The AI Daily Brief (Formerly The AI Breakdown): Artificial Intelligence News and Analysis
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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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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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Recent Episodes of The AI Daily Brief (Formerly The AI Breakdown): Artificial Intelligence News and Analysis
OpenAI's Potential $5B Hole
Examine the recent report from The Information on OpenAI’s capital expenditures, suggesting it could spend $5 billion this year. This analysis explores the broader context of whether Wall Street views AI as a bubble, comparing OpenAI’s spending and revenue to its competitors. Additionally, discuss how the increasing costs of AI infrastructure impact major tech companies like Google and Meta, and the growing skepticism from analysts about AI’s ROI.
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Episode • 26 July 2024 • 16m and 16s
What the Senate Wants to Know About OpenAI
A group of 5 Senators sent a letter to OpenAI CEO Sam Altman asking for more information about a slate of recent controversies. Also, Elon Musk asks the Twitterati if Tesla should invest $5B in xAI.
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The AI Dai...
Episode • 25 July 2024 • 15m and 14s
Llama 3.1 405B Eliminates Gap Between Open and Closed Source AI
According to the earliest benchmarks, the newly released Llama 3.1 405B has almost entirely (if not entirely) closed the gap between closed and open source AI. At the very least, it's clear that 405B is a GPT-4o class model.
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...Episode • 24 July 2024 • 12m and 52s
GPT-4o Mini and the Rise of Smaller, Low Cost AI Models
OpenAI released GPT-4o Mini this week. It's both more powerful and 60% cheaper than GPT-3.5. In this episode, NLW discusses how model competition is moving towards small at the same time it's proceeding towards state of the art.
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Episode • 22 July 2024 • 16m and 12s
Elon Turns On "Most Powerful AI Training Cluster In the World"
At 4:20am, Elon Musk turned on the Memphis Supercluster to begin training what he claims will be the world's most powerful AI by December. Also NLW explores a question: is it too late to start AI startups (or at least vertical LLMs)?
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Episode • 22 July 2024 • 16m and 41s
AI and the Necessary Transformation of Education
A reading and discussion inspired by https://hechingerreport.org/opinion-what-teachers-call-ai-cheating-leaders-in-the-workforce-might-call-progress/
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Episode • 21 July 2024 • 10m and 53s
A Draft Republican Exec Order Calls for AI "Manhattan Projects"
NLW covers reporting about a draft Republican AI executive order. Also, Menlo Ventures and Anthropic partner on a $100m fund.
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The AI Daily Brief helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI.
Episode • 18 July 2024 • 14m and 38s
Why Republican VP Nominee JD Vance is Loudly For Open Source AI
NLW covers the pro-open source AI statements of JD Vance and situates his previous VC career. Before that in the Headlines, is Microsoft building Agents?
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Episode • 17 July 2024 • 13m and 23s
OpenAI's Q* Reasoning AI is Now Code-Named "Strawberry"
Discover OpenAI’s latest breakthrough with the newly announced reasoning AI, code-named “Strawberry.” This episode examines the features and capabilities of “Strawberry,” its potential impact on the AI industry, and what this means for the future of artificial intelligence. Explore this exciting development and its implications for AI research and applications.
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Episode • 16 July 2024 • 15m and 10s
AI Is The Fastest Adopted Work Tech Ever, But Still Not Fast Enough for Some
Explore why AI is the fastest adopted work tech ever, yet still not fast enough for some. A nuanced discussion on AI’s current place in the hype cycle, insights from former a16z partner Benedict Evans, and the gap between managerial and user perceptions of AI. Concerned about being spied on? Tired of censored responses? AI Daily Brief listeners receive a 20% discount on Venice Pro. Visit https://venice.ai/nlw and enter the discount code NLWDAILYBRIEF.
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Episode • 13 July 2024 • 17m and 24s
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