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How Moderna's ChatGPT Use Shows the Future of Corporate AI
26 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Moderna's integration of ChatGPT across its entire organization marks a significant shift in corporate AI utilization, aiming to enhance productivity ...
What Perplexity's Raise Says About the State of AI Hype
25 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Explore the implications of Perplexity's recent valuation surge in today's episode of AI Breakdown. Delving into the $62.7 million funding round led b...
A Preview of the AI Agent Future
23 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Explore the rapidly evolving world of AI agents in this episode of AI Breakdown. Discover how Microsoft is spearheading projects to automate complex t...
Tucker Carlson Says We Should Bomb the Data Centers and Kill AI Before It's Too Late
22 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Some dramatic discourse from the former Fox journalist, plus Drake uses AI Snoop and Tupac in a diss track, and people are really, really into Llama 3...
Will Big Tech's AI Needs Solve Energy Issues?
20 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A reading and discussion inspired by https://www.ft.com/content/8af1f467-2953-4cbc-a336-4c92c92e6792 and https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/20...
Boston Dynamics Shows Next Frontier in Robotics
19 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Boston Dynamics has unveiled a new version of their Atlas robot, showcasing advanced mobility with unconventional joint movements, capturing widesprea...
Llama 3 Is Here (And Seemingly Better Than Expected)
18 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Meta has released the first of its Llama 3 models, enhancing the landscape of open-source large language models. These models, including the initial 8...
The State of AI In 13 Stats
17 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today's episode explores the state of artificial intelligence through Stanford University's AI Index, which distills key insights into 13 charts. The ...
Microsoft's $1.5B AI Geopolitical Gambit in the UAE
16 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Microsoft's $1.5 billion investment in UAE-based AI company G42 represents a strategic geopolitical move, enhancing its Azure cloud integration across...
AI Wearables: Is There a There There?
15 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Critiques of Humane, a new launch from Limitless (i.e. Rewind), plus Meta is (supposedly) sharing two Llama 3 models this week. ** Get your free NetSu...
What AI Is Capable Of Today
13 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A discussion inspired by https://www.oneusefulthing.org/p/what-just-happened-what-is-happening ** CHECK OUT THE JUST-LAUNCHED SUPERINTELLIGENT PLATFOR...
Game of Thrones, but for AI Chips
12 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Apple's unveiling of the M4 chip aims to rejuvenate its Mac lineup with enhanced AI capabilities, following a 27% sales drop. Intel introduces the Gau...
The 5 Important AI Models Released This Week
11 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week witnessed the introduction of five notable AI models, highlighting the field's swift advancements. Udio emerged as a standout music generato...
Al Is The Biggest Work Disruption Of Our Lifetimes
11 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
AI's impact on the workforce is substantial, with executives predicting that up to 60% of jobs could be affected, leading to potentially 12 million fe...
8 Questions on the Future of AI
09 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Inspired by a recent essay by Niall Ferguson, NLW discusses 8 questions on the future of AI. https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2024-04-07/de...
The Ethical Gray Area of AI Labs and Data
08 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The New York Times alleges AI companies, including OpenAI and Google, may bypass their own policies on data use, potentially scraping YouTube and othe...
Can AI Help Restore the Middle Class?
06 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A reading and discussion inspired by: https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/views/2024/04/04/call-action-address-inequity-ai-access-opinion https://w...
Debating GPT-4 Reduced Conspiracy Theories
05 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A study by MIT and Cornell showed that debating with GPT-4 reduced believers' confidence in conspiracy theories by 20%. Participants engaged in text c...
30% of Young Americans Have Used ChatGPT at Work
03 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A new survey shows that genAI is being adopted in a work context faster than for entertainment or learning. Before that on the Brief, NLW looks at App...
The Most Important AI Stories Last Week
02 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On today's episode, NLW catches up on the big stories over the last week, including Grok 1.5, OpenAI courting Hollywood, and much much more. Be the f...
How to Redesign Organizations for the AI Era
30 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A reading and discussion based on https://www.oneusefulthing.org/p/reshaping-the-tree-rebuilding-organizations Be the first to learn about our new AI...
What AI Developers Are Building Next, with Swyx and Alessio of Latent Space
29 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
NLW is back with Part 2 of his conversation with the hosts of Latent Space. In this segment they hone in on the trends Swyx and Alessio are seeing in ...
The Four Wars of the AI Stack - An Update with Swyx and Alessio of Latent Space
28 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
NLW is joined today by the hosts of the Latent Space podcast for part one of a wide-ranging conversation about the changes and shifts in the AI market...
A Report from the AI Frontlines with The Neuron's Pete Huang
27 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this conversation, NLW talks with The Neuron co-founder Pete Huang. They discuss Pete's recent time at Nvidia's GTC event, the state of AI media, a...
How Businesses Are Using AI Right Now with Greg Kamradt
26 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
There is a huge amount of discussion about AI, but is it actually translating to new behaviors inside organizations? In this conversation, entrepreneu...
How AI Is Shifting with Nathan Labenz
25 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A wide-ranging conversation with host of The Cognitive Revolution and AI multi-threat Nathan Labenz. Find Nathan on Twitter: https://twitter.com/labe...
Why Boring AI is Driving Adoption
24 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
NLW builds off an essay by Ethan Mollick https://www.oneusefulthing.org/p/in-praise-of-boring-ai He argues that it is simple, specific, even boring AI...
The 5 Most Important Stories in AI This Week
22 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Top 5 AI Stories This Week: Open Interpreter's new device, Reddit's AI-driven IPO, Apple's AI shifts with potential Google and Baidu partnerships, Int...
U.S. Gov't Grants Intel $8.5B for AI Chip Production
21 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Intel secures a preliminary deal with the U.S. government for up to $8.5 billion in Chips Act funding, signaling a major move in semiconductor manufac...
Bye Bye Pi? Inflection CEO and Team Head to Microsoft
21 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Mustafa Suleyman, co-founder of Inflection AI, moves to Microsoft as the new CEO of Microsoft AI, leading consumer AI products and research. The surpr...
Nvidia’s Blackwell is Radically More Powerful AI Compute
19 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Nvidia's new Blackwell GPU announced at the GTC conference revolutionizes AI computing with unmatched power and innovation. As the AI industry's backb...
Wait, Apple is Putting Google Gemini AI on iPhones?!
18 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Apple is negotiating with Google to integrate Gemini AI into iPhone features, signaling a major strategy shift for the tech giant. Plus Nvidia's GTC c...
The AI Revolution Through an Economic Lens
17 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A reading and discussion based on Per Bylund's "The Economics of the AI Revolution" https://mises.org/mises-wire/economics-ai-revolution ABOUT THE AI ...
Should AI Gains Mean a 32-Hour Workweek?
15 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
According to new legislation from Bernie Sanders, the answer is yes. Also on this episode, Apple buys an AI startup as the arms race heats up. ABOUT ...
ChatGPT Gets a Body with the Figure 01 Robot
14 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A wild demo has the world talking about AI and robotics. Plus, Google has a new AI agent called SIMA that shows how an agent trained on multiple games...
GPT-4.5 - Does a Cached Announcement Blog Prove It’s Coming?
14 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
NLW gives the update on the EU AI Act, and why multiple parties don't love where it landed. Also, does a Bing cache leak confirm GPT 4.5? Sponsors: T...
A New AI Safety Report (and Why the Media Loves the AI Extinction Narrative)
13 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
US-funded report sparks media frenzy, advocating for drastic AI measures. Unpacking the actual content versus sensational media narratives on potentia...
The Questions That Remain Around OpenAI's Board
11 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Elon Musk's latest attempt to differentiate from OpenAI is that he's promised to open source Grok this week. Speaking of OpenAI, Sam Altman has rejoin...
Does AI Have a Capital Concentration Problem?
10 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A reading and discussion based off of this essay by Tim O'Reilly https://www.theinformation.com/articles/ai-has-an-uber-problem ABOUT THE AI BREAKDOWN...
Inflection-2.5 Is a "Personal" AI at Near GPT-4 Levels
08 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Plus President Joe Biden talks AI at the State of the Union. ABOUT THE AI BREAKDOWN The AI Breakdown helps you understand the most important news and...
Google Engineer Arrested for Selling AI Secrets to Chinese Companies
07 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A former Google engineer has been arrested for allegedly sharing AI secrets with Chinese companies. This episode delves into the escalating tech war b...
OpenAI Publishes Emails Showing Elon Pushed For-Profit Conversion
06 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
OpenAI has clapped back after Elon Musk sued them, publishing a set of emails that make it appear like Elon recommended the for-profit switch and want...
Elon Musk Sues OpenAI and Sam Altman
05 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Elon Musk has initiated legal action against OpenAI and its CEO, Sam Altman, alleging deviation from the company's original mission and principles. Th...
5 Things To Know About Claude 3 - Anthropic’s Would-Be GPT-4 Killer
05 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Anthropic has just released Claude 3, and according to the benchmarks, it's GPT-4 level and then some. NLW covers 5 important parts of the discussion ...
AI's Threat to History
04 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A reading and discussion inspired by https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/28/opinion/ai-history-deepfake-watermark.html ABOUT THE AI BREAKDOWN The AI Break...
AI Is Transforming How We Interact With Computers
02 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A reading and discussion of the changing nature of the relationship between humans and computers, inspired by https://www.theinformation.com/articles/...
The 10 Biggest AI News Stories of the Past Month
01 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
From Sora to Nvidia's stock surge to Mistral and Microsoft to controversy around Gemini and beyond, NLW counts down the most significant AI news stori...
REPORT: Llama 3 Coming in July (with Fewer Guardrails)
29 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Information reports that Meta's most advanced model Llama 3 will be arriving in July, and will specifically have safety features dialed back. Also...
Work Disruption? Klarna's AI Assistant Does Work of 700 Full Time Agents
28 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Klarna's new AI chatbot, powered by OpenAI, has showcased impressive capabilities in its first month, effectively performing the tasks of 700 full-tim...
Bing’s Sydney is Back, Unhinged and Very Unaligned
27 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
While everyone has been watching the Gemini controversy (which wiped about $70B off of Alphabet/Google's marketcap yesterday), Bing's Sydney has quiet...
Mistral Launches Close-to-GPT-4-Level Model with Microsoft Partnership
26 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The model is proprietary rather than the open source Mistral has become known for. Also, a monster fundraising round for Figure AI. INTERESTED IN THE...
Google Gemini Anti-Woke Backlash: Culture War or AI Fear?
25 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Dive into the recent controversy surrounding Google Gemini's image generation. This discussion unravels the complexities behind the backlash over perc...
The Next Phase of Generative AI
24 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
NLW argues that another phase of expectation in genAI has begun thanks to Groq, Sora, and Gemini Pro 1.5 Featuring a reading of https://www.oneusefult...
After Seeing OpenAI’s Sora, Tyler Perry Cancelled Building an $800m Studio
24 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Discover how OpenAI's groundbreaking Sora video model impacted Hollywood, leading Tyler Perry to reconsider a massive studio expansion. A testament to...
Why Nvidia's Earnings Show AI is Still Just Beginning
22 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
After smashing earnings once again, Nvidia rocketed up 15% and now has a bigger market cap than Meta, Amazon, and Alphabet. NLW explores the implicati...
Is Elon Musk Bringing Midjourney to X?
21 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Elon says they're having discussions with the Midjourney team. Meanwhile, Google introduces its first open model Gemma, and ChatGPT is going bonkers. ...
Groq is 10x Faster than ChatGPT and Gemini
20 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Alongside Gemini 1.5's massive new context window, and Sora's mindblowing video generation, Groq has come along to redefine how fast we think LLMs can...
Why Are People So Scared of Sora?
19 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
NLW discusses the rise in anti-AI sentiment that seems to have followed the public announcement of OpenAI's new video generation model Sora. He provid...
The Science Behind Sora, OpenAI's Game Changing Video Model
18 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On today's episode NLW digs into the recently published research on OpenAI's Sora. Read more: https://openai.com/research/video-generation-models-as-...
The Surprising Way AI Will Make Us Value "Soft Skills"
17 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A reading and discussion of https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/14/opinion/ai-economy-jobs-colleges.html ABOUT THE AI BREAKDOWN The AI Breakdown helps you...
OpenAI's Stunning New Video Model SORA Shocks the AI World
16 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welp, they've done it again. On a day when it was supposed to be all about Google's million+ token lengths in Gemini 1.5, OpenAI completely stole thei...
Google Launches Gemini 1.5 with ONE MILLION Token Context Window
15 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Google surprises everyone with a massive context window on their new Gemini 1.5 model. Speaking of huge context windows, Magic.dev raises $100M+ for a...
Karpathy Leaves OpenAI as OpenAI Launches Memory for ChatGPT
14 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
OpenAI makes headlines with Andrej Karpathy's departure and the launch of a groundbreaking memory feature for ChatGPT. This video delves into the impl...
OpenAI Hits $2B Revenue Run Rate
13 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
OpenAI is growing even faster than we knew, according to new numbers shared with the Financial Times. Also on this episode, NLW covers the White House...
Nvidia Surges Past Amazon's Market Cap and is Creeping on Google
12 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
AI hype continues to drive results in the market. Also on this episode, Google is investing $25m into AI worker training in Europe. ABOUT THE AI BREA...
Is Ukraine the First "AI War"?
11 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Ukraine has become a testing lab for advanced AI integrations into combat operations. ABOUT THE AI BREAKDOWN The AI Breakdown helps you understand th...
Why the Impact of AI Will Be Even Weirder Than We Think
10 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A reading and discussion inspired by https://www.oneusefulthing.org/p/on-holding-back-the-strange-ai-tide ABOUT THE AI BREAKDOWN The AI Breakdown help...
Sam Altman Wants to Raise $5-$7 TRILLION for AI Chip Plants
10 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
WSJ writes about an incredibly ambitious plan to transform the landscape for compute. Additionally, the White House has started an AI Safety Consortiu...
OpenAI Building AI Agents as Google Launches Gemini Advanced
08 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Bard is no more! Bard has become Gemini and Gemini now features Gemini Advanced, which uses Gemini Ultra 1.0 -- the first non OpenAI model to hit GPT-...
AI is Personal: On Microsoft's Copilot Super Bowl Ad
07 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Microsoft has released a 60-second Super Bowl commercial focused on their AI Copilot. NLW explores how much it says about the way the company is think...
AI Unlocks Ancient Greek Scrolls Destroyed by Mt Vesuvius
06 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Vesuvius Challenge is a $1m prize to use AI to decipher text seemingly lost on ancient Greek papyri in the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius that buried Po...
LEAK: Google Gemini Ultra Coming This Week?
05 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
According to a changelog found by an Android developer, Google Ultra is coming out on Wednesday, and Bard will be rebranded to Gemini. Also on this ep...
How AI Will Change Organized Labor
03 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A reading and discussion of an essay by one of Biden's most senior economic advisors. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/op-ed-biden-admin-says-rules-must...
Tim Cook Is FINALLY Hyping Apple AI
02 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Apple AI is coming this fall! At least according to a recent earnings call with CEO Tim Cook. Also, Bard announces image generation, Microsoft brings ...
The FCC Wants AI Robocalls to Be Illegal
01 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On this extended brief, NLW covers: the FCC's new push to make AI robocalls illegal; VW's new AI lab, Mastercard's fraud detection AI, and much more. ...
These Are the Most Used AI Applications
31 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A new study has some surprising results for which AI applications are being the most used. Plus, is Wall Street getting concerned about the cost of AI...
OpenAI Launches Education and Safety Initiative
30 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
OpenAI has launched an education and safety initiative with Common Sense Media. Also, Biden's Executive Order on AI bears fruit. ABOUT THE AI BREAKD...
US Gov't Says AI Labs Need to Notify Them Around LLM Training
30 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
NLW looks at recent comments from Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo about an LLM disclosure regime. Plus, Elon Musk's role in AI. ABOUT THE AI BREA...
Train Humans, Not AI
27 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A discussion prompted by Esther Dyson's new essay "Don’t Fuss About Training AIs. Train Our Kids" https://www.theinformation.com/articles/dont-fuss-...
Google and HuggingFace Partner in Boost to Open Source AI
26 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A new partnership between Google Cloud and the 'Github for AI/ML models' team up to make open source tools more accessible to developers. Plus, the FT...
Can Viral NSFW Taylor Swift AI Images Make Deepfake Issues Go Mainstream?
25 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
If anyone can make AI deepfakes a mainstream issue it's Taylor Swift. Plus geopolitical competition around compute access heats up. ** LEARN AI THIS ...
Google’s Announcements Show 2 Key 2024 AI Trends
24 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Google Chrome announces 3 AI features for Chrome as well as an innovative new Video generation tool Lumiere. Also SAP is restructuring 8000 jobs aroun...
The Surprising Reason AI Won't Steal Your Job
23 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A recent MIT study explored how cost effective automation really was and found that only 23% of jobs that could be automated away would actually have ...
Sam Altman's Secret Quest to Build AI Chip Plants
22 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Bloomberg and FT report on Sam Altman's latest efforts to raise billions to build more AI chip manufacturing capacity. Plus ElevenLabs becomes AI's la...
An Optimistic Take on AI and Inequality
20 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A reading and discussion based on "For all our fear of AI dystopia, it may help to level up society" https://www.ft.com/content/8f7b9b52-9243-4c34-af8...
Mark Zuckerberg Wants to Make Open Source AGI
19 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Other revelations from an Instagram reel include that Meta will have around $20B worth of compute by the end of 2024; that Llama 3 is being trained, a...
Google's AlphaGeometry Breakthrough
19 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A massive improvement in how AI can reason around geometry plus Samsung releases the AI-est AI phone to AI yet. ABOUT THE AI BREAKDOWN The AI Breakdo...
Altman Says AGI Soon, But Will Change the World Less Than We Think
17 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Altman is among the business and political leaders descending upon Davos for the World Economic Forum. Today NLW looks at a set of comments he mad...
60% of US Jobs Could Be Impacted by AI
16 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
That's according to new research from the IMF. NLW also covers Elon wanting more control before building advanced AI at Tesla and OpenAI's new electio...
The Four Wars of the AI Stack: The Battles Shaping the Development of AI
14 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The wars include the Quality Data Wars, the War of the GPU Rich/Poor, the Multimodality War, the RAG/Ops War Inspired by this excellent framework from...
The Things We Know About AI So Far
13 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A reading and exploration of: https://www.oneusefulthing.org/p/signs-and-portents ABOUT THE AI BREAKDOWN The AI Breakdown helps you understand the mos...
The AI Assistant and Agent Battle Heats Up
13 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Note: This episode was produced on Wednesday January 10th, but due to an ice storm never came out! Apologies for the delay. Today's Sponsors: Listen...
What an OpenAI AMA Tells Us About the Future of GPTs and the GPT Store
12 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Plus a new Congressional working group focused on AI. ABOUT THE AI BREAKDOWN The AI Breakdown helps you understand the most important news and discus...
The GPT Store is LIVE! (But Does Anyone Care?)
11 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
After a couple months of anticipation and more than 3 million user created GPTs, the GPT store has officially gone live. ABOUT THE AI BREAKDOWN The A...
Duolingo Replaces 10% of Contractors With AI
10 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Plus OpenAI claps back at the New York Times copyright lawsuit. ABOUT THE AI BREAKDOWN The AI Breakdown helps you understand the most important news ...
Andrej Karpathy Tries to Rebrand AI
08 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Is "Intelligence Amplification" a better term? Plus, Nvidia prepares to manufacture new chips for the China market. Today's Sponsors: Listen to the c...
What Roles Should Government Play in AI?
06 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A reading of two essays that explore this question with very different answers. https://www.newsweek.com/why-nationalizing-ai-bad-idea-opinion-185749...
5 Predictions for the GPT Store Coming Next Week
05 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
OpenAI announced the GPT Store is finally launching next week. NLW gives 5 predictions on how it will play out. Before that on the Brief: rumors of AI...
AI Researchers Put Risk of Human Extinction from AI at 5%
04 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A new survey asked 2,700+ AI/ML researchers about their fears concerning AI. This is how they responded. Today's Sponsors: Listen to the chart-toppin...
Is AI Headed for a Trough of Disillusionment?
03 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
After the peak of inflated expectations comes the trough of disillusionment. After a dismal outing on the first day of public market trading, some won...