OpenAI's Strawberry and Orion models ... Apple, Nvidia, Microsoft invest in OpenAI??? ... Nvidia's latest quarterly report ...TL;DR 1Sep24

Last update: Sunday 9/1/24 

Welcome to our 1Sep24 podcast about ChatGPT's and SearchGPT's TL;DR summary of last week's top 3 stories on our "Useful AI News" page  ... 1) Strawberry and Orion, (2) Apple, Nvidia, and Microsoft invest in OpenAI ???, and (3) Nvidia's latest quarterly report ...  The podcast features the Descript app reading ChatGPT's summary in an AI imitation of the blog editor's voice

Audio podcast ... 7 min 

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TL;DR link ➡ HERE

Breaking news ... Nvidia Quarterly report ... TL;DR 28Aug24 summary and podcast

Last update: Wednesday 8/28/24 

Welcome to our 28Aug24 podcast about ChatGPT's TL;DR summary articles on our "Useful AI News"  page that discuss Nvidia's quarterly report 8/28/24. The podcast is the Descript app's reading ChatGPT's summary in an AI imitation of the blog editor's voice

Audio podcast ... 2.5 min 

 

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TL;DR link ➡ HERE

Starting small businesses with AI ... Collapsing AI models ... Stopping AI scaling ... Gen Z vs AI ...AI going to Fakesville ... PODCAST 24Aug24

Last update: Saturday 8/24/24

Welcome to our 24Aug24 podcast summary of the past week's most interesting opinions & speculations on our "Useful AI News" page, as summarized by OpenAI's ChatGPT into a TL;DR ... then recorded by the Descript app doing an AI imitation of the voice of the blog's editor ... We're offering opinions & speculations instead of top news stories because last week was a slow AI news week due to wall-to-wall DNC coverage on most media ... 1) Starting small businesses with AI, (2) Collapsing AI models, (3) Stopping Ai scaling, (4) Gen Z vs AI, and (5) AI going to Fakesville.

  Audio podcast ... 3 min 

 

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TL;DR link ➡ HERE

OpenAI 's new GPT-4o model ... X’s new Grok-2 ... MIT's repository of AI risks ...TLDR 17Aug24

Last update: Tuesday 8/22/24 

Welcome to our 17Aug24 podcast of the past week's top 3 AI stories on our "Useful AI News" page, as written by OpenAI's new searchGPT. Then the Descript app recorded the TL;DR using an AI imitation of the voice of the blog's editor  ➡ 1) OpenAI 's new GPT-4o model, (2) X’s new Grok-2 LLM, and (3) MIT's repository of AI risks.  Where possible, our summaries will note connections between this week's events and past events.

Audio podcast = Descript's recording of TLDR ... 3 min 

  

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TL;DR link ➡ HERE  

Google as monopolist ... OpenAI System Card for GPT-4o ... TL;DR 12Aug24

Last update: Monday 8/12/24 

Welcome to our 12Aug24 TL;DR summary of the past week's top AI stories on our "Useful AI News" page, as written by ChatGPT on GPT-4o ➡ 1) Judge rules that Google ‘is a monopolist', and (2) OpenAI System Card for GPT-4o. Where possible, our summaries will note connections between this week's events and past events.

TL;DR link ➡ HERE

AI Big Tech quarterly earnings reports ... Has Big Tech over invested in GenAI? ...TL;DR 5Aug24

Last update: Monday 8/5/24 

Welcome to our 5Aug24 TL;DR summary of the past week's top 2 AI stories on our "Useful AI News" page, mostly written by ChatGPT ➡ 1) AI Big Tech quarterly earnings reports, and 2) Has Big Tech over invested in GenAI? ... Where possible, our summaries note connections between this week's events and past events.

   AI Robot in a Bubble (The Atlantic)

TL;DR link ➡ HERE

OpenAI announces SearchGPT ... Meta releases Llama3.1 ... Alphabet/Google quarterly earnings ...TLDR 30Jul24

Last update: Monday 7/30/24 

Welcome to our 30Jul24 TL;DR summary of the past week's top 3 AI stories on our "Useful AI News" page  ➡ 1) OpenAI announces SearchGPT, 2) Meta releases Llama3.1, its biggest/best open-source model, and (3) Alphabet/Google quarterly earnings. Where possible, our summaries note connections between this week's events and past events.

               

            SearchGPT Input Box

TL;DR link ➡ HERE

OpenAI's GPT-4o mini ... US/UK investigate Microsoft's hiring Inflection AI staff ... Coalition for Secure AI... TL;DR 22Jul24

Last update: Monday 7/22/24 

Welcome to our 22Jul24 TL;DR summary of the past week's top AI stories on our "Useful AI News" page  ➡ 1) OpenAI's new cheaper, smarter GPT-4o mini, (2) US/UK investigate Microsoft's hiring Inflection AI staff, and (3) Coalition for Secure AI. Where possible, our summaries note connections between this week's events and past events.

                OpenAI Logo

TL;DR link ➡ HERE  

Samsung Galaxy Unpacked 2024 ... Microsoft/Apple ditch OpenAI board seats ... OpenAI whistleblowers call for SEC probe into NDAs ... TL;DR 15July24

Last update: Monday 7/15/24 

Welcome to our 15Jul24 TL;DR summary of the past week's top AI stories on our "Useful AI News" page  ➡ 1) Samsung Galaxy Unpacked 2024, (2) Microsoft/Apple ditch OpenAI board seats, and (3) OpenAI whistleblowers call for SEC probe into NDAs

Samsung Unpacked 2024 Devices.   

TL;DR link ➡ HERE 

Apple may delay AI in EU ... ChatGPT for Mac now available to all ... OpenAI Selling More AI Models Than Microsoft ...TLDR 1Jul24

Last update: Moday 7/1/24 

Welcome to our 1Jul24 + TL;DR summary of the past week's top AI stories on our "Useful AI News" page  ➡ 1) Apple may delay AI features in the EU, (2) ChatGPT for Mac now available to all, and (3) OpenAI Selling More AI Models Than Microsoft.

Where possible, our summaries will note connections between this week's events and past events.

TL;DR link ➡ HERE

Another kind of probability of doom has much higher values

Last update: Saturday 6/29/24

Wikipedia defines the value p(doom) as "the probability of catastrophic outcomes (or "doom") as a result of artificial intelligence. The exact outcomes in question differ from one prediction to another, but generally allude to the existential risk from artificial general intelligence."

Many tech-savvy folk assign small, but non-zero p(doom) values to the possibility that our pursuit of AGI might result in the extermination of the human race by an AGI that developed goals that were not aligned with the needs of humanity.

Nvidia Becomes Most Valuable Public Company (briefly) ... Ilya Sutskever starts new AI company ... Anthropic has a fast new AI model ... TL;DR 24Jun24

Last update: Saturday 6/22/24 

Welcome to our 24Jun24 TL;DR summary of the past week's top 3 stories on our "Useful AI News" page  ➡ 1) Nvidia Becomes World's Most Valuable Public Company (briefly), (2) Ilya Sutskever starts new AI company, and (3) Anthropic has a fast new AI model. Where possible, our summaries will note connections between this week's events and past events.

      Nvidia HQ, Santa Clara, CA

TL;DR link ➡ HERE

AI = "Apple Intelligence" ... Apple's boring small models ... Elon Musk drops lawsuit against OpenAI ... 17Jun24 TL;DR

Last update: Monday 6/17/24 

Welcome to our 17Jun24 TL;DR summary of the past week's top AI stories on our "Useful AI News" page  ➡ 1) Apple Intelligence is boring and practical, (2) Why Apple is taking a small-model approach, and  (3) Elon Musk drops lawsuit against OpenAI

TL;DR link ➡ HERE

OpenAI Employees Warn of Risk and Retaliation, ... OpenAI Peeks Inside ChatGPT, ... Microsoft Switches Off Recall .. Bloomberg's "OpenAI Story" ... TL;DR 10Jun24 summary

Last update: Monday 6/10/24 

Welcome to our 10Jun24 TL;DR summary of the past week's top AI stories on our "Useful AI News" page  ➡ 1) OpenAI Employees Warn of a Culture of Risk and Retaliation, (2) OpenAI Offers a Peek Inside the Guts of ChatGPT, (3) Microsoft Will Switch Off Recall by Default After Security Backlash, and (4) Bloomberg's disturbing OpenAI Story

OpenAI Headquarters, San Francisco, CA

TL;DR link ➡ HERE

OpenAI's new safety team run by Sam Altman ... Ex-OpenAI Safety Leader Joins Anthropic ... Sam Altman fired in Nov 2023 for lying ... OpenAI Says Russia and China Used Its A.I. in Covert Campaigns ... TL;DR 3June24 summary

Last update: Monday 6/3/24 

Welcome to our 3June24 TL;DR summary of the past week's top AI stories on our "Useful AI News" page  ➡ 1) OpenAI's new safety team run by Sam Altman, (2) Ex-OpenAI Safety Leader Joins Anthropic, (3) Sam Altman was fired in Nov 2023 for 'outright lying, and (4) OpenAI Says Russia and China Used Its A.I. in covert campaigns

No podcast this week 

TL;DR link ➡  HERE