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Apple AI? Apple Didn't Say "Artificial Intelligence" Once at WWDC

Those expecting a big AI announcement at Apple's WWDC were disappointed today, however those waiting for a mixed reality headset have much to celebrate. On this episode, NLW discusses how Apple VisionPro might converge with AI, and where AI did show up (even if not named) in the presentation. Before that on the Brief: drama at Stability AI, an AI breakthrough in the writers strike, and 3900 job losses from AI last month. The AI Breakdown helps you understand the most important news and discussio

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The AI Daily Brief

AI Gaming Lights Up: The Biggest AI News This Week

AI news continues to come fast and furious. On today's weekly recap, NLW covers the biggest stories from the previous week, including cutting edge research, 2d video-to-3D modeling, OpenAI corporate secrets and more. 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/ai

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The AI Daily Brief

TIME Asks: Is AI the End of Humanity?

TIME Magazine's current cover story is titled "The End of Humanity: How Real Is The Risk?" It's a marker of how much the AI risk and safety conversation has gone mainstream. On this episode, NLW reads two pieces: AI Is Not an Arms Race - Katja Grace The Darwinian Argument for Worrying About AI - Dan Hendrycks 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

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The AI Daily Brief

BONUS: Riley Goodside on The Art of Prompting ChatGPT [The Cognitive Revolution preview]

This is a special preview episode of The Cognitive Revolution: How AI Changes Everything. Hosted by Erik Torenberg and Nathan Labenz, TCR hosts in-depth interviews with the creators, builders and thinkers pushing the bleeding edge of AI. On this episode, they talk with Riley Goodside, the first Staff Prompt Engineer at Scale AI and expert in prompting LLMs and integrating them into AI applications. Check out The Cognitive Revolution The perfect AI interview complement to The AI Breakdown https:/

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The AI Daily Brief

An AI Drone Killed Its Operator In A USAF Simulation -- Except That's Not Actually What Happened

A bogus story about an AI simulation gone wrong made headlines around the world, until the progentior of the story said it was actually just a thought experiment. Oops. On the Brief, a look at Neuralangelo, a new NeRF/Photogrammetry type technology making 3D geometry from 2D videos. Check out The Cognitive Revolution The perfect AI interview complement to The AI Breakdown https://link.chtbl.com/TheCognitiveRevolution The AI Breakdown helps you understand the most important news and discussions i

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The AI Daily Brief

Can OpenAI's New GPT Training Model Solve Math and AI Alignment At the Same Time?

A look at the latest developments from OpenAI, including new features, a cybersecurity grant program, and their new process rewards model for trading. Before that on the Brief, Japan declines to enforce copyright around AI model training, Australia asks citizens if it should ban AI, and an AI camera without a lens. 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 t

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Are ChatGPT Plugins Overhyped?

ChatGPT Plugins are one of the most hyped things in AI -- but are they overhyped? In this episode, NLW explores how the default interfaces of the internet have changed over time, the issues with the current implementations of ChatGPT Plugins, and what it means for the future. Check out The Cognitive Revolution The perfect AI interview complement to The AI Breakdown https://link.chtbl.com/TheCognitiveRevolution The AI Breakdown helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI. S

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The AI Daily Brief

Nvidia Is Building an AI Supercomputer and Gaming Platform

Nvidia made a huge number of AI related announcements at Computex, including new chips, a new AI supercomputer, a partnership with the world's biggest advertising agency WPP, and a new AI gaming platform. 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 Le

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The AI Daily Brief

AI Alignment and AGI - How Worried Should We Actually Be?

A reading of Max Tegmark's essay "The 'Don't Look Up' Thinking That Could Doom Us With AI" 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.network/

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The AI Daily Brief

The 5 Biggest AI News Stories This Week

AI news this week - here are the 5 most important stories! AI regulation and safety - OpenAI, Microsoft and more AI helps discover antibiotic for superbug Adobe generative fill Microsoft Windows Copilot ChatGPT Browse with Bing for all users 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

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The 9 AI Tools I Actually Use Every Day As A Content Creator

Lists of 1000s of AI tools abound, but here are the 9 I actually use every day (with a watchlist with 3 more I'm experimenting with). The list includes: 1. Feedly 2. ChatGPT 3. Perplexity 4. Descript 5. Midjourney 6. Photoshop 7. Deepfloyd 8. Canva 9. TubeBuddy 10. Vidyo.ai (watchlist) 11. Wondercraft (watchlist) 12. Elevenlabs (watchlist) The AI Breakdown helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI. Subscribe to The AI Breakdown newsletter: https://theaibreakdown.beehiiv.

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NVIDIA Sets Off An AI Stock Frenzy While Elon Warns of the Terminator Scenario

Today on The AI Breakdown, NLW reviews comments from Elon Musk and Eric Schmidt at yesterday's WSJ CEO Council Summit about AI risk. He also covers EU and UK AI regulatory efforts. On the Brief, how AI is coming to YouTube shorts, plus NVIDIA sets off an AI stock frenzy. 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.yo

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