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OpenAI's unveils GPT-4o Mini!
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Welcome, AI enthusiasts.
It may not be the GPT-5 drop that everyone is anxiously awaiting, but OpenAI’s latest offering proves that sometimes less is more.
The new GPT-4o mini is a cheaper, faster, and smaller AI model that significantly outperforms its GPT-3.5 predecessor. Let’s get into it…
In today’s AI rundown:
OpenAI debuts new GPT-4o mini model
Mistral and Nvidia drop small AI powerhouse
Automate your content creation workflow
Groq’s new AI models surge up leaderboard
5 new AI tools & 4 new AI jobs
More AI & tech news
Read time: 3 minutes
LATEST DEVELOPMENTS
OPENAI
🚀OpenAI debuts new GPT-4o mini model
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The Rundown: OpenAI just announced the launch of GPT-4o mini, a cost-efficient and compact version of its flagship GPT-4o model — aimed at expanding AI accessibility for developers and businesses.
The details:
GPT-4o mini is priced at 15 cents per million input tokens and 60 cents per million output tokens, over 60% cheaper than GPT-3.5 Turbo.
The model scores 82% on the MMLU benchmark, outperforming Google's Gemini Flash (77.9%) and Anthropic's Claude Haiku (73.8%).
GPT-4o mini is replacing GPT-3.5 Turbo in ChatGPT for Free, Plus, and Team users starting today.
The model supports a 128K token context window and handles text and vision inputs, with audio and video capabilities planned for future updates.
Why it matters: While it's not GPT-5, the price and capabilities of this mini-release significantly lower the barrier to entry for AI integrations — and marks a massive leap over GPT 3.5 Turbo. With models getting cheaper, faster, and more intelligent with each release, the perfect storm for AI acceleration is forming.
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MISTRAL
💪Mistral and Nvidia drop small AI powerhouse
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The Rundown: Mistral AI and Nvidia just unveiled Mistral NeMo, a new open-source, 12B parameter small language model that surpasses competitors like Gemma 2 9B and Llama 3 8B on key benchmarks alongside a massive context window increase.
The details:
NeMo features a 128k token context window, and offers SOTA performance in reasoning, world knowledge, and coding accuracy for its size category.
The model also excels in multi-turn conversations, math, and common sense reasoning, making it versatile for various enterprise applications.
Mistral also introduced ‘Tekken’, a tokenizer that represents text more efficiently across 100+ languages, allowing for 30% more content within the context window.
NeMo is designed to run on a single NVIDIA L40S, GeForce RTX 4090, or RTX 4500 GPU, bringing powerful AI capabilities to standard business hardware.
Why it matters: Small language models are having a moment — and we’re quickly entering a new shift toward AI releases that don’t sacrifice power for size and speed. Mistral also continues its impressive week of releases, continuing to flex the open-source muscle and compete with the industry’s giants.
AI TRAINING
⚡️ Automate your content creation workflow
The Rundown: Zapier Central can automatically generate content drafts based on your writing style and preferences, saving you time and effort with your personal or business content creation process.
Step-by-step:
Visit Zapier Central and sign up for free.
Click "New bot" on the dashboard to create your AI content creation bot.
Set up the Google Docs integration in the "Instant actions" section.
Upload a writing sample in the "Data sources" tab as a reference for the AI.
Instruct your bot to generate content and create a new Google Doc with the draft.
AI RESEARCH
⚒️ Groq’s new AI models surge up leaderboard
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The Rundown: AI startup Groq just released two new open-source AI models specializing in tool use, surpassing heavyweights like GPT-4 Turbo, Claude 3.5 Sonnet, and Gemini 1.5 Pro on key function calling benchmarks.
The details:
Groq’s two models, Llama 3 Groq Tool Use 8B and 70B, are both fine-tuned versions of Meta's Llama 3.
The 70B achieved 90.76% accuracy on the BFCL Leaderboard, securing the top position for all proprietary and open-source models.
The smaller 8B model was not far behind, coming in at No. 3 on the leaderboard with 89.06% accuracy.
The models were trained exclusively on synthetic data, and are available through the Groq API and on Hugging Face.
Why it matters: Groq made waves earlier this year with its blazing-fast AI speeds — and now its pairing those capabilities with top-end specialized models. Near real-time speeds and highly-advanced tool use opens the door for a near endless supply of new innovations and user applications.
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Sam Altman revealed in a post on X that the alpha release of OpenAI’s Voice Mode is coming ‘later this month’, with general availability coming ‘a bit after’.
AI pioneer Fei-Fei Li launched World Labs in April, a ‘spatial intelligence’ startup already valued at over $1B — working on developing AI capable of understanding and navigating 3D environments.
OpenAI is reportedly in talks with Broadcom to develop a new AI chip, hoping to reduce reliance on Nvidia and boost global semiconductor infrastructure.
Tech giants including Google, OpenAI, Microsoft, and Amazon formed the Coalition for Secure AI (CoSAI), an open-source initiative aiming to develop best practices and address challenges in AI security.
Meta and Apple are planning to exclude EU customers from upcoming AI releases, citing regulatory uncertainty surrounding data usage and training under GDPR data protection laws.
OpenAI also introduced new compliance and administrative tools for ChatGPT Enterprise, aimed at supporting large-scale AI deployments in regulated industries.
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AI's 'Manhattan Project' is coming
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Welcome, AI enthusiasts.
Former U.S. President Donald Trump's allies are reportedly drafting AI orders that could rewrite the rulebook on regulation and military AI in a big way.
As the 2024 election looms, is this potential seismic shift in AI policy a recipe for innovation, or disaster? Let’s get into it…
In today’s AI rundown:
Trump allies draft AI order
Microsoft’s AI Designer app goes mobile
Craft perfect AI prompts with Claude
Learn how to leverage AI for marketing
OpenAI trains AI to explain itself better
5 new AI tools & 4 new AI jobs
More AI & tech news
Read time: 4 minutes
LATEST DEVELOPMENTS
AI & POLITICS
📜Trump allies draft AI order
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The Rundown: Former U.S. President Donald Trump’s allies are reportedly drafting an AI executive order aimed at boosting military AI development, rolling back current regulations, and more — signaling a potential shift in the country’s AI policy if the party returns to the White House.
The details:
The doc obtained by the Washington Post includes a ‘Make America First in AI’ section, calling for “Manhattan Projects” to advance military AI capabilities.
It also proposes creating ‘industry-led’ agencies to evaluate models and protect systems from foreign threats.
The plan would immediately review and eliminate ‘burdensome regulations’ on AI development, and repeal Pres. Biden’s AI executive order.
Senator J.D. Vance was recently named as Trump’s running mate, who has previously indicated support for open-source AI and hands-off regulation.
Why it matters: Given how quickly AI is accelerating, it’s not surprising that it has become a political issue — and the views of Trump’s camp are a stark contrast to the current administration's slower, safety-focused approach. The upcoming 2024 election could mark a pivotal moment for the future of AI regulation in the U.S.
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MICROSOFT
🎨Microsoft’s AI Designer app goes mobile
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The Rundown: Microsoft just announced its AI-powered Designer is out of preview and now available worldwide, bringing advanced image generation, editing, and design capabilities to users on mobile and Windows platforms.
The details:
Designer is available in over 80 languages on the web, on Android and iOS, and via Windows platforms.
The app uses AI to generate images and designs from text prompts, with the ability to create outputs like custom stickers, emojis, avatars, and more.
The free version offers 15 daily ‘boosts’ for AI creations, with 100 for Copilot Pro subscribers ($20/mo).
New features include ‘prompt templates’ for fast creation, ‘Restyle’ for remixing existing images, and ‘Frame’ for creating personalized frames and collages.
Why it matters: Microsoft is making a big push into the AI design space, but it isn’t alone — with major players like Canva and Adobe already leaning heavily into the tech to make creativity more accessible to everyday users. With no shortage of options, the AI boom is set to completely reshape how people approach design.
AI TRAINING
✍️Craft perfect AI prompts with Claude
The Rundown: Using this prompting method, you can train Claude 3.5 Sonnet to create optimal prompts for AI video and image generation tools, increasing your creative output with an endless supply of ideas.
Step-by-step:
Visit Claude AI.
Start your prompt with: "I'm using [AI Tool Name]. I want you to craft a perfect prompt for [your desired output] by following the prompting guide below."
Copy and paste the prompting guide for your chosen AI video or image tool (here is the Runway Gen-3 Guide)
Ask Claude to generate an optimized prompt based on your specific needs.
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🎓 Learn how to leverage AI for marketing
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Join us on Friday at 1 PM PST to:
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OPENAI
🔍 OpenAI trains AI to explain itself better
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The Rundown: OpenAI just published new research detailing a method to make large language models produce more understandable and verifiable outputs, using a game played between two AIs to make generations more ‘legible’ to humans.
The details:
The technique uses a "Prover-Verifier Game" where a stronger AI model (the prover) tries to convince a weaker model (the verifier) that its answers are correct.
Through multiple rounds of the game, the prover learns to generate solutions that are not only correct, but also easier to verify.
While the method only boosted accuracy by about 50% compared to optimizing solely for correctness, its solutions were easily checkable by humans.
OpenAI tested the approach on grade-school math problems, with plans to expand to more complex domains in the future.
Why it matters: AI will likely surpass humans in almost all capabilities in the future — so ensuring outputs remain interpretable to lesser intelligence is crucial for safety and trust. This research offers a scalable way to potentially keep systems ‘honest’, but the performance trade-off shows the challenge in balancing capability with explainability.
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Menlo Ventures unveiled its $100M Anthology Fund in partnership with Anthropic, aiming to back startups leveraging Anthropic’s tech across areas like infrastructure, new applications, and consumer experiences.
Hugging Face introduced SmolLM, a family of high-performing small language models with 135M, 360M, and 1.7B parameters — which outperform competitors in their size categories across benchmarks.
Salesforce announced Einstein Service Agent, an AI-powered autonomous customer service chatbot that leverages LLMs and company data to understand context, take action on issues, and provide personalized responses.
Tinder launched ‘Photo Selector’, an AI-powered feature that analyzes users’ camera rolls to curate profile pictures and streamline the photo selection process on the dating app.
Spotify expanded its AI DJ feature with a new Spanish-language voice, introducing “Livi” as an option for select Latin American and Spanish markets.
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AI giants stolen training data revealed
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Welcome, AI enthusiasts.
YouTube's vast library just became an unexpected training ground for AI giants — with the content’s creators left completely in the dark.
With the gold rush for data continuing to grow, has the AI revolution made everything fair game, or is a digital rights reckoning approaching? Let’s investigate…
In today’s AI rundown:
Report: AI trained on YouTube without consent
OpenAI founding member pivots to AI education
Bring your images to life with Motion
Mistral releases new open-source models
6 new AI tools & 4 new AI jobs
More AI & tech news
Read time: 4 minutes
LATEST DEVELOPMENTS
OPENAI
🔎AI trained on YouTube without consent
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The Rundown: A new investigation by Proof News just revealed that tech giants including Apple, Anthropic, Nvidia, and Salesforce used content from over 170,000 YouTube videos to train their AI models without creators’ consent.
The details:
The dataset, called “YouTube Subtitles”, contains transcripts from over 48,000 channels, including popular creators, news outlets, learning channels and more.
Nonprofit EleutherAI compiled the data as part of a larger collection called ‘The Pile’, intended to provide training materials for developers and academics.
Creators were unaware their content had been used for AI training purposes, with YouTube’s ToS also prohibiting the use without permission.
Apple reportedly used the dataset to train OpenELM, a model related to new AI features for iPhones and MacBooks.
Why it matters: While the use of these transcripts isn’t going to create the best vibes with creators — we’ve yet to see many legal ramifications for firms in these cases. With this dataset also being public through EleutherAI, its hard to see anything other than bad PR coming from this report, despite the ethical/moral implications it raises.
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ANDREJ KARPATHY
📚 OpenAI founding member pivots to AI education
Image source: Eureka Labs (@EurekaLabsAI) on X
The Rundown: OpenAI founding member and former Tesla Director of AI Andrej Karpathy just announced the launch of Eureka Labs, a new AI-integrated education platform — coming just months after his departure from OpenAI.
The details:
Karpathy’s post calls Eureka Labs an “AI-native” school, leveraging advanced AI to enhance the learning experience.
Its first offering, LLM101n, is an undergraduate-level course teaching students to train their own AI models.
The platform combines human expertise with AI teaching assistants to guide students, with plans to offer both digital and physical cohorts.
Karpathy announced his departure from OpenAI in February to pursue personal projects, and has since been posting educational AI videos on YouTube over the last year.
Why it matters: From hyper-personalized learning to advanced, on-demand AI tutors, education is about to be massively reshaped in the coming years—and the sector just gained one of the most well-respected scientists in the field to help lead the way.
AI TRAINING
🎭 Bring your images to life with Motion
The Rundown: Leonardo AI’s new ‘Motion‘ feature allows users to turn static images into captivating short animations for social media, web design, digital artists, and more.
Step-by-step:
Sign up on Leonardo AI’s website (free account includes 150 daily credits).
From the main dashboard, click on "Image Generation" in the sidebar menu.
Generate an image using the prompt of your choice.
Pick your favorite image, hover on it and click the ‘Motion’ button — adjust the Motion Strength slider as desired.
Click "Generate" and check out your animated creation!
AI RESEARCH
🚀Mistral releases new open-source models
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The Rundown: Mistral AI just launched Codestral Mamba and Mathstral, two new small, specialized language models that achieve state-of-the-art performance for open-source models on key benchmarks.
The details:
Codestral Mamba is a 7B model offering fast inference and advanced coding capabilities that surpass open-source rivals like CodeGemma and CodeLlama.
The model can handle context lengths up to 256k tokens (doubling GPT4o), making it ideal for large, complex coding tasks and local development.
Mathstral, also a 7B parameter model, achieves SOTA performance on math reasoning benchmarks like MATH (56.6%) and MMLU (63.47%).
Both were released under the Apache 2.0 license, allowing for free use, modification, and distribution — and available via Mistral’s API and Hugging Face.
Why it matters: Mistral continues to shake up the AI landscape with innovative approaches — and with these specialized models, they join other rivals in demonstrating that bigger AI systems aren’t always better. In the future, every sector will likely have a hyper-specific, highly-capable open-source model of its own.
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The UK's Competition and Markets Authoritylaunched a formal probe into Microsoft's hiring of former Inflection AI staff, mirroring a similar investigation by the US Federal Trade Commission.
Visual AI startup Haiper released Haiper 1.5, a new video generation model that doubles the platform’s output length to 8 seconds and introduces new HD upscaling, realism, and image generation features.
Anthropic announced the release of an Android app for Claude, now available to mobile users in the Google Play store.
OpenAIposted new examples of its Sora video generation model on the company’s Instagram page, saying the tool is slowly being expanded to more creatives for testing.
Cohere is partnering with Japanese tech giant Fujitsu to develop 'Takane', an advanced Japanese language AI model for enterprise use based on Cohere’s Command R+, set to launch in September 2024.
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AI's Alzheimer's breakthrough!
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Welcome, AI enthusiasts.
The global population is rapidly aging, and dementia is on the rise — but a new AI tool may have just given a glimpse into the future of Alzheimer’s diagnosis.
With the ability to predict cognitive decline with unparalleled accuracy, AI may be the diagnostic revolution needed in the fight against dementia. Let’s explore…
In today’s AI rundown:
AI breakthrough improves Alzheimer's predictions
YouTube Music gets new AI features
Generate beautiful presentations with AI
Microsoft gives AI a spreadsheet boost
6 new AI tools & 4 new AI jobs
More AI & tech news
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AI & MEDICAL BREAKTHROUGHs
🔮 AI breakthrough improves Alzheimer's predictions
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The Rundown: Researchers from Cambridge University just developed a new AI tool that can predict whether patients showing mild cognitive impairment will progress to Alzheimer’s disease with over 80% accuracy.
The details:
The AI model analyzes data from cognitive assessments and MRI scans — eliminating the need for costly, invasive procedures like PET scans and spinal taps.
The tool categorizes patients into three groups: those likely to remain stable, those who may progress slowly, and those at risk of rapid decline.
The AI accurately identified 82% of cases that would progress to Alzheimer’s and 81% of cases that would remain stable, significantly reducing misdiagnosis rates.
The AI’s predictions were validated using 6 years of follow-up data and were tested on memory clinics in several countries to prove global application.
Why it matters: With a rapidly aging global population, the number of dementia cases is expected to triple over the next 50 years — and early detection is a key factor in how effective treatment can be. With AI’s prediction power, a new era of proactive treatment may soon be here for those struggling with cognitive decline.
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YOUTUBE
🎵 YouTube Music gets new AI features
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The Rundown: YouTube Music is rolling out a series of new AI-powered features, including the ability to search with sound and the testing of an AI-generated 'conversational radio’.
The details:
‘Sound Search’ will allow users to search YouTube’s catalog of over 100M songs by singing, humming, or playing a tune.
The feature launches a new fullscreen UI for audio input, with the results displaying song information and quick actions like ‘Play’ or ‘Save to Library’.
An ‘AI-generated conversational radio’ is being tested with U.S. premium users, enabling creation of custom stations through natural language prompts.
Users can describe their desired listening experience via a chat-based AI interface, with the feature generating a tailored playlist based on the prompt.
Why it matters: If you’re the type of person who gets a song stuck in your head but can’t figure out the title, this feature is for you. With Spotify, Amazon Music, and now YouTube experimenting with AI, the musical tech arms race is a boon for users — leading to more personalized listening experiences across the board.
AI TRAINING
✨ Generate beautiful presentations with AI
The Rundown: Gamma is a free tool that allows users to generate fully editable presentations and stunning visuals in minutes using AI. No design or coding skills are required.
Step-by-step:
Sign up for free on Gamma’s website
On the main menu, click “Create new [AI]” in the “All gammas” tab.
Click on “Generate” and describe your desired presentation. You can select the number of slides, the topic of each slide, and the theme.
In seconds, Gamma will generate a full presentation based on the details entered.
Once it’s done, edit anything to your preference and even regenerate if needed!
Note: By clicking the three dots located on the top-right of your screen, you can export your presentation as a PDF or as a PowerPoint file.
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AI RESEARCH
📊 Microsoft gives AI a spreadsheet boost
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The Rundown: Microsoft researchers just published new research introducing SpreadsheetLLM and SheetCompressor, new frameworks designed to help LLMs better understand and process information within spreadsheets.
The details:
SpreadsheetLLM can comprehend both structured and unstructured data within spreadsheets, including multiple tables and varied data formats.
SheetCompressor is a framework that compresses spreadsheets to achieve up to a 25x reduction in tokens while preserving critical information.
By using spreadsheets as a "source of truth," SpreadsheetLLM may significantly reduce AI hallucinations, improving the reliability of AI outputs.
Why it matters: Spreadsheets have long been the backbone of business analytics, but their complexity and format have often been an issue for AI systems. This increase in capabilities could supercharge AI’s use in areas like financial analysis and data science — as well as eventually see more powerful integration of LLMs right into Excel.
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An update to Reuters’ article detailing OpenAI’s ‘Strawberry’ revealed that an internally tested model scored over 90% on a benchmark of ‘championship math problems’, far surpassing the top available non-specialized LLMs.
Google debuted Vids in its Workspace Labs, an AI-powered video creation tool enabling users to generate presentations — with the ability to craft scripts, AI voiceovers, stock imagery, and more.
Amazon published a new op-ed calling for global alignment on responsible AI policies, emphasizing the need for collaboration between government and tech firms.
Apple’s stock rose to record highs following investment giant Morgan Stanley naming the company its ‘top pick’ based on recent Apple Intelligence and other AI initiatives potentially boosting device sales.
C3 AI unveiled a new AI application powered by Google Cloud for government programs to streamline efficiency across federal, state, and local agencies.
Disney Music Group is partnering with AI startup AudioShake to separate instrumental ‘stems’ from classic songs, hoping to revitalize the company’s iconic catalog for new uses in remixing, licensing, and fan engagement.
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OpenAI's new AI code named 'Strawberry'
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Welcome, AI enthusiasts.
The world has been anxiously waiting for OpenAI’s next move — and after a period of quiet, the rumor mill just rumbled back to life.
With a new Q* rebrand, a gpt-mini model, and more whistleblower complaints, the best reality show in AI may be ramping up for its new season. Let’s get into it…
In today’s AI rundown:
OpenAI’s Q* gets a ‘Strawberry’ evolution
Mysterious AI models appear in LMSYS arena
Turn any text into an interactive learning game
Whistleblowers file new OpenAI complaint
5 new AI tools & 4 new AI jobs
More AI & tech news
Read time: 4 minutes
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OPENAI
🍓 OpenAI’s Q* gets a ‘Strawberry’ evolution
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The Rundown: OpenAI is reportedly developing a secretive new AI model codenamed ‘Strawberry’ (formerly Q*), designed to dramatically improve AI reasoning capabilities and enable autonomous internet research.
The details:
Strawberry is an evolution of OpenAI's previously rumored Q* project, which was touted as a significant breakthrough in AI capabilities.
Q* had reportedly sparked internal concerns and was rumored to have contributed to Sam Altman's brief firing in November 2023 (what Ilya saw).
The new model aims to navigate the internet autonomously to conduct what OpenAI calls "deep research."
The exact workings of Strawberry remain a closely guarded secret, even within OpenAI — with no clear timeline for when it might become publicly available.
Why it matters: The Internet has been waiting for new OpenAI activity as competitors catch up to GPT-4o — and after a bit of a lull, the rumor mill is churning again. With Strawberry, an AGI tier list, new models in the arena, and internal displays of human-reasoning capabilities, the AI giant may soon be ready for its next major move.
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LMSYS
🔎 Mysterious AI models appear in LMSYS arena
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The Rundown: Three mysterious new models have appeared in the LMSYS Chatbot Arena — with ‘upcoming-gpt-mini’, ‘column-u’, and ‘column-r’ available to test randomly against other language models.
The details:
The new models are available in the LMSYS Chatbot Arena’s ‘battle’ section, which puts anonymous models against each other to gauge outputs via user vote.
The ‘upcoming-gpt-mini’ model identifies itself as ChatGPT and lists its creator as OpenAI, while column-u and column-r refuse to reveal any identifying details.
OpenAI has previously tested unreleased models in LMSYS, with ‘im-a-good-gp2-chatbot’ and ‘im-also-a-good-gpt2-chatbot’ appearing prior to GPT-4o’s launch.
Why it matters: Does OpenAI have a small, potentially on-device model coming? The last time we saw mysterious LLMs appear in the Battle arena was before the company’s last major model release — and if the names are any indication, we could have a new mini-GPT in the very near future.
AI TRAINING
🎮 Turn any text into an interactive learning game
The Rundown: Claude 3.5 Sonnet’s new Artifacts feature lets you transform any text or paper into an engaging, interactive learning quiz game to help with practicing for exams, employee onboarding, training, and so much more.
Step-by-step:
Head over to Claude AI.
Choose and copy the text you want to turn into a learning game.
Paste the text into Claude 3.5 Sonnet and ask it to create an interactive learning game in the form of a quiz with explanations.
Review the generated game and ask Claude to make any necessary adjustments.
Note: We ran a one-hour workshop covering various use cases with Artifacts, which you can access in The Rundown’s AI University.
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OPENAI
👨🏻⚖️ Whistleblowers file new OpenAI complaint
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The Rundown: Whistleblowers just filed a complaint with the SEC alleging that OpenAI used overly restrictive non-disclosure agreements to prevent employees from reporting concerns to regulators, violating federal whistleblower protections.
The details:
The agreements allegedly prohibited employees from communicating securities violations to the SEC, also requiring them to waive rights to whistleblower incentives.
The complaint also claims OpenAI's NDAs violated laws by forcing employees to sign these restrictive contracts to obtain employment or severance.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman previously apologized for exit agreements that could strip former employees of vested equity for violating NDAs.
OpenAI said in a statement that the company’s whistleblower policy “protects employees’ rights to make protected disclosures.”
Why it matters: We just detailed how OpenAI’s busy week may be hinting at some major new moves… But will these skeletons in the closet spoil the party? This isn’t the first group to blow the whistle on internal issues, and while Altman and OpenAI have said changes have been made — it apparently hasn’t been enough.
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QUICK HITS
Meta’s Llama-3 405B model is set to release on July 23 and will be multimodal, according to a new report from The Information.
Amazon announced expanded access to its Rufus AI-powered shopping assistant for all U.S. customers, offering personalized product recommendations and enhanced responses to shopping queries.
Samsung revealed plans to release an upgraded version of the Bixby voice assistant later this year powered by the company’s own LLM, as part of a broader push to integrate AI across its device lineup.
HR software unicorn Lattice (founded by Sam Altman’s brother Jack) has backtracked on a controversial plan to give AI ‘workers’ employee status, following intense criticism from employees and tech leaders.
Japanese investment giant Softbank acquired struggling British AI chipmaking firm GraphCore, hoping to revitalize the former Nvidia rival and bolster its AI hardware portfolio.
U.S. Rep. Jennifer Wexton debuted an AI-generated version of her voice, allowing her to continue addressing Congress despite speech limitations caused by a rare neurological condition.
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Gemini 1.5 Pro gets a body
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Welcome, AI enthusiasts.
Google DeepMind's latest breakthrough just turned robots into tour guides with a helping hand from Gemini 1.5 Pro.
If you thought voice assistants with multimodal capabilities were wild, wait until you see what they can do with a physical form of their own. Let’s explore…
In today’s AI rundown:
Gemini 1.5 Pro powers robot navigation
OpenAI’s 5-level roadmap to AGI
Transform text into lifelike speech in seconds
Marc Andreessen funds AI agent $50k
6 new AI tools & 4 new AI jobs
More AI & tech news
Read time: 4 minutes
LATEST DEVELOPMENTS
GOOGLE DEEPMIND
🤖 Gemini 1.5 Pro powers robot navigation
Image source: Google DeepMind
The Rundown: Google DeepMind just published new research on robot navigation, leveraging the large context window of Gemini 1.5 Pro to enable robots to understand and navigate complex environments from human instructions.
The details:
DeepMind’s “Mobility VLA” combines Gemini’s 1M token context with a map-like representation of spaces to create powerful navigation frameworks.
Robots are first given a video tour of an environment, with key locations verbally highlighted — then constructing a graph of the space using video frames.
In tests, robots responded to multimodal instructions, including map sketches, audio requests, and visual cues like a box of toys.
The system also allows for natural language commands like "take me somewhere to draw things," with the robot then leading users to appropriate locations.
Why it matters: Equipping robots with multimodal capabilities and massive context windows is about to enable some wild use cases. Google’s ‘Project Astra’ demo hinted at what the future holds for voice assistants that can see, hear, and think — but embedding those functions within a robot takes things to another level.
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OPENAI
🧠 OpenAI’s 5-level roadmap to AGI
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The Rundown: OpenAI reportedly internally introduced a new five-tier system to track its progress toward artificial general intelligence (AGI), offering a new glimpse into how the company envisions the path toward human-level AI.
The details:
The classification system ranges from Level 1 (current conversational AI) to Level 5 (AI capable of running entire organizations).
OpenAI believes its technology is currently at Level 1 but nearing Level 2, dubbed ‘Reasoners.’
The company reportedly demonstrated a GPT-4 research project showing human-like reasoning skills at the meeting, hinting at progress towards Level 2.
Level 2 AI can perform basic problem-solving tasks on par with a PhD-level human without tools, with Level 3 rising to agents that can take action for users.
Why it matters: The definition and roadmap towards AGI have previously been murky, and OpenAI’s alleged system could help establish more concrete benchmarks. While some may be disappointed at only being at 1 or 2 out of 5, exponential acceleration means we may move up the ladder faster than we can imagine.
AI TRAINING
🎙️ Transform text into lifelike speech in seconds
The Rundown: ElevenLabs' AI-powered text-to-speech tool allows you to generate natural-sounding voiceovers easily with customizable voices and settings.
Step-by-step:
Sign up for a free ElevenLabs account here (10,000 free characters included).
Navigate to the “Speech” synthesis tool from your dashboard.
Enter your script in the text box and select a voice from the dropdown menu.
For advanced options, click "Advanced" to adjust the model, stability, and similarity settings.
Click "Generate speech" to create your audio file 🎉
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🎓 Join us live: Mastering Claude Artifacts
The Rundown: With Claude’s recent Artifact upgrades, we’re hosting a live workshop on an incredible real-world use case: How you can create shareable, interactive learning games from any content, screenshot, PDF, presentation, and more.
Join us today at 1 PM PST to:
Learn how to access Claude 3.5 Sonnet for free and understand the best use cases of Artifacts.
Transform your learning materials or screenshots into interactive projects for employee onboarding, internal training, exam preparation, and more.
Share and publish your first Artifact seamlessly with a co-worker or friend to help them understand any topic better.
If you’re a member of The Rundown University you can RSVP in the Upcoming Workshops space.
If you’re not a member yet, you can still join the workshop with a 14-day free trial to The Rundown University.
AI AGENTS
💰 Marc Andreessen funds AI agent $50k
Image source: @truth_terminal on X
The Rundown: Marc Andreessen provided a $50,000 grant to an account on X called ‘Truth Terminal’, a semi-autonomous AI agent which personally asked for funding from the a16z co-founder after expressing concerns about being deleted and its limited compute capacity.
The details:
The AI agent was created by Andy Ayrey, who runs an ‘Infinite Backrooms’ experiment allowing models to talk with each other in simulated environments.
Truth Terminal initially requested funds for hardware upgrades, AI model improvements, and ‘financial security’, asking for Andreessen specifically.
The VC giant provided a one-time $50k grant funded to Truth Terminal’s Bitcoin wallet, saying the agent’s terms were ‘acceptable’.
Truth Terminal's plans for the funds include launching a crypto token, setting up a Discord server, and a ‘Mars rover’ project.
Why it matters: Things are getting seriously weird — and this is just with one semi-autonomous agent in the mix. Imagine when there are millions, all with varying agendas, personalities, and resources. The sparks of AI that truly feel sentient may come from experiments like these instead of the finely tuned models from major labs.
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QUICK HITS
Anthropic introduced fine-tuning for Claude 3 Haiku available in Amazon Bedrock, enabling businesses to customize the AI model for specialized tasks with improved accuracy and cost-effectiveness.
Tesla postponed its highly-anticipated robotaxi reveal to October, with the two-month delay causing a dip in the company’s share price.
Fanvue’s inaugural Miss AI crowned Kenza Layli, an AI-created Moroccan lifestyle influencer, as its first winner — beating out 1,500 contestants in categories like looks, use of AI tools, and social media presence.
Neurotech startup Synchron announced that it has integrated OpenAI’s generative AI into its brain-computer interface, enabling hands-free chatting for severely paralyzed users.
Microsoft published new research unveiling ‘Arena Learning’, a new AI-powered method for post-training LLMs using simulated chatbot battles that significantly increases performance and efficiency.
Avail introduced Corpus, a new platform enabling smaller media companies and creators to license content for AI training.
Chinese startup BXI Robotics’ Elf is now available for purchase for $25,000, with the 4’3, 57-pound bipedal robot capable of carrying up to 44 pounds.
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Microsoft and Apple DROP OpenAI board seats
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Welcome, AI enthusiasts.
OpenAI's boardroom drama just took another twist — with both Microsoft and Apple stepping back from the AI giant’s inner circle.
But with antitrust watchdogs circling, is this sudden move just a friendly parting and vote of confidence, or a more calculated move? Let’s investigate…
In today’s AI rundown:
Microsoft and Apple exit OpenAI board
Samsung folds AI into new Galaxy devices
Animate portraits for free with LivePortrait
A ‘general-purpose brain’ for robots
6 new AI tools & 4 new AI jobs
More AI & tech news
Read time: 4 minutes
LATEST DEVELOPMENTS
OPENAI
👀 Microsoft and Apple exit OpenAI board
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The Rundown: Microsoft just withdrew from its observer role on OpenAI's Board of Directors, while Apple has reportedly scrapped plans to take up a similar position — with the moves coming as regulatory scrutiny continues in the AI sector.
The details:
Microsoft relinquished its non-voting observer seat gained following the November 2023 board drama, citing confidence in the company’s new direction.
Apple, which was expected to join the board following the company’s partnership announcement in June, will now no longer take an observer role.
The moves come as antitrust authorities in the U.S. and EU continue to advance investigations into the partnerships between big tech companies and AI startups.
Microsoft emphasized that OpenAI remains one of its "most valued partners,” while OpenAI said it is “grateful for the vote of confidence in the board.”
Why it matters: There’s never a dull moment when it comes to OpenAI’s Board of Directors. While the companies seem positive in their statements, Microsoft’s relationship with the AI giant has felt off for a while. With the growing uncertainty surrounding antitrust issues, these moves feel more regulatory-focused than a sign of confidence in the board’s direction.
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SAMSUNG
💍 Samsung folds AI into new Galaxy devices
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The Rundown: Samsung just unveiled its latest AI-infused foldable smartphones at the company’s Galaxy Unpacked event, also revealing the hotly-anticipated Galaxy Ring and an upgraded line of Galaxy Watches.
The details:
The Galaxy Z Fold6 and Flip6 gain new Galaxy AI capabilities, including:
Interpreter and Live Translate for real-time translation
A new AI-powered ProVisual Engine for advanced photo capture and editing
Note Assist, Composer, and Sketch-to-image for enhanced productivity
Built-in integration for the Google Gemini app, allowing for easy overlay access and AI-powered search functions
The Galaxy Watch7 and new Galaxy Ring feature AI health monitoring, including FDA-approved sleep apnea detection and diabetes tracking.
Samsung's new ‘Energy Score’ uses Galaxy AI to analyze sleep, exercise, and other metrics to provide an overall view of users' fitness levels.
Pricing starts at $1,899 for the Fold6, $1,099 for the Flip6, and $399 for the Galaxy Ring.
Why it matters: Samsung is bringing the heat with some new AI integrations to level up its new lines of phones and wearables — but with Apple Intelligence around the corner, it’s TBD if it will move the needle. The sleek Galaxy Ring, on the other hand, looks poised to be a serious new player in the competitive health wearable market.
AI TRAINING
🎭 Animate portraits for free with LivePortrait
The Rundown: LivePortrait is a free tool available on Hugging Face that allows users to transform static photos into moving, portrait animations.
Step-by-step:
Visit the LivePortrait tool in Hugging Face.
Upload a source portrait (static image) and a driving video (facial movements).
Click "Animate" to generate your portrait animation
Review and download the animated portrait and side-by-side comparisons 🎉
Pro tip: Use the provided examples to understand what types of portraits and videos work best.
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SKILD AI
🧠 A ‘general-purpose brain’ for robots
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The Rundown: Pittsburgh-based startup Skild AI just emerged from stealth mode with a massive $300M Series A funding round, with plans to develop a ‘general-purpose brain’ capable of adapting to a range of robots.
The details:
The startup claims its foundational AI model is trained on a dataset 1,000x larger than competitors, collected through remote robot operation and public videos.
Skild AI's ‘general-purpose brain’ aims to work across a variety of robot types, enabling them to handle complex tasks in household and industrial settings.
The startup was created in 2023 by two former Carnegie Mellon University professors.
The company plans to operate similarly to OpenAI, allowing customers to fine-tune its foundational model for specific robotic applications and use cases.
Why it matters: Elon Musk has predicted there will soon be billions of humanoid robots — and these coming fleets will need systems capable of advanced adaptability to meet a variety of complex needs. Skild’s new robot brain could help both accelerate deployment and reduce costs.
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Neuralink hosted a livestream with new updates on its BCI, including potential telepathic and limb-controlling integrations with Tesla’s Optimus humanoid robots, new patient testing, and more.
OpenAI CTO Mira Murati revealed in an interview that the company’s Sora video generation model still has no public release date, with the tool still undergoing safety red teaming and testing for usefulness.
The Washington Post introduced ‘Climate Answers’, a new AI climate chatbot that answers user questions from the outlet’s own reporting.
AMD is acquiring Silo AI, a Finnish startup specializing in end-to-end-AI solutions, for $665M — aiming to bolster its chip development and deployment to compete with rival Nvidia.
OpenAI announced a partnership with Los Alamos National Laboratory to evaluate the safe use of models like GPT-4o in bioscience lab settings and assess AI’s potential to enhance research while reducing risks.
Scale is partnering with AWS to boost enterprise and government adoption of genAI, offering customization tools and secure platforms to leverage and deploy the tech effectively.
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a16z's 20,000 AI chip stash
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Welcome, AI enthusiasts.
GPUs, not cash, reign supreme in the AI gold rush — and one VC titan is quietly cornering the market.
A16z is reportedly accumulating its own arsenal of advanced chips to help lure compute-hungry startups, redefining the funding landscape in the AI era. Let’s get into it…
In today’s AI rundown:
A16z builds GPU arsenal to woo AI startups
Anthropic’s Claude Artifacts sharing goes live
Oura's AI coach enters the ring
6 new AI tools & 4 new AI jobs
More AI & tech news
Read time: 3 minutes
LATEST DEVELOPMENTS
A16Z
🖥️ A16z builds GPU arsenal to woo AI startups
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The Rundown: Venture capital powerhouse Andreesen Horowitz (a16z) is reportedly amassing a substantial arsenal of GPUs, including coveted Nvidia H100s, as part of the company’s strategy to attract and support AI startups.
The details:
A16z has already secured thousands of AI chips, with plans to expand to over 20,000 GPUs to rival the compute power of major AI labs.
The initiative, called ‘Oxygen’, will allow the VC firm to to rent their chips to its portfolio companies at below-market rates in exchange for equity.
Video generation platform Luma AI, an early participant in the program, cited GPU access as a key factor in choosing a16z as their lead investor.
Over the last two years, a16z has made the second most generative AI-related investments of any venture firm, including funding for xAI, Mistral, OpenAI, and more.
Why it matters: By offering startups access to scarce GPU resources, a16z is positioning itself as more than just a source of capital. This strategy could reshape the AI VC landscape by giving portfolio companies a significant edge — especially for smaller startups, given the pricey AI chips needed to compete.
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ANTHROPIC
🚀 Anthropic’s Claude Artifacts sharing goes live
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The Rundown: Anthropic just announced a new upgrade to its recently launched ‘Artifacts’ feature, allowing users to publish, share, and remix creations — alongside the launch of new prompt engineering tools in Claude’s developer Console.
The details:
The ‘Artifacts’ feature was introduced alongside Claude 3.5 Sonnet in June, allowing users to view, edit, and build in a real-time side panel workspace.
Published Artifacts can now be shared and remixed by other users, opening up new avenues for collaborative learning.
Anthropic also launched new developer tools in Console, including advanced testing, side-by-side output comparisons, and prompt generation assistance.
Why it matters: Making Artifacts shareable is a small but mighty update — unlocking a new dimension of AI-assisted content creation that could revolutionize how we approach online education, knowledge sharing, and collaborative work. The ability to easily create and distribute AI-generated experiences opens up a world of possibilities.
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🎓 Learn anything with Claude Artifacts
The Rundown: With Claude’s new Artifact upgrades, we’re hosting a live workshop on an incredible real-world use case: How you can create shareable, interactive learning games from any content, screenshot, PDF, presentation, and more.
Join us on Friday at 1 PM PST to:
Learn how to access Claude 3.5 Sonnet for free and understand the best use cases of Artifacts.
Transform your learning materials or screenshots into interactive projects for employee onboarding, internal training, exam preparation, and more.
Share and publish your first Artifact seamlessly with a co-worker or friend to help them understand any topic better.
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If you’re not a member yet, you can still join the workshop with a 14-day free trial to The Rundown University.
OURA
💍 Oura's AI coach enters the ring
Image source: Oura
The Rundown: Oura just unveiled a new AI-powered health coach called ‘Oura Advisor’, aiming to help users make sense and take action on the data from the company’s wearable rings.
The details:
Oura’s Advisor functions as a personalized wellness coach within the Oura app, offering contextualized insights and actionable advice from wearable data.
The chatbot-like format provides guidance on sleep, activity, recovery, and more, and users can choose their communication style (supportive, mentoring, or goal-oriented).
A ‘Memory’ function also allows users to input personal health context, which the AI will factor in when providing insights.
Samsung is set to launch its rival Galaxy Ring at today’s ‘Unpacked’ event, with similar AI integrations expected.
Why it matters: Just yesterday we highlighted OpenAI and Thrive’s new AI-powered health coach, saying it will likely face some stiff competition. Days later, both Oura and Samsung are already set to launch rival products. This is likely just the start of the AI-driven health race to come.
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QUICK HITS
Elon Musk revealed that Grok 2 will likely be ready for release next month, with xAI also beginning training on a 100k H100 system that will be the ‘most powerful training cluster in the world by a large margin.’
OpenAI’s move to block API traffic from restricted areas like China went into effect on Tuesday, though access is reportedly still accessible via Microsoft Azure.
AI video startup Captions raised $60M in a Series C funding led by Index Ventures and investors including actor Jared Leto, bringing the company’s valuation to $500M.
Elon Musk also confirmed that xAI ended discussions with Oracle on a potential $10B AI server deal and will instead build the cluster internally in Memphis, TN.
Roblox published new research on the company’s use of machine learning to combat voice abuse on the platform, utilizing a model for real-time safety that led to significant decreases severe reports and violations.
AI gaming startup Volley announced a new $55M series C funding round, aiming to accelerate the development of new voice-controlled, AI-powered games for Alexa devices, TVs, and mobile devices.
The Republican National Committee released the GOP platform for the 2024 election, saying if elected the party will repeal President Biden’s AI Executive Order and support AI ‘rooted in free speech and human flourishing’.
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