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NLW explores an argument from a recent essay around the three factions that drive discourse in artificial intelligence. He reads excerpts from "The A.I. Wars Have Three Factions, and They All Crave Power" https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/28/opinion/ai-safety-ethics-effective.html and then discusses what the authors might have missed. TAKE OUR SURVEY ON EDUCATIONAL AND LEARNING RESOURCE CONTENT: https://bit.ly/aibreakdownsurvey ABOUT THE AI BREAKDOWN The AI Breakdown helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI.  Subscribe to The AI Breakdown newsletter: https://theaibreakdown.beehiiv.com/subscribe Subscribe to The AI Breakdown on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheAIBreakdown Join the community: bit.ly/aibreakdown Learn more: http://breakdown.network/

NLW looks at three arguments around AI and copyright and why the current contentious approach being taken by some authors, publishers, and policymakers may not hold up long term. Including excerpts from: Does the First Amendment Confer a ‘Right to Compute’? The Future of AI May Depend on It - https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/does-the-first-amendment-confer-a-right-to-compute-the-future-of-ai-may-depend-on-it/ The Copyright Office is making a mistake on AI-generated art https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/09/opinion-dont-exclude-ai-generated-art-from-copyright/ My Books Were Used to Train Meta’s Generative AI. Good. https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2023/09/books3-database-meta-training-ai/675461/ TAKE OUR SURVEY ON EDUCATIONAL AND LEARNING RESOURCE CONTENT: https://bit.ly/aibreakdownsurvey ABOUT THE AI BREAKDOWN The AI Breakdown helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI.  Subscribe to The AI Breakdown newsletter: https://theaibreakdown.beehiiv.com/subscribe Subscribe to The AI Breakdown on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheAIBreakdown Join the community: bit.ly/aibreakdown Learn more: http://breakdown.network/

ChatGPT Vision hasn't even been broadly rolled out yet and already people who do have access are showing off some amazing use cases. Before that on the Brief: have the AI phone wars begun? TAKE OUR SURVEY ON EDUCATIONAL AND LEARNING RESOURCE CONTENT: https://bit.ly/aibreakdownsurvey ABOUT THE AI BREAKDOWN The AI Breakdown helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI.  Subscribe to The AI Breakdown newsletter: https://theaibreakdown.beehiiv.com/subscribe Subscribe to The AI Breakdown on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheAIBreakdown Join the community: bit.ly/aibreakdown Learn more: http://breakdown.network/

Yesterday at Meta Connect, Mark Zuckerberg announces that AI was going everywhere across the Meta suite of apps including Messenger, Instagram, and WhatsApp. NLW counts down the top 5 new features. Before that on the Brief: ChatGPT's ability to browse the internet is back; Biden talks about his forthcoming executive order on AI and a survey of 1600 scientists. Today's Sponsor Netsuite | The leading business management software | Get no interest and no payments for 6 months https://netsuite.com/breakdown TAKE OUR SURVEY ON EDUCATIONAL AND LEARNING RESOURCE CONTENT: https://bit.ly/aibreakdownsurvey ABOUT THE AI BREAKDOWN The AI Breakdown helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI.  Subscribe to The AI Breakdown newsletter: https://theaibreakdown.beehiiv.com/subscribe Subscribe to The AI Breakdown on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheAIBreakdown Join the community: bit.ly/aibreakdown Learn more: http://breakdown.network/

OpenAI man. The company is reportedly offering employees a chance to sell shares between an $80b-$90b valuation; discussing an AI hardware device with iPod designer Jony Ive; and scaring the hell out of people with a troll that "AGI has been achieved internally." Before that on the Brief: Apple is the most AI acquisitive Silicon Valley giant, and the CIA is working on a chatbot for intelligence agencies. ABOUT THE AI BREAKDOWN The AI Breakdown helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI.  Subscribe to The AI Breakdown newsletter: https://theaibreakdown.beehiiv.com/subscribe Subscribe to The AI Breakdown on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheAIBreakdown Join the community: bit.ly/aibreakdown Learn more: http://breakdown.network/

Last week Youtube announced automated dubbing features and now Spotify has unveiled AI translation for podcasts. NLW explores the news, as well as what it says about the challenge of being a startup. Before that on the Brief: Getty Images launches a rights-ready image generation platform. ABOUT THE AI BREAKDOWN The AI Breakdown helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI.  Subscribe to The AI Breakdown newsletter: https://theaibreakdown.beehiiv.com/subscribe Subscribe to The AI Breakdown on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheAIBreakdown Join the community: bit.ly/aibreakdown Learn more: http://breakdown.network/

The race towards multimodal LLMs is heating up! With rumors of a big impending launch of Google Gemini, OpenAI is racing to push out their multimodal features. Today they launched the ability for ChatGPT to carry on audio conversations, as well as to use images as inputs. Before that on the Brief, Amazon to invest up to $4B in Anthropic. ABOUT THE AI BREAKDOWN The AI Breakdown helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI.  Subscribe to The AI Breakdown newsletter: https://theaibreakdown.beehiiv.com/subscribe Subscribe to The AI Breakdown on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheAIBreakdown Join the community: bit.ly/aibreakdown Learn more: http://breakdown.network/

On today's episode, NLW looks at a set of recent survey results surrounding attitudes towards AI. They range from broad based surveys of the general American public to more specific industry and profession-level studies. Links: https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2023/9/19/23879648/americans-artificial-general-intelligence-ai-policy-poll https://www.axios.com/2023/09/19/mitre-harris-poll-ai-security-risks https://www.cnbc.com/2023/09/19/nearly-half-of-ceos-believe-ai-could-replace-their-own-jobs-poll.html https://www.marketingtechnews.net/news/2023/sep/18/three-quarters-of-firms-delay-ai-due-to-ethics-concerns/ https://ffnews.com/newsarticle/fintech/23-of-senior-finance-professionals-fear-ai-could-put-them-out-of-a-job/ TAKE OUR SURVEY ON EDUCATIONAL AND LEARNING RESOURCE CONTENT: https://bit.ly/aibreakdownsurvey ABOUT THE AI BREAKDOWN The AI Breakdown helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI.  Subscribe to The AI Breakdown newsletter: https://theaibreakdown.beehiiv.com/subscribe Subscribe to The AI Breakdown on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheAIBreakdown Join the community: bit.ly/aibreakdown Learn more: http://breakdown.network/

Six months ago, a group of scientists and other leaders signed a letter asking for a six month pause in the development of advanced AI. Now, six months after the letter, when the pause would have expired, they reflect on what, if anything, has changed in the AI safety discourse. TAKE OUR SURVEY ON EDUCATIONAL AND LEARNING RESOURCE CONTENT: https://bit.ly/aibreakdownsurvey ABOUT THE AI BREAKDOWN The AI Breakdown helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI.  Subscribe to The AI Breakdown newsletter: https://theaibreakdown.beehiiv.com/subscribe Subscribe to The AI Breakdown on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheAIBreakdown Join the community: bit.ly/aibreakdown Learn more: http://breakdown.network/

Microsoft announced that the complete Windows 11 operating system was going to have access to their Copilot AI assistant. Before that on the Brief, YouTube launches a slate of tools for AI creators. TAKE OUR SURVEY ON EDUCATIONAL AND LEARNING RESOURCE CONTENT: https://bit.ly/aibreakdownsurvey ABOUT THE AI BREAKDOWN The AI Breakdown helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI.  Subscribe to The AI Breakdown newsletter: https://theaibreakdown.beehiiv.com/subscribe Subscribe to The AI Breakdown on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheAIBreakdown Join the community: bit.ly/aibreakdown Learn more: http://breakdown.network/

OpenAI has announced that DALL-E 3 image generation is coming natively to ChatGPT. NLW explores 5 reasons the announcement is a huge deal, including how it represents a significant market-driven acceleration in AI product releases. Before that on the Brief, Amazon is updating Alexa with a dedicated LLM. TAKE OUR SURVEY ON EDUCATIONAL AND LEARNING RESOURCE CONTENT: https://bit.ly/aibreakdownsurvey ABOUT THE AI BREAKDOWN The AI Breakdown helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI.  Subscribe to The AI Breakdown newsletter: https://theaibreakdown.beehiiv.com/subscribe Subscribe to The AI Breakdown on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheAIBreakdown Join the community: bit.ly/aibreakdown Learn more: http://breakdown.network/

Intel has announced a new AI focused chip that they say will allow generative AI applications to run directly on device without being connected to the internet. The chip comes out in December. Also on today's episode, NLW explores the controversy around the UK's decision to invite China to its upcoming AI Summit. TAKE OUR SURVEY ON EDUCATIONAL AND LEARNING RESOURCE CONTENT: https://bit.ly/aibreakdownsurvey ABOUT THE AI BREAKDOWN The AI Breakdown helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI.  Subscribe to The AI Breakdown newsletter: https://theaibreakdown.beehiiv.com/subscribe Subscribe to The AI Breakdown on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheAIBreakdown Join the community: bit.ly/aibreakdown Learn more: http://breakdown.network/

Google Bard announced a big update including a deep integration with Google Workspace apps. At the same time, The Information reports that OpenAI is racing to beat Google to release a multimodal model of GPT-4. Before that on the Brief, Microsoft AI researchers accidentally expose 38 terabytes of private data. TAKE OUR SURVEY ON EDUCATIONAL AND LEARNING RESOURCE CONTENT: https://bit.ly/aibreakdownsurvey ABOUT THE AI BREAKDOWN The AI Breakdown helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI.  Subscribe to The AI Breakdown newsletter: https://theaibreakdown.beehiiv.com/subscribe Subscribe to The AI Breakdown on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheAIBreakdown Join the community: bit.ly/aibreakdown Learn more: http://breakdown.network/

A new study undertaken by Boston Consulting Group and prominent AI researchers shows that consultants who used generative AI did more work, more quickly, and better when they were using AI. NLW discusses the nuance and implications. Before that on the Brief: a new study reveals that many large companies are hesitant to fully embrace AI due to concerns around bias; Gen Z is the generation most likely to trust AI and about a quarter of senior finance professionals are worried AI will replace them. Today's Sponsor Netsuite | The leading business management software | Get no interest and no payments for 6 months https://netsuite.com/breakdown TAKE OUR SURVEY ON EDUCATIONAL AND LEARNING RESOURCE CONTENT: https://bit.ly/aibreakdownsurvey ABOUT THE AI BREAKDOWN The AI Breakdown helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI.  Subscribe to The AI Breakdown newsletter: https://theaibreakdown.beehiiv.com/subscribe Subscribe to The AI Breakdown on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheAIBreakdown Join the community: bit.ly/aibreakdown Learn more: http://breakdown.network/

On this research recap, NLW looks at AI creativity https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-40858-3 BrainLM https://t.co/MUobqXULfb RETFound retinal model https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02881-2 Any-to-Any Multimodal https://huggingface.co/papers/2309.05519 AI that can smell: https://twitter.com/DrJimFan/status/1701611251376497046 TAKE OUR SURVEY ON EDUCATIONAL AND LEARNING RESOURCE CONTENT: https://bit.ly/aibreakdownsurvey ABOUT THE AI BREAKDOWN The AI Breakdown helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI.  Subscribe to The AI Breakdown newsletter: https://theaibreakdown.beehiiv.com/subscribe Subscribe to The AI Breakdown on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheAIBreakdown Join the community: bit.ly/aibreakdown Learn more: http://breakdown.network/

That's what Sam Altman argued, but the state of America's civic life brings up many questions of whether the government is actually up to the challenge that AI presents. TAKE OUR SURVEY ON EDUCATIONAL AND LEARNING RESOURCE CONTENT: https://bit.ly/aibreakdownsurvey ABOUT THE AI BREAKDOWN The AI Breakdown helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI.  Subscribe to The AI Breakdown newsletter: https://theaibreakdown.beehiiv.com/subscribe Subscribe to The AI Breakdown on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheAIBreakdown Join the community: bit.ly/aibreakdown Learn more: http://breakdown.network/

The Information has another Google AI scoop with reports that Google has pushed Gemini to testing with a number of external partners, suggesting that launch is close. Before that on the Brief: AI market enthusiasm leads to big private rounds and the best IPO in two years. TAKE OUR SURVEY ON EDUCATIONAL AND LEARNING RESOURCE CONTENT: https://bit.ly/aibreakdownsurvey ABOUT THE AI BREAKDOWN The AI Breakdown helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI.  Subscribe to The AI Breakdown newsletter: https://theaibreakdown.beehiiv.com/subscribe Subscribe to The AI Breakdown on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheAIBreakdown Join the community: bit.ly/aibreakdown Learn more: http://breakdown.network/

Senator Chuck Schumer hosted an AI Summit with the CEOs of most of the world's biggest tech companies. NLW explores what went on, and why big challenges remain when it comes to regulating AI. TAKE OUR SURVEY ON EDUCATIONAL AND LEARNING RESOURCE CONTENT: https://bit.ly/aibreakdownsurvey ABOUT THE AI BREAKDOWN The AI Breakdown helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI.  Subscribe to The AI Breakdown newsletter: https://theaibreakdown.beehiiv.com/subscribe Subscribe to The AI Breakdown on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheAIBreakdown Join the community: bit.ly/aibreakdown Learn more: http://breakdown.network/

At the iPhone/Apple Watch event yesterday we learned about Apple's new, more powerful chip and neural engine. NLW argues that the chip has lots to tell us about Apple's AI strategy. Before that on the Brief, the latest AI announcements from Salesforce, plus AI marketing from Coca-Cola and Disney. TAKE OUR SURVEY ON EDUCATIONAL AND LEARNING RESOURCE CONTENT: https://bit.ly/aibreakdownsurvey ABOUT THE AI BREAKDOWN The AI Breakdown helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI.  Subscribe to The AI Breakdown newsletter: https://theaibreakdown.beehiiv.com/subscribe Subscribe to The AI Breakdown on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheAIBreakdown Join the community: bit.ly/aibreakdown Learn more: http://breakdown.network/

Open Interpreter is a local, private version of GPT4 Code Interpreter. It was released last week and quickly became the most active project on Github. NLW explores how people are using it so far, and what it says about the future of AI-driven personal computing. Before that on the Brief: Tesla soars 10% after a Morgan Stanley note says their Dojo AI could add $600B to their market cap; prisoners training AI; more authors sue OpenAI and more. TAKE OUR SURVEY ON EDUCATIONAL AND LEARNING RESOURCE CONTENT: https://bit.ly/aibreakdownsurvey ABOUT THE AI BREAKDOWN The AI Breakdown helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI.  Subscribe to The AI Breakdown newsletter: https://theaibreakdown.beehiiv.com/subscribe Subscribe to The AI Breakdown on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheAIBreakdown Join the community: bit.ly/aibreakdown Learn more: http://breakdown.network/