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Sequoia commits to backing Elon Musk’s xAI start-up: Venture capital firm is among investors that entrepreneur is wooing as he seeks to gain ground on rivals
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Quick Glance: Sequoia backs Elon Musk’s xAI venture
- Sequoia Capital, a well-known venture capital firm in Silicon Valley, has committed to supporting Elon Musk's artificial intelligence start-up xAI to help him raise billions and compete with OpenAI, Meta, and Google.
- The exact amount of Sequoia's investment in xAI remains undisclosed.
- Sequoia, an early investor in Google, YouTube, and Apple, has backed several Musk projects in recent years, including The Boring Company and SpaceX.
Meta's open source AI is a blow to Google and OpenAI: Mark Zuckerberg is ruining the market for his competitors with his open source strategy. Investors doubt ...
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Quick Glance: AI Revolutionizing Call Centers: TCS Insights
- The head of Tata Consultancy Services predicts chatbots will reduce the need for human call center agents significantly, revolutionizing the industry.
- TCS's generative AI projects have doubled in value to $900 million by March, highlighting the increasing demand for tech talent and the need for workforce training.
- Reports suggest that overall IT services growth is affected by global uncertainties like inflation, war, and elections, leading to a decline in spending and slower revenue growth for companies like TCS and Infosys.
- Infosys anticipates a modest 1-3% sales growth in the upcoming financial year due to customers delaying discretionary spending on new tech projects amidst the current economic climate.
OpenAI's Sam Altman and other tech leaders join the federal AI safety board: Sam Altman, OpenAI's CEO, Microsoft chief Satya Nadella, Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai ...
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OpenAI Startup Fund quietly raises $15M: The OpenAI Startup Fund, a venture fund related to — but technically separate from — OpenAI that invests in early-stage ...
techcrunch.com/2024/04/26/openai-startup-fund-quietly-raises-15m/
Nvidia CEO hand-delivers world's fastest AI system to OpenAI, again — first DGX H200 given to Sam Altman and Greg Brockman
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Tech Fund (DXYZ) Invested in SpaceX, OpenAI Sinks After Wild 1,000% Surge: A closed-end fund that holds shares of private technology firms like Elon Musk’s ...
bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-04-26/tech-fund-dxyz-invested-in-spacex-openai-sinks-after-wild-1-000-surge
Elon Musk predicts AI will overtake human intelligence next year: Tesla chief says infrastructure will need to keep up with technology’s demands as he seeks ...
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Quick Glance: Elon Musk Predicts AI Surpassing Human Intelligence Next Year
- Elon Musk predicts that artificial intelligence will surpass human intelligence by the end of next year, given the necessary infrastructure to meet technological demands.
- Musk anticipates that AI capabilities will likely exceed those of all humans in the next five years.
- A series of AI breakthroughs in the past 18 months have accelerated development faster than expected, with Musk being more optimistic than previous forecasts.
- Musk has intensified his efforts to enter the AI race by seeking funding for his own AI startup to compete with OpenAI, while also advocating for a pause in the development of advanced AI systems.
OpenAI Shuts Down DALL-E 2 Image Generator: It's the end of a short-lived era for DALL-E 2 as DALL-E 3 takes its place.
pcmag.com/news/openai-shuts-down-dall-e-2-image-generator
Eyeball-Scanning Worldcoin Project Looks to OpenAI Partnership: Co-founded by Sam Altman, the crypto and AI project has faced scrutiny around the world for its ...
bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-04-25/eyeball-scanning-worldcoin-project-looks-to-openai-partnership
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OpenAI makes ChatGPT ‘more direct, less verbose’: ChatGPT, OpenAI’s viral AI-powered chatbot, just got a big upgrade. OpenAI announced today that premium ChatGPT ...
techcrunch.com/2024/04/11/openai-makes-chatgpt-more-direct-less-verbose/
Exclusive | OpenAI’s Sam Altman and Other Tech Leaders to Serve on AI Safety Board
wsj.com/tech/ai/openais-sam-altman-and-other-tech-leaders-to-serve-on-ai-safety-board-7dc47b78
Adobe claims its new image generation model is its best yet: Firefly, Adobe’s family of generative AI models, doesn’t have the best reputation among creatives ...
techcrunch.com/2024/04/23/adobe-claims-its-new-image-generation-model-is-its-best-yet/
Sam Altman, Jensen Huang, and the 20 other leaders on the new AI safety board: The AI board will advise the Department of Homeland Security on safely and ...
qz.com/sam-altman-jensen-huang-ai-safety-board-biden-security-1851438417
Bill Gates and Sam Altman invest in nuclear power and you should too, financial adviser says
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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman invests in solar power firm Exowatt to fuel AI datacenters: $20m to keep the industry from having to rely on fossil fuels
theregister.com/2024/04/22/openai_ceo_sam_altman_invests/
Quick Glance: OpenAI CEO Supports Solar Power for AI Datacenters
- Exowatt, a new player in the solar energy sector, has been established with financial backing from OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and other investors.
- Exowatt's cutting-edge technology allows for the development of solar panels that store energy as heat and convert it into electricity. A key feature is the integration of panels and heat batteries into a single unit.
- The increasing energy demands of datacenters, especially those involved in AI training, pose a significant challenge. Sam Altman raised concerns about energy consumption in January, emphasizing the need for a breakthrough to advance AI.
- Altman's investment in Exowatt was partly driven by his connection with Abraham. This is not the OpenAI CEO's first energy investment. In the short term, more traditional forms of solar and nuclear power will be utilized as Exowatt and other energy companies are still in their early stages.
Confused about AI? Here are the podcasts you need on artificial intelligence: Want to know more about AI? The Forum has a range of podcasts that will help you ...
weforum.org/agenda/2024/04/ai-artificial-intelligence-forum-podcasts/
Why code-testing startup Nova AI uses open source LLMs more than OpenAI: Enterprises still don't trust OpenAI, while open source AI models are cheaper and ...
techcrunch.com/2024/04/24/why-code-testing-startup-nova-ai-uses-open-source-llms-more-than-openai/
Apple’s (AAPL) OpenAI Talks Intensify as It Seeks to Add AI Features: Apple Inc. has renewed discussions with OpenAI about using the startup’s technology to ...
bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-04-26/apple-intensifies-talks-with-openai-for-iphone-generative-ai-features
Stainless is helping OpenAI, Anthropic and others build SDKs for their APIs: Stainless, a startup building a platform to generate SDKs from APIs ...
techcrunch.com/2024/04/24/stainless-is-helping-openai-anthropic-and-others-build-sdks-for-their-apis/
Apple renews talks with OpenAI for iPhone generative AI features, Bloomberg News reports
reuters.com/technology/apple-renews-talks-with-openai-iphone-generative-ai-features-bloomberg-news-2024-04-26/
OpenAI and Meta ready new AI models capable of ‘reasoning’ : Upgrades are part of a wave of new large language models being released this year
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Quick Glance: OpenAI and Meta Prepare New AI Models Capable of 'Reasoning'
- OpenAI and Meta are on the verge of releasing new artificial intelligence models that are said to be capable of reasoning and planning.
- These upgrades are part of a wave of new large language models being released this year.
- Reasoning and planning are key steps towards achieving 'artificial general intelligence', allowing chatbots and virtual assistants to complete sequences of related tasks.
Meta Is Already Training a More Powerful Successor to Llama 3: The open source Llama 3 AI model released by Meta today is just the start, according to the ...
wired.com/story/meta-is-already-training-a-more-powerful-sucessor-to-llama-3/
Generative AI is coming for healthcare, and not everyone’s thrilled: The broad enthusiasm for generative AI is reflected in the investments in GenAI efforts ...
techcrunch.com/2024/04/14/generative-ai-is-coming-for-healthcare-and-not-everyones-thrilled/
Adobe might partner with OpenAI to offer AI video generation: The company told Reuters it would offer third party tools from OpenAI and other AI startups on ...
qz.com/adobe-openai-ai-video-generation-tools-1851413377
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7 reasons I use Copilot instead of ChatGPT: I reach for Copilot every day, and here's why you should too.
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Elon Musk says AI will outsmart humans by 2026: Tech billionaire Elon Musk believes AI will outsmart humans by 2026. But data scarcity and a chip shortage may ...
businessinsider.com/elon-musk-says-ai-will-outsmart-humans-by-2026-2024-4
Quick Glance: Elon Musk predicts AI will surpass human intelligence by 2026
- Elon Musk anticipates AI to be smarter than an individual human by the end of next year.
- The Tesla CEO forecasts that the total amount of sentient compute will surpass all humans in five years.
- Musk speculates that due to the abundance of talent in AI, AI could surpass human intelligence by 2026.
- Despite highlighting hardware constraints and data scarcity, Musk remains optimistic about AI advancements in the upcoming years.
How to Stop ChatGPT’s Voice Feature From Interrupting You: ChatGPT’s conversation tools are fantastic—when the chatbot isn’t constantly talking over you ...
wired.com/story/how-to-stop-chatgpt-talking-over-you/
OpenAI’s model all but matches doctors in assessing eye problems: Research harnesses power of generative artificial intelligence in latest sign of its potential ...
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OpenAI’s Altman Pitches Global AI Coalition on Trip to Middle East: The CEO met with officials in the UAE this week to push for more infrastructure investment to ...
bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-04-10/openai-s-altman-pitches-global-ai-coalition-on-trip-to-middle-east
Quick Glance: Altman Advocates for Global AI Coalition
- OpenAI's CEO, Sam Altman, is building a global coalition of government and industry leaders to support the development of AI technology.
- Altman has held meetings with investors and government officials in the United Arab Emirates to discuss how the private sector can assist countries in supporting costly, large-scale infrastructure for AI.
- Altman's discussions extend beyond chip production to include other resources such as energy and data center capacity.
- Altman is advocating for collaboration with the US government to structure a multibillion-dollar chip initiative and plans to meet with US government officials, including Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo.
Adobe explores OpenAI partnership as it adds AI video tools
reuters.com/technology/adobe-explores-openai-partnership-it-adds-ai-video-tools-2024-04-15/
OpenAI plans new Tokyo office, Tesla lays offs thousands: Today on Equity, Tesla cuts staff, and OpenAI has plans for an office in Tokyo along with a new GPT-4 ...
techcrunch.com/2024/04/15/openai-plans-new-tokyo-office-tesla-lays-offs-thousands/
OpenAI is coming to Asia with its first office in Japan: The ChatGPT maker is releasing a GPT-4 custom model with improved performance in Japanese
qz.com/openai-expands-asia-opens-first-office-in-tokyo-japan-1851410135
Cathie Wood’s ARK Venture Fund Announces It Holds a Stake in OpenAI: Cathie Wood’s Ark Investment Management has announced that it holds a stake in Silicon ...
bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-04-11/cathie-wood-s-ark-investment-management-announces-openai-stake
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Large language models are getting bigger and better : Can they keep improving forever?
economist.com/science-and-technology/2024/04/17/large-language-models-are-getting-bigger-and-better
Exclusive | Sam Altman Invests in Energy Startup Focused on AI Data Centers: The OpenAI CEO is betting that a new twist on solar power and energy storage can ...
wsj.com/tech/ai/sam-altman-investment-exowatt-energy-startup-ai-data-centers-eeeca766
Sam Altman and others are investing $20 million in a startup tackling AI's energy problem
qz.com/sam-altman-exowatt-investment-ai-data-energy-1851425607
YouTube CEO warns OpenAI that training models on its videos is against the rules: YouTube CEO Neal Mohan stated that OpenAI using its videos to train AI tool ...
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How to coax ChatGPT into making better predictions: Get it to tell tales from the future
theregister.com/2024/04/14/ai_models_future/
OpenAI's Sora is liberating to use but not ready for Hollywood yet: Paul Trillo, one of the filmmakers testing Sora, detailed his experience and the abilities ...
businessinsider.com/filmmaker-paul-trillo-pros-cons-test-openai-sora-hollywood-2024-4
One of Elon Musk's newer companies is eyeing an $18 billion valuation: A new report found that investor are in talks to raise $3 billion for Elon Musk's AI ...
thestreet.com/technology/xai-artificial-intelligence-elon-musk-companies-valuation-investors-report
OpenAI Expands to Asia, Launches Japanese GPT-4 Model: OpenAI opens an office in Japan, a country with rules that generally allow AI firms to use copyrighted ...
uk.pcmag.com/ai/151858/openai-expands-to-asia-launches-japanese-gpt-4-model
Microsoft-OpenAI deal set to dodge formal EU merger probe, sources say: EU antitrust regulators have concluded that Microsoft's $13 billion investment into ...
reuters.com/technology/microsofts-13-bln-openai-deal-avoid-formal-eu-probe-bloomberg-news-reports-2024-04-17/
AI hardware company from Jony Ive, Sam Altman seeks $1 billion in funding: A venture fund founded by Laurene Powell Jobs could finance the company.
arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/04/apples-jony-ive-and-openais-sam-altman-team-up-for-ai-device-startup/
Mark Zuckerberg Says AIs Can Train Themselves: To skirt the challenges of finding fresh data sets, or the legal woes that could come from scraping it from users ...
inc.com/kit-eaton/when-training-ais-mark-zuckerberg-says-leave-it-to-ais-themselves.html
Exclusive: Microsoft's OpenAI partnership could face EU antitrust probe, sources say
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OpenAI's Sam Altman is trying to poach some of Microsoft's customers: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has hosted top business executives to pitch its enterprise AI ...
qz.com/openai-sam-altman-reportedly-poach-microsoft-customers-1851405864
AI models are inching closer to hacking on their own: Some large language models already have the ability to create exploits in known security vulnerabilities ...
axios.com/2024/04/26/ai-model-hacking-security-vulnerabilities
Mark Zuckerberg says training AI isn't just about the data: Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg thinks 'feedback loops,' the process of AI learning from its own outputs ...
businessinsider.com/mark-zuckerberg-meta-ai-model-training-synthetic-data-feedback-loops-2024-4
AI in Focus: All that and a bunch of chips: Plus: Nvidia needs to watch its back.
qz.com/emails/daily-brief/1851407725/ai-in-focus-all-that-and-a-bunch-of-chips
Coca-Cola signs $1.1 billion deal to use Microsoft cloud, AI services: (Reuters) - Microsoft said on Tuesday that Coca-Cola had signed a $1 ...
thestar.com.my/tech/tech-news/2024/04/23/coca-cola-signs-11-billion-deal-to-use-microsoft-cloud-ai-services
Microsoft has started blocking employee access to Perplexity AI: Microsoft blocks employee access to Perplexity AI, a major Azure OpenAI customer.
businessinsider.com/microsoft-blocking-perplexity-ai-employee-access-2024-4
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Open AI and Google trained AI models on YouTube videos: The two tech giants transcribed YouTube videos, which may violate creator copyrights.
mashable.com/article/open-ai-google-youtube-videos
At Moderna, OpenAI’s GPTs Are Changing Almost Everything: ‘People literally talk about how AI is going to cure diseases someday, and I think this is a very ...
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Humane’s AI Pin Wants to Free You From Your Phone: The $700 Ai Pin, funded by OpenAI’s Sam Altman and Microsoft, can be helpful — until it struggles with tasks ...
nytimes.com/2024/04/11/technology/personaltech/ai-pin-humane-openai-microsoft.html
Musk predicts: AI will be smarter than the smartest human in 2025 or 2026: The Tesla boss commented on the future of AI in an interview on Monday.
diepresse.com/18349283/musk-prophezeit-ki-wird-2025-oder-2026-klueger-sein-als-der-kluegste-mensch
ChatGPT requires 15 times more energy than a traditional web search, says Arm exec
qz.com/chatgpt-requires-15-times-more-energy-than-a-traditiona-1851417343
A.I.’s Original Sin: A Times investigation found that tech giants altered their own rules to train their newest artificial intelligence systems.
nytimes.com/2024/04/16/podcasts/the-daily/ai-data.html
Why Sam Altman Is Betting on Solar to Help Power AI: Renewable energy company Exowatt scored $20 million from the OpenAI CEO and VC firms Andreessen Horowitz and ...
inc.com/chloe-aiello/why-sam-altman-is-betting-on-solar-to-help-power-ai.html
Exclusive: OpenAI's Altman pitches ChatGPT Enterprise to large firms, including some Microsoft customers
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Exclusive: Using AI, Steve Gleason creates art for first time since ALS diagnosis
axios.com/local/new-orleans/2024/04/18/steve-gleason-art-ai-als-diagnosis
U.S. safety regulators investigate Tesla's autopilot recall: It's the latest hurdle Tesla has faced over safety concerns related to its autopilot software.
axios.com/2024/04/26/tesla-recall-autopilot-investigation-nhtsa
Quick Glance: Investigation of Tesla's Autopilot Recall Effectiveness
- The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is investigating Tesla's Autopilot recall after 20 more crashes occurred post-recall.
- The recall involved over 2 million vehicles and utilized an online software update to enhance driver warnings.
- Concerns were raised regarding the recall's efficacy as crashes persisted after the fix.
- The investigation aims to determine why post-recall issues were not addressed and whether they pose a safety risk.
AI companies are running out of data for training chatbots so Adobe keeps paying for it
qz.com/adobe-ai-training-data-artists-pay-1851407658
Generative AI has a clean-energy problem : What happens when the AI revolution meets the energy transition
economist.com/business/2024/04/11/generative-ai-has-a-clean-energy-problem
OpenAI’s Sora is powered by Diffusion transformer (DiT): What is it?: Decoding Diffusion Transformers (DiT), the AI model powering Sora's incredible video ...
indianexpress.com/article/technology/artificial-intelligence/openai-sora-diffusion-transformer-explained-9289922/
Flint's 10-year water crisis' origins chronicled in new book: The Michigan city's decision to switch its water supply unleashed one of America's largest public ...
axios.com/2024/04/26/flints-water-crisis-10-year-anniversary-book
Lights, camera, algorithm: How artificial intelligence is being used to make films
thenationalnews.com/future/technology/2024/04/19/lights-camera-algorithm-how-artificial-intelligence-is-being-used-to-make-films/
How soon will machines outsmart humans? The biggest brains in AI disagree: Elon Musk’s prediction that artificial intelligence will surpass human experts by 2025 ...
ft.com/content/28ac1860-1011-4fa3-97f2-5189b5589fed
Tech Giants Promise to Crack Down on AI-Generated Child Porn: Deepfake nudes have plagued middle and high schools this year, and AI has made it easier for ...
thedailybeast.com/tech-giants-promise-to-crack-down-on-ai-generated-child-porn
AI companies are running out of data for training chatbots so Adobe keeps paying for it
qz.com/adobe-ai-training-data-artists-pay-1851407658
Limitless wants its AI wearable to be your memory’s assistant: This AI wearable recording device from Limitless is designed to capture every meeting and ...
fastcompany.com/91090562/limitless-wants-its-ai-wearable-to-be-your-memorys-assistant
Google will spend more than $100 billion on AI, exec says: Just last month, Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis said the billions of dollars being poured into AI ...
qz.com/google-spend-100-billion-ai-development-deepmind-ceo-1851412787
Quick Glance: Google to Surpass Microsoft in AI Investment, DeepMind CEO Affirms
- Many of us have fallen under the spell of the foundation model in the past year and a half, triggered by OpenAI's unveiling of ChatGPT.
- DeepMind, acquired by Google in 2014 for a reported £400-650 million, has achieved more impressive milestones than most.
- Deep Mind's CEO Demis Hassabis confirmed at the TED 40th anniversary conference in Vancouver, Canada, that Google has no intention of slowing down investment in the technology, but rather the opposite.
- Hassabis emphasized the need to avoid an artificial intelligence arms race that could lead to risky decisions and highlighted the importance of society starting to think about the types of architectures being built as we approach achieving artificial general intelligence.
Elon Musk’s friends are reportedly looking to help raise $3 billion for his AI startup as it plays catch-up with rivals OpenAI and Anthropic
fortune.com/2024/04/06/elon-musk-artficial-intelligence-xai-startup-3-billion-fundraising-openai-anthropic/
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OpenAI, Meta debate wild solutions as they run out of data to train AI: OpenAI, Meta, Google and other tech companies are considering some creative ideas to find ...
businessinsider.com/ai-training-data-source-solutions-openai-meta-google-2024-4
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OpenAI and Meta race to release AI models capable of reasoning: report: An OpenAI exec told the FT that the next version of GPT would show progress on solving ...
businessinsider.com/openai-meta-agi-ai-models-reasoning-race-2024-4
Chip Stocks Boom As Google And Microsoft’s Big Bets On AI Start Paying Off: Microsoft and Alphabet hailed the emerging technology following strong earnings ...
forbes.com/sites/roberthart/2024/04/26/chip-stocks-boom-as-google-and-microsofts-big-bets-on-ai-start-paying-off/
Quick Glance: UK Watchdog Scrutinizes AI Partnerships Involving Tech Giants
- Britain's competition watchdog is reviewing AI partnerships between Microsoft and Mistral AI, as well as between Amazon and Anthropic.
- Third-party opinions are being sought on Microsoft's hiring of former Inflection AI employees and related arrangements.
- The CMA is already investigating Microsoft's partnership with Open AI and is awaiting requested information from the companies.
- Views are invited until May 9 before formal investigations begin on the partnerships.
Google is using AI to answer some search queries: Google has quietly started dropping AI-generated answers into some users' search queries ...
businessinsider.com/google-uses-ai-search-queries-links-answers-2024-4
UK Starts Drafting AI Regulations for Most Powerful Models: The UK is starting to draft regulations to govern artificial intelligence, focusing on the most ...
bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-04-15/uk-starts-drafting-ai-regulations-for-most-powerful-models
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OpenAI launches Asian operations in Tokyo to avoid being lost in translation: Local customers get early access to Japanese-language GPT-4
theregister.com/2024/04/16/openai_tokyo_office/
Meta AI Declares War On OpenAI, Google With Standalone Chatbot — What To Know About ‘Llama 3’ Model
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Elon Musk’s Grok keeps making up fake news based on X users’ jokes: X likely hopes to avoid liability with disclaimer that Grok "can make mistakes."
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/04/elon-musks-grok-keeps-making-up-fake-news-based-on-x-users-jokes/
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