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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
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LATEST DEVELOPMENTS
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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🧠 Dive deep into Natural Language Processing
The Rundown: CodeSignal just released a new learning path designed to help you master advanced skills in Natural Language Processing (NLP) —the foundation of Large Language Models like ChatGPT.
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Transform text data into features ML models can understand
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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
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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
Image source: The Information
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.
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.
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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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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OpenAI's hyper-personalized AI health coach
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Welcome, AI enthusiasts.
The future of health and fitness is about to be prescribed a major dose of AI.
OpenAI and Thrive are creating a hyper-personalized AI health coach — but is this the wellness revolution we’ve been waiting for, or another tech pipe dream? Let’s explore…
In today’s AI rundown:
OpenAI and Thrive create AI health coach
Odyssey’s ‘Hollywood-grade’ AI video
Create mind maps with Claude 3.5 Sonnet
Japan Ministry introduces first AI policy
5 new AI tools & 4 new AI jobs
More AI & tech news
Read time: 4 minutes
LATEST DEVELOPMENTS
OPENAI AND THRIVE CAPITAL
🥦 OpenAI and Thrive create AI health coach
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The Rundown: The OpenAI Startup Fund and Thrive Global just announced Thrive AI Health, a new venture developing a hyper-personalized, multimodal AI-powered health coach to help users drive personal behavior change.
The details:
The AI coach will focus on five key areas: sleep, nutrition, fitness, stress management, and social connection.
Thrive AI Health will be trained on scientific research, biometric data, and individual preferences to offer tailored user recommendations.
DeCarlos Love steps in as Thrive AI Health’s CEO, who formerly worked on AI, health, and fitness experiences at Google as a product leader.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Thrive Global founder Ariana Huffington published an article in TIME detailing AI’s potential to improve both health and lifespans.
Why it matters: With chronic disease and healthcare costs on the rise, AI-driven personalized coaching could be a game-changer — giving anyone the ability to leverage their data for health gains. Plus, Altman’s network of companies and partners lends itself perfectly to crafting a major AI health powerhouse.
TOGETHER WITH SYNCLY
💡Surface up what NPS and CSAT don’t tell
The Rundown: Syncly (YC W23) leverages AI to reveal critical customer sentiments that traditional metrics like NPS and CSAT miss — allowing businesses to surface real pain points from everyday interactions.
With Syncly, you can:
Automatically identify key issues using Smart Insight, eliminating manual work
Utilize Syncly AI to pinpoint drivers of negative customer experiences
Monitor customer satisfaction in real-time with Customer AI to prevent churn
Seamlessly integrate with existing tools for a unified workflow
Try Syncly for free and start elevating the experience of your customers today!
ODYSSEY AI
🎬 Odyssey’s ‘Hollywood-grade’ AI video
Image source: Odyssey
The Rundown: Odyssey, a new startup co-founded by self-driving car industry veterans, just emerged from stealth with a ‘Hollywood-grade’ AI video generation platform aimed at revolutionizing visual effects and storytelling capabilities.
The details:
Odyssey is developing four specialized AI models focused on geometry, materials, lighting, and motion, aimed at giving more control over outputs.
The company's team includes AI researchers from tech giants, as well as artists who've worked on blockbusters like Dune and Avengers.
Odyssey is reportedly gathering its own 3D, real-world data for training instead of scraping existing video data, building on learnings from self-driving AI experience.
The startup also announced a $9M funding round with participation from Google Ventures, Y Combinator’s Garry Tan, DeepMind’s Jeff Dean, and more.
Why it matters: While we’ve already seen Hollywood start to experiment with AI video platforms like Sora, the capabilities (at least publicly) seem a bit off from longer Hollywood-type outputs. Odyssey’s ambitions could accelerate the tech’s use on the big screen, video games, and other media — but it certainly will have some stiff competition as other models improve.
AI TRAINING
🎥 Create mind maps with Claude 3.5 Sonnet
The Rundown: Claude 3.5 Sonnet can generate detailed mind maps of video shot types and elements, which can significantly improve your prompts for AI video generation with other AI tools like Runway Gen-3 or Luma Dream Machine.
Step-by-step:
Head over to Claude AI.
Use the following prompt: "I am using a video generator. Please give me a map of all the different types of shots and things I can enter for my prompt."
Explore the map and craft detailed prompts to use for AI video generator tools!
Prompt example: “Overhead drone shot: A colorful hot air balloon festival in a vast green field.”
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👋 Your AI-powered command line companion
The Rundown: Warp’s new Agent Mode lets you get fast, efficient AI guidance directly from the command line — elevating the coding experience and streamlining development workflows.
Agent Mode enables you to:
Switch between natural language and traditional commands
Get highly-tailored recommendations based on your dev environment
Walk through multi-step workflows, like fixing git issues or building new features
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AI & MILITARY
🇯🇵 Japan Ministry introduces first AI policy
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The Rundown: Japan's Defense Ministry just released its inaugural basic policy on the use of artificial intelligence in military applications, aiming to tackle recruitment challenges and keep pace with global powers in defense technology.
The details:
The policy outlines seven priority areas for AI deployment, including target detection, intelligence analysis, and unmanned systems.
Japan sees AI as a potential solution to its rapidly aging and shrinking population, which is currently impacting military recruitment.
The strategy also emphasizes human control over AI systems, ruling out fully autonomous lethal weapons.
Japan’s Defense Ministry highlighted the U.S. and China’s military AI use as part of the ‘urgent need’ for the country to utilize the tech to increase efficiency.
Why it matters: Whether the world is ready or not, the military and AI are about to intertwine. By completely ruling out autonomous lethal weapons, Japan is setting a potential model for more responsible use of the tech, which could influence how other powers approach the AI military arms race in the future.
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QUICK HITS
Poe launched ‘Previews’, a new feature allowing users to generate and interact with web apps directly within chats, leveraging LLMs like Claude 3.5 Sonnet for enhanced coding capabilities.
Luma Labs chief scientist Jiaming Song said in an interview that real-time AI video generation is less than a year away, also showing evidence that its Dream Machine model can reason and predict world models in some capacity.
Magnific AI introduced a new Photoshop plugin, allowing users to leverage the AI upscaling and enhancing tool directly in Adobe’s editing platform.
Nvidia launched a new competition to create an open-source code dataset for training LLMs on hardware design, aiming to eventually automate the development of future GPUs.
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. saw its valuation briefly surpass $1T, coming on the heels of Morgan Stanley increasing its price targets for the AI chipmaker.
AI startup Hebbia secured $130M in funding for its complex data analysis software, boosting the company’s valuation to around $700M.
A new study testing ChatGPT’s coding abilities found major limitations in the model’s abilities, though the research has been criticized for its use of GPT-3.5 instead of newer, more capable models.
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OpenAI's secret hack exposed
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Welcome, AI enthusiasts.
OpenAI has been increasing its safety efforts recently, but is the company’s AI secret sauce already out in the wild?
A 2023 hack of the AI giant was just uncovered, raising major questions about what info may have fallen into the wrong hands. Let’s investigate…
In today’s AI rundown:
OpenAI's secret AI details stolen in 2023 hack
Chinese AI firms flex muscles at WAIC
Control AI videos with Luma Labs’ Keyframes
DeepMind’s JEST supercharges AI training
6 new AI tools & 4 new AI jobs
More AI & tech news
Read time: 4 minutes
LATEST DEVELOPMENTS
OPENAI
🕵️ OpenAI's secret AI details stolen in 2023 hack
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The Rundown: A new report from the New York Times just revealed that a hacker breached OpenAI’s internal messaging systems last year, stealing sensitive details about the company’s tech — with the event going unreported to the public or authorities.
The details:
The breach occurred in early 2023, with the hacker accessing an online forum where employees discussed OpenAI’s latest tech advances.
While core AI systems and customer data weren’t compromised, internal discussions about AI designs were exposed.
OpenAI informed employees and the board in April 2023, but did not disclose the incident publicly or to law enforcement.
Former researcher Leopold Aschenbrenner (later fired for allegedly leaking sensitive info) criticized OpenAI’s security in a memo following the hack.
OpenAI has since established a Safety and Security Committee, including the addition of former NSA head Paul Nakasone, to address future risks.
Why it matters: Is OpenAI’s secret sauce out in the wild? As other players continue to even the playing field in the AI race, it’s fair to wonder if leaks and hacks have played a role in the development. The report also adds new intrigue to Aschenbrenner’s firing — who has been adamant that his release was politically motivated.
TOGETHER WITH LOGITECH
📶 Level up your ChatGPT prompts
The Rundown: Logitech’s Logi AI Prompt Builder streamlines your ChatGPT prompting process — providing a user-friendly interface for creating pre-defined, customizable prompts to save time and effort.
With Prompt Builder, you can:
Access commonly used prompt recipes with a single click
Tailor prompts by defining tone, complexity, and length
Gain access for free with supported Logitech mice and keyboards
Learn more and start building powerful prompts today.
WAIC
🇨🇳 Chinese AI firms flex muscles at WAIC
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The Rundown: The World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) took place this weekend in Shanghai, with Chinese companies showcasing significant advances in LLMs, robotics, and other AI-infused products despite U.S. sanctions on advanced chips.
The details:
SenseTime unveiled SenseNova 5.5 at the event, claiming the model outperforms GPT-4o in 5 out of 8 key metrics.
The company also released SenseNova 5o, a real-time multimodal model capable of processing audio, text, image, and video.
Alibaba's cloud unit reported its open-source Tongyi Qianwen models doubled downloads to over 20M in just two months.
iFlytek introduced SparkDesk V4.0, touting advances over GPT-4 Turbo in multiple domains.
Moore Threads showcased KUAE, an AI data center solution with GPUs performing at 60% of NVIDIA's restricted A100.
Why it matters: If China’s AI firms are being slowed down by U.S. restrictions, they certainly aren’t showing it. The models and tech continue to rival the leaders in the market — and while sanctions may have created hurdles, they may have also spurred Chinese innovation with workarounds to stay competitive.
AI TRAINING
🎥 Control AI videos with Luma Labs’ Keyframes
The Rundown: Luma Labs’ new Keyframe feature allows you to add both starting and ending keyframes to guide AI video generation, increasing control over the final output.
Step-by-step:
Head over to Luma Labs and log in, or sign up for free.
Set starting and ending keyframes using the provided options.
Craft a detailed prompt describing the desired video and transition.
Generate your video and review the results 🎉
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⚙️ Outsource any business process to LLMs
The Rundown: Stack AI is an AI automation platform developed by two MIT PhDs that lets companies harness the power of artificial intelligence without writing a single line of code.
With Stack AI, enterprises can:
Connect AI to their knowledge bases with governance and security.
Automate tasks like Staff training, RFP responses, auditing customer calls, and KYC due diligence.
Deploy LLMs with SOC 2, GDPR, and HIPAA compliance.
Create an account now and start automating your workflows!
GOOGLE DEEPMIND
💨 DeepMind’s JEST supercharges AI training
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The Rundown: Google DeepMind researchers published new research introducing JEST (Joint Example Selection Technique), a method that accelerates AI model training while significantly reducing computing requirements.
The details:
The technique leverages two AI models — a pre-trained reference model and a ‘learner’ model that is being trained to identify the most valuable data examples.
JEST intelligently selects the most instructive batches of data, making AI training up to 13x faster and 10x more efficient than current state-of the-art methods.
In benchmark tests, JEST achieved top-tier performance while only using 10% of the training data required by previous leading models.
The method enables ‘data quality bootstrapping’ — using small, curated datasets to guide learning on larger unstructured ones.
Why it matters: As AI’s massive energy consumption comes under increasing scrutiny, JEST’s ability to drastically cut computing requirements could be a game changer for training models in a more energy-efficient way. Plus, faster training capabilities mean the acceleration of advanced model releases is just getting started.
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QUICK HITS
Apple’s Siri upgrades are now expected to come in Spring 2025, with the voice assistant not likely to be part of the Apple Intelligence rollout this Fall.
Google reportedly explored limiting the ‘AI Overviews’ feature to its own app and excluding Safari users, as part of efforts to reduce reliance on Apple’s browser.
Stability AI announced new changes to its licensing model, making SD-3 free for commercial use up to $1M in annual revenue and addressing quality concerns.
YouTube introduced a new AI-powered eraser tool that allows creators to quickly remove copyrighted music from videos while preserving other audio elements.
OpenAI updated its ChatGPT macOS app to encrypt locally stored conversations after a security flaw was discovered that allowed plain text access to chat logs.
Kuaishou’s KLING video model is now available as a web app for generations up to 10 seconds, though a Chinese phone number is still required for access.
EU chief Margrethe Vesteger warned that Nvidia’s dominance in AI chip supply is a ‘huge bottleneck’ as the company continues to face scrutiny from regulators.
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Mind-reading AI
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Welcome, AI enthusiasts.
Mind-reading was once thought to be a fairytale, but thanks to the latest advancements in AI, it's now inching closer to reality.
A new groundbreaking study just showed how AI can recreate what someone is looking at, with uncanny accuracy. Let's get into it…
In today’s AI rundown:
AI recreates images from brain activity
Cop pulls over driverless Waymo robotaxi
Stretch creativity with AI image expansion
Open-TeleVision brings robot control to reality
5 new AI tools & 4 new AI jobs
More AI & tech news
Read time: 4 minutes
LATEST DEVELOPMENTS
MINDREADING AI
🧠 AI recreates images from brain activity
Image source: NewScientist
The Rundown: Researchers at Radboud University just developed an AI system capable of reconstructing remarkably accurate images of what someone is looking at based on their brain activity recordings.
The details:
The team used both fMRI scans of humans and direct electrode recordings from a macaque monkey to capture brain activity while viewing images.
An improved AI system learned which parts of the brain to focus on, significantly enhancing reconstruction accuracy.
In the image above, the top row is what the monkey saw, and the bottom row is the images the AI system reconstructed based on brain activity.
Lead researcher Umut Güçlü claims these are "the closest, most accurate reconstructions" to date.
Why it matters: While the study has some limitations (like using images already in the dataset), this research is still mind-blowing. From helping stroke victims communicate to recreating dreams, we’re likely seeing the early innings of a tech that will have major applications in society as it continues to improve.
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The Rundown: Northern Data Group's AI Accelerator program provides the resources startups need to thrive in the AI landscape, helping you benefit from the best tech and expertise in the market.
The program provides:
Complimentary access to powerful NVIDIA H100 Tensor Core GPUs
Eco-friendly computing with 100% clean energy
Expert guidance through mentoring and workshops from industry leaders
Click here to apply now or explore the AI Accelerator program further.
WAYMO
🚓 Cop pulls over driverless Waymo robotaxi
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The Rundown: A viral video captured the bodycam footage of a Phoenix police officer pulling over a Waymo robotaxi for driving on the wrong side of the road, only to find an empty driver's seat and a very confused cop.
The details:
The video shared on X showed the driverless Waymo robotaxi being pulled over by a policeman after driving into opposing lanes of traffic.
The robotaxi rolled down its window as police approached, despite having no driver, and instead connected the officer to a Waymo support rep.
Waymo confirmed the incident, citing "inconsistent construction signage" as the cause for the car's behavior.
The event occurred just weeks after Waymo recalled 672 vehicles due to their inability to avoid pole-like objects.
Why it matters: While a cop trying to ticket a computer is comedy gold, it exposes serious gaps in current traffic laws. As Waymo and Tesla race to perfect self-driving tech, these real-world hiccups highlight the challenges ahead. Who do you fine when there's no driver?
AI TRAINING
🖼️ Stretch creativity with AI image expansion
The Rundown: Freepik has a powerful new feature called ‘Expand‘ that allows you to expand your images beyond their original boundaries, filling in details with AI.
Step-by-step:
Head over to the Freepik Pikaso website and look for the “Expand” feature.
Upload your image by clicking "Upload" or using drag-and-drop.
Choose your desired aspect ratio from the options on the left sidebar and add a prompt describing what you want in the expanded areas.
Click "Expand", browse the AI-generated results, and select your favorite 🎉
AI RESEARCH
🤖 Open-TeleVision brings robot control to reality
Image source: Xuxin Cheng on X
The Rundown: Researchers at UC San Diego and MIT just introduced Open-TeleVision, an open-source teleoperation system that allows users to control robots from thousands of miles away, similar to the movie 'Avatar'.
The details:
Open-TeleVision is accessible from any device with a web browser, including VR headsets — allowing for robot teleoperation from anywhere.
The system provides real-time stereo video streaming for depth perception, enabling fine manipulation of challenging objects.
An active neck with inverse kinematics allows intuitive control of the robot's head movements, mirroring the operator's actions.
The system is fully open-sourced, allowing other researchers to access the source code.
Why it matters: Tech developments like this bridge the gap between current AI limitations and fully autonomous humanoid robots, enabling more immediate practical applications while paving the way for the future where they become fully independent.
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QUICK HITS
OpenAI co-founder Andrej Karpathy spoke at UC Berkeley’s AI hackathon, predicting that rather than a single AI, there will be multiple AIs populating a digital space, collaborating on tasks and having their own Slack threads.
WhatsApp beta revealed an upcoming 'Imagine' AI avatar generator feature, which will allow users to create personalized avatars of themselves in various settings.
An international research team introduced EMOKINE software, an open-sourced AI tool that can decode emotional expression through motion capture and whole-body movements.
Noland Arbaugh, Neuralink's first human patient, hinted at the potential to control the Tesla Optimus humanoid robot within the next year using the brain implant.
Mantee Robotics showcased a new video of its humanoid robot, Menteebot, navigating new environments by following humans, demonstrating potential for various real-world applications.
Midjourney released its ‘Year One‘ book, celebrating one year of Midjourney Magazine and showcasing inspiring prompts, milestones, and profiles of popular community members.
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An open-source GPT-4o competitor
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Welcome, AI enthusiasts.
Feeling down that OpenAI’s Advanced Voice Mode is still delayed and potentially months away? Have no fear — Moshi is here!
A new startup just launched its own real-time AI voice assistant, and the open-source model could be set to push the competition to new heights. Let’s investigate…
In today’s AI rundown:
French AI startup launches ‘Moshi’
Salesforce’s small model breakthrough
Turn thoughts into polished content
Perplexity gets major research upgrade
6 new AI tools & 4 new AI jobs
More AI & tech news
Read time: 4 minutes
LATEST DEVELOPMENTS
KYUTAI
🚀 French AI startup launches ‘Moshi’
Image source: Kyutai
The Rundown: French startup Kyutai just introduced Moshi, a new ‘real-time’ AI voice assistant capable of responding in a range of emotions and styles in a similar fashion to OpenAI’s delayed Voice Mode feature.
The details:
Moshi is capable of listening and speaking simultaneously, with 70 different emotions and speaking styles ranging from whispers to accented speech.
Kyutai claims Moshi is the first ‘real-time voice AI assistant’ released, with a 160ms latency that potentially outpaces OpenAI's offering.
The nonprofit group plans to open-source the research and model in the coming weeks, with Moshi currently available to try via Hugging Face.
The startup launched in 2023 with $324M in funding, with a team of 8 researchers developing Moshi in just four months.
Why it matters: Moshi looks to be a massive win for the French AI landscape, and another eye-opening rival that chips away at OpenAI’s perceived moat on the rest of the field. Plus, with that uniquely French accent, there certainly won’t be any ScarJo concerns about this model rollout.
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SALESFORCE
🤏 Salesforce’s small model breakthrough
Image source: Salesforce
The Rundown: Salesforce just published new research on APIGen, an automated system that generates optimal datasets for AI training on function calling tasks — enabling the company’s xLAM model to outperform much larger rivals.
The details:
APIGen is designed to help models train on datasets that better reflect the real-world complexity of API usage.
Salesforce trained a both 7B and 1B parameter version of xLAM using APIGen, testing them against key function calling benchmarks.
xLAM’s 7B parameter model ranked 6th out of 46 models, matching or surpassing rivals 10x its size — including GPT-4.
xLAM’s 1B ‘Tiny Giant’ outperformed models like Claude Haiku and GPT-3.5, with CEO Mark Benioff calling it the best ‘micro-model’ for function calling.
Why it matters: While the AI race has been focused on building ever-larger models, Salesforce’s approach suggests that smarter data curation can lead to more efficient systems. The research is also a major step towards better on-device, agentic AI — packing the power of large models into a tiny frame.
AI TRAINING
🗣️ Turn thoughts into polished content
The Rundown: ChatGPT's voice mode feature now allows you to convert your spoken ideas into well-written text, summaries, and action items, boosting your creativity and productivity.
Step-by-step:
Enable “Background Conversations” in the ChatGPT app settings.
Start a new chat with the prompt shown in the image above (it was too long for this email).
Speak your thoughts freely, pausing as needed, and say "I'm done" when you've expressed all your ideas.
Review the AI-generated text, summary, and action items, and save them to your notes.
Pro tip: Try going on a long walk and rambling any ideas to ChatGPT using this trick — you’ll be amazed by the summary you get at the end.
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🎓 Learn how to create an AI commercial
The Rundown: Runway’s Gen 3 AI video generator just dropped, and to showcase its powerful capabilities, we’re hosting a live workshop on how to create a fully AI-generated commercial using Gen 3, ElevenLabs, and Midjourney.
Join us on Friday at 4 PM EST to:
Understand the text-to-video capabilities and top prompt tips for Runway Gen-3.
Learn the industry-standard workflow for producing AI videos, from visual concepts to animated commercials using Midjourney and Runway.
Elevate your video with ElevenLabs sound effects and voiceovers.
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.
PERPLEXITY
🧠 Perplexity gets major research upgrade
Image source: Perplexity
The Rundown: Perplexity just announced new upgrades to its ‘Pro Search’ feature, enhancing capabilities for complex queries, multi-step reasoning, integration of Wolfram Alpha for math improvement, and more.
The details:
Pro Search can now tackle complex queries using multi-step reasoning, chaining together multiple searches to find more comprehensive answers.
A new integration with Wolfram Alpha allows for solving advanced mathematical problems, alongside upgraded code execution abilities.
Free users get 5 Pro Searches every four hours, while subscribers to the $20/month plan get 600 per day.
The upgrade comes amid recent controversy over Perplexity's data scraping and attribution practices.
Why it matters: Given Google’s struggles with AI overviews, Perplexity’s upgrades will continue the push towards ‘answer engines’ that take the heavy lifting out of the user’s hand. But the recent accusations aren’t going away — and could cloud the whole AI-powered search sector until precedent is set.
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QUICK HITS
Cloudflare released a free tool to detect and block AI bots circumventing website scraping protections, aiming to address concerns over unauthorized data collection for AI training.
App Store chief Phil Schiller is joining OpenAI’s board in an observer role, representing Apple as part of the recently announced AI partnership.
Shanghai AI Lab introduced InternLM 2.5-7B, a model with a 1M context window and the ability to use tools that surged up the Open LLM Leaderboard upon release.
Magic is set to raise over $200M at a $1.5B valuation, despite having no product or revenue yet — as the company continues to develop its coding-specialized models that can handle large context windows.
Citadel CEO Ken Griffin told the company’s new class of interns that he is ‘not convinced’ AI will achieve breakthroughs that automate human jobs in the next three years.
ElevenLabs launched Voice Isolator, a new feature designed to help users remove background noise from recordings and create studio-quality audio.
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