Why AI Giants Are Turning to Small Language Models

WSJ Tech News Briefing

The Wall Street Journal

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🗓️ 9 July 2024

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Companies are embracing the benefits of less powerful artificial intelligence models that cost less and are often designed for specific tasks. WSJ reporter Tom Dotan joins host Zoe Thomas to explain what the use of small or medium language models means for the evolution of AI. Plus, some old tricks to vet if someone is real online no longer work. We'll tell you what you can do to avoid falling for scams and the steps tech companies are taking to help. Sign up for the WSJ's free Technology newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:14.4	slash Wall Street.
0:19.4	Welcome to Tech News briefing. It's Tuesday, July 9th. I'm Zoe Thomas for the Wall Street Journal.
0:26.0	Personalized schemes to dupe internet users are on the rise. The trouble is, it is harder
0:32.4	than ever to know whether that person is showing up in your messages is real or not.
0:37.0	There are ways to protect yourself though, and some tech companies are beginning to help too.
0:42.0	And then companies are beginning to help too.
0:43.2	And then companies are embracing the benefits of less powerful
0:47.2	artificial intelligence models.
0:49.3	Our reporter Tom Teton will tell us why for AI Giants smaller is sometimes better.
0:59.8	But first, in an era of fakes online, it's getting harder to know who to trust.
1:06.0	AI can replicate photos and voices.
1:09.0	It can help bad actors write more convincing messages,
1:12.0	and social media can help
1:14.2	scammers find information on their targets.
1:17.4	US consumers lost 1.1 billion dollars in romance scams last year according to the Federal Trade Commission,
1:24.6	while business scams cost people $752 million.
1:29.6	So how do you stay safe online?
1:32.4	Cordelia James from our personal tech team is here to tell us.
1:36.0	Cordelia, can you give us a recent example of how somebody has been duped online?
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