Mixtral goes Mainstream with BRAVE!!!



AI Summary

  • Mixtral Integration in Brave Browser
    • AI has become mainstream, with many products using OpenAI APIs.
    • Brave, known for privacy, has integrated a non-OpenAI model called Mixtral.
    • Mixtral is a mixture of experts model, replacing a component in Transformers architecture.
    • It selects two out of eight experts to process each token.
    • Mixtral is open-source, comparable to ChatGPT 3.5 Turbo, and now used in Brave products.
  • Brave Leo and Code LLM
    • Brave Leo is an AI browser assistant previously using a 270 billion parameter model, now upgraded to Mixtral.
    • Code LLM is integrated into Brave Search, allowing users to generate AI-powered answers to programming questions.
    • Users can toggle AI-generated responses on search.brave.com.
  • Demonstration of Brave’s AI Features
    • Code LLM can generate programming solutions with a confidence score.
    • Brave Leo is accessible via the browser sidebar for various tasks like summarizing content.
    • Leo can interact with web pages, YouTube videos (with transcripts), and answer questions.
    • Users can chat with Leo about the content on the page or ask general questions.
    • Mixtral’s integration offers three ways to interact: through Code LLM in search, sidebar queries with Leo, and direct browser queries.
  • Significance of Mixtral’s Use in Brave
    • The author is excited to see Mixtral, a hobbyist project, become a mainstream solution in a popular browser.
    • This move by Brave enhances its privacy-preserving reputation and brings diverse AI solutions to users.
    • The author encourages feedback and discussion on free AI solutions integrated into everyday products.