Inception launches Mercury 3, a diffusion-based LLM it claims is
Inception launches Mercury 3, a diffusion-based LLM it claims is "comparable to Luna and Haiku models" but 4x to 8x faster, generating ~1,000 tokens per second
TL;DRNew diffusion model generates text 4-8x faster than comparable LLMs.
Why it matters: Speed gains could reduce inference costs and enable real-time AI applications at scale.
At Apple, Pigs Are About to Fly
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Korean data-center company Elice falls 30%+ in Kosdaq trading debut;
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