks. Among models under the 13B-parameter size class, Falcon 3’s 10B and 7B versions outperform competitors, including Google’s Gemma 2-9B , Meta’s Llama 3.1-8B, Mistral-7B , and Yi 1.5-9B. They even surpass Alibaba’s category leader Qwen 2.5-7B in most benchmarks — such as MUSR, MATH, GPQA, and IFEval — except for MMLU, which is the test for evaluating how well language models understand and process human language. Deployment across industries With the Falcon 3 models now available on Hugging Face , TII aims to serve a broad range of users, enabling cost-effective AI deployments without computational bottlenecks. With their ability to handle specific, domain-focused tasks with fast processing times, the models can power various applications at the edge and in privacy-sensitive environments, including customer service chatbots, personalized recommender systems, data analysis, fraud detection, healthcare diagnostics, supply chain optimization and education. The institute also plans to expand the Falcon family further by introducing models with multimodal capabilities. These models are expected to launch sometime in January 2025. Notably, all models have been released under the TII Falcon License 2.0, a permissive Apache 2.0-based license with an acceptable use policy that encourages responsible AI development and deployment. To help users get started, TII has also launched a Falcon Playground, a testing environment where researchers and developers can try out Falcon 3 models before integrating them into their applications. If you want to impress your boss, VB Daily has you covered. We give you the inside scoop on what companies are doing with generative AI, from regulatory shifts to practical deployments, so you can share insights for maximum ROI. Read our Privacy Policy Thanks for subscribing. Check out more VB newsletters here . An error occured.The GOAT is a big fan of superstar Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Justin Jefferson. Tom Brady, the seven-time Super Bowl champion who now serves as the lead NFL color commentator for FOX, recently answered a fan question on social media that Vikings fans will want to see. Brady was asked which current NFL wide receiver that he never played with would he most want to throw to. He initially mentioned Cincinnati Bengals star Ja’Marr Chase as an honorable mention, before naming Jefferson as his pick. Here was the GOAT’s full explanation: “He can do everything from any spot on the field. He goes deep. He goes short. He can catch the ball, catch and run, touchdowns, third downs. He’s a ridiculous player. He reminds me so much of my former teammate and Viking: Randy Moss. So if it comes down to choosing only one, he would be the one right now.” If @TomBrady could throw to any current receiver in the league, who would he choose? 👀✈️ pic.twitter.com/BJ6oPuW1MC That’s high praise for Jefferson, who’s been absurdly productive over his first four-plus NFL seasons. He’s averaging 96.8 receiving yards per game overall, which puts him well on pace to have a Moss-like, Hall of Fame career. Moss averaged 70.1 yards per game over his illustrious 17-year career. Jefferson has already clinched his fifth consecutive 1,000-yard season. He accomplished the feat in 2023 (1,074) despite a carousel of quarterbacks and a hamstring injury that limited him to just 10 games. As long as he stays healthy, the Vikings will be a problem for oppositing defenses no matter who is under center. Related Minnesota Vikings stories: Kirk Cousins sounds off on Sam Darnold, loss to Vikings in return to Minnesota Insider: Vikings should plan for future, land 6-foot-3 lockdown corner in 2025 NFL Draft Analyst drops bold take on Sam Darnold, J.J. McCarthy’s future as Vikings starter Vikings should pay Sam Darnold, follow Packers model at QB with J.J. McCarthy
Atlanta (6-7) at Las Vegas (2-11) Monday, 8:30 p.m. EST, ESPN BetMGM NFL Odds: Falcons by 4 Series record: Falcons lead 8-7 Against the spread: Falcons 5-8, Raiders 5-8 Last meeting: Falcons beat Raiders 43-6 in Atlanta on Nov. 29, 2020. Last week: Falcons lost to Vikings 42-21; Raiders lost to Buccaneers 28-13 Falcons offense: overall (8), rush (12), pass (2), scoring (19) Falcons defense: overall (23), rush (17), pass (25), scoring (25) Raiders offense: overall (25), rush (32), pass (16), scoring (31) Raiders defense: overall (15), rush (14), pass (15), scoring (30) Turnover differential: Falcons minus-9; Raiders minus-17 OLB Arnold Ebiketie has been a key to Atlanta's suddenly improved pass rush. Ebiketie has three sacks in the past two games, giving him four for the season. Overall, the Falcons have had nine sacks in the past two games. They almost doubled their NFL-low total of 10 through their first 11 games. Whoever plays quarterback. Aidan O'Connell injured his left knee Sunday at Tampa Bay, so his availability is unknown. O'Connell is not a mobile quarterback, so if he plays, he likely wouldn't be as limited as a more athletic player at that position. If Desmond Ridder gets the call, he'll face the team where he started 13 games last season. Falcons QB Kirk Cousins vs. Raiders defense. Cousins has been intercepted the past four games, and he has been picked off six times combined the past two weeks. Las Vegas' best hope in forcing Cousins into even more mistakes is pressuring, and the Raiders have nine sacks over the past two weeks. They also had two interceptions against the Bucs. Falcons: Rookie RB Jase McClellan was placed on injured reserve with a knee injury. The sixth-round pick earlier had missed time with a foot problem and had only 13 carries for 32 yards. RB Carlos Washington Jr. was signed to the active roster from the practice squad as depth behind Bijan Robinson and Tyler Allgeier. ... ILB Troy Andersen (knee) and WR Casey Washington (concussion) did not practice on Thursday. Raiders: RB Alexander Mattison (ankle) is expected to be activated after missing the past three games. CB Nate Hobbs (ankle) hasn't played since Nov. 3 at Cincinnati. The Falcons have won the past five meetings. ... Their 37-point victory in the most recent matchup in 2020 was the most lopsided game in the series' history. ... That game also was the second highest-scoring game by the winning team, behind the then-Oakland Raiders' 50-19 victory in 1979. Falcons WR Drake London needs only two catches to pass Calvin Ridley (217) for the most receptions in the first three seasons with Atlanta. ... London has 75 receptions for 866 yards and six touchdowns this season. ... Cousins has an unhealthy ratio of 17 touchdown passes to 15 interceptions. ... The Raiders' Brock Bowers has caught 87 passes to set an NFL rookie record tight ends record. Sam LaPorta had 86 last season for the Detroit Lions. Bowers also is 67 yards from becoming the third rookie tight end with 1,000 yards, joining Atlanta’s Kyle Pitts in 2021 and the Chicago Bears' Mike Ditka in 1961. ... DE Maxx Crosby is half a sack from becoming the third Raiders player since 1982 with 60 for his career. The other two are Greg Townsend (107 1/2) and Howie Long (84). ... LB Robert Spillane is one of seven players this season with at least 100 tackles, an interception and a sack. ... Las Vegas has committed 4.86 penalties per game since coach Antonio Pierce took over at midseason last season, best in the league. ... The Raiders have had at least one sack in 31 consecutive games, the third-longest active streak behind the Baltimore Ravens with 51 and Philadelphia Eagles with 41. Las Vegas has nine combined in the past two games, tied for best in the league with the Falcons. Raiders RB Sincere McCormick has secured the starting job, and he has averaged at least 5.2 yards per carry in each of his past three games. His rushing total keeps increasing, with McCormick gaining 78 yards against the Bucs. Especially given the uncertainty at quarterback, expect the Raiders to rely on McCormick. AP NFL: https://apnews.com/hub/nfl
Lawyer says ex-Temple basketball standout Hysier Miller met with NCAA for hours amid gambling probeSubscribe Search Search Sort by Relevance Title Date Subscribe ALBAWABA - Google and Samsung are making their most significant venture into the mixed-reality market with the release of Android XR, a new operating system intended to power AR/VR devices. Also Read Google makes quantum computing history, turns 10 septillion years into 5 minutes The project has been developed in partnership with Samsung with the goal of improving user engagement by using motion controls, speech, and eye-tracking capabilities, AFP reports. Samsung's next Project Moohan, a mixed-reality headset that incorporates features from Apple's Vision Pro and Meta's Quest 3, will run Android XR. It will also support devices from other manufacturers, such as XREAL and Sony. Introducing Android XR, our new platform for headsets and glasses built for the Gemini era pic.twitter.com/CBLaFGUwez — Google (@Google) December 12, 2024 After previous products like Google Daydream and Samsung's Gear VR failed to find momentum, Google and Samsung are making a fresh attempt with the aim to mainstream AR/VR headgear, according to Yahoo. By providing features like Google's Circle to Search, which enables users to gesture over items to access extensive details, Gemini AI improves Android XR. For example, by circling a picture and receiving real-time data, users may virtually try on attire and examine a product in 3D, as reported by AFP. The interface of Project Moohan is similar to that of rival AR/VR systems in that it lets users place app windows in virtual environments while still being able to see their surroundings. Support for keyboards and mice also makes it possible to utilize large virtual screens for productive tasks. Google’s President of Android Ecosystem, Sameer Samat, stated “We are at an inflection point for XR, where breakthroughs in multimodal AI enable natural and intuitive ways to use technology in everyday life.” AR/VR headgear is still a limited market despite such developments. The industry predicts that 6.7 million devices will be shipped in 2024 and 22.9 million by 2028, which is far less than the pace at which smartphones are being adopted. A passionate about the Gaming Industry with a career of over 5 years in the field, I write about current trends and news in the Game Development business and how it impact the industry and players. Laith has recently started a new position at Al Bawaba as a freelance business writer. Subscribe Sign up to our newsletter for exclusive updates and enhanced content Subscribe Now Subscribe Sign up to get Al Bawaba's exclusive celeb scoops and entertainment news Subscribe to our newsletter for exclusive updates and enhanced content SubscribeCVR Energy Announces Pricing of Proposed Senior Secured Term Loan B Facility, 2025 Capital Expenditure Outlook, New Employment Agreement with Dave Lamp
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