2024-11-06
Expect a more lax approach to AI regulation in the US with Trump's election win. “With the combination of Chevron Deference being diminished and a new administration pulling back the enforcement efforts of the FTC and other agencies, we'll see a vacuum of federal governance over [image]
Financial Times
Elon Musk's gamble on Donald Trump pays off, as Trump wins the race; Trump gave Musk a lengthy shout out in his victory speech, calling him “a super-genius”
“A star is born: Elon,” said Donald Trump in a lengthy shout out to his biggest donor while claiming victory in the US presidential race on Wednesday morning.
Expect a more lax approach to AI regulation in the US with Trump's election win. “With the combination of Chevron Deference being diminished and a new administration pulling back the enforcement efforts of the FTC and other agencies, we'll see a vacuum of federal governance over [image]
Financial Times
A look at Trump's potential new administration, including Elon Musk, tasked with “a complete financial and performance audit of the entire federal government”
Financial Times :
2024-10-09
DeepMind's Demis Hassabis has been gunning for a Nobel prize for years. Now he's finally got it.
Bloomberg
The Nobel in Chemistry goes to David Baker “for computational protein design” and DeepMind's Demis Hassabis and John Jumper “for protein structure prediction”
- Demis Hassabis, John Jumper share half the $1.1 million award — Remainder goes to David Baker for building new proteins
2024-09-26
OpenAI plans to neuter its nonprofit board. Sam Altman is looking for 7% equity (worth $10.5bn) in the firm. Several leaders like Mira Murati are leaving. I think it's safe to say building A.I. “for the benefit of humanity” was a mirage.
CNBC
OpenAI CTO Mira Murati says she is leaving the company after 6.5 years “because I want to create the time and space to do my own exploration”
- OpenAI's board is considering plans to restructure the firm to a for-profit business … OpenAI's board is considering plans …
2024-07-12
OpenAI says it's at level 2 of 5 on the path to building AGI. That seems... low? Having spent much of the past 1.5 years fuelling AI hype, this is a clear shift towards better managing expect expectations. See also Mira Murati's interview saying GPT-5 might not come till late
Bloomberg
OpenAI comes up with five levels to track its progress toward AGI: Chatbots, Reasoners, Agents, Innovators, and Organizations, and says it's nearly at Level 2
The company believes its technology is approaching the second level of five on the path to artificial general intelligence
2024-06-13
Intriguing take - Apple's OpenAI partnership won't be as beneficial to OpenAI as Apple's search deal with Google is to Google because ChatGPT is basically white-labeling itself to Apple. I'm not sure that would destroy OpenAI though. Just won't help its biz very much.
Bloomberg
Sources: Apple isn't paying OpenAI to add ChatGPT into its OSes and aims to eventually make money from AI by striking revenue-sharing deals with chatbot makers
- The iPhone maker isn't paying OpenAI to use the chatbot — Apple announced OpenAI agreement as part of AI push this week
2024-06-10
Apple's WWDC is today. One big question: how will the company maintain its commitment to privacy in an (expected) partnership with OpenAI? One way might be for Apple to say it'll process all AI queries on its own servers, rather than OpenAI's / Microsoft's.
AppleInsider
Sources detail Siri's new capabilities, along with the prompts Apple used to test the software, in apps like Camera, Mail, Safari, Notes, and Photos
Apple's WWDC is today. One big question: how will the company maintain its commitment to privacy in an (expected) partnership with OpenAI? One way might be for Apple to say it'll process all AI queries on its own servers, rather than OpenAI's / Microsoft's.
MacRumors
Sources: iOS 18 will let users lock built-in iPhone apps behind Face ID, and it is likely that the feature will also work with Touch ID or an iPhone's passcode
iOS 18 will offer a new security feature that allows users to lock individual apps, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter.
2024-05-29
The timing makes it seem like an attempt to address public concerns about the dissolution of OpenAI's safety team, including the departure of Ilya Sutskever. These things are often public relations exercises.
New York Times
OpenAI creates a Safety and Security Committee to explore AI risks and begins training its new flagship AI model, which won't arrive for at least nine months
OpenAI just created an oversight board that's filled with its own executives and Altman himself. This is a tried and tested approach to self-regulation in tech that does virtually nothing in the way of actual oversight. https://www.bloomberg.com/...
New York Times
OpenAI creates a Safety and Security Committee to explore AI risks and begins training its new flagship AI model, which won't arrive for at least nine months
OpenAI just created an oversight board that's filled with its own executives and Altman himself. This is a tried and tested approach to self-regulation in tech that does virtually nothing in the way of actual oversight. https://www.bloomberg.com/...
Bloomberg
In a podcast, ex-OpenAI board member Helen Toner says the board learned of ChatGPT's launch on Twitter, criticizes Sam Altman's leadership on safety, and more
- Helen Toner spoke about Sam Altman's firing in a new podcast — Toner has called for more regulation around AI safety
Anthropic is beating OpenAI in one of the most important areas of the field - attracting top talent. They've just picked up OpenAI's former head of safety Jan Leike and prior to that, hired Instagram's co-founder Mike Krieger as their new head of product.
TechCrunch
Anthropic hires former OpenAI safety lead Jan Leike to head up a new Superalignment team; a source says Leike will report to Chief Science Officer Jared Kaplan
Here's What We Know Wendy Lee / Los Angeles Times : OpenAI forms safety and security committee as concerns mount about AI Rounak Jain / Benzinga : OpenAI Former ‘Superalignment’ Le...
Google's AI “oversight” boards like the ATEAC are also stuffed with Google executives. https://www.bloomberg.com/... The only one that has some teeth is the “Facebook Oversight Board.” It's far from perfect, but at least includes people from outside the company.
New York Times
OpenAI creates a Safety and Security Committee to explore AI risks and begins training its new flagship AI model, which won't arrive for at least nine months
The timing makes it seem like an attempt to address public concerns about the dissolution of OpenAI's safety team, including the departure of Ilya Sutskever. These things are often public relations exercises.
Bloomberg
In a podcast, ex-OpenAI board member Helen Toner says the board learned of ChatGPT's launch on Twitter, criticizes Sam Altman's leadership on safety, and more
- Helen Toner spoke about Sam Altman's firing in a new podcast — Toner has called for more regulation around AI safety
Google's AI “oversight” boards like the ATEAC are also stuffed with Google executives. https://www.bloomberg.com/... The only one that has some teeth is the “Facebook Oversight Board.” It's far from perfect, but at least includes people from outside the company.
Bloomberg
In a podcast, ex-OpenAI board member Helen Toner says the board learned of ChatGPT's launch on Twitter, criticizes Sam Altman's leadership on safety, and more
- Helen Toner spoke about Sam Altman's firing in a new podcast — Toner has called for more regulation around AI safety
2024-05-28
OpenAI just created an oversight board that's filled with its own executives and Altman himself. This is a tried and tested approach to self-regulation in tech that does virtually nothing in the way of actual oversight. https://www.bloomberg.com/...
New York Times
OpenAI creates a Safety and Security Committee to explore AI risks and begins training its new flagship AI model, which won't arrive for at least nine months
The advanced A.I. system would succeed GPT-4, which powers ChatGPT. The company has also created a new safety committee to address A.I.'s risks.
2024-03-19
Why this makes sense for Apple: 1) Go with the devil it knows 2) Distance itself from the liability of building something that hallucinates and appears too ‘woke’ Also shows that building anything as good as GPT-4 is way harder than businesses realize.
Bloomberg
An Apple-Google deal around AI could solve short-term headaches for both, giving Apple a compelling AI story for investors and Google access to affluent users
2024-03-18
Why this makes sense for Apple: 1) Go with the devil it knows 2) Distance itself from the liability of building something that hallucinates and appears too ‘woke’ Also shows that building anything as good as GPT-4 is way harder than businesses realize.
Bloomberg
Sources: Apple and Google are in active talks to use Gemini to power some new iPhone features in 2024; Apple also held talks with OpenAI to use its models
- Companies considering AI deal that would build on search pact — Apple also recently held discussions with OpenAI about deal
2024-02-16
OpenAI just showed off its first video generation tool and the demos look stunning, better than clips you can make on others like Runway. Could see this being a boon for TikTok as creators find new ways to spice up their videos. As ever, the training data is a mystery.
Wired
OpenAI unveils Sora, its first text-to-video model, which can create up to a minute of 1080p video, as a research product for some creators and security experts
OpenAI's entry into generative AI video is an impressive first step. — We already know that OpenAI's chatbots can pass the bar exam without going to law school.
2023-12-23
I wrote about how wearable A.I. like these glasses worn by @MKBHD could make today's online surveillance business look like something out of the Stone Age: https://www.bloomberg.com/... [image]
Bloomberg
Wearables with powerful AI models would be a much more profound invasion of personal privacy than what we have today with digital assistants like Alexa and Siri
Parmy Olson / Bloomberg :