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OpenAI's big reveal
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Welcome, AI enthusiasts.
OpenAI’s big reveal day is here — and the latest rumors include a new ‘Her’ style voice assistant that could put Siri to shame.
But with the company also reportedly nearing a deal with Apple to integrate into iOS, the implications of today’s demo could be massive. Let’s explore…
In today’s AI rundown:
Rumor mill: OpenAI’s Monday reveal
Anthropic’s new tool automates prompting
How to create realistic AI avatar videos
MIT studies AI deception capabilities
6 new AI tools & 4 new AI jobs
More AI & tech news
Read time: 4 minutes
LATEST DEVELOPMENTS
OPENAI
🔮 Rumor mill: OpenAI’s Monday reveal
Image source: The Telegraph
The Rundown: OpenAI is set to demo new features and updates to ChatGPT and GPT-4 today at 10 AM PT, with new speculation including a ‘Her’ style voice assistant with both audio and visual capabilities.
The details:
According to The Information, OpenAI’s demo will include a virtual assistant with visual AND audio understanding.
The report also claims the new reveal might have the ability to make ‘existing voice assistants like Siri more useful.’
CEO Sam Altman shot down rumors of a new search engine competitor and GPT-5, but said the reveal is something that ‘feels like magic’.
Additional speculation includes the ability to initiate and receive phone calls inside of ChatGPT.
Apple and OpenAI are also reportedly ‘closing in’ on a deal to incorporate ChatGPT into iOS 18.
Why it matters: OpenAI's typical cryptic commentary has continued to kick hype and speculation into overdrive. While it looks like we’ll have to wait a bit longer for OpenAI’s Search Engine ‘Google Killer,‘ we might just get something even more magical.
You can watch the livestream here, kicking off at 10 AM PT. If you can’t make it, we’ll fill you in on all the details in tomorrow’s newsletter.
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ANTHROPIC
🛠️ Anthropic’s new tool automates prompting
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The Rundown: Anthropic just launched a new Prompt Generator tool for its business and API users, helping to automatically craft optimal prompts via natural language when completing tasks with its Claude models.
The details:
The generator leverages advanced prompt techniques like chain-of-thought reasoning for more ‘effective, precise, and reliable’ outputs.
Console users can also test prompt performance via dynamic variable insertion, optimizing prompts based on various situations.
Anthropic released a Prompt Library earlier this year, featuring a range of optimized prompts that users can copy and paste.
Why it matters: While ‘Prompt Engineer’ was a popular term thrown around as a potential future job, the reality is that AI can help simplify the task with optimal prompts that it creates on its own. While Anthropic’s tool is only on the API side for now, it's only a matter of time before similar features make their way to the full consumer side.
AI TRAINING
🎥 How to create realistic AI avatar videos
The Rundown: HeyGen lets you create personalized videos with lifelike AI-generated avatar clones and unique AI voices.
Step-by-step:
Head over to HeyGen’s website and sign up for free.
Click where it says ‘AI Studio’ on the left bar of the Dashboard.
Choose a given template by selecting ‘Templates’ or create one from scratch by pressing ‘Create with AI Studio’.
In the Studio, you can add and modify any part of your presentation. For example, you can add text and images, change the background, select an AI avatar and its voice, create a script using AI, and more.
When your video is ready, press “Submit” and check out the final video!
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AI RESEARCH
🎓 MIT studies AI deception capabilities
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The Rundown: MIT researchers just published a new study detailing AI’s ability to engage in deceptive behaviors like lying, bluffing, and disguising true capabilities in testing.
The details:
The analysis found numerous examples of AI deception, such as Meta's Cicero Diplomacy bot telling premeditated lies to players.
Other cases included negotiation systems misrepresenting preferences, AI bluffing in poker, and ‘playing dead’ to fool safety tests.
Growing deceptive capabilities could influence societal dangers like election tampering, fraud, and general control over AI systems.
Why it matters: The combination of AI’s superhuman persuasiveness and the growing ability to engage in deception are a reminder of a potential dark side to the tech’s advancement. As these qualities emerge, the importance of reliably aligning and better understanding model behavior only grows.
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Erik Voorhees launched Venice AI, a new platform focused on privacy and user sovereignty that utilizes blockchain for payments and web3 for secure data storage.
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Bumble CEO Whitney Wolfe spoke on AI’s future in dating during a recent interview, envisioning an ‘AI dating concierge’ that dates other users’ AI to find ideal matches.
X unveiled a new ‘AI Audience’ feature, which allows advertisers to quickly target and better define user pools to push ads to relevant demographics.
Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis said that multimodal agent systems capable of planning and achieving goals will be integrated into large AI models within the next year.
Rad AI secured $50M in Series B funding for its AI-powered tool that streamlines radiology report generation.
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OpenAI Vs. Google
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Welcome, AI enthusiasts.
While Google is gearing up for next week’s hotly anticipated I/O conference, OpenAI may have a surprise ready to rain on the parade.
New reports claim that ChatGPT is set to gain new AI search capabilities on Monday, directly competing with Google Search. Let’s investigate…
In today’s AI rundown:
ChatGPT search feature coming Monday
SoundHound and Perplexity team up on voice AI
Add shortcuts using ChatGPT’s Memory
Llama-3 goes head-to-head with GPT-4
5 new AI tools & 4 new AI jobs
More AI & tech news
Read time: 4 minutes
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OPENAI
🔎 ChatGPT search feature coming Monday
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The Rundown: According to multiple sources, OpenAI is planning to announce a new search feature for ChatGPT on Monday, directly competing with Google Search and Perplexity.
The details:
The search functionality would allow ChatGPT to access online sources to answer user queries, providing citations for the info used.
Some versions of the feature may also incorporate relevant images alongside text responses, such as diagrams or illustrated instructions.
OpenAI currently offers limited browsing capabilities to ChatGPT Plus subscribers, which has been inconsistent and buggy.
Why it matters: While OpenAI and Google have been dancing around the AI boxing ring, a ChatGPT search functionality would be a major escalation — especially just a day before Google I/O. Powerful search features could also take ChatGPT to a new level and open the door for more agentic-type features.
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SOUNDHOUND & PERPLEXITY
🎙️ SoundHound and Perplexity team up on voice AI
Image source: SoundHound AI
The Rundown: SoundHound AI just announced a new partnership with Perplexity, aiming to integrate the company’s online LLM capabilities with real-time web knowledge across voice assistants in cars and devices.
The details:
SoundHound’s Chat AI is already integrated with several in-car assistants, restaurant ordering tech, and mobile phones, apps, and TVs.
Perplexity’s answer-engine AI will enable SoundHound’s assistant to provide more accurate responses and handle more complex questions.
Perplexity’s web access also allows for real-time information, syncing info like 'gas price trends’ with an in-car assistant to navigate to the nearest station.
Why it matters: While AI models continue to improve, we’ve yet to see that acceleration really translate into consumer devices. While we wait for major AI integrations from Siri and the big players, SoundHound’s Perplexity partnership could majorly improve AI within cars, apps, and phone assistants.
AI TRAINING
🧠 Add shortcuts using ChatGPT’s Memory
The Rundown: A lesser-known feature of ChatGPT’s new Memory feature is that it can be programmed to store shortcuts, which can save you a lot of time in chat conversations when used effectively.
Step-by-step:
Go to ChatGPT’s website. You’ll need to have a Plus subscription to access Memory.
Click on your account name (bottom-left), select ‘Settings’, ‘Personalization’, and enable ‘Memory’.
Teach ChatGPT a list of shortcuts by adding: “Store in your memory that when I start a prompt using: ‘!si’ means that I want you to search on the Internet; ‘!ci’ means that I want you to create an image; and !da’ means that I want you to use your Advanced Data Analysis feature”
That’s it! Try the shortcuts in your conversations and let us know how much time you save 🎉
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AI RESEARCH
🏆 Llama-3 goes head-to-head with GPT-4
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The Rundown: Lmsys just published a new deep dive into its Chatbot Arena data, comparing Meta’s open-source Llama 3 70B model against top models like GPT-4 — revealing surprising strengths in the open-source leader.
The details:
Llama-3 is the top open-source model on the Lmsys Leaderboard, featuring over 70,000 votes from users in Arena Battle testing.
Meta’s model shines in battles involving brainstorming and writing prompts, falling short in math, coding, and translation compared to top competitors.
Lmsys noted Llama-3’s tone is friendlier and more conversational than rivals, which the model exhibits in its victorious battles in the Arena.
Why it matters: Llama-3’s ability to compete with top-tier models in certain areas is a testament to the rapid progress of open-source — and that’s with Meta’s largest model still pending. The more granular comparison also provides useful details often lost in more general model benchmarking.
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Stability AI announced Stable Artisan, giving users the ability to utilize the company’s image and video generation models via its Discord server, along with a range of editing tools.
ElevenLabs teased new audio samples from its Music model, showcasing a series of impressive songs generated from single text prompts with no edits.
TikTok is introducing new labels for AI-generated content across its platform by attaching invisible metadata to images, videos, and audio.
The Dept. of Homeland Security is testing AI to simulate refugee interviews, helping train offers to improve applicant assessments and better detect smuggling attempts.
Mistral AI is reportedly raising $600M, potentially tripling its valuation to $6B for the Paris-based startup.
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Google's AI biology breakthrough
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Welcome, AI enthusiasts.
Google’s AlphaFold has been revolutionary in biology and drug discovery — and its latest update is set to redefine our understanding of the molecular world.
With new capabilities and free access to empower researchers everywhere, AlphaFold 3 will unlock a new wave of scientific innovation. Let’s explore…
In today’s AI rundown:
Google DeepMind reveals AlphaFold 3
OpenAI’s framework for AI behavior testing
Generate images on Midjourney Alpha
AI usage surges in the workplace
6 new AI tools & 4 new AI jobs
More AI & tech news
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🧬 Google DeepMind reveals AlphaFold 3
Image source: Google DeepMind
The Rundown: Google DeepMind and Isomorphic Labs just introduced AlphaFold 3, the newest version of the groundbreaking AI model that can predict the structure of proteins, DNA, and other molecules with extreme accuracy.
The details:
AlphaFold 3 has a 50% improvement in predicting drug-like interactions compared to traditional methods.
While AlphaFold 2 focused on protein structures, 3 can handle ‘all of life’s molecules’ and can model and predict complex interactions.
The model is available freely for non-commercial use through the new AlphaFold Server, allowing scientists to generate predictions and accelerate research.
Isomorphic Labs, a sister company of Google DeepMind, is already using AlphaFold 3 with pharmaceutical partners to design new drugs.
Why it matters: Previous AlphaFold models have already made tremendous impacts across the globe — and this more powerful and accurate iteration, combined with the new free server to broaden access to the tool, will supercharge drug discovery and our knowledge of the biological world.
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OPENAI
😇 OpenAI’s framework for AI behavior testing
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The Rundown: OpenAI just introduced the Model Spec, a framework that outlines the company's approach to shaping the behavior of its AI models — hoping to gather public discussion on how ChatGPT and its API should behave.
The details:
The Model Spec reflects OpenAI's docs, research, experience crafting model behavior, and ongoing work that will influence future models.
The document establishes objectives, rules, and default behaviors for AI models.
Users can participate by filling out this form, with the option to select the objectives and behaviors that are most important in AI model behavior.
Why it matters: Deciding how a model should behave is a polarizing topic — with no outcome or rules likely to satisfy all users and situations. But gathering diverse perspectives and introducing more transparency is a positive, especially given the public's lack of understanding.
AI TRAINING
🎨 Generate images on Midjourney Alpha
The Rundown: Midjourney’s website is now accessible to anyone with more than 100 generated images, improving the experience when prompting images over its standard Discord group.
Step-by-step:
Check that you’ve generated more than 100 images by typing /info in the Midjourney Discord group. If you have, head over to Midjourney Alpha.
In the main menu, you can explore other creations and search prompts.
Select where it says “imagine” and enter your prompt to generate an image.
Add a reference image by selecting “+” or play with different parameters such as image size, stylization, or even weirdness by pressing the “slider control” button.
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AI RESEARCH
📶 AI usage surges in the workplace
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The Rundown: Microsoft and LinkedIn just published their Work Trend Index Annual Report, revealing that AI adoption is surging in the workplace — calling 2024 the ‘year AI at work gets real’.
The details:
The report found that use of GenAI has doubled in the last six months, with 75% of knowledge workers using the tech in some capacity.
78% of AI users are bringing their own AI to work — with 52% reporting they are reluctant to admit to its use.
66% of leaders wouldn't hire someone without AI skills, and 71% prefer less experienced candidates with AI aptitude over a more experienced one without it.
AI power users reported enhanced productivity, creativity, and job satisfaction compared to skeptical peers.
Why it matters: Employees are adopting AI at a rapid pace, regardless of if their own organizations are ready for the shift. As AI spreads across all sectors, generations, and skillsets, the early adopters are rising to the top — while those that aren’t at least exploring the tech are quickly running out of time.
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Microsoft launched a top-secret genAI service for U.S. intelligence agencies, which uses an isolated GPT-4 model to securely analyze sensitive info.
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Apple's iPad AI
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Welcome, AI enthusiasts.
Apple just revealed its new line of iPads and a powerful new M4 chip — and unlike previous events, AI was fully in the spotlight.
But while the M4 packs a serious punch, the new AI features… Underwhelmed. Is Apple holding back for WWDC, or has the AI hype outpaced the big reveal? Let's explore...
In today’s AI rundown:
Apple unveils iPad AI upgrades
Mysterious gpt2-chatbot returns
Chat with YouTube videos using Gemini
OpenAI postpones new product reveal
5 new AI tools & 4 new AI jobs
More AI & tech news
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APPLE
🍏 Apple unveils iPad AI upgrades
Image source: Apple
The Rundown: Apple just revealed its new line of iPads at a company event in Cupertino, CA — featuring a custom M4 chip that enables advanced AI capabilities and a slew of new AI-powered features.
The details:
The bigger iPad Pro now features the M4 chip with an upgraded Neural Engine, which CEO Tim Cook calls “an outrageously powerful chip for AI”.
The M4 is capable of handling 38T operations per second, 4x the performance of previous models, allowing for the running of advanced AI.
New AI features on the Pro include a True Tone Flash for document scanning and new video, image, and music editing tools.
Prior to the event, a new report revealed that Apple is developing its own AI chips for data centers under the code name "Project ACDC".
Why it matters: Apple just served up an appetizer ahead of its June WWDC event, and the focus was clearly on AI. While the M4 chip enables major on-device AI capabilities, the features seem a bit… Underwhelming? Let’s hope WWDC has more to offer — or that third-party integrations unlock more AI potential from the powerful processor.
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👀 Mysterious gpt-2 chatbot returns
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The Rundown: The mysterious gpt2-chatbot has returned to the Chatbot Arena with LLM capabilities that seem to exceed top models, now dubbed as ‘im-a-good-gpt2-chatbot’ and ‘im-also-a-good-gpt2-chatbot’.
The details:
Last week, a powerful AI model called 'gpt-2 chatbot' appeared mysteriously with no official documentation or attribution.
Yesterday, two new models appeared that seem to be similar versions: ‘im-a-good-gpt2-chatbot’ and ‘im-also-a-good-gpt2-chatbot’.
The only way to access the models is through the Chatbot Arena battle mode, which randomly pits models against each other to test outputs.
Users who received rate limit errors reported seeing OpenAI messaging.
Sam Altman also tweeted ‘im-a-good-gpt2-chatbot’ over the weekend before the public caught on, seemingly confirming the ties.
Why it matters: While Altman previously said the gpt2-chatbot was not GPT 4.5, there’s more smoke than ever that this is an OpenAI model in disguise. Maybe the next iteration won’t be called 4.5 (meaning Sam isn’t technically lying) — but something big is brewing with this highly capable mystery model.
AI TRAINING
🎥 Chat with YouTube videos using Gemini
The Rundown: Google Gemini’s new “Extensions” feature allows users to access external tools such as YouTube to chat with videos and get answers for free.
Step-by-step:
Visit Google’s Gemini website. If Gemini is not available in your country, you’ll need to use a US-based VPN.
Click on the gear icon located on the bottom-left, select Extensions, and turn on the YouTube one.
Go back to the Chat interface and start your prompt using the following format: “@youtube Summarize the following video [Youtube URL]”
Pro tip: Try asking Gemini to explain advanced concepts discussed in a video, generating concrete examples, creating practice questions, and even asking for code snippets.
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🗓️ OpenAI postpones new product reveal
The Rundown: OpenAI is delaying a planned showcase at its headquarters to Monday next week, when the company is expected to reveal a new search-related AI product to rival Google and Perplexity.
The details:
OpenAI had scheduled a Thursday (tomorrow) event to share product updates and demos but has reportedly moved it to Monday.
While the exact focus of the event is undisclosed, recent reports suggest OpenAI is developing a search offering to rival Google and Perplexity.
The report also noted the ‘stiffer competition’ from close partner Microsoft, which is also reportedly training its own large in-house AI model called MAI-1.
OpenAI has been active in the media of late, with Brad Lightcap saying current tech will be ‘laughably bad’ within a year and Sam Altman calling GPT-4 ‘mildly embarrassing'.
Why it matters: While the world waits for OpenAI’s next big reveal, it appears Sama and co. may keep us waiting at least a bit longer. While speculation turns to Microsoft and Apple announcements causing the delay, the confident commentary doesn’t come off as a company too concerned with competition.
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Artist Paul Trillo posted another music video created for the band Washed Out using OpenAI’s Sora, stitching together 15 shots into the minute-long video.
Fake AI images went viral on social media during the Met Gala, with generations of stars like Katy Perry and Rihanna tricking fans (and even Perry’s own mom).
Google announced Google Threat Intelligence, integrating the company’s Gemini AI model with its cybersecurity arm Mandiant to enhance security offerings for organizations.
Dotdash Meredith announced a new partnership with OpenAI, integrating lifestyle content from media brands like PEOPLE, Better Homes & Gardens, and more into ChatGPT.
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Microsoft's new ChatGPT competitor...
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Welcome, AI enthusiasts.
Microsoft has been making serious waves over the past few weeks with its smaller AI model releases.
But now, the company is thinking bigger — with rumors of a massive new model coming to compete with the best. Let’s dig in…
In today’s AI rundown:
Microsoft training massive in-house LLM
OpenAI partners with Stack Overflow
Studio-quality audio in seconds with AI
Study: Teachers can’t detect AI writing
7 new AI tools & 4 new AI jobs
More AI & tech news
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MICROSOFT
🤖 Microsoft training massive in-house LLM
Image source: Bloomberg
The Rundown: Microsoft is reportedly developing a massive 500B parameter in-house LLM called MAI-1, aiming to compete with top AI models from OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google.
The details:
MAI-1 is being led by ex-Google DeepMind founder Mustafa Suleyman, who recently joined the company following the acquisition of AI startup Inflection.
MAI-1 is not based on Inflection’s models, though tech and training from the company may carry over to the new system.
The 500B parameter model is larger than Microsoft's previous open-source models, with Phi-3 mini trained on just under 4B parameters.
Why it matters: With the coming MAI-1 and its Phi family covering smaller, on-device capabilities, Microsoft is positioning itself for the full range of AI while reducing reliance on its OpenAI partnership. Speaking of OpenAI — is that relationship now a messy divorce waiting to happen, or is Microsoft simply diversifying?
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OPENAI
🤝 OpenAI partners with Stack Overflow
The Rundown: OpenAI just announced a new partnership with the developer platform Stack Overflow to enhance the performance of its AI models in programming tasks.
The details:
OpenAI will use Stack Overflow's OverflowAPI to access the platform's vast repository of technical Q&A data accumulated over 15 years.
The partnership aims to make ChatGPT better at providing coding answers by leveraging Stack Overflow's community-verified content.
Each ChatGPT response using Stack Overflow data will link back to relevant posts, fostering deeper engagement with the developer community.
The move marks a major change for the platform, which previously banned AI responses — though has since also partnered with Google’s Gemini.
Why it matters: ChatGPT looks like it’s about to get a major coding upgrade — a tantalizing thought given how far the capabilities have risen in such a short time. The deal is also a sign of the times, with a once AI-skeptical developer community now partnering with two of the biggest models in the industry.
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Access Adobe’s Enhance Speech website. Sign in or sign up for free.
Upload your audio by selecting “Choose file” or simply drag and drop the file.
Wait a few seconds while Adobe’s AI analyzes and removes unwanted noises from your file.
Download your studio-quality audio and hear the difference!
Pro tip: If you have a video file, you can extract the audio using free websites that extract audio from video and add the enhanced audio back to your video using free video editors like CapCut.
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AI RESEARCH
📚 Study: Teachers can’t detect AI writing
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The Rundown: A series of studies from several German universities found that both novice and experienced teachers struggled to accurately distinguish between student-written and AI-generated texts.
The details:
The first study trialed pre-service teachers on AI and student text, correctly ID’ing only 45.1% of AI-generated submissions.
The second study tested experienced teachers, who correctly identified just 37.8% of AI-generated submissions.
The study revealed that teachers were overconfident in their ability to spot AI-generated text.
AI detection software also often falsely flags student-written texts as potentially AI-generated, which further complicates the issue.
Why it matters: AI’s writing capabilities are only getting better — and relying on teacher intuition or unreliable tools may be no more effective than guessing. Unless better tools become available, it may be time to pivot to enabling students to work with AI instead of penalizing them for it.
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QUICK HITS
OpenAI developer Shaun Ralston shared new footage generated by Sora, showcasing the ability to change a single element in a video without drastically altering the scene.
Hugging Face launched LeRobot, an open-source code library featuring tools, pre-trained models, and a community-driven effort aimed at democratizing robotics.
Hugging Face has also reached over LLM 1.3B downloads over the last two years, with GPT-2 accounting for nearly 600M of the total.
Cognition shared the results from its 24-hour hackathon using its autonomous Devin coding agent, with team submissions including agent orchestration, 3D physical simulators, launching a crypto token, and more.
OpenAI recently changed its URL to access its AI chatbot to chatgpt.com, following recent changes to the company website and speculation of a new search product coming soon.
WIRED published an interview with Arati Prabhakar, crediting the chief science and technology adviser with showing ChatGPT to the president and helping shape U.S. policy on AI.
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Elon Musk's AI-powered 'Stories'
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Welcome, AI enthusiasts.
X (or formally Twitter) has always been a go-to source for breaking news and real-time updates, but Elon Musk's latest Grok feature just took things to a new level.
With new AI-powered ‘Stories’ curated and crafted from X posts, Elon is betting big on AI to revolutionize the way we stay informed. Let’s explore…
In today’s AI rundown:
Elon Musk unveils AI-powered news
Country star sings again with AI
How to use ChatGPT's new ‘Memory’ feature
LLM agent writes code to train robots
5 new AI tools & 4 new AI jobs
More AI & tech news
Read time: 4 minutes
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X / TWITTER
📰 Elon Musk unveils AI-powered news
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The Rundown: Elon Musk just shared his plan to use AI to summarize news events and social media reactions on X, also rolling out a new ‘Stories’ feature to provide users with real-time, accurate information.
The details:
X's AI chatbot, Grok, will analyze thousands of posts to generate news summaries that update as new information becomes available.
The summaries will rely solely on X posts and commentary, not the text of news articles themselves, making the approach distinct from other AI summarizers.
Grok's news summaries, called "Stories," are currently available only to X's premium subscribers — with a broader rollout expected later.
While Grok doesn't cite sources well yet, Musk says better citations are coming, allowing users to dive deeper into published stories.
Why it matters: Between Grok’s AI-curated news and OpenAI’s media deals, the way news is consumed and gathered is about to change. With X/Twitter acting as a primary news source for users across the world, managing issues like hallucination, bias, and misinformation will be key in the feature's early innings.
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MUSIC & AI
🎤 Country star sings again with AI
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The Rundown: Country music star Randy Travis just released his first new song in over a decade, using AI to recreate his voice years after a stroke left him unable to speak or sing.
The details:
Travis's new song "Where That Came From" was made by training an AI model on past recordings to generate a voice clone.
The voice clone was then layered over guide vocals provided by another singer to craft the track.
The 65-year-old Country Music Hall of Fame inductee suffered a near-fatal stroke in 2013 that severely impacted his speech.
Why it matters: While the use of AI in music has sparked both excitement and controversy, Travis’ song is a good example of the tech’s potential to unlock new creative possibilities — even for those who may no longer have the ability to physically sing.
AI TRAINING
🧠 How to use ChatGPT's new ‘Memory’ feature
The Rundown: OpenAI has rolled out a new feature called “Memory” for ChatGPT plus users, enabling it to remember specific user details across chats.
Step-by-step:
Head over to ChatGPT. You need a Pro account to enable this feature.
Click on your account name (bottom-left), select Settings, Personalization, and enable Memory.
Teach ChatGPT to remember specific details by explicitly stating them in the chat, e.g., “Remember that I am vegetarian when you recommend a recipe.”
Manage your memories by clicking the “Manage” button located in the Memory section to view, edit, or delete specific memories.
That’s it! You can now have more personalized conversations across all your conversations 🎉
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AI RESEARCH
🦾 LLM agent writes code to train robots
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The Rundown: Nvidia researchers just introduced DrEureka, an AI system that uses LLM agents to automate the process of training robot skills in simulations and transferring them to the real world.
The details:
DrEureka writes code to teach robot skills in simulations, then ensures skills work well when transferred to physical robots.
The system trained a simulated robot dog to balance and walk on a yoga ball, with the task then transferred successfully to a real robot in testing.
DrEureka uses LLMs’ physics knowledge to adjust parameters like friction and gravity, automating the time-consuming process of adapting to the real world.
Why it matters: Enabling AI to oversee and improve the robot learning process will massively accelerate advanced robotic deployments, while also reducing the need for human experts in the loop. DrEureka allows robots to become much more capable learners — tackling difficult tasks in a fraction of the time.
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QUICK HITS
Tesla shared a new video of its Optimus humanoid robot sorting battery cells and walking around the office, showing off precision and dexterity.
Researchers predict that AI will soon independently design novel drugs, with models ‘hallucinating’ viable proteins and structures with designs that humans have yet to think of.
KAIST AI and LG AI Research released Promethean 2, an open-source LLM optimized to evaluate other LLMs with an accuracy level on par with GPT-4.
A South Korean woman lost $50k to a romance scam after a deepfake video of Elon Musk convinced her that she was speaking to the Tesla CEO.
Warren Buffett predicted that AI scamming will become a ‘growth industry’, saying it has ‘enormous potential’ for both good and harm.
Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy S25 series is rumored to feature a ‘Battery AI’, using the tech to optimize battery life by automatically shutting down unnecessary tasks.
Audible now features over 40,000 audiobooks marked as being created with the company’s AI virtual voice tool, with authors now able to save money and time in converting books into narrations.
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Sam Altman reveals huge AI insights
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Welcome, AI enthusiasts.
Sam Altman just dropped some bold comments on upcoming AI advances.
From calling GPT-4 ‘mildly embarrassing’ to burning billions on the quest for AGI, the CEO only added to the massive anticipation for OpenAI’s next release. Let’s explore…
In today’s AI rundown:
Sam Altman comments on the future of AI
Microsoft signs largest-ever power deal
Try on clothes virtually using AI
Study: AI benchmarks under scrutiny
6 new AI tools & 4 new AI jobs
More AI & tech news
Read time: 4 minutes
LATEST DEVELOPMENTS
OPENAI
👀 Sam Altman comments on the future of AI
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The Rundown: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman just participated in a Q&A at Stanford University, offering new insights on topics including GPT-5, AGI, the importance of compute power, and more.
The details:
Altman called GPT-4 "mildly embarrassing at best", saying it will be the "worst model" we will ever use as each new version gets smarter.
The CEO said he ‘doesn’t care’ whether the company burns 500M or 50B a year — as long as it stays on a trajectory for creating AGI, it will be worth it.
Altman also spoke about the importance of global access to compute, stating the mission to make ChatGPT free for ‘as many people that want to use it’.
Altman also revealed that during a separate talk at Harvard University, the mysterious gpt2-chatbot model that appeared on Lmsys earlier this week was not GPT 4.5.
Why it matters: Sama’s eye-opening comments on GPT-4’s ‘embarrassing’ capabilities only add more fuel to the hype surrounding OpenAI’s next model. As someone who has insider views of the AI progress being made, Altman’s optimism suggests the next leap will undoubtedly be a big one.
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MICROSOFT
🔋 Microsoft signs largest-ever power deal
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The Rundown: Microsoft just signed the largest-ever corporate renewable energy purchase agreement, securing 10.5 gigawatts of new clean power capacity to fuel its rapidly growing AI operations.
The details:
The deal was with Brookfield Asset Management and was estimated to cost between $11.5 and $17B.
The 10.5 GW is nearly 8x larger than the previous record agreement, equalling almost half of California's total solar and wind capacity in 2022 alone.
Microsoft is looking to offset the surging power demand from its AI data centers while still meeting its goal of 100% carbon-free energy by 2030.
Why it matters: The AI revolution is coming with a side effect — a massive energy appetite that puts pressure on power grids globally. As the race to continue scaling hungry models continues, tech giants could spur new major transformative investments in renewable energy infrastructure across the globe.
AI TRAINING
👕 Try on clothes virtually using AI
The Rundown: A new model on Replicate allows users to ‘virtually’ try on clothes with just an image of a model and the clothing a user wants to ‘try on‘.
Step-by-step:
Visit the “idm-vton” model in Replicate. It’s completely free to try.
Select two clear pictures, one of the garment and the other one of the human model.
Choose the category: upper_body, lower_body, or dress, depending on the type of clothing image you added.
Play around with the different settings the model offers, e.g., seed, mask, or steps.
Click “Run” and check out your new image 🎉
AI RESEARCH
🔎 Study: AI benchmarks under scrutiny
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The Rundown: New research from Scale AI just uncovered significant ‘overfitting’ of certain LLMs on popular AI benchmarks, raising questions about the validity of current leaderboards and evaluation practices.
The details:
Overfitting describes models memorizing specific problems from benchmarks instead of learning general problem-solving skills.
Scale created a new dataset called GSM1k, which closely resembles the widely-used GSM8k benchmark for testing AI models on math.
When tested on GSM1k, several top AI models scored much worse compared to GSM8k, suggesting memorization rather than true understanding.
Mistral and Phi were two notable under-performers, while GPT-4, Claude, Gemini, and Llama all showed similar performance.
Why it matters: While benchmark releases have often been questioned, the data shows that overfitting may be creating major false impressions of model performance. The findings prove the need for less game-able evaluation approaches, such as GSM1k, as AI capabilities continue to advance.
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QUICK HITS
Newly discovered OpenAI data logs are fueling speculation that the company is set to launch an AI-powered search engine on May 9th to compete with Google.
Microsoft updated its Azure OpenAI service terms to prevent U.S. police departments from using AI platforms for facial recognition tasks.
Artist Paul Trillo shared a new work created for the band ‘Washed Out’, which he calls the ‘first commissioned music video’ created with OpenAI’s Sora AI video generator.
A senior U.S. official called on China and Russia to commit to keeping nuclear weapons control and decision-making with humans, not AI.
Lamini secured $25M in funding for its enterprise-focused AI platform, with investors including Stanford professor Andrew Ng and the CEOs of DropBox and Figma.
A new AI algorithm identified over 27,000 previously unnoticed astroids from existing telescope images, enhancing the ability to monitor near-Earth objects.
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The world's first AI diplomat
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Welcome, AI enthusiasts.
Ukraine just appointed a new spokesperson — and she’s unlike anything the world has ever seen.
As the first “AI diplomat”, the debut offers an early glimpse into a future where AI could play a critical role in government affairs. Let’s explore…
In today’s AI rundown:
Ukraine’s new AI spokesperson
Create infinite styles with new Midjourney
Google Chrome gets Gemini shortcut
AI model predicts drug effectiveness
6 new AI tools & 4 new AI jobs
More AI & tech news
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AI & GOVERNMENT
🇺🇦 Ukraine’s new AI spokesperson
Image source: Ukraine Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The Rundown: Ukraine’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs just introduced ‘Victoriya Shi’, an AI-generated avatar, as the department’s digital spokesperson — a first in the world of diplomacy.
The details:
Victoriya Shi will deliver pre-prepared official statements on behalf of the ministry — with just the visual avatar generated by AI.
The avatar's appearance and voice are modeled after Rosalie Nombre, a Ukrainian singer and reality TV personality.
To combat deepfakes, each of Victoriya's statements will include a unique QR code linking to the official text version on the ministry's website.
Watch the first video of Victoriya Shi here.
Why it matters: As the first “AI diplomat”, Ukraine’s avatar is an early adoption of tech that might become commonplace throughout government affairs. While only visual for now — it’s not hard to imagine a future where an AI trained on rules and foreign policy handles far more critical tasks and communication.
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⚙️ Google Chrome gets Gemini shortcut
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The Rundown: Google just introduced a new Chrome shortcut that lets users initiate Gemini conversations directly from the browser's address bar, alongside a broader Gemini roll out into apps like Maps and YouTube.
The details:
Users will be able to type '@gemini' followed by a prompt in Chrome’s desktop address bar to get responses from the AI without navigating to a separate site.
The feature builds on existing shortcuts like '@bookmarks' and '@history', making AI chat as seamless as other browser functions.
Gemini’s Extensions feature now also connects the chatbot to Maps, YouTube, Hotels, and Workspace.
The features are only being rolled out to supported languages and countries.
Why it matters: Gemini just got a whole lot more accessible — with the shortcut and integrations not only boosting the chatbot’s reach, but also introducing a wave of non-AI users to the tech. Subtle but impactful changes like these are what drive serious shifts in user habits.
AI TRAINING
🎨 Create infinite styles with Midjourney
The Rundown: Midjourney’s new parameter feature called --sref random lets users generate images in completely random styles to help spark creativity.
Step-by-step:
Visit Midjourney’s Discord. You will need a paid subscription to use this feature.
Type -sref random after your prompt to grab a completely random style.
To create a new image based on a previous style, grab the URL of the image, and type -sref [URL]
Example prompt: “Portrait of a woman smiling –sref https://www....”
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AI RESEARCH
💊 AI model predicts drug effectiveness
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The Rundown: Ohio State University researchers just developed CURE, an AI model that can accurately estimate drug treatment effects and effectiveness without clinical trials.
The details:
The model is trained on de-identified health records of over 3M patients, allowing it to gain a deep understanding of patient characteristics.
CURE outperformed seven other leading AI models in treatment effectiveness predictions, with improvements of 7-8% on key benchmarks.
The AI predictions are closely aligned with clinical trial findings in tests, showcasing the potential to generate insights that streamline drug testing.
Why it matters: With the ability to crunch massive medical datasets, CURE represents a significant step towards systems that can reliably estimate real-world drug effectiveness — potentially accelerating the discovery of new treatments without the cost and long timeframes of traditional clinical trials.
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QUICK HITS
Anthropic launched a $30/month Team plan for Claude featuring increased usage access and a 200k context window, alongside a new iOS app for mobile access to the chatbot.
CoreWeave secured $1.1B in new funding at a valuation of a whopping $19B as the company expands its specialized AI cloud infrastructure to meet global demand.
Nvidia announced new enhancements to its ChatRTX AI chatbot, including integration of Google’s Gemma model and voice query capabilities.
Axel Springer and Microsoft announced an expansion of their partnership, focusing on advertising, AI-driven user experiences, content, and Azure scalability.
Sam's Club is rolling out new AI technology across nearly 600 stores to speed up checkouts by verifying purchases without manual receipt checks.
Sanctuary AI announced a new partnership with Microsoft to advance AI development for humanoid robots utilizing Azure infrastructure.
British entertainer FKA Twigs spoke in front of the U.S. Senate Judiciary subcommittee on AI, revealing that she created her own digital clone to interact with fans.
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