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OpenAI Quietly Abandoned Arrakis Model Earlier This Year

In a rare miss, OpenAI had to shutter their Arrakis model earlier this year. They had hoped that the model would bring GPT-4 level performance with lower cost and more efficiency, but it simply didn't. NLW also looks at rumors of Apple AI coming to iOS 18. Today's Sponsors: Listen to the chart-topping podcast 'web3 with a16z crypto' wherever you get your podcasts or here: https://link.chtbl.com/xz5kFVEK?sid=AIBreakdown ABOUT THE AI BREAKDOWN The AI Breakdown helps you understand the most importa

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The AI Daily Brief

Which AI Model is the Most Transparent?

A group of researchers from Stanford, MIT and Princeton have come up with a new system for determining which AI foundation models are the most transparent. Watch to figure out who scores highest. Before that on the Brief: Anthropic is sued by Universal Music Group, the FBI says AI is helping with terrorist propaganda, and more. 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://theaibreakdo

The AI Daily Brief
The AI Daily Brief

China-US AI Tensions and AI Safety Summit Controversy

The US has once again tightened restrictions on chip exports and other AI engagements with China. NLW explores the potential consequences, as well as drama around the AI Safety Summit. Today's Sponsors: Listen to the chart-topping podcast 'web3 with a16z crypto' wherever you get your podcasts or here: https://link.chtbl.com/xz5kFVEK?sid=AIBreakdown ABOUT THE AI BREAKDOWN The AI Breakdown helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI. Subscribe to The AI Breakdown newsletter:

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The AI Daily Brief

AI Agents Coming to OpenAI Dev Event?

NLW digs into rumors and reports around what we can expect from the OpenAI developer event coming in November, including reports that the company will introduce AI agents. Before that on the Brief, layoffs at tech companies and a million dollar AI challenge to read ancient scrolls. TAKE OUR SURVEY ON EDUCATIONAL AND LEARNING RESOURCE CONTENT: https://bit.ly/aibreakdownsurvey ABOUT THE AI BREAKDOWN The AI Breakdown helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI. Subscribe to T

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The AI Daily Brief

The Techno-Optimist Manifesto

Marc Andreessen has just published The Techno-Optimist Manifesto. NLW reads the piece and provides context on why it matters for the AI discourse. Read: https://a16z.com/the-techno-optimist-manifesto/ Today's Sponsors: Listen to the chart-topping podcast 'web3 with a16z crypto' wherever you get your podcasts or here: https://link.chtbl.com/xz5kFVEK?sid=AIBreakdown ABOUT THE AI BREAKDOWN The AI Breakdown helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI. Subscribe to The AI Break

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The AI Daily Brief

The 7 Use Case Categories of ChatGPT-4 Vision

ChatGPT-4 Vision is one of the biggest AI product updates of the last few months and people are still just exploring all the ways it can be used. NLW explores a recent framework from Greg Kamradt for the 7 categories of use got GPT-4V, including: Describe, Interpret, Recommend, Convert, Extract, Assist, Evaluate. Read more: https://twitter.com/GregKamradt/status/1711772496159252981 TAKE OUR SURVEY ON EDUCATIONAL AND LEARNING RESOURCE CONTENT: https://bit.ly/aibreakdownsurvey ABOUT THE AI BREAKDO

The AI Daily Brief
The AI Daily Brief

Can AI Detect AI? And Other Frequently Asked Questions

NLW excerpts Professor Ethan Mollick's recent essay "What people ask me most." https://www.oneusefulthing.org/p/what-people-ask-me-most-also-some Today's Sponsors: Listen to the chart-topping podcast 'web3 with a16z crypto' wherever you get your podcasts or here: https://link.chtbl.com/xz5kFVEK?sid=AIBreakdown TAKE OUR SURVEY ON EDUCATIONAL AND LEARNING RESOURCE CONTENT: https://bit.ly/aibreakdownsurvey ABOUT THE AI BREAKDOWN The AI Breakdown helps you understand the most important news and disc

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The AI Daily Brief

The US Wants To Block China's Access to Advanced AI Models

The US-China AI battle heats up as the Biden Administration looks into ways to deny China access to key advanced AI models. Before that on the Brief: an exciting new feature from Adobe and Google protects users from copyright complaints. TAKE OUR SURVEY ON EDUCATIONAL AND LEARNING RESOURCE CONTENT: https://bit.ly/aibreakdownsurvey 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://theaibre

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The AI Daily Brief

The State of AI Report: Research, Industry, Politics and Safety

On today's episode, NLW reviews Air Street's epic 6th annual State of AI report - https://www.stateof.ai/ Before that on the Brief, Character AI launches group chats; an AI startup is doing layoffs; and the RIAA wants voice cloning sites to be considered piracy. Today's Sponsors: Listen to the chart-topping podcast 'web3 with a16z crypto' wherever you get your podcasts or here: https://link.chtbl.com/xz5kFVEK?sid=AIBreakdown Netsuite | The leading business management software | Get no interest a

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The AI Daily Brief

AI Chip Wars: Tesla Building "Bunkerlike" Home for Dojo Supercomputer

Tesla is building a massive facility for their Dojo supercomputer. NLW explores how it could impact what they do in AI. Before that on the Brief: Adobe releases their Image 2 model. TAKE OUR SURVEY ON EDUCATIONAL AND LEARNING RESOURCE CONTENT: https://bit.ly/aibreakdownsurvey 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 Breakdo

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The AI Daily Brief

The Latest AutoGPT and AI Agent Developments

AutoGPT held a hackathon last weekend and is in the midst of a global virtual hackathon. Also the latest from MultiOn and SuperAGI. Before that on the Brief; Microsoft preparing to announce AI chip and the geopolitics of AI heats up. Links: https://twitter.com/AlexReibman/status/1711277630035755076 https://twitter.com/Auto_GPT/status/1699522676770177520 https://twitter.com/DivGarg9/status/1710719246014333221 https://twitter.com/_superAGI/status/1710321434437058896 Today's Sponsor: Listen to the

The AI Daily Brief
The AI Daily Brief

AI Operations and AI Engineer: The New Careers AI Is Creating

On today's episode, NLW explores the ways AI is changing people's career paths. In particular, he examines two entirely new roles -- the AI Engineer and AI Operations -- and what they mean for you. Links: https://www.semafor.com/article/10/04/2023/ai-is-spurring-the-rise-of-the-novice-coder https://www.latent.space/p/ai-engineer https://twitter.com/karpathy/status/1674873002314563584 https://news.theaiexchange.com/p/premium-defining-ai-operations-new-cohorts-announced https://twitter.com/rachel_

The AI Daily Brief