The Generative A.I. Brief #10

Where professionals catch up on their A.I. reading.

💬Introduction for Today🎯

A lot of interesting papers this summer to read in A.I., a lot of stunning implications for the future of healthcare. Never been more exciting to cover A.I. news and emerging tech. Even the LK-99 has been pretty crazy to watch.

Android ChatGPT App ​went Live​.

​Shopify Sidekick is like ChatGPT, but for e-commerce merchants​. Shopify, like countless other Big Tech brands, is leaning into generative AI. My take on this ​here​.

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OpenAI, Google, Microsoft and Anthropic ​form body to oversee safe ‘frontier AI’ development​. (TechCrunch). Four of the preeminent AI players are coming together to form a new industry body designed to ensure “safe and responsible development” of so-called “frontier AI” models.

A.I. History read: Transformers: the ​Google scientists who pioneered an AI revolution​ (None of them work at Google any longer). Like many breakthroughs in scientific discovery, the one that spurred an artificial intelligence revolution came from a moment of serendipity.

​How is ChatGPT's behavior changing over time?​ (reloaded). GPT-3.5 and GPT-4 are the two most widely used large language model (LLM) services. However, when and how these models are updated over time is opaque. (Paper)

Top Reads: Large language models, explained ​with a minimum of math and jargon​ by Understanding A.I. Newsletter. Today almost everyone has heard about LLMs, and tens of millions of people have tried them out. But, still, not very many people understand how they work.

The AI-Powered, ​Totally Autonomous Future of War​ Is Here (Wired).

RT-2: New model translates vision and language into action (Google) - Robotics

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​Beginner's Guide to Prompt Engineering Tips and Tricks​.

Prompt engineering is the next big thing in artificial intelligence. If you're not familiar with the concept, no worries at all. By the end of this guide, you'll not only understand what it means but also appreciate its relevance and be well-equipped to start developing your own prompts. ~ Alex McFarland, Guest post of above.

Not a Sponsored post but one of my favorite sources is ​The Decoder​. I find I'm linking to them more and more of late. Also more agonistic since they are from Germany.

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Quote of the Week

“I'm waking up to the prospect that in my prime years, I'll see both mainstream superconducting and AGI. The former will propel the latter, and the latter will propel every scientific breakthrough.” - Jim Fan, Senior A.I. Scientist at Nvidia.

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