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#117 - Google’s Bard Rush, BloombergGPT, ChatGPT King, Balenciaga Harry Potter

2023/4/7
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Andrey Karenkov和Jeremy Harris讨论了Google内部备忘录显示Google正因ChatGPT的出现而感到恐慌，Bard AI的发布似乎并不顺利，公司内部出现动荡。他们分析了Google可能将Google Assistant转向AI优先的ChatGPT风格机器人，这代表了家庭AI系统从预编程响应到AI优先战略的根本转变。同时，他们也讨论了Google和DeepMind正在合作开发名为Gemini的项目以对抗ChatGPT，这表明Google对此事非常重视。他们认为AI优先系统带来的风险增加，因为它们会对现实世界中的行为产生更显著的影响。他们还分析了DeepMind和Google母公司之间历史上存在紧张关系，但现在为了与OpenAI竞争，他们选择全面合作。他们认为OpenAI和DeepMind对AI风险的来源持有不同观点，OpenAI倾向于通过发布模型并学习其恶意用途来降低风险，而DeepMind则更谨慎，希望避免潜在的危险。 Andrey Karenkov和Jeremy Harris还讨论了2023年2月机器人投资总额达6.2亿美元，涵盖多个领域，表明机器人领域依然活跃。他们认为与语言模型相比，机器人投资仍然活跃，这与之前的观点相悖。他们还讨论了鉴于AI技术发展迅速，硬件投资可能比软件投资更有回报。他们还讨论了微软Bing聊天机器人将投放广告以支付高昂的服务成本，Bing聊天机器人广告的投放方式及其对用户体验的影响值得关注，聊天机器人广告可能会影响用户对信息的信任度，聊天机器人广告投放方式的创新值得关注，Bing聊天机器人广告的投资回报率值得探讨。他们还讨论了Y Combinator冬季班中约35%的初创企业与AI相关，这表明AI领域发展迅速，Y Combinator对AI初创企业的投资并非盲目跟风，而是基于对AI工具实际影响力的认可。他们还讨论了生成式AI初创企业的增长速度惊人，但其可持续性值得关注，非AI公司也面临着整合AI技术的压力，许多初创公司正在开发AI的利基应用。他们还讨论了Google与Replit合作，意在与微软的GitHub竞争，Replit与Google的合作关系与GitHub被微软收购之间的区别值得关注。

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Google is reorganizing its assistant leadership to focus on Bard AI, indicating a significant shift towards AI-first strategies in home AI systems.

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Stories this week:

Applications & Business Google's Shuffles Assistant Leadership to Focus on Bard AI) Alphabet’s Google and DeepMind Pause Grudges, Join Forces to Chase OpenAI)

February 2023 Robotics Investments Total $620 Million) With Human Metalworkers Hard to Come By, Robotic Blacksmiths Step Up)

Lighting Round Microsoft’s Bing chatbot is getting ads)

Yeah, of course, YC’s winter class is oozing with AI companies)

Google Partners with AI Startup Replit to Take on Microsoft’s GitHub)

Birth of a Salesman: OpenAI Sheds Its Lab Coat to Seek Big Deals)

 

Research & Advancements

Introducing BloombergGPT, Bloomberg’s 50-billion parameter large language model, purpose-built from scratch for finance)

The takeaways from Stanford’s 386-page report on the state of AI)

Lighting Round

Robots Using Legs as Arms to Climb and Push Buttons)

Policy & Societal Impacts

The ChatGPT King Isn’t Worried, but He Knows You Might Be)

The European Union’s Artificial Intelligence Act, explained)

Lighting Round

How a tiny company with few rules is making fake images go mainstream)

FTC Is Reviewing Competition in Artificial Intelligence)

Midjourney ends free trials of its AI image generator due to 'extraordinary' abuse)

Art & Fun Stuff Chinese creators use Midjourney’s AI to generate retro urban “photography”)

Artificial intelligence deepfake video of Harry Potter characters in faux-Balenciaga fashion show goes viral)