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REPORT: Llama 3 Coming in July (with Fewer Guardrails)

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 on this episode, AI video is heating up! INTERESTED IN THE AI EDUCATION BETA? ONE DAY LEFT TO REGISTER! Learn more and sign up https://bit.ly/aibeta ABOUT THE AI BREAKDOWN The AI Breakdown helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI. Subscribe to The AI Breakdown newsletter: https://theaibreakdown.beehiiv.com/subscribe Subsc

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Work Disruption? Klarna's AI Assistant Does Work of 700 Full Time Agents

Klarna's new AI chatbot, powered by OpenAI, has showcased impressive capabilities in its first month, effectively performing the tasks of 700 full-time customer service agents. Engaging in 2.3 million conversations, the bot handled two-thirds of Klarna's customer service interactions, achieving satisfaction rates on par with human agents. Plus Apple ditches car plans to focus on AI

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Bing’s Sydney is Back, Unhinged and Very Unaligned

While everyone has been watching the Gemini controversy (which wiped about $70B off of Alphabet/Google's marketcap yesterday), Bing's Sydney has quietly resurfaced with some disturbing comments. NLW explores the latest. ABOUT THE AI BREAKDOWN The AI Breakdown helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI. Subscribe to The AI Breakdown newsletter: https://theaibreakdown.beehiiv.com/subscribe Subscribe to The AI Breakdown on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheAIBreakdown Joi

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Mistral Launches Close-to-GPT-4-Level Model with Microsoft Partnership

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 AI EDUCATION BETA? ONE DAY LEFT TO REGISTER! Learn more and sign up https://bit.ly/aibeta ABOUT THE AI BREAKDOWN The AI Breakdown helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI. Subscribe to The AI Breakdown newsletter: https://theaibreakdown.beehiiv.com/subscribe Subscribe to The AI Breakdown on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com

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Google Gemini Anti-Woke Backlash: Culture War or AI Fear?

Dive into the recent controversy surrounding Google Gemini's image generation. This discussion unravels the complexities behind the backlash over perceived 'woke' alterations in historical image representations, examining whether this is a cultural conflict or rooted in AI technology's challenges. INTERESTED IN THE AI EDUCATION BETA? ONE DAY LEFT TO REGISTER! Learn more and sign up https://bit.ly/aibeta ABOUT THE AI BREAKDOWN The AI Breakdown helps you understand the most important news and disc

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The Next Phase of Generative AI

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.oneusefulthing.org/p/strategies-for-an-accelerating-future INTERESTED IN THE AI EDUCATION BETA? Learn more and sign up https://bit.ly/aibeta ABOUT THE AI BREAKDOWN The AI Breakdown helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI. Subscribe to The AI Breakdown newsletter: https://theaibreakdown.beehiiv.com/subscribe Subscribe to The AI Brea

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After Seeing OpenAI’s Sora, Tyler Perry Cancelled Building an $800m Studio

Discover how OpenAI's groundbreaking Sora video model impacted Hollywood, leading Tyler Perry to reconsider a massive studio expansion. A testament to AI's immediate influence on the entertainment industry. INTERESTED IN THE AI EDUCATION BETA? Learn more and sign up https://bit.ly/aibeta Today's Sponsors: Notion - Notion AI. Knowledge, answers, ideas. One click away. - https://notion.com/aibreakdown ABOUT THE AI BREAKDOWN The AI Breakdown helps you understand the most important news and discussi

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Why Nvidia's Earnings Show AI is Still Just Beginning

After smashing earnings once again, Nvidia rocketed up 15% and now has a bigger market cap than Meta, Amazon, and Alphabet. NLW explores the implications of Nvidia's success for the rest of the AI space. Also, Google turns off AI image generation following intense online criticism. INTERESTED IN THE AI EDUCATION BETA? Learn more and sign up https://bit.ly/aibeta ABOUT THE AI BREAKDOWN The AI Breakdown helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI. Subscribe to The AI Breakdo

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Is Elon Musk Bringing Midjourney to X?

Elon says they're having discussions with the Midjourney team. Meanwhile, Google introduces its first open model Gemma, and ChatGPT is going bonkers. INTERESTED IN THE AI EDUCATION BETA? Learn more and sign up https://bit.ly/aibeta ABOUT THE AI BREAKDOWN The AI Breakdown helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI. Subscribe to The AI Breakdown newsletter: https://theaibreakdown.beehiiv.com/subscribe Subscribe to The AI Breakdown on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheAIB

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Groq is 10x Faster than ChatGPT and Gemini

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 be. NLW explores people's reactions and the implications for new use cases. INTERESTED IN THE AI EDUCATION BETA? Learn more and sign up https://bit.ly/aibeta Today's Sponsors: Notion - Notion AI. Knowledge, answers, ideas. One click away. - https://notion.com/aibreakdown ABOUT THE AI BREAKDOWN The AI Breakdown helps you understand the most importa

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Why Are People So Scared of Sora?

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 provides a set of explanations for which this particular acrimony is arising now. INTERESTED IN THE AI EDUCATION BETA? Learn more and sign up https://bit.ly/aibeta ABOUT THE AI BREAKDOWN The AI Breakdown helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI. Subscribe to The AI Breakdown newsletter: https://theaibreakdown.beehiiv.com/subscri

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The Science Behind Sora, OpenAI's Game Changing Video Model

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-world-simulators ABOUT THE AI BREAKDOWN The AI Breakdown helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI. Subscribe to The AI Breakdown newsletter: https://theaibreakdown.beehiiv.com/subscribe Subscribe to The AI Breakdown on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheAIBreakdown Join the community: bit.ly/aibreakdown Learn more: http:/

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