- NBC Sports Boston
Eliot Wolf thinks Patriots' current roster can support rookie QB
The Patriots have made a few decent additions on offense this offseason, but is it enough to support a rookie QB? Here's what Eliot Wolf said about that Thursday.
- Associated Press
Houston Astros aim to turn things around after limping out to 6-14 start
Through 20 games, the Houston Astros have managed just six wins and are in last place in the AL West. Despite this, these veteran Astros, who have reached the AL Championship Series seven consecutive times, have no doubt they’ll turn things around. First-year manager Joe Espada, who was hired in January to replace the retired Dusty Baker, discussed his team’s early struggles.
- Reuters
UPDATE 1-Meta releases early versions of its Llama 3 AI model
Meta Platforms on Thursday released early versions of its latest large language model, Llama 3, and an image generator that updates pictures in real time while users type prompts, as it races to catch up to generative AI market leader OpenAI. The models will be integrated into its virtual assistant Meta AI, which the company is pitching as the most sophisticated of its free-to-use peers, citing performance comparisons on subjects like reasoning, coding and creative writing against offerings from rivals including Alphabet's Google and French startup Mistral AI. The updated Meta AI assistant will be given more prominent billing within Meta's Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Messenger apps as well as a new standalone website that positions it to compete more directly with Microsoft-backed OpenAI's breakout hit, ChatGPT.
