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OpenAI's Superalignment team, launched this summer, has just published their first paper about weak-to-strong generalizations, and how they can analogize using weaker models to train more advanced models to simulate humans trying to control superhuman AI. Before that on the Brief...

A pricing page for GPT-4.5 is flying around and everyone is trying to figure out if it's real. Also, Pope Francis calls for a binding treaty on AI.
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Believe it or not, there is some fairly good evidence that ChatGPT is acting lazy (i.e. returning shorter results for example) because it's mimicking the productivity patterns of humans at the holidays. Plus a look at the trends, papers and projects currently interesting OpenAI's...

AI startups have run counter to the trend of decreased VC all year, but even they're now feeling the pinch as well. Here's why it matters more broadly than just for AI startup founders. Before that on the Brief, tension around the EU AI Act, and a CEO gets fired over an AI kerfuf...

NLW looks at rumors from some sources that have previously had OpenAI insider leaks that GPT-4.5 could be coming as soon as this week and likely before the end of the year. Also a look at fast moving open source developments with Mistral closing its fundraise and releasing its AP...

When Taylor Swift was named TIME's Person of the Year, many in the AI space had questions. Apparently TIME had a plan, however, naming Sam Altman as CEO of the Year and writing a verrry long piece about him.
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A reading of https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/11/30/china-global-ai-plans-00129160 vs https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/02/opinion/ai-sam-altman-openai.html

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How does the new tool stand up to other image generators? And what else did Meta AI announce. The day following Google's Gemini was a mixed bag for the company. On the one hand, socials acted betrayed on discovering the most impressive demo video had sort of been staged. On the o...

OpenAI COO Brad Lightcap recently got a big conversation going when he suggested that AI for business was overhyped. NLW explores whether he's right. Before that, Elon Musk is raising up to $1B for xAI.
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GPT-4 finally has a credible competitor as Google launches Gemini! NLW covers the three-size model, the emphasis on reasoning and multimodality, and why some are skeptical of Google's claims at outperforming OpenAI.

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OpenAI is not open enough; at least not according to the new AI Alliance - a group led by Meta, IBM, AMD and others that is trying to ensure AI stays more open and not controlled by just a handful of companies. Before that on the Brief, Getty Images is going to court against Stab...

From Elon Musk's fallout with Larry Page to...well...Elon Musk's fallout with Sam Altman...to Sam Altman's fallout with Dario Amodei to...Sam Altman's fallout with the OpenAI board. The history that shaped the AI space.
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