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Meta takes on ChatGPT
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Welcome, AI enthusiasts.
The open-source AI community has a new champion in Llama 3.
With impressive capabilities, a colossal 400B+ parameter version on the horizon, and integrations across its social empire, Meta clearly means business. Let’s get to it…
In today’s AI rundown:
Meta releases next-gen Llama 3
Microsoft’s VASA-1 brings still photos to life
Personalize the new version of GPT-4 Turbo
GPT-4 nears expert eye doctor analysis
6 new AI tools & 4 new AI jobs
More AI & tech news
Read time: 4 minutes
LATEST DEVELOPMENTS
META
🦙 Meta releases next-gen Llama 3
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The Rundown: Meta just introduced Llama 3, the next generation of its open-source LLM — with 8B and 70B parameter versions that surpass open-model competitors across a variety of evaluation benchmarks.
The details:
Meta’s tests show Llama 3 8B and 70B outperforming similarly-sized models like Google's Gemma, Mistral 7B, and Anthropic's Claude 3 Sonnet.
The models were trained on a dataset 7x larger than Llama 2, containing 15T tokens and 4x more code.
The largest 400B+ parameter version is expected to be released in the “coming months“ and competitive with GPT-4.
Llama 3 is embedded across platforms via the Meta AI assistant, available on Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, Messenger, and a new meta.ai website.
Why it matters: With impressive benchmarks and a behemoth model waiting to be released, Zuck’s master plan is taking shape. With the average human still having limited exposure to AI, Meta’s broad integrations just freely delivered a top-tier AI model to over 3 billion people across its products.
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MICROSOFT
🗣️ Microsoft’s VASA-1 brings still photos to life
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The Rundown: Microsoft just unveiled VASA-1, a new AI model capable of generating strikingly lifelike talking head videos from a single still image and an audio clip.
The details:
VASA-1 requires just a single photo and a speech audio file to create a realistic talking video of the subject, with synced mouth movements and emotive animations.
The model can generate nuanced expressions, natural head motions, and even realistic singing performances, going beyond simple lip-syncing.
Users can use input sliders to control aspects of the generated video, such as eye gaze direction, head distance, and emotional tone.
Why it matters: VASA-1 represents a big leap, with potential applications in areas like virtual avatars, gaming, and computer animation. But while just a research demo, the ability to generate insanely realistic deepfakes is clearly here — with significant implications given upcoming elections and broader adoption from bad actors.
AI TRAINING
🤖 Personalize the new version of GPT-4 Turbo
The Rundown: In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to access the newest version of GPT-4 Turbo, a majorly improved model, and personalize your experience.
Step-by-step:
Go to OpenAI’s Playground and sign in. You will need a ChatGPT Plus subscription
On the left side, click where it says “Chat”.
Click on the models dropdown menu, press “Show more models”, and select “gpt-4-turbo-2024-04-09”.
Enter a prompt where it says “User” and play around with the different parameters, e.g., system prompt, temperature, or maximum length, and personalize your outputs.
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AI RESEARCH
👨⚕️ GPT-4 nears expert eye doctor analysis
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The Rundown: A new study from the University of Cambridge found that OpenAI's GPT-4 model performs close to the level of expert ophthalmologists in analyzing eye conditions and suggesting treatments.
The details:
GPT-4, GPT-3.5, PaLM 2, LLaMA, and expert and trainee ophthalmologists were tested on 87 multiple-choice questions.
GPT-4 scored 60/87, higher than the average scores of trainees (59.7) and junior doctors (37) but slightly lower than the expert’s average of 66.4.
While the study is newly published, the testing occurred in mid-2023, meaning LLM capabilities available now likely already exceed the models used.
Why it matters: GPT-4 is already performing near the level of the average expert eye doctor. With additional LLM advances, capabilities will only be pushed higher, massively increasing accessibility to healthcare — especially in settings where access to specialists may be limited (or non-existent).
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QUICK HITS
Google announced a restructure to enhance AI product development, creating a new ‘Platform and Devices’ team and merging its Research and DeepMind teams.
Stability AI informed employees that it is laying off 10% of its workforce in order to “right-size” the company, which follows a major leadership change.
Nothing Earbuds released two new headphone models, introducing ChatGPT integration that allows users to interact with the AI via a simple squeeze.
The U.S. Air Force and DARPA announced they have successfully conducted simulated dogfights with AI-controlled aircraft, a significant milestone in AI aviation testing.
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon said he envisions a world where AI significantly enhances banking, with the company embedding the tech across all aspects of the business.
Mentee Robotics introduced Menteebot, a humanoid robot capable of performing complex tasks and learning through natural language commands.
Movie studio A24 is facing backlash after using artwork that appears AI-generated across marketing posters for its new “Civil War” film.
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A new humanoid robot emerges
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Welcome, AI enthusiasts.
Boston Dynamics said goodbye to its iconic hydraulic Atlas robot this week — but its successor didn’t take long to make a BIG impression.
A demo of the new all-electric Atlas showcased mind-bending flexibility and a revamped look, signaling a new chapter for the robotics firm. Let’s get into it…
In today’s AI rundown:
Boston Dynamics reveals the new Atlas robot
Google AI to assist U.S. in disaster responses
Generate an AI song for free with just a prompt
AI accelerates Parkinson’s treatment
6 new AI tools & 4 new AI jobs
More AI & tech news
Read time: 4 minutes
LATEST DEVELOPMENTS
BOSTON DYNAMICS
🤖 Boston Dynamics reveals the new Atlas robot
Image source: Boston Dynamics
The Rundown: Boston Dynamics just unveiled a sleek, all-electric version of its Atlas humanoid robot, designed for real-world applications and boasting impressive new dexterity and agility.
The details:
The video showcases Atlas’ flexibility, including the ability to push itself up from a prone position and rotate its head and torso 180 degrees.
The release comes just one day after announcing the retirement of the original hydraulic Atlas robot.
The new Atlas features a more streamlined design than its predecessor, with a ring-light-like head and no more exposed cables.
Atlas will be tested in experiments with Hyundai (a Boston Dynamics investor) in the automaker’s factories.
Why it matters: With over a decade of experience in jaw-dropping demos, Boston Dynamics has done it yet again. Despite the ‘humanoid’ label, the new Atlas robot shows that the optimal design isn’t always perfectly human — with mind-bending flexibility that strays away from trying to mirror our (soon to be) inferior bodies.
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🚒 Google AI to assist U.S. in disaster response
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The Rundown: Google's Alphabet X is working with the U.S. National Guard to provide AI tools that can quickly analyze images of disaster zones — enabling faster responses to wildfires, floods, and other natural disasters.
The details:
The AI tool can process aerial photos, compare them with satellite imagery, and automatically identify locations, roads, buildings, and infrastructure.
The system can complete image analysis tasks in seconds, a process that previously took hours or days when performed by human analysts.
The National Guard, which coordinates the military's response to domestic disasters, will deploy the tools for the upcoming summer wildfire season.
Why it matters: As climate change fuels more frequent and severe natural disasters, the need for rapid and effective disaster response grows. By harnessing AI to quickly analyze vast amounts of imagery and data, first responders can dramatically improve the speed and precision of their efforts.
AI TRAINING
🎵 Generate an AI song for free with just a prompt
The Rundown: In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to use Udio AI to generate an AI-generated song for free by using just text prompts and tags.
Step-by-step:
Visit the Udio website.
Click “Log in” in the top right corner and either sign-in or sign-up for free. You can make up to 600 free songs per month.
Describe your desired song. You can select among several “Suggested Tags” and add your own lyrics to personalize your song even further.
Wait a few minutes and enjoy your new AI-generated song!
Pro tip: Once it creates your AI song, you can remix it, download it, and even extend it.
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AI RESEARCH
💊 AI accelerates Parkinson’s treatment
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The Rundown: Researchers from the University of Cambridge just developed an AI method to quickly find potential treatments for Parkinson's disease.
The details:
The AI screens millions of compounds to pinpoint those that prevent a key protein from forming harmful clumps.
The most promising compounds identified by the AI are then tested in the lab, and the results are fed back into the model for further refinement.
This iterative process led to the discovery of five highly potent compounds that are hundreds of times more effective than previously reported options.
The AI method accelerates the initial screening process 10x and reduces costs by 1000x.
Why it matters: AI’s ability to speed up and lower the cost of uncovering new treatments brings hope that some of the world’s most challenging health problems will eventually have a solution. As models and compute power continue to increase, humanity may find itself in a new golden age of medical discovery.
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Stability AI announced that Stable Diffusion 3 is now available via API, introducing advanced text-to-image generation and coherent text generation that rival DALL-E 3 and Midjourney.
Google DeepMind researchers shared new demos of its low-cost ALOHA 2 autonomous robots, showcasing the ability to tie shoelaces, hang shirts, and more.
Wayve introduced LINGO-2, the first vision-language-action model for autonomous vehicles tested on public roads, linking natural language with driving.
Mistral is also reportedly in talks to raise new capital at a $5B valuation, coming on the heels of a $415M raise in December.
Snap announced that it will add watermarks to AI-generated images on the platform, using a translucent logo with a sparkle emoji for increased transparency.
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Microsoft's $1.5B AI power play
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Welcome, AI enthusiasts.
The world of AI is no stranger to high-stakes deals, but Microsoft's latest investment in a UAE AI firm takes things to a whole new level.
With a $1.5B investment in G42, Microsoft not only gains access to the wealth of the Gulf region — but also strikes a blow against China's AI influence. Let’s investigate…
In today’s AI rundown:
Microsoft invests $1.5B in UAE AI firm
AMD and Nvidia unveil new processors
Access the best open-source LLM for free
InstantMesh enables 3D generation in seconds
6 new AI tools & 4 new AI jobs
More AI & tech news
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LATEST DEVELOPMENTS
MICROSOFT
💰 Microsoft invests $1.5B in UAE AI firm
Image source: G42
The Rundown: Microsoft just agreed to invest $1.5B in G42, an Abu Dhabi-based AI firm previously under investigation from the U.S. for its ties to China.
The details:
Microsoft receives a minority stake in G42 and a seat on its board, while G42 will use Microsoft’s cloud for developing and deploying AI.
The deal reportedly required negotiations with the Biden administration due to concerns over G42's China links.
G42 committed to removing China-based Huawei from its systems and adhering to a security arrangement that protects the AI products shared.
Microsoft unlocks access to massive wealth in the Gulf region, as the UAE pushes to become a major player in the AI industry.
Why it matters: The Microsoft-G42 deal on the surface reads like your typical strategic investment, but a geopolitical high-stakes dance lurks beneath. With G42, the U.S. strikes a new blow in its effort to limit China’s access and influence in the AI race — while gaining powerful new partners in the powerful Gulf region.
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AMD
💻 AMD and Nvidia unveil new processors
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The Rundown: AMD just announced its latest Ryzen PRO mobile and desktop processors — with rival Nvidia also unveiling new AI-focused GPUs on the same day.
The details:
AMD's new Ryzen PRO 8040 mobile processors and 8000 desktop processors are designed to deliver enhanced performance and AI capabilities.
AMD hailed the 8000 release as the world’s first ‘AI-enabled desktop processor’ for business users.
The processors are expected to compete with releases from Nvidia and Intel.
NVIDIA also announced its own AI-focused GPUs, the RTX A400 and RTX A1000, bringing advanced AI capabilities to a range of computers.
Why it matters: While Nvidia garners the hype, both AMD and Intel continue to push the market leader. Even more interesting, given the dueling announcements, is that AMD’s CEO Lisa Su is Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s cousin — making this particular rivalry a unique family affair.
AI TRAINING
🤖 Access the best open-source LLM for free
The Rundown: In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to access Command R+, the highest-ranking open-source LLM that tops the older versions of GPT-4 on human evaluation rankings.
Step-by-step:
Visit the Cohere Playground.
You will need to sign in or sign up for free using your email.
Use the different options on the right to change the model, add a preamble, change its randomness (temperature), and even allow connectors (RAG).
That’s it! You can now enjoy 128k context length, great AI coding capabilities, and multi-language support 🎉
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AI RESEARCH
🧊 InstantMesh enables 3D generation in seconds
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The Rundown: Researchers from Tencent just developed InstantMesh, a new open-source AI system that creates detailed 3D models from a single 2D image in under 10 seconds.
The details:
InstantMesh uses a diffusion model to generate multiple 2D views of an object from a single image.
From multiple 2D views, a reconstruction model then creates a 3D mesh.
A specialized module called FlexiCubes allows InstantMesh to apply geometric info like depth and surface, resulting in smoother outputs.
Why it matters: The ability to quickly and easily create high-quality 3D models has massive implications across sectors like gaming, animation, e-commerce, and more. What was once a labor-intensive, specialized task is about to become near instantaneous as these breakthroughs continue.
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QUICK HITS
Former OpenAI board member Helen Toner called for leading AI firms to be required to ‘share information about what they are building’ and allow independent auditors to scrutinize their work.
Baidu revealed that its Ernie chatbot has surpassed 200M users, marking a milestone for the LLM market in China.
The Bezos Earth Fund announced the AI for Climate and Nature Grand Challenge, committing $100M in grants to leverage AI in combating climate change and enhancing biodiversity.
20VC posted an interview with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and COO Brad Lightcap, with commentary on building startups in the AI era, how businesses can adapt, and additional insights.
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei said AI will soon be able to ‘replicate and survive in the wild’ during an interview with the NYT.
Amazon Music launched a beta of Maestro, an AI tool allowing users to create unique playlists based on prompts with keywords, emojis, emotions, activities, or sounds.
Hugging Face debuted Idefics2, an 8B parameter open-source vision-language model that sets new benchmarks in visual question answering.
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Adobe's AI video magic
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Welcome, AI enthusiasts.
Video editing is about to be as easy as a simple text prompt.
Adobe’s latest teaser features several mind-blowing tools and major integrations — which could usher in a whole new era of video production. Let’s explore…
In today’s AI rundown:
Adobe previews AI video features
Instagram tests AI-powered creator bots
Integrate the power of Claude in Google Sheets
Reka releases new Core AI model
5 new AI tools & 4 new AI jobs
More AI & tech news
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LATEST DEVELOPMENTS
ADOBE
🎥 Adobe previews AI video features
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The Rundown: Adobe just introduced a slew of new AI capabilities coming to Adobe Premiere Pro, aimed at transforming video production — while also teasing third-party integrations and a Firefly Video model in development.
The details:
New AI-powered tools in Premiere Pro will enable users to extend video clips, add/remove objects from scenes, and generate B-roll footage using prompts.
A new proprietary AI model called Firefly Video will join Adobe's existing lineup of Firefly models for image, vector, design, and text effects.
Adobe is also working on integrating third-party AI models from companies like OpenAI, Runway, and Pika Labs into the platform.
AI-powered audio editing features will be available in May, including intelligent fade handles, category tagging, and enhanced waveforms.
Why it matters: Adobe’s demo video shows a wild look into the AI-powered future of video production, where edits are just a prompt away. Third-party integrations also reflect Adobe’s desire to remain the editing platform of choice, providing optionality that gives users the best experience — even if that isn’t always Adobe’s models.
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META
🗣️ Instagram tests AI-powered chatbots
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The Rundown: Instagram is reportedly experimenting with a new program called “Creator AI”, which would allow popular influencers to use AI-powered chatbots to interact with followers.
The details:
Meta is courting top influencers for the program, which would enable creators to respond to fans automatically using personalized chatbots.
The AI would mimic the style of the influencer using previous posts, direct messages, comments, and audio as training data.
Instagram is also testing AI in its search bar, helping users surface relevant content or chat with a Meta AI chatbot.
Meta previously tried incorporating AI avatars on the platform using AI celebrities, but the move was not well received by fans.
Why it matters: With the largest accumulation of advanced AI chips and a mountain of social data, Mark Zuckerberg and co. are integrating the tech across their ecosystem, whether the users are ready or not. With Creator AI, the intentions seem good — but trying to automate ‘genuine’ fan engagement sounds like a recipe for disaster.
AI TRAINING
📊 Integrate the power of Claude in Google Sheets
The Rundown: In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to integrate Claude's capabilities directly within your Google Sheets, helping to automate your spreadsheet work.
Step-by-step:
Install the "Claude for Sheets" extension from the Google Workspace Marketplace.
Obtain your Anthropic API key from the Anthropic Console Settings page.
Enter your API key in the "Claude for Sheets" sidebar within your Google Sheet.
Create your first Claude prompt using the formula: “=claude(prompt, model)”
REKA
🚀 Reka releases new Core AI model
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The Rundown: AI startup Reka just launched Reka Core, a new multimodal LLM that can handle text, image, audio, and video inputs — while reportedly matching or outperforming other leading models across various benchmarks.
The details:
Reka Core was trained from scratch in less than a year, leveraging publicly available, licensed, and synthetic data.
The model has a 128,000-token context window, as well as multilingual capabilities in 32 languages.
Core outperformed Claude 3 Opus in multimodal human evaluations, beat Gemini Ultra in video, and was competitive with GPT-4 on image understanding.
Reka was created by former DeepMind and Meta researchers and is partnering with companies like Oracle and Snowflake.
Why it matters: Reka Core’s benchmarks are extremely impressive — and competing with the top models from scratch is no small feat. With comprehensive multimodal capabilities in a short training window, yet another major player may have just announced itself in a BIG way.
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Microsoft unveiled WizardLM-2, an open-source LLM family that leverages AI-powered synthetic data to achieve capabilities that compete with the top models across performance benchmarks.
OpenAI launched its first office in Tokyo, also introducing a GPT-4 custom model to local businesses specially optimized for Japanese.
Limitless released Pendant (formerly the Rewind Pendant), a $99 AI wearable designed to enhance, transcribe, and summarize meetings and preparation.
Poe rolled out Multi-Bot Chat, allowing users to talk simultaneously with multiple AI models in a single thread.
Cohere launched a beta of Compass, a new AI model that efficiently indexes and searches complex multi-aspect data within enterprise environments.
Salesforce exec Paula Goldman said that potential trust issues with users could lead to an AI winter, emphasizing the need for "mindful friction" in AI systems during the Brainstorm AI conference.
OpenAI also announced BatchAPI, which allows users to upload a bulk request file and receive results within 24 hours at a 50% discount from standard API prices.
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Grok gets Vision
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Welcome, AI enthusiasts.
Elon Musk is on a mission to prove that open-source AI can compete with the best — and Grok’s latest upgrade just took a major step forward.
With new multimodal capabilities that surpass the top models, xAI is quietly showing itself to be a serious contender in the world of AI heavyweights. Let’s explore…
In today’s AI rundown:
Grok 1.5 gets a vision upgrade
Adobe Firefly trained on Midjourney images
Create mind maps in seconds with ChatGPT
Google DeepMind robots play soccer
6 new AI tools & 4 new AI jobs
More AI & tech news
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LATEST DEVELOPMENTS
XAI
👀 Grok 1.5 gets a vision upgrade
Image source: xAI
The Rundown: Elon Musk’s xAI just introduced Grok-1.5 Vision, a multimodal upgrade to the open-source model that allows for processing visual information.
The details:
Grok 1.5V can now process visual info like documents, charts, screenshots and photos, with a focus on real-world understanding.
xAI created a new ‘RealWorldQA’ benchmark to evaluate spatial understanding, with Grok-1.5V outperforming GPT-4V and Gemini.
xAI said 1.5-V will roll to testers and existing users soon, with significant improvements across images, audio, and video expected in the coming months.
Why it matters: While Grok feels under-appreciated in the broader LLM discussion, the impressive vision upgrade shows the open-source model is here to compete. With Elon’s arsenal of data across X and Tesla and a chip on his shoulder, it might be time for the industry to start paying attention.
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ADOBE
🔥 Adobe Firefly trained on Midjourney images
Image source: Firefly
The Rundown: In a surprising new report, Adobe’s Firefly AI image generator allegedly used thousands of images created by competitors like Midjourney in its training data.
The details:
The report reveals that around 5% of the images used to train Firefly were AI-generated, including some created by rival Midjourney.
Adobe has promoted Firefly as a "commercially safe" option, claiming it was trained primarily on licensed images from its own Adobe Stock library.
Adobe defended the practice, stating that all images (including the AI-generated ones) underwent a moderation process.
There has reportedly been internal disagreement within Adobe, with employees questioning the ethics of using AI imagery for training.
Why it matters: While Adobe positioned Firefly as an ethical, legally sound alternative to competitors, using Midjourney’s images in training data strongly undermines that primary selling point. It could also erode trust among its artist and enterprise customers — who were likely drawn to what now seems like false promises.
AI TRAINING
🧠 Create mind maps in seconds with ChatGPT
The Rundown: In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to transform complex ideas into visual and informative mind maps for free using ChatGPT.
Step-by-step:
Head over to ChatGPT. You can either use GPT-3.5 (free version) or GPT-4 (paid version).
Write the following prompt: "Create a mind map of [Your Topic]. List topics as central ideas, main branches, and sub-branches."
Once ChatGPT generates the initial mind map outline, ask for a markdown format: “Create this same mind map in markdown format.”
Paste the markdown into Markmap and watch your mind map come to life.
Bonus tip: You can customize your mind map's appearance and then download it as interactive HTML or static SVG.
AI RESEARCH
⚽️ Google DeepMind robots play soccer
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The Rundown: Researchers at Google DeepMind and the University of Cambridge just taught miniature humanoid robots to play soccer against each other, showcasing complex skill learning and agile adaptability.
The details:
The researchers first taught basic skills like walking and getting up, then had robots practice playing against gradually improving versions of themselves.
Compared to the baseline robots, the AI-trained versions walked almost 3x as fast, turned around 5x quicker, and got up from falls 63% faster.
Researchers found the AI helped learn clever strategies, like taking short, quick steps when defending without being explicitly told to do so.
Why it matters: While these clumsy but adorable robots won’t be heading to the World Cup any time soon, the research demonstrates the power of AI in enabling complex skill learning and adaptability — even leading to developing unique behaviors and tactics on their own.
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OpenAI’s latest update to its GPT-4 turbo model has reclaimed the top spot on the LMSYS leaderboard for LLM rankings, surpassing Claude 3 Opus in voting.
Google announced a new AI-powered app coming in June called Vids, which will act as a writing, production, and editing assistant for creating video content.
Avenged Sevenfold frontman M Shadows said that fans won't care if music is created by AI or humans in the future, calling AI a "deeper tool" that can help stimulate creativity for musicians rather than a threat to artists.
Elon Musk (perhaps jokingly) posed the possibility of an AI model running for president in 2032 during an interview at the Breakthrough Prize ceremony.
A new survey from Autodesk found that the ‘ability to work with AI’ was identified as the most important skill of the future across a variety of employment sectors.
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OpenAI fires researchers over leaks
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Welcome, AI enthusiasts.
The world of AI is no stranger to drama, but few companies have seen as much of it as OpenAI.
With the firing of two researchers for allegedly leaking information, the company finds itself once again in the spotlight — and not for the reasons it would like. Let’s explore…
In today’s AI rundown:
OpenAI fires two researchers for leaking info
Apple Macs getting AI overhaul
Amazon adds AI expert to board
Transcribe videos and audio fast with Whisper Web
6 new AI tools & 4 new AI jobs
More AI & tech news
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LATEST DEVELOPMENTS
OPENAI
🍿 OpenAI fires two researchers for leaking info
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The Rundown: According to a new report from The Information, OpenAI has terminated researchers Leopold Aschenbrenner and Pavel Izmailov for allegedly leaking information outside of the company.
The details:
Leopold Aschenbrenner was part of OpenAI's "superalignment" team and an ally of chief scientist Ilya Sutskever, with Pavel Izmailov also spending time on the AI safety team.
The nature of the leaked information is unknown, though rumors of an AI breakthrough called Q* surfaced in November during OpenAI’s board turmoil.
Sutskever was one of the primary figures in the 2023 firing of Sam Altman, and his role has been unclear since Altman’s reinstatement.
Why it matters: Although the OpenAI internal tensions have been quieter in 2024, these firings indicate there is still plenty of drama left to unfold. While the famous question of ‘What did Ilya see?’ has been refuted by Altman, firing a reported ally of Sutskever will only add more fuel to the fire.
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APPLE
🍏 Apple Macs getting AI overhaul
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The Rundown: Apple is reportedly gearing up to overhaul its entire lineup of Macs with an upcoming M4 chip family — which will place a heavy emphasis on AI capabilities.
The details:
The M4 chips are nearing production and will come in at least three main varieties: entry-level Donan, high-performance Brava, and top-end Hidra.
Apple plans to update every Mac model with M4 chips, with releases starting in late 2024 and extending into early 2025.
Initial M4 refreshes will include new iMacs, MacBook Pros, and Mac Minis, followed by MacBook Airs, Mac Studio, and Mac Pro.
More details and features are expected at the company’s developer conference on June 10.
Why it matters: With slumping Mac sales and Apple seen as lagging behind in AI, a rapid M4 transition with next-gen capabilities could inject some serious energy into the device lines. Expect some fireworks in June — with Apple likely itching to publicly announce its entrance into the AI frenzy.
AI TRAINING
📽️ Transcribe videos and audio fast with Whisper Web
The Rundown: In this tutorial, you'll learn how to use Whisper Web, a tool that allows you to transcribe videos or audio directly in your browser for free in seconds.
Step-by-step:
Open Whisper Web in your browser. It is completely free, and no sign-ups are required.
Choose your video or audio source: URL, upload, or real-time.
Click "Transcribe Audio" to generate a text transcript.
Receive a plain text file with your video or audio’s full transcript.
Hot tip: You can now take your content analysis to the next level by feeding it into other AI tools like Claude 3 or ChatGPT.
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AMAZON
📦 Amazon adds AI expert to board
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The Rundown: Amazon just added AI expert Andrew Ng to its board of directors, with CEO Andy Jassy speaking on the ‘world-changing’ technology as the company ramps up generative AI efforts.
The details:
Andrew Ng, a prominent computer scientist, has led AI projects at Google and Baidu and currently serves as an adjunct professor at Stanford University.
Jassy said in a letter to shareholders this week that generative AI may be the largest technology transformation ‘since the internet’.
Amazon's AWS cloud unit faces pressure from Microsoft, with its Alexa assistant also competing with genAI tools from OpenAI and Google.
Why it matters: Adding a respected voice like Andrew Ng is a strong move from a giant looking to gain an edge. Jassy’s comments on AI echo those from Chase CEO Jamie Dimon — with yet another industry leader visualizing the world-altering wave that is currently underway.
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Humane's $699 AI Pin wearable device is now officially available for purchase, marking one of the first personal AI devices to hit the market.
Sanctuary AI announced a partnership with Magna to deploy general-purpose robots in the European automaker’s manufacturing process.
OpenAI has reportedly extended a tender offer to some former employees, allowing them to sell shares at $150 each — valuing the company at $86B.
California Rep Adam Schiff introduced the Generative AI Copyright Disclosure Act, which would require AI firms to disclose copyrighted works used in training their models.
TikTok is developing an AI-powered feature that would generate avatars to star in advertising videos, potentially competing with human creators for ad deals.
Cohere released Rerank 3, a new foundation model designed to enhance enterprise search and RAG systems.
Meta published OpenEQA, a benchmark that measures vision language model’s understanding of physical environments.
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The 'ChatGPT for music' moment
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Welcome, AI enthusiasts.
A newly launched AI app is being hailed as the ‘ChatGPT for music‘.
Udio’s ability to create indistinguishable audio tracks from text prompts has the Internet buzzing — and audio creation may never be the same again. Let’s explore…
In today’s AI rundown:
Udio levels up AI music creation
Meta unveils powerful new custom AI chip
Edit images in ChatGPT with new interface
Mistral releases massive new open-source LLM
6 new AI tools & 4 new AI jobs
More AI & tech news
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UDIO
🎶 Udio levels up AI music creation
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The Rundown: A new AI-powered music creation app from former Google DeepMind researchers called Udio just launched with the backing of prominent tech and music industry figures.
The details:
Udio allows users to generate full audio tracks in under 40 seconds with simple text prompts from descriptions like genre, lyrics, or inspirational artists.
The app offers powerful editing and capabilities, as well as a variety of vocal languages, music types, and remixing options.
Udio has secured $10M in seed funding from investors including a16z, Instagram co-founder Mike Kreiger, and musicians will.i.am and Common.
The company is also working with artists directly to explore new ways of creating and monetizing music using AI.
Why it matters: Udio's launch marks a watershed moment for AI in music — showing off capabilities that far surpass previous audio models. As generations become indistinguishable, the music industry will face complex questions in a world where hit songs are just a prompt away.
Check out some of the impressive sample generations here.
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META
⚡️ Meta unveils powerful new custom AI chip
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The Rundown: Meta just released the next generation of its custom Meta Training and Inference Accelerator (MTIA) AI chip family, delivering significant improvements in compute performance and efficiency.
The details:
The next-gen MTIA chips perform 3x better than last year’s MTIA v1 across four key model evaluations.
The new chip is currently serving Meta’s recommendation and ranking models, with plans to expand support to GenAI models like Lllama.
The company isn’t alone in the custom silicon world — with rivals like Google, Amazon, and Microsoft all surging ahead with their own chips.
Why it matters: Meta's next-gen chip is a crucial part of the company's urgent (and expensive) effort to close the gap with competitors in the AI arms race. By developing its own hardware, Meta’s striving to reduce its reliance on costly Nvidia GPUs — while optimizing for their own systems in the process.
AI TRAINING
🎨 Edit images in ChatGPT with new interface
The Rundown: In this tutorial, you'll learn how to use ChatGPT’s new editor interface to edit your generated images with precision — providing a lot more control over your images.
Step-by-step:
Visit ChatGPT and generate an image with DALL-E 3 by prompting “Create an image of [desired image]”. You’ll need a ChatGPT+ subscription.
Click the image to open the editor interface.
Highlight the area you want to modify using the selection tool.
Describe your desired changes in the conversation panel (e.g., add, remove, or modify elements).
That’s it! You can now download it for future use by pressing the Save button.
Hot tip: You can also access the editor on the ChatGPT mobile app.
Get more AI tutorials →
MISTRAL
🚀 Mistral releases massive new open-source LLM
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The Rundown: French AI startup Mistral just released Mixtral 8×22B, a powerful new frontier LLM, dropped quietly via a 281GB file on X available for download.
The details:
Mixtral 8×22B features a 65,000-token context window and 176B parameters and is expected to surpass the previous Mixtral in capabilities.
The model uses a sparse mixture of experts (SMoE) approach, optimizing performance and cost by combining specialized models for tasks.
Mistral joins a wave of companies releasing or teasing model updates this week, including OpenAI, Google, and Meta.
Why it matters: It's apparently that time of the season — and all the major players are rushing to push the LLM bar higher. But impressive open-source rollouts from startups like Mistral and Cohere continue to challenge the notion that only the big tech giants have the resources to develop top-performing models.
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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman met with officials in the UAE this week to discuss building a global coalition to support infrastructure for AI development, including chips, energy, and data centers.
Gary Marcus and Damion Hankejh have offered to bet up to $10M against Elon Musk to challenge his prediction that AI will surpass human intelligence by next year.
A newly revealed patent from Microsoft Bing detailed ‘Visual Search’, describing a reverse image search with personal results tailored to user preferences and interests.
Google announced that the company is rolling out its AI-powered editing tools like Magic Editor, Photo Unblur, and Magic Eraser to all Photos users by May 15.
ElevenLabs and Pika Labs launched FilmFAST, a 72-hour competition encouraging creators to generate short films using AI tools.
Adobe is reportedly offering creators an average of $3 per minute for video submissions to train its AI text-to-video generator, aiming to catch up with competitors like OpenAI's Sora.
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Meta's GPT-4 competitor is coming
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Welcome, AI enthusiasts.
Meta is gearing up to give the world a taste of its next-gen AI, with two scaled-down versions of its hotly-anticipated new model set to release within the next month.
But as competitors continue to raise the bar, the question remains: Will Llama 3 be a game-changer, or just another player? Let’s explore…
In today’s AI rundown:
Meta confirms Llama 3 coming within the month
AI chip wars heat up with Intel Gaudi 3
Make presentations 10x faster with AI
Cohere’s Command R+ climbs leaderboard
6 new AI tools & 4 new AI jobs
More AI & tech news
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LATEST DEVELOPMENTS
META
🦙 Meta confirms Llama 3 coming within the month
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The Rundown: At an event in London, Meta confirmed that it plans an initial release of Llama 3, the next generation of its large language model, within the next month.
The details:
Meta will release several different versions of Llama 3 with different capabilities over the year — with the initial release within the next month.
The company did not disclose the size of the parameters used in Llama 3, but it's expected to have about 140 billion parameters and rival OpenAI’s GPT-4.
Meta previously released Llama 2 in three sizes, with the largest at 70B parameters.
Meta has stockpiled 350,000 coveted H100 GPUs over the last year to ramp up AI infrastructure, a supply that dwarfs other competitors.
Why it matters: Meta's confirmation of Llama 3 shows its commitment to catching up to OpenAI. But the open model simply ‘rivaling’ GPT-4 is suddenly not as impressive of a feat (see today’s AI research section). Regardless, open-source AI is on the rise.
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INTEL
💾 AI chip wars heat up with Intel Gaudi 3
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The Rundown: Intel just unveiled its Gaudi 3 AI chip at the company’s Vision event, taking direct aim at Nvidia's dominance and offering enterprises an open, flexible alternative for deploying generative AI at scale.
The details:
Gaudi 3 promises 50% faster training and inference performance than Nvidia's H100 chip while delivering 40% more power efficiency at a lower cost.
The chips will be available in Q2 of 2024 and are expected to be on par with Nvidia’s H200 line.
Intel also revealed an expanded AI roadmap that includes an open enterprise AI platform, new Xeon processors, and more.
Why it matters: With an already dominant market share and its upgraded Blackwell chip line on the way, it’s doubtful that the Gaudi 3 release has Nvidia sweating. But with AI demand growing exponentially, the chip market is big enough for more than just a single winner.
AI TRAINING
✨ Make presentations 10x faster with AI
The Rundown: Gamma is a free-to-use AI tool that helps users create beautifully designed presentations in minutes using AI. No design or coding skills are required.
Here is a quick step-by-step:
Sign up for free at gamma.app
On the generated page, select presentation, choose the number of cards you want, and enter a prompt for your presentation.
You’ll receive a structured outline that you can add to or edit according to your needs, and be able to select a theme.
Once you’ve edited it to your preference, you can share it with collaborators, export it, or publish it on the web!
P.S. — Gamma also has a document and website builder that we’ll cover in a future tutorial.
AI RESEARCH
🏆 Cohere’s Command R+ climbs leaderboard
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The Rundown: Cohere’s recently launched Command R+ enterprise-grade LLM just ascended to the 6th spot on the LMSYS leaderboard, surpassing competitors like GPT-4 while prioritizing data privacy and security.
The details:
Command R+ is the top open model on the leaderboard, competing with top proprietary models like Claude 3 and GPT-4.
The model performs in line with GPT-4 Turbo and Mistral-Large on multilingual, RAG, and Tool Use benchmarks despite significantly lower costs per token.
Command R+ also matches or outperforms competitors in multilingual evals, offering business capabilities across 10 key languages.
Why it matters: Command R+ is a leap forward for both open and enterprise AI, combining performance with the scalability, data protection, and cost-efficiency that businesses demand. The model’s ascent up the leaderboard is a huge win for open models — and marks yet another GPT-4 level competitor.
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QUICK HITS
Google’s Gemini 1.5 Pro model is now available in 180+ countries via the Gemini API, with the company also introducing new features including native audio understanding, system instructions, JSON mode and more.
Microsoft announced a $2.9B investment in Japan to scale its cloud computing and AI infrastructure in the country, along with plans to provide AI skilling to 3M people and open its first Research Asia lab in Tokyo.
OpenAI released a new update to GPT-4 Turbo, with the ‘majorly improved’ model rolling out across API and in ChatGPT.
eBay launched a new AI-powered "shop the look" feature in its iOS app, providing personalized fashion recommendations and outfit inspirations based on users' shopping history.
Google collaborated with Hugging Face to release CodeGemma, a family of open, code-specialized LLMs with three different model sizes.
Meta published a new study establishing knowledge capacity scaling laws for LLMs, finding that models can store 2 bits of knowledge per parameter.
Archetype AI unveiled Newton, a foundation model that fuses multimodal sensor data and natural language to reason about the physical world.
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