AI-Weekly for Tuesday, March 12, 2024 – Volume 103

The Week’s News in Artificial Intelligence
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News

1.) Top 5 Most Clicked News Articles From Last Week

A.) OpenAI Adds ‘Read Aloud’ Voiceover to ChatGPT | VentureBeat.com | 3/4/24

No, it’s not GPT-5, despite rumors to the contrary. Instead, OpenAI answered the arrival of the newly crowned most powerful large language model (LLM) from rival Anthropic today with a minor but potentially useful ChatGPT update for users: voiceover narration for the chatbot’s responses.

B.) AI Tool Predicts Kidney Failure Six Times Faster Than Human Expert Analysts | MedicalXpress.com | 3/4/24

Kidney doctors and clinical scientists at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are using artificial intelligence (AI) to better predict when a person’s kidneys might fail.

C.) California Gives Waymo The Green Light To Expand RoboTaxi Operations | TheVerge.com | 3/2/24

Waymo is now allowed to drive on highways in Los Angeles and the Bay Area.

D.) Google Revises Trust and Safety Team Amid Gemini Controversy | News.Futuretools.io | 3/4/24

Google confirms layoffs within its trust and safety team amidst the Gemini chatbot controversy. Fewer than 10 people were laid off from a team of 250, as reported by Bloomberg. CEO Sundar Pichai announces structural changes in product evaluation to prevent future issues. The layoffs are part of broader cost-cutting efforts across the company. Google aims to reduce bureaucracy and focus on innovation by simplifying structures.

E.) Elon Musk Files Bombshell Lawsuit Against OpenAI (“They Achieved AGI”) | Matthew Berman | YouTube | 3/3/24

Elon Musk just dropped a massive lawsuit against OpenAI and Sam Altman personally. He claims OpenAI took his money, didn’t pay taxes, and then converted into a for-profit entity, breaking their original charter. Let’s break it all down.

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4.) Unlock AI’s Full Potential: Advanced Prompts Made Easy | Matt Wolfe | YouTube | 3/11/24

Here’s a cool trick that can get you better outputs from Claude.

5.) How To Install Fabric — Open-Source AI Framework That Can Automate Your Life | Matthew Berman | YouTube | 3/11/24

Fabric is described as an open-source framework for augmenting humans using AI. They have community-driven prompts that are tried and true and work well, and an easy command line interface with a UI coming soon.

6.) Eco-System Upgrade: AI Plants a Digital Forest at NVIDIA GTC | Blogs.Nvidia.com | 3/11/24

Imagine a world where algorithms whisper to leaves and pixels sprout into towering digital trees — explore Refik Anadol’s ‘Large Nature Model,’ which turns the improbable into the incredible.

7.) Microsoft Makes The Promise Of AI In Healthcare Real Through New Collaborations With Healthcare Organizations And Partners | Blog.Microsoft.com | 3/11/24

Working alongside healthcare organizations, Microsoft is making the promise of AI real by empowering the industry to tackle its biggest challenges and create a real difference in the lives of clinicians and patients. At the 2024 HIMSS Global Health Conference & Exhibition, we are highlighting how providers are adopting generative AI solutions and the impact the technology is making.

8.) Covariant Is Building ChatGPT For Robots | TechCrunch.com | 3/11/24

The UC Berkeley spinout says its new AI platform can help robots think more like people.

9.) How To Use Google Gemini, The Main Challenger To ChatGPT | DigitalTrends.com | 3/11/24

Google’s Gemini AI chatbot has quickly become one of the major players in the generative AI space. Despite its rocky start, Gemini is one of the only true competitors to ChatGPT. Here’s everything you need to know about it.

10.) Should Artists Be Paid For Training Data? OpenAI VP Wouldn’t Say | TechCrunch.com | 3/11/24

Should artists whose work was used to train generative AI like ChatGPT be compensated for their contributions? Peter Deng, VP of consumer product at OpenAI — the maker of ChatGPT — was loath to give an answer when asked on SXSW’s main stage this afternoon.

11.) So You Want to Rewire Brains | Wired.com | 3/11/24

When everyone’s hooking their brains up to computers, we’ll need surgeons to install the hardware.

12.) Almost Timely News: The Intelligence Revolution | Christopher Penn | 3/10/24

In today’s episode, I discuss the Intelligence Revolution and its rapid impact on the workforce. You’ll learn why the speed of change poses a unique challenge to workers and organizations. Discover how you can prepare yourself, what your company can do, and the societal changes needed to thrive amidst the AI transformation.

13.) Pika Labs Introduces Sound Effects for Video Generation | FutureTools.io | 3/10/24

Key Takeaways: Pika Labs has launched a new feature allowing users to add sound effects to their videos. Users can specify the sound effects they want or let Pika automatically generate them based on video content. The integration of sound aims to enhance the overall video experience.

14.) LLMs Surpass Humans In Predicting Which Neuroscience Experiments Will Succeed (81% Vs 64%) | AIModels.Substack.com | 3/10/24

We can accelerate discovery and reduce waste with AI-guided research. A new study by Xiaoliang Luo and colleagues has shown that large language models (LLMs) can predict which neuroscience experiments are likely to yield positive findings more accurately than human experts. Interestingly, the researchers used a mere GPT-3.5 class models with 7 billion parameters and found that fine-tuning these models on neuroscience literature further improved their performance.

15.) Apple Hinted At Big AI Plans. Here’s What AppleGPT Might Entail | FastCompany.com | 3/10/24

Apple referred to its new M3 MacBook Air as the ‘best consumer laptop for AI’, raising questions about the company’s plans. Here’s one possible answer, which could be jaw-dropping.

16.) Silicon Valley Is Pricing Academics Out Of AI Research | TheWashingtonPost.com | 3/10/24

With eye-popping salaries and access to costly computing power, AI companies are draining academia of talent.

17.) Selective Forgetting Can Help AI Learn Better | Wired.com | 3/10/24

Erasing key information during training allows machine learning models to learn new languages faster and more easily.

18.) How To Upscale AI Images For Poster-Sized Prints | Forbes.com | 3/8/24

If you want to avoid fuzzy-looking artwork, you’re going to need to upscale your images. Let’s explore the different ways to upscale AI art and how to boost your AI creations to poster-sized prints.

19.) Google Says The AI-Focused Pixel 8 Can’t Run Its Latest Smartphone AI Models | ArsTechnica.com | 3/8/24

Gemini Nano can’t run on the smaller Pixel 8 due to mysterious “hardware limitations.”

20.) GPTZero: How To Use The ChatGPT Detection Tool | DigitalTrends.com | 3/8/24

Teachers and other users are now looking for ways to detect the use of ChatGPT in students’ work, and many are turning to tools like GPTZero, a ChatGPT detection tool built by Princeton University student Edward Tian. The software is available to everyone, so if you want to try it out and see the chances that a particular piece of text was written using ChatGPT, here’s how you can do that.

21.) The Inner Turmoil at OpenAI: A Prelude to Altman’s Ouster | Futuretools.io | 3/8/24

Key Takeaways: Mira Murati and Ilya Sutskever, top OpenAI executives, voiced concerns about Sam Altman’s management style to the board. Allegations against Altman included manipulative tactics and creating divisions among team leaders. These conversations occurred in October and significantly influenced the board’s decision to fire Altman. OpenAI spokesperson and Sutskever’s lawyer have issued statements addressing the allegations. Altman’s involvement with the OpenAI Startup Fund was also a concern for the board.

22.) Review Completed & Altman, Brockman To Continue To Lead OpenAI | OpenAI.com | 3/8/24

New board members named and enhancements to the governance structure introduced.

23.) OpenAI Announces New Members To Board Of Directors | OpenAI.com | 3/8/24

Dr. Sue Desmond-Hellmann, Nicole Seligman, Fidji Simo Join; Sam Altman Rejoins Board

24.) OpenAI Adds MFA To All ChatGPT Accounts | OpenAI.com | 3/7/24

You can now add extra security to your ChatGPT and API accounts by turning on multi-factor authentication.

25.) Biden Calls for Ban on AI Voice Impersonations in State of the Union | Variety.com | 3/8/24

President Biden included a nod to a rising issue in the entertainment and tech industries during his State of the Union address Thursday evening, calling for a ban on AI voice impersonations.

26.) New Free Course: DeepLearning.ai and Hugging Face: Open Source Models With Hugging Face | DeepLearning.ai | 3/7/24

In this course you’ll learn how to find and filter open source models on Hugging Face Hub to perform text, audio, image, and multimodal tasks using the Hugging Face transformers library. You’ll also learn to easily share your AI apps with a user-friendly interface or via API and run them locally and on the cloud using Gradio and Hugging Face Spaces.

27.) Eight Ways AI Accessibility Features Could Turbo-Boost The Apple Experience | 9to5Mac.com | 3/7/24

Disability campaigner Colin Hughes has described eight ways that AI accessibility features could turbo-boost the experience of using Apple products this year.

28.) Inflection-2.5: Meet The World’s Best Personal AI | Inflection.ai | 3/7/24

At Inflection, our mission is to create a personal AI for everyone. Last May, we released Pi — a personal AI, designed to be empathetic, helpful, and safe. In November we announced a new major foundation model, Inflection-2, the second best LLM in the world at the time.

29.) The Fear That Inspired the Creation of OpenAI | Wired.com | 3/7/24

Elon Musk last week sued two of his OpenAI cofounders, Sam Altman and Greg Brockman, accusing them of “flagrant breaches” of the trio’s original agreement that the company would develop artificial intelligence openly and without chasing profits. Late on Tuesday, OpenAI released partially redacted emails between Musk, Altman, Brockman, and others that provide a counternarrative.

30.) For The Vision Impaired, This AI Robot Aims To Replace Canes And Guide Dogs | ZDNet.com | 3/6/24

This unassuming mobility aid — the Glide resembles a mini vacuum cleaner — has a lofty goal: Transform lives of the visually impaired by providing smart assistance for navigating the world.

31.) This Agency Is Tasked With Keeping AI Safe. Its Offices Are Crumbling. | TheWashingtonPost.com | 3/6/24

Funding challenges at the National Institute of Standards and Technology could jeopardize Biden administration AI work.

32.) Opinion: Let AI Remake The Whole U.S. Government (Oh, And Save The Country) TheWashingtonPost.com | 3/6/24

When Joe Biden delivers his State of the Union on March 7, he'[ll likely become the first president to use the phrase artificial intelligence in the address.

33.) US Army Experimenting With Generative AI Chatbots In War Games: Report | IndianExpress.com | 3/6/24

The US Army Research Laboratory is experimenting with generative AI technologies in war games, according to a new report.

34.) AI Won’t Replace Your Job — But The Person Who Knows How To Use It Might | QZ.com | 3/5/24

A new survey found business executives are focused on re-skilling workers for generative AI.

35.) Demystifying Artificial Intelligence Training: A Comprehensive Guide for Beginners | TechBullion.com | 3/5/24

Before delving into the nuances of AI training, it’s essential to grasp the basics. At its core, AI refers to machines or computer systems that can perform tasks that typically require human intelligence. These tasks encompass learning, problem-solving, speech recognition, and decision-making.

36.) Multiverse Helped Bank Quants Speed Up Their Work; Now It’s Targeting LLM Leviathans | TechCrunch.com | 3/5/24

We’re still years away from seeing physical quantum computers break into the market with any scale and reliability, but don’t give up on deep tech. The market for high-level quantum computer science — which applies quantum principles to manage complex computations in areas like finance and artificial intelligence — appears to be quickening its pace.

37.) Google Is Finally Trying to Kill AI Clickbait | Wired.com | 3/5/24

On Tuesday, Google announced changes to combat AI spam in search. An SEO expert says these new rules could “change everything.”

38.) Microsoft Invokes VCRs In Motion To Dismiss The New York Times’ AI Lawsuit | TheVerge.com | 3/5/24

Microsoft argues that offering GPT-based products didn’t contribute to copyright infringement by users of Copilot.

39.) D.C. Advocacy Group Builds On Biden’s Approach To Regulating Ai | Axios.com | 3/5/24

AI can be regulated using templates from industries including financial services, cybersecurity and nuclear energy, a new advocacy group says.

40.) OpenAI and Elon Musk | OpenAI.com | 3/5/24

The mission of OpenAI is to ensure AGI benefits all of humanity, which means both building safe and beneficial AGI and helping create broadly distributed benefits. We are now sharing what we’ve learned about achieving our mission, and some facts about our relationship with Elon. We intend to move to dismiss all of Elon’s claims.

41.) Perplexity Poised To Become Latest AI Startup To Hit Unicorn Status | News.Crunchbase.com | 3/5/24

Perplexity AI is reportedly nearing completion of a funding round that will give the AI search startup a unicorn valuation of around $1 billion. The Wall Street Journal reported that the deal is being finalized and the new valuation. No new funding amount was disclosed.

42.) Competition In AI Video Generation Heats Up As Deepmind Alums Unveil Haiper | TechCrunch.com | 3/5/24

AI-powered video generation is a hot market on the back of OpenAI’s releasing the Sora model last month. Two DeepMind alums, Yishu Miao and Ziyu Wang, have publicly released their video-generation tool Haiper with its own AI model underneath.

43.) Introducing TripoSR: Fast 3D Object Generation from Single Images | Stability.ai | 3/4/24

Today we are releasing TripoSR in partnership with Tripo AI, generating high-quality 3D models from a single image in under a second. TripoSR runs under low inference budgets (even without a GPU), which is both accessible and practical for a wide range of users and applications. The model weights and source code are available for download here under the MIT license, allowing commercialized, personal, and research use.

44.) Microsoft Derides ‘Doomsday Futurology’ Of New York Times’ AI Lawsuit | FT.com | 3/4/24

Microsoft files a motion to dismiss the NYT’s copyright lawsuit, accusing the NYT of “doomsday futurology” for predicting ChatGPT could ruin the news business — Tech group and OpenAI investor files motion to dismiss case alleging copyright infringement

45.) A Few Social Media Influencers Are Shaping AISpectrum.IEEE.org | 3/2/24

Tweets lead to attention, which leads to higher citation numbers.

46.) AIs Are More Accurate At Math If You Ask Them To Respond As If They Are A Star Trek Character — And We’re Not Sure Why | BusinessInsider.com | 2/29/24

An AI model prompted to speak like a Star Trek character was better at solving math problems. It’s not clear why acting like Captain Picard helped the chatbot boost its results. People are noticing there is an art to prompting AI and it is becoming a field in itself.

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