The future of generative AI as told by AI21 Labs Israels
Sept 16, 2023 18:19:12 GMT 10
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Although it is not well known in Korea, there is an Israeli startup that stands shoulder to shoulder with big tech companies. AI21 Labs is the main character. AI21 Labs is often compared to OpenAI in the U.S. and Deepmind in the U.K., especially in that it has a strong research organization and publishes papers on various AI topics in academia.
After receiving an investment Phone Number List of $118.5 million (approximately KRW 158.1 billion), AI21 Labs independently developed technology and operates AI editing services such as 'Wordtune' . AI21 Labs' core technology is Jurassic-2, a large language model (LLM), and Jurassic was included in Bedrock , an AI model service recently released by AWS.
How did this small startup, which was founded 8 years ago and has about 170 employees, possess such high technology and attract the attention of the AI industry? We conducted a direct interview with AI21 Labs co-founder and CEO Ori Goshen to look at AI21 Labs' competitiveness and the current major status of generative AI.
Ori Goshen AI21 Labs Co-Founder and CEO ⓒ Foundry
Why Israel’s leading AI company chose ‘natural language’
The three co-founders of AI21 Labs are all experienced figures in the American and Israeli IT industries. First, Professor Yoav Shoham is a former Stanford professor and has experience in founding several startups, one of which was acquired by Google. Another founder, Amnon Shashua, taught machine learning at Hebrew University in Israel for a long time, and also co-founded Mobileye, an autonomous driving company. Mobileye has now been acquired by Intel. Lastly, Ori Goshen is a software engineer who previously worked for Israel's cyber intelligence unit Unit 8200 and later worked for several technology companies. Before AI21 Labs, he also founded a startup called CrowdX.
The three founders, who had been working in the IT industry for a long time and were close friends, returned to Israel and decided to create AI technology specialized in language services, and AI21 Labs was born. AI21 Labs' core technology is Jurassic, an LLM, and it developed the English editing tool 'Wordtune' using it.
Word Tune can be used as an extension for Chrome and Word or through a general web service. It is a service that immediately corrects the sentence or suggests a replacement sentence when you enter an English sentence. At this time, beyond simply checking grammar, you can change the sentence structure or order and change the tone in various ways. ' WordTune Read', which
summarizes English sentences, and ' WordTune Spice', which goes beyond editing sentences and writes entire paragraphs.There are also linked services such as ‘(Spices)’. In the case of WordTune Spice, if you enter a simple sentence, you can expand the sentence by clicking buttons such as 'Explain', 'Give an example with numbers', 'Insert a joke', or 'Find a quote'.
Wordtune Spice example. Simply enter basic information, and AI directly presents necessary examples, statistics, metaphors, etc. ⓒ Wordtune official website
AI21 Labs CEO Ori Goshen said, “If Jurassic is an engine, Wordtune can be considered a car. “AI21 Labs is one of the few companies that produces both the platform and the products that use it, and has the ability to improve both the platform and products based on user feedback and advance technology,” he explained.
In fact, AI21 Labs did not initially intend to provide English editing and writing services. As can be inferred from the company name, the co-founders were looking to create AI technology for the 21st century and decided to choose 'natural language analysis' technology.
Goshen said, “In 2017, when the company was founded, a lot of investment was made in neural network-related technology. At that time, there was a lot of computer vision, or image-related technology. If computer vision is a lens that looks into the human eye, natural language analysis technology can be seen as a lens that looks into the way of thinking. “So, although it is more difficult to create a natural language analysis service, if it is possible, we believe that its value is endless and we created the current service.
After receiving an investment Phone Number List of $118.5 million (approximately KRW 158.1 billion), AI21 Labs independently developed technology and operates AI editing services such as 'Wordtune' . AI21 Labs' core technology is Jurassic-2, a large language model (LLM), and Jurassic was included in Bedrock , an AI model service recently released by AWS.
How did this small startup, which was founded 8 years ago and has about 170 employees, possess such high technology and attract the attention of the AI industry? We conducted a direct interview with AI21 Labs co-founder and CEO Ori Goshen to look at AI21 Labs' competitiveness and the current major status of generative AI.
Ori Goshen AI21 Labs Co-Founder and CEO ⓒ Foundry
Why Israel’s leading AI company chose ‘natural language’
The three co-founders of AI21 Labs are all experienced figures in the American and Israeli IT industries. First, Professor Yoav Shoham is a former Stanford professor and has experience in founding several startups, one of which was acquired by Google. Another founder, Amnon Shashua, taught machine learning at Hebrew University in Israel for a long time, and also co-founded Mobileye, an autonomous driving company. Mobileye has now been acquired by Intel. Lastly, Ori Goshen is a software engineer who previously worked for Israel's cyber intelligence unit Unit 8200 and later worked for several technology companies. Before AI21 Labs, he also founded a startup called CrowdX.
The three founders, who had been working in the IT industry for a long time and were close friends, returned to Israel and decided to create AI technology specialized in language services, and AI21 Labs was born. AI21 Labs' core technology is Jurassic, an LLM, and it developed the English editing tool 'Wordtune' using it.
Word Tune can be used as an extension for Chrome and Word or through a general web service. It is a service that immediately corrects the sentence or suggests a replacement sentence when you enter an English sentence. At this time, beyond simply checking grammar, you can change the sentence structure or order and change the tone in various ways. ' WordTune Read', which
summarizes English sentences, and ' WordTune Spice', which goes beyond editing sentences and writes entire paragraphs.There are also linked services such as ‘(Spices)’. In the case of WordTune Spice, if you enter a simple sentence, you can expand the sentence by clicking buttons such as 'Explain', 'Give an example with numbers', 'Insert a joke', or 'Find a quote'.
Wordtune Spice example. Simply enter basic information, and AI directly presents necessary examples, statistics, metaphors, etc. ⓒ Wordtune official website
AI21 Labs CEO Ori Goshen said, “If Jurassic is an engine, Wordtune can be considered a car. “AI21 Labs is one of the few companies that produces both the platform and the products that use it, and has the ability to improve both the platform and products based on user feedback and advance technology,” he explained.
In fact, AI21 Labs did not initially intend to provide English editing and writing services. As can be inferred from the company name, the co-founders were looking to create AI technology for the 21st century and decided to choose 'natural language analysis' technology.
Goshen said, “In 2017, when the company was founded, a lot of investment was made in neural network-related technology. At that time, there was a lot of computer vision, or image-related technology. If computer vision is a lens that looks into the human eye, natural language analysis technology can be seen as a lens that looks into the way of thinking. “So, although it is more difficult to create a natural language analysis service, if it is possible, we believe that its value is endless and we created the current service.