Google’s Project Jarvis could be biggest Chrome upgrade in 15 years — visiting websites, filling in forms and making purchases for you via AI

Google is rumored to be releasing a new version of its powerful Gemini AI model later this year, and part of this will be ‘Project Jarvis’. This is an autonomous AI agent built into Chrome that can perform various web-related tasks on your behalf.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://www.tomsguide.com/ai/google-gemini/googles-project-jarvis-could-be-biggest-chrome-upgrade-in-15-years-visiting-websites-filling-in-forms-and-making-purchases-for-you-via-ai

Anthropic’s agentic Computer Use is giving people ‘superpowers’

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ORIGINAL LINK: https://venturebeat.com/ai/anthropics-agentic-computer-use-is-giving-people-superpowers/

Agentic AI is the top strategic technology trend for 2025

Spending on AI will help drive a healthy increase in IT expenditure. Gartner said worldwide IT spending is expected to total $5.74 trillion in 2025, an increase of 9.3% from 2024. Gartner predicts that spending on software will increase 14% to reach $1.23 trillion in 2025, up from 11.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://www.zdnet.com/article/agentic-ai-is-the-top-strategic-technology-trend-for-2025/

ChatGPT can now search your entire chat history and find old convos

Yesterday, OpenAI announced via X/Twitter that they’ve started rolling out a new feature for the web version of ChatGPT that lets you search through your past conversations with the AI chatbot.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://www.pcworld.com/article/2505555/chatgpt-can-now-search-your-entire-chat-history-and-find-old-convos.html

The Schools Without ChatGPT Plagiarism

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ORIGINAL LINK: https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2024/10/the-schools-without-chatgpt-plagiarism/680407/

About the Dow Jones lawsuit

ORIGINAL LINK: https://www.perplexity.ai/hub/blog/about-the-dow-jones-lawsuit

‘They wish this technology didn’t exist’: Perplexity responds to News Corp’s lawsuit

Perplexity shot back at media companies skeptical of AI’s benefits in a blog post Thursday responding to News Corp’s lawsuit filed against the startup earlier this week.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://techcrunch.com/2024/10/24/they-wish-this-technology-didnt-exist-perplexity-responds-to-news-corps-lawsuit/

Anthropic’s AI can now run and write code

Anthropic’s Claude chatbot can now write and run JavaScript code. Today, Anthropic launched a new analysis tool that helps Claude respond with what the company describes as “mathematically precise and reproducible answers.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://techcrunch.com/2024/10/24/anthropics-ai-can-now-run-and-write-code/

Anthropic’s new AI model can control your PC

In a pitch to investors last spring, Anthropic said it intended to build AI to power virtual assistants that could perform research, answer emails, and handle other back-office jobs on their own.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://techcrunch.com/2024/10/22/anthropics-new-ai-can-control-your-pc/

OpenAI scientist Noam Brown stuns TED AI Conference: ’20 seconds of thinking worth 100,000x more data’

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ORIGINAL LINK: https://venturebeat.com/ai/openai-noam-brown-stuns-ted-ai-conference-20-seconds-of-thinking-worth-100000x-more-data/

This Week in AI: The AI agents cometh

Hiya, folks, welcome to TechCrunch’s regular AI newsletter. If you want this in your inbox every Wednesday, sign up here. The agents are coming — the AI agents, that is.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://techcrunch.com/2024/10/23/this-week-in-ai-the-ai-agents-cometh/

Former OpenAI Researcher Says the Company Broke Copyright Law

Suchir Balaji spent nearly four years as an artificial intelligence researcher at OpenAI. Among other projects, he helped gather and organize the enormous amounts of internet data the company used to build its online chatbot, ChatGPT.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/23/technology/openai-copyright-law.html

Anthropic’s new AI model can control your PC

In a pitch to investors last spring, Anthropic said it intended to build AI to power virtual assistants that could perform research, answer emails, and handle other back-office jobs on their own.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://techcrunch.com/2024/10/22/anthropics-new-ai-can-control-your-pc/

Marc Andreessen says AI model makers are in ‘race to the bottom’ and it’s not good for business

Marc Andreessen, general partner at VC firm Andreessen Horowitz, was on stage at the Ray Summit conference earlier this month, talking about AI. CFO.com has pulled out the best quotes so you don’t have to watch the full interview.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://techcrunch.com/2024/10/22/marc-andreessen-says-ai-model-makers-are-in-a-race-to-the-bottom-and-its-not-god-for-business/

boingboing.net/2024/10/22/watch-claude-ai-take-control-of-a-computer-and-bu

ORIGINAL LINK: https://boingboing.net/2024/10/22/watch-claude-ai-take-control-of-a-computer-and-build-its-own-website-from-scratch.html

OpenAI Chatbot Passes Bias Tests, But Users Should Still be Watchful

The complex math-based systems that buzz away at the heart of modern AI systems require huge amounts of data to train them to be useful when users ask for help.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://www.inc.com/kit-eaton/openai-chatbot-passes-bias-tests-but-users-should-still-be-watchful/90991174

When you give a Claude a mouse

There seems to be near-universal belief in AI that agents are the next big thing. Of course, no one exactly agrees on what an agent is, but it usually involves the idea of an AI acting independently in the world to accomplish the goals of the user.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://www.oneusefulthing.org/p/when-you-give-a-claude-a-mouse

Germany’s New AI Travel Influencer Is A Chatbot Still Working Out Some Kinks

Meet Emma, Germany’s new tourism ambassador. She’s young. She’s beautiful. She’s a polyglot who speaks 20 languages, including English in a posh British accent. She’s on Instagram. And she really loves to travel around her homeland. What she isn’t is real.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://www.forbes.com/sites/suzannerowankelleher/2024/10/18/germanys-new-ai-travel-influencer-is-a-chatbot-still-working-out-some-kinks/

Google’s NotebookLM gets even better podcast-like Audio Overviews

Remember that experimental AI-driven podcast feature in NotebookLM we talked about not too long ago? Well, Google is seeing a lot of buzz around this particular tool and they’ve updated NotebookLM in a few very interesting ways.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://chromeunboxed.com/googles-notebooklm-gets-even-better-podcast-like-audio-overviews/

The robot will walk among you

Over the weekend, Elon Musk revealed updates on a bunch of products, like robovans, robotaxis, and self-driving cars. Wall Street didn't believe his timelines, I guess, because Tesla stock immediately dropped 25%.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://www.understandably.com/p/the-robot-will-walk-among-you

Meet Aria: The New Open Source Multimodal AI That's Rivaling Big Tech

Artificial intelligence just got a new player—and it's fully open-sourced. Aria, a multimodal LLM developed by Tokyo-based Rhymes AI, is capable of processing text, code, images, and video all within a single architecture.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://decrypt.co/286132/aria-new-open-source-multimodal-ai-rivaling-big-tech

I Will Never Use AI To Help Me With My Writing Again

Despite that, I always wanted to be a big writer. So, I started with personal blogs, moved to news, and this year, with books. My first book was a romantic fiction novel that I finished in March of this year.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://medium.com/practice-in-public/why-i-will-never-use-ai-to-help-me-with-my-writing-again-ac6c09009360

How to Say No to Our A.I. Overlords

Big tech brands like Google, Apple, Microsoft and Meta have all unleashed tech that they describe as artificial intelligence. Soon, the companies say, we’ll all be using A.I. to write emails, generate images and summarize articles. But who asked for any of this in the first place?

ORIGINAL LINK: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/09/technology/personaltech/turn-off-ai-overviews-google-meta.html

Nobel Prize winner claims former OpenAI Chief Scientist fired Sam Altman because he "is much less concerned with AI safety than profits" — and suggests superintelligence might be on the horizon : "We have maybe 4 years left"' before human extinction

OpenAI has been in the spotlight for the past few months for varied reasons, including bankruptcy reports with projections of $5 billion in losses within the next 12 months, the mass departure of high-profile officials from the firm including Chief Technology Officer Mira Murati and Chief scientist

ORIGINAL LINK: https://www.windowscentral.com/software-apps/nobel-prize-winner-claims-former-openai-chief-scientist-fired-sam-altman-because-he-is-much-less-concerned-with-ai-safety-than-profits-and-suggests-superintelligence-might-be-on-the-horizon-we-have-maybe-4-years-left-before-human-extinction

Big Tech’s experimental AI can’t beat old-school productivity gems

The “Chat” in ChatGPT’s name neatly encapsulates a major element of why OpenAI’s AI-infused assistant has had such epoch-shifting impact. We’ve been using PCs and phones to chat with humans for years—at least since the era of AOL Instant Messenger.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://www.fastcompany.com/91205083/chatgpt-canvas-notebooklm-bear-scrivener

I test ChatGPT features for a living, and this new one really did supercharge my productivity

OpenAI is constantly adding new features to ChatGPT to make it more functional for everyday needs and more essential in our workflows. The most recent of these updates is a new canvas feature -- unveiled last week -- that has left me beyond impressed. 

ORIGINAL LINK: https://www.zdnet.com/article/i-test-chatgpt-features-for-a-living-and-this-new-one-really-did-supercharge-my-productivity/

There are 3 signs that generative AI might be reaching peak market froth — and it's not just OpenAI

In years to come, Silicon Valley may view the events of the past few weeks as the moment the generative AI boom got too frothy. Investors spent the summer wondering if top AI stocks could continue to justify soaring valuations in the face of absent returns from their massive AI spending.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://www.businessinsider.com/generative-ai-market-froth-openai-cerebras-meta-2024-10

Writing with generative AI and human-machine teaming: Insights and recommendations from faculty and students

We share our experiences working with large-language model generative AI for a full semester in a professional writing course, integrating it into all projects. We discuss how we adapted our teaching, learning, and writing to using (or purposefully not using) AI.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S8755461524000094

What Kind of Writer Is ChatGPT?

Last spring, a graduate student in social anthropology—let’s call him Chris—sat down at his laptop and asked ChatGPT for help with a writing assignment.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/annals-of-inquiry/what-kind-of-writer-is-chatgpt

OpenAI expands o1 model availability - here's who gets access and how much

ChatGPT has consistently generated high-quality responses, improving its quality through updates with newer models. Last week, OpenAI unveiled an even more capable model, o1, but there were limitations on who could access it and how much they could.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://www.zdnet.com/article/openai-expands-o1-model-availability-heres-who-gets-access-and-how-much/

Shh, ChatGPT. That’s a Secret.

Your chatbot transcripts may be a gold mine for AI companies. This past spring, a man in Washington State worried that his marriage was on the verge of collapse. “I am depressed and going a little crazy, still love her and want to win her back,” he typed into ChatGPT.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2024/10/chatbot-transcript-data-advertising/680112/

AI Agents Will Be The Key To Achieving ROI From AI

The hottest trend in the fall of 2024 will not be Pumpkin Spice Lattes (despite their deliciousness), it will be AI agents. And that heat may be justified. Why? Well, a lot has changed since early in 2024, when investors were clamoring to put high valuations on any company with AI technology.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://www.forbes.com/sites/moorinsights/2024/09/26/ai-agents-will-be-the-key-to-achieving-roi-from-ai/

Chatbots Are Primed to Warp Reality

Produced by ElevenLabs and News Over Audio (NOA) using AI narration. More and more people are learning about the world through chatbots and the software’s kin, whether they mean to or not.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2024/08/chatbots-false-memories/679660/

OpenAI Execs Mass Quit as Company Removes Control From Non-Profit Board and Hands It to Sam Altman

ChatGPT maker OpenAI is losing even more executives — right as Reuters reports that it's looking to restructure its core business and wrestle control away from its non-profit board.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://futurism.com/openai-execs-quit

Software Firms Race to Beat OpenAI in AI Agents — The Information

ORIGINAL LINK: https://www.theinformation.com/articles/software-firms-race-to-beat-openai-in-ai-agents

Nomi AI wants to make the most emotionally intelligent chatbots on the market

As OpenAI boasts about its o1 model’s increased thoughtfulness, a small, self-funded startup Nomi AI is building the same kind of technology. Unlike the broad generalist ChatGPT, which slows down…

ORIGINAL LINK: https://techcrunch.com/2024/09/26/nomi-ai-wants-to-make-the-most-emotionally-intelligent-chatbots-on-the-market/

ChatGPT's human-like Advanced Voice Mode feature can say “Sorry I’m late” in over 50 languages — but the EU is reportedly turning a deaf ear to OpenAI's plea because it can detect user emotion

OpenAI's Advanced Voice mode for its ChatGPT AI-powered chatbot is arguably the most-anticipated feature among users this year.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://www.windowscentral.com/software-apps/chatgpt-advanced-voice-mode-feature-barred-by-eu

OpenAI's For-Profit Pivot

ORIGINAL LINK: https://www.perplexity.ai/page/openai-s-for-profit-pivot-Mg7ldRffSXme1JG83ig7lQ

Two More OpenAI Leaders Departing — The Information

ORIGINAL LINK: https://www.theinformation.com/briefings/two-more-openai-leaders-departing?utm_campaign=%5BREBRAND%5D+%5BTI-AM%5D+Th&utm_content=1095&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cio&utm_term=124

A tiny new open-source AI model performs as well as powerful big ones

The Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence (Ai2), a research nonprofit, is releasing a family of open-source multimodal language models, called Molmo, that it says perform as well as top proprietary models from OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic. 

ORIGINAL LINK: https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/09/25/1104465/a-tiny-new-open-source-ai-model-performs-as-well-as-powerful-big-ones/

OpenAI’s slow-motion train wreck

This is one of the most famous magazine covers of our time. So is this one.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://garymarcus.substack.com/p/openais-slow-motion-train-wreck

Most US Teens Use Generative AI. Most of Their Parents Don’t Know

A fresh wave of anxiety about children and technology is cresting, with parents and pundits increasingly interrogating how kids use smartphones, social media, and screens. It hasn’t stopped teenagers from embracing generative AI.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://www.wired.com/story/teens-generative-ai-use-schools-parents/

AI Writing and the Illusion of Progress

When Open AI introduced Chapt GPT on November 22, they blew up the economy… In a good way. Nowadays, AI writing has become a norm. Back in Q4 of 2022, the world was in the grip of inflation. People warned of hyperinflation.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://dariusforoux.com/ai-writing-illusion/

How large language models can reshape collective intelligence

Collective intelligence underpins the success of groups, organizations, markets and societies. Through distributed cognition and coordination, collectives can achieve outcomes that exceed the capabilities of individualseven expertsresulting in improved accuracy and novel capabilities.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-024-01959-9

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman anticipates superintelligence soon, defends AI in rare personal blog post

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ORIGINAL LINK: https://venturebeat.com/ai/openai-ceo-sam-altman-anticipates-superintelligence-soon-defends-ai-in-rare-personal-blog-post/

ChatGPT Passed The Turing Test—Here's What That Means!

Key Takeaways GPT-4 passed the UC San Diego Turing test with a 54% success rate. Human participants were misidentified as AI 67% of the time. Interrogators used varied approaches, with personal details and logical questions proving the most effective.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://www.howtogeek.com/chatgpt-passed-the-turing-test-heres-what-that-means/

Something New: On OpenAI's "Strawberry" and Reasoning

The new AI model, called GPT-o1 (why are the AI companies so bad at names?), lets the AI “think through” a problem before solving it. This lets it address very hard problems that require planning and iteration, like novel math or science questions.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://www.oneusefulthing.org/p/something-new-on-openais-strawberry

Here's How To Install Your Own Uncensored Local GPT-Like Chatbot

Key Takeaways Keep data private by using GPT4All for uncensored responses. It's an easy download, but ensure you have enough space. Run the local chatbot effectively by updating models and categorizing documents.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://www.howtogeek.com/heres-how-to-install-your-own-uncensored-local-gpt-like-chatbot/

Due to AI fakes, the “deep doubt” era is here

Given the flood of photorealistic AI-generated images washing over social media networks like X and Facebook these days, we're seemingly entering a new age of media skepticism: the era of what I'm calling "deep doubt.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/09/due-to-ai-fakes-the-deep-doubt-era-is-here/

How Elon Musk, Sam Altman, and the Silicon Valley elite manipulate the public

The question is, why did we fall for Silicon Valley’s over-hyped and often messianic narrative in the first place? This chapter is a deep dive into the mind tricks of Silicon Valley.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://fortune.com/2024/09/17/elon-musk-sam-altman-silicon-valley-elite-manipulate-public/