The AI Daily Brief: Artificial Intelligence News and Analysis

The AI Daily Brief: Artificial Intelligence News and Analysis

by Nathaniel Whittemore

A daily news analysis show on all things artificial intelligence. NLW looks at AI from multiple angles, from the explosion of creativity brought on by new tools like Midjourney and ChatGPT to the potential disruptions to work and industries as we know them to the great philosophical, ethical and practical questions of advanced general intelligence, alignment and x-risk.
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AI Is Transforming How We Interact With Computers

Mar 2, 2024 · 8m

A reading and discussion of the changing nature of the relationship between humans and computers, inspired by https://www.theinformation.com/articles/how-ai-wil…

The 10 Biggest AI News Stories of the Past Month

Mar 1, 2024 · 11m

From Sora to Nvidia's stock surge to Mistral and Microsoft to controversy around Gemini and beyond, NLW counts down the most significant AI news stories of Febr…

REPORT: Llama 3 Coming in July (with Fewer Guardrails)

Feb 29, 2024 · 13m

The Information reports that Meta's most advanced model Llama 3 will be arriving in July, and will specifically have safety features dialed back. Also on this e…

Work Disruption? Klarna's AI Assistant Does Work of 700 Full Time Agents

Feb 28, 2024 · 14m

Klarna's new AI chatbot, powered by OpenAI, has showcased impressive capabilities in its first month, effectively performing the tasks of 700 full-time customer…

Bing’s Sydney is Back, Unhinged and Very Unaligned

Feb 27, 2024 · 18m

While everyone has been watching the Gemini controversy (which wiped about $70B off of Alphabet/Google's marketcap yesterday), Bing's Sydney has quietly resurfa…

Mistral Launches Close-to-GPT-4-Level Model with Microsoft Partnership

Feb 26, 2024 · 17m

The model is proprietary rather than the open source Mistral has become known for. Also, a monster fundraising round for Figure AI. INTERESTED IN THE AI EDUCATI…

Google Gemini Anti-Woke Backlash: Culture War or AI Fear?

Feb 25, 2024 · 12m

Dive into the recent controversy surrounding Google Gemini's image generation. This discussion unravels the complexities behind the backlash over perceived 'wok…

The Next Phase of Generative AI

Feb 24, 2024 · 11m

NLW argues that another phase of expectation in genAI has begun thanks to Groq, Sora, and Gemini Pro 1.5 Featuring a reading of https://www.oneusefulthing.org/p…

After Seeing OpenAI’s Sora, Tyler Perry Cancelled Building an $800m Studio

Feb 24, 2024 · 13m

Discover how OpenAI's groundbreaking Sora video model impacted Hollywood, leading Tyler Perry to reconsider a massive studio expansion. A testament to AI's imme…

Why Nvidia's Earnings Show AI is Still Just Beginning

Feb 22, 2024 · 15m

After smashing earnings once again, Nvidia rocketed up 15% and now has a bigger market cap than Meta, Amazon, and Alphabet. NLW explores the implications of Nvi…

Is Elon Musk Bringing Midjourney to X?

Feb 21, 2024 · 16m

Elon says they're having discussions with the Midjourney team. Meanwhile, Google introduces its first open model Gemma, and ChatGPT is going bonkers. INTERESTED…

Groq is 10x Faster than ChatGPT and Gemini

Feb 20, 2024 · 18m

Alongside Gemini 1.5's massive new context window, and Sora's mindblowing video generation, Groq has come along to redefine how fast we think LLMs can be. NLW e…

Why Are People So Scared of Sora?

Feb 19, 2024 · 14m

NLW discusses the rise in anti-AI sentiment that seems to have followed the public announcement of OpenAI's new video generation model Sora. He provides a set o…

The Science Behind Sora, OpenAI's Game Changing Video Model

Feb 18, 2024 · 12m

On today's episode NLW digs into the recently published research on OpenAI's Sora. Read more: https://openai.com/research/video-generation-models-as-world-simul…

The Surprising Way AI Will Make Us Value "Soft Skills"

Feb 17, 2024 · 9m

A reading and discussion of https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/14/opinion/ai-economy-jobs-colleges.html ABOUT THE AI BREAKDOWN The AI Breakdown helps you understan…

OpenAI's Stunning New Video Model SORA Shocks the AI World

Feb 16, 2024 · 15m

Welp, they've done it again. On a day when it was supposed to be all about Google's million+ token lengths in Gemini 1.5, OpenAI completely stole their thunder…

Google Launches Gemini 1.5 with ONE MILLION Token Context Window

Feb 15, 2024 · 16m

Google surprises everyone with a massive context window on their new Gemini 1.5 model. Speaking of huge context windows, Magic.dev raises $100M+ for a model tha…

Karpathy Leaves OpenAI as OpenAI Launches Memory for ChatGPT

Feb 14, 2024 · 13m

OpenAI makes headlines with Andrej Karpathy's departure and the launch of a groundbreaking memory feature for ChatGPT. This video delves into the implications f…

OpenAI Hits $2B Revenue Run Rate

Feb 13, 2024 · 16m

OpenAI is growing even faster than we knew, according to new numbers shared with the Financial Times. Also on this episode, NLW covers the White House exploring…

Nvidia Surges Past Amazon's Market Cap and is Creeping on Google

Feb 12, 2024 · 16m

AI hype continues to drive results in the market. Also on this episode, Google is investing $25m into AI worker training in Europe. ABOUT THE AI BREAKDOWN The A…