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Midjourney has made a number of moves recently after DALL-E-3 was integrated into ChatGPT. Those include a new upscaler, a website (finally!) and even a first app (sort of!). Plus Perplexity raises fresh capital at a $500m valuation.
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A Medium user has posted a set of screenshots that purport to show Google's forthcoming Gemini model in their recently opened Makersuite AI builder tool. NLW explores the leaks along with the broader competition for AI developers. Before that on the Brief, a new tool that allows ...

NLW explores a new policy proposal from some extremely notable AI leaders around how we can continue to advance the beneficial development of AI while also preserving safety and democracy at the same time. Before that on the Brief, Apple is spending $1B to catch up on AI.
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NLW looks at where companies fit in the competitive matrix of artificial intelligence - from OpenAI to Anthropic to the big techs in Meta, Google, Amazon and Microsoft.
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In this weekend's long read, two very different takes on the future than those we heard about in the Techno Optimist Manifesto earlier this week.
First, a direct response to Andreessen from Wired's Steven Levy https://www.wired.com/story/plaintext-marc-andreessen-techno-billionai...

In a rare miss, OpenAI had to shutter their Arrakis model earlier this year. They had hoped that the model would bring GPT-4 level performance with lower cost and more efficiency, but it simply didn't. NLW also looks at rumors of Apple AI coming to iOS 18.
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A group of researchers from Stanford, MIT and Princeton have come up with a new system for determining which AI foundation models are the most transparent. Watch to figure out who scores highest. Before that on the Brief: Anthropic is sued by Universal Music Group, the FBI says A...

The US has once again tightened restrictions on chip exports and other AI engagements with China. NLW explores the potential consequences, as well as drama around the AI Safety Summit.
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NLW digs into rumors and reports around what we can expect from the OpenAI developer event coming in November, including reports that the company will introduce AI agents. Before that on the Brief, layoffs at tech companies and a million dollar AI challenge to read ancient scroll...

Marc Andreessen has just published The Techno-Optimist Manifesto. NLW reads the piece and provides context on why it matters for the AI discourse. Read: https://a16z.com/the-techno-optimist-manifesto/
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ChatGPT-4 Vision is one of the biggest AI product updates of the last few months and people are still just exploring all the ways it can be used. NLW explores a recent framework from Greg Kamradt for the 7 categories of use got GPT-4V, including: Describe, Interpret, Recommend, C...

NLW excerpts Professor Ethan Mollick's recent essay "What people ask me most." https://www.oneusefulthing.org/p/what-people-ask-me-most-also-some
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