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Don't Believe the Lull: AI Is Screaming Forward

An exploration of an essay from Tyler Cowen "The AI Hype Has Subsided But The Revolution Continues" including looks at how AI is upending the military and labor movements. 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:

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The AI Daily Brief

AI's 100 Most Influential (According to TIME)

Today NLW looks at TIME's first ever list of the 100 most influential people in AI, including some of the most notable snubs. Before that on the Brief, two senators prepare to introduce comprehensive AI legislation. Today's Sponsor: Supermanage - AI for 1-on-1's - https://supermanage.ai/breakdown 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 Subscr

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Apple Spending Millions Each Day Training AI

According to new reporting from The Information, Apple is spending millions each day training AI. That said, its still not clear what they're actually planning to do in the space. Before that on the Brief: OpenAI announced its first developer event for November but says not to expect GPT 4.5 or GPT-5; Gavin Newsom signs AI executive order in CA; Google requires political ads to disclose use of generative AI, and more. Today's Sponsor: Supermanage - AI for 1-on-1's - https://supermanage.ai/break

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The AI Daily Brief

An Open GPT-4 Level Model? Meet Falcon 180B

Falcon 180B is a new open access foundation model that reportedly performs between GPT3.5 and GPT-4 level. NLW looks at the release and explores the implications for the broader discussion of whether advanced models should be released open source. Before that on the Brief, new Zoom AI tools plus a Pentagon speech on AI defense systems. Today's Sponsor: Superintelligent - Advanced 1-on-1 AI mentorship for creators ABOUT THE AI BREAKDOWN The AI Breakdown helps you understand the most important ne

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The AI Daily Brief

Study: Reinforcement Learning from AI Feedback Performs As Well As Human Feedback

Today on The AI Breakdown, NLW looks at new research from Google that shows that reinforcement learning using artificial intelligence rather than human feedback could perform as well as RLHF. Before that on the Brief: the first AI pop singer gets a record deal; an AI-produced covid drug moves to phase 1 trials, and more. Today's Sponsor: Supermanage - AI for 1-on-1's - https://supermanage.ai/breakdown ABOUT THE AI BREAKDOWN The AI Breakdown helps you understand the most important news and discu

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The AI Daily Brief

Is OpenAI Secretly Training GPT-5?

Inflection's Mustafa Suleyman indicates that he is skeptical of claims that OpenAI isn't training GPT-5, and points out that even if they're not, others are busy training more advanced models. 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/aib

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Who Will Create and Capture the Most Value in AI?

An exploration of defensibility, value capture and economic structure in artificial intelligence. With excerpts from: https://www.wsj.com/articles/ai-has-finally-become-transformative-humans-scale-language-model-6a67e641 https://a16z.com/2023/08/03/the-economic-case-for-generative-ai-and-foundation-models/ https://a16z.com/2023/01/19/who-owns-the-generative-ai-platform/ https://a16z.com/2023/08/11/cloud-lessons-for-the-ai-era/ https://a16z.com/2023/08/30/financial-opportunity-of-ai/ ABOUT THE AI

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The AI Daily Brief

Should AI Make Us Want A National Privacy Law?

NLW explores questions of privacy prompted by the essay "Want Protection from AI? The First Step is a National Privacy Law" by Congresswoman Suzan DelBene. 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://breakdown

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The AI Daily Brief

Are Educators Ready for a ChatGPT School Year?

As September and the Fall begins, NLW checks in on the conversation about ChatGPT among educators as they prepare to begin the first year where that technology will be available from day one. Before that on the Brief: Mustafa Suleyman says the US should use AI chip access to impose AI ethics on the world. Today's Sponsor: Supermanage - AI for 1-on-1's - https://supermanage.ai/breakdown ABOUT THE AI BREAKDOWN The AI Breakdown helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI. Su

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The Geopolitics of Artificial Intelligence

On today's episode, NLW looks at news that the US has pushed Nvidia and AMD to stop AI chip exports to certain Middle Eastern countries as part of their attempt to deny China access to compute. Before that on the Brief: can AI save Silicon Valley from the post-ZIRP era? Today's Sponsor: Supermanage - AI for 1-on-1's - https://supermanage.ai/breakdown ABOUT THE AI BREAKDOWN The AI Breakdown helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI. Subscribe to The AI Breakdown newslett

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The AI Daily Brief

OpenAI Is Now On A Billion Dollar Revenue Pace

On the Brief, NLW looks at new reports that OpenAI is clearing $80,000,000 a month, even before the launch of ChatGPT Enterprise. Also on the Brief Snapchat Dreams is live; an AI-powered defense system around D.C. and more. On the main episode, NLW looks at all the announcements from Google Cloud Next including Vertex AI, Duet AI and an updated partnership with Nvidia. ABOUT THE AI BREAKDOWN The AI Breakdown helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI. Subscribe to The AI

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The AI Daily Brief

ChatGPT Enterprise Is Here - How It Shapes the AI Competitive Landscape

OpenAI yesterday announced the much anticipated ChatGPT Enterprise. The service comes with the most powerful version of ChatGPT yet, according to the company. NLW explores the announcement and what it says about the state of the competitive landscape in AI. Before that on the Brief: tech CEOs to head to Washington D.C. next month for a Senate meeting; and Pew shows Americans are concerned about AI. Today's Sponsor: Supermanage - AI for 1-on-1's - https://supermanage.ai/breakdown ABOUT THE AI BR

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