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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Why We're Radically Underestimating the Political Implications of AI Job Displacement

Aug 6, 2023 · 15m

NLW opines on the increasingly popular canard "AI won't take your job; someone using AI will" and finds it lacking. ABOUT THE AI BREAKDOWN The AI Breakdown help…

Why Do People Who Think AI Could Kill Us All Still Work on AI?

Aug 5, 2023 · 14m

A reading of "Given Extinction Worries, Why Don’t AI Researchers Quit? Well, Several Reasons" by Daniel Eth. ABOUT THE AI BREAKDOWN The AI Breakdown helps you u…

Code Interpreter is GPT-4.5: A Summer AI Technical Roundup [feat. Swyx and Alessio of Latent Space]

Aug 4, 2023 · 57m

Today NLW is joined by Swyx and Alessio, the hosts of the Latent Space podcast to discuss the key technical developments from the last month of AI, including co…

The Frontier of AI-Generated Music Models

Aug 3, 2023 · 17m

On today's episode NLW explores Meta's newly launched AudioCraft compared to Google MusicLM. Before that on the Brief, Goldman Sachs predicts AI investment will…

Has Open Source Screwed a Whole Generation of AI Startups?

Aug 2, 2023 · 20m

NLW explores some of the unexpected developments in the AI space, with a focus on how open source has changed the way enterprises think about AI procurement. Be…

Is GPT-5 On the Way? OpenAI Files Trademark

Aug 1, 2023 · 21m

A look at a recent trademark filing; Facebook launching AI Personas; a leaked Instagram feature identifying content made by AI; Dell's AI efforts; Google Assist…

The AI-Robotics Revolution: Robots That Think Like LLMs

Jul 31, 2023 · 16m

Google recently shared its RT-2 model which can translate generalized instructions into robotic control. Also on today's episode, researchers use AI to discover…

The 5 Most Important AI News Stories Last Month

Jul 30, 2023 · 11m

OpenAI Superalignment? Claude 2? White House? Find out what NLW thinks were the most important AI news stories in July. ABOUT THE AI BREAKDOWN The AI Breakdown…

AI for War? Debating the Military Use of AI

Jul 29, 2023 · 16m

A reading of Palantir CEO Alex Karp's recent essay for the New York Times and discussing the military applications of artificial intelligence. Links: https://ww…

A Mysterious GPU Startup Sets Up In The Middle East

Jul 28, 2023 · 17m

On today's episode: The Information reports on a mysterious startup with ex-Meta, AWS and Azure team setting up in the Middle East; the FTC and SEC comment on A…

Better Than Midjourney? Stable Diffusion XL 1.0 Can Generate Words

Jul 27, 2023 · 18m

Text-to-image but with non-gibberish words! The dream is now real thanks to Stable Diffusion XL which was released yesterday at Amazon Web Services big AI event…

Can OpenAI and Anthropic's Frontier Model Forum Improve AI Safety?

Jul 26, 2023 · 18m

OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and Microsoft have teamed up to create the Frontier Model Forum. Will it improve AI safety or is it just corporate windowdressing? Bef…

Does This Research Prove That ChatGPT Has Gotten Worse?

Jul 25, 2023 · 17m

A new research paper from Stanford and Berkeley says that yes, indeed ChatGPT has gotten worse. However others are calling the methodology into question. NLW ex…

Can Worldcoin Help Solve AI's Big Economic Problems?

Jul 24, 2023 · 20m

Dystopia or solution? That's the debate that rages around Worldcoin, one of the most ambitious and controversial projects that cuts across artificial intelligen…

Is Open Source AI Dangerous?

Jul 23, 2023 · 12m

Last week, Meta announced its Llama 2 model, one of the most powerful open source LLMs yet. Today on The AI Breakdown, NLW explores arguments that releasing pow…

5 Ways People Are Using ChatGPT's Powerful New Custom Instructions Feature

Jul 22, 2023 · 12m

This week ChatGPT released a new "Custom Instruction" feature that allows users to customize information about who they are and what type of responses they want…

White House Secures Responsible AI Commitment from OpenAI, Meta, Google, Anthropic and Others

Jul 21, 2023 · 18m

The White House continues its engagement with the artificial intelligence space today releasing a set of voluntary commitments that a group of leading AI compan…

AppleGPT? Apple Has Been Secretly Working on a ChatGPT Competitor

Jul 20, 2023 · 18m

Bloomberg reports that Apple has developed an LLM platform called Ajax upon which they've built a chatbot that engineers internally call "Apple GPT." NLW provid…

Meta Llama 2 Is Here! Everything You Need to Know About OpenAI's Biggest Open Source Competitor

Jul 19, 2023 · 20m

The much anticipated Meta Llama 2 model has been released, and as hoped it is available for commercial use. NLW breaks down how Llama 2 compares to other open a…

Where Are All the Aliens: Does AI Explain the Fermi Paradox?

Jul 18, 2023 · 18m

The Fermi Paradox refers to the discrepancy between what seems like the high chance of other intelligent life given billions of planets and our total lack of ev…