Practice Anything with ChatGPT

You can rehearse for just about anything with the help of ChatGPT. It can be rigged as a “practice engine,” becoming a generalized system that allows a user to rehearse for any encounter.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://medium.com/@jordan_gibbs/practice-anything-with-chatgpt-42ca177c2c14

Project Strawberry, OpenAI’s Leaked Breakthrough

The Discovery We Needed? In a world exclusive, Reuters has leaked OpenAI’s latest breakthrough: a new model codenamed Strawberry that might hold the key to AI’s true moat: reasoning.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://medium.com/@ignacio.de.gregorio.noblejas/project-strawberry-openais-leaked-breakthrough-e9b3551138f9

Why Llama 3.1 405B Is So Much Better Than GPT-4o And Claude 3.5 Sonnet

Llama 3.1 405B is the first open-source model that performs on par with leading proprietary AI models in general knowledge, steerability, math, tool use, and multilingual translation, among other capabilities. Meta announced the launch of Llama 3.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://pub.towardsai.net/why-llama-3-1-405b-is-so-much-better-than-gpt-4o-and-claude-3-5-sonnet-here-the-result-d58bb2a3a53e

Concise Is Nice: The Perfect AI Text Length Every Time

Do you remember your high school days? And if your essay only had 600 words, you’d fail. If it had 799 words, you’d fail.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://generativeai.pub/concise-is-nice-the-perfect-ai-text-length-every-time-0e6c9ee89fb8

There's Just One Problem: AI Isn't Intelligent, and That's a Systemic Risk

Mimicry of intelligence isn't intelligence, and so while AI mimicry is a powerful tool, it isn't intelligent.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://www.oftwominds.com/blogaug24/AI-mimicry8-24.html

‘Never say goodbye’: Can AI bring the dead back to life?

In a world where artificial intelligence can resurrect the dead, grief takes on a new dimension. From Canadian singer Drake’s use of AI-generated Tupac Shakur vocals to Indian politicians addressing crowds years after their passing, technology is blurring the lines between life and death.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/8/9/never-say-goodbye-can-ai-bring-the-dead-back-to-life

Creating your own Microsoft Copilot chatbot is easy but making it safe and secure is pretty much impossible says security expert

We could all use our own dedicated, custom-built chatbot, right? Well, rejoice because Microsoft's Copilot Studio is a handy tool for the less technical (those of us who don't dream in Fortran) to create their own chatbot.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://www.pcgamer.com/software/ai/creating-your-own-microsoft-copilot-chatbot-is-easy-but-making-it-safe-and-secure-is-pretty-much-impossible-says-security-expert/

Forget Midjourney — Flux is the new king of AI image generation and here’s how to get access

New AI products and services come in two ways; like a bolt of lightning with no warning, or after months of constant hype. Flux, by startup Black Forest Labs, was the former.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://www.tomsguide.com/ai/ai-image-video/forget-midjourney-flux-is-the-new-king-of-ai-image-generation-and-heres-how-to-get-access

OpenAI Warns Users Could Become Emotionally Hooked on Its Voice Mode

In late July, OpenAI began rolling out an eerily humanlike voice interface for ChatGPT. In a safety analysis released today, the company acknowledges that this anthropomorphic voice may lure some users into becoming emotionally attached to their chatbot.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://www.wired.com/story/openai-voice-mode-emotional-attachment/

Don’t Buy the AI Hype, Learning Expert Warns

Generative artificial intelligence can save educators time, help personalize learning, and potentially close achievement gaps. That’s what artificial intelligence experts have said when they talk about the technology’s potential to transform education. But not everyone agrees.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://www.edweek.org/technology/dont-buy-the-ai-hype-learning-expert-warns/2024/08

The Horny Truth About AI Chatbots

To understand the internet, you have to assume that everyone has a constant, low-level amount of horniness going on. I do not make this observation in a crass or judgemental way.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://every.to/napkin-math/the-horny-truth-about-ai-chatbots

Hooking up generative AI to medical data improved usefulness for doctors

Outline of the RAG approached used by Heidelberg scholars.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://www.zdnet.com/article/hooking-up-generative-ai-to-medical-data-improved-usefulness-for-doctors/

If these chatbots could talk: The most popular ways people are using AI tools

Generative AI (Gen AI) is the tech world's hottest trend. Many chatbots have been developed, from OpenAI's ChatGPT to Microsoft's Copilot and Google Gemini. But how do people use these bots, and what kinds of requests do they make? Also: ChatGPT vs. Microsoft Copilot vs.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://www.zdnet.com/article/if-these-chatbots-could-talk-the-most-popular-ways-people-are-using-ai-tools/

AI is relieving therapists from burnout. Here's how it's changing mental health

For the US and around the world, the last few years have been especially intense, to say the least. Therapy is in high demand as more people, especially youth, suffer from mental health issues. The wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and an ensuing loneliness epidemic have left therapists stretched thin.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://www.zdnet.com/article/ai-is-relieving-therapists-from-burnout-heres-how-its-changing-mental-health/

OpenAI’s meltdown: Inside the summer that could redefine artificial intelligence

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More OpenAI, once the undisputed titan of artificial intelligence, is crumbling right before our eyes.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://venturebeat.com/ai/openais-meltdown-inside-the-summer-that-could-redefine-artificial-intelligence/

Why the collapse of the Generative AI bubble may be imminent

I just wrote a hard-hitting essay for WIRED predicting that the AI bubble will collapse in 2025 — and now I wish I hadn’t. Clearly, I got the year wrong. It’s going to be days or weeks from now, not months. No joke.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://garymarcus.substack.com/p/why-the-collapse-of-the-generative

The secret to successful AI implementations? Worker voice

When stakeholders become more involved in generative AI design and implementation, it’s more likely that such tools will augment work rather than displace workers.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://mitsloan.mit.edu/ideas-made-to-matter/secret-to-successful-ai-implementations-worker-voice

AI chatbots exhibit unique decision-making biases, study finds

Have you ever wondered how AI chatbots make decisions? This question arose in a classroom at the Cornell Tech campus and prompted a new study from Cornell SC Johnson College of Business that delves into the differences between decision-making processes in human and artificial intelligence.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://techxplore.com/news/2024-07-decision-mystery-ai-chatbots.html

With the Market Tanking, the AI Industry May Be in Huge Trouble

The red-hot AI industry may be headed for trouble, Bloomberg reports, after tepid earnings reports from tech companies dismayed Wall Street, which expected much bigger profits from the gargantuan infusion of cash into AI.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://futurism.com/the-byte/ai-market-stock-prices

Tech giants: AI will transform 92% of ICT jobs; we must upskill now

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More This assertion comes from the AI-Enabled ICT Workforce Consortium, which has released the new comprehensive report, “The Impact of Generative AI.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://venturebeat.com/ai/tech-giants-ai-will-transform-92-of-ict-jobs-we-must-upskill-now/

OpenAI says US govt will get to see ChatGPT 5 before anyone else

OpenAI has announced a partnership with the U.S. AI Safety Institute. As part of this collaboration, OpenAI will provide the Institute with early access to its next foundational model, ChatGPT-5.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://www.indiatoday.in/technology/news/story/openai-says-us-govt-will-get-to-see-chatgpt-5-before-anyone-else-2575890-2024-08-02

The impact of generative AI as a general-purpose technology

Generative artificial intelligence will affect economic growth more quickly than other general-purpose technologies, according to a new report.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://mitsloan.mit.edu/ideas-made-to-matter/impact-generative-ai-a-general-purpose-technology

The other shoe dropping on ‘AI’ and office work

Nearly half (47%) of workers using AI say they have no idea how to achieve the productivity gains their employers expect. Over three in four (77%) say AI tools have decreased their productivity and added to their workload in at least one way.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://www.baldurbjarnason.com/2024/the-other-ai-shoe-dropping/

OpenAI: On a Path to Becoming The World’s Most Frightening Surveillance Company?

Altman wants to know - and monetize - everything about you. He might succeed.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://garymarcus.substack.com/p/openai-on-a-path-to-becoming-the

Why the collapse of the Generative AI bubble may be imminent

I just wrote a hard-hitting essay for WIRED predicting that the AI bubble will collapse in 2025 — and now I wish I hadn’t. Clearly, I got the year wrong. It’s going to be days or weeks from now, not months. No joke.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://garymarcus.substack.com/p/why-the-collapse-of-the-generative

Meta's new AI Studio helps you create your own custom AI chatbots

Want to cook up an AI-powered chatbot with a touch of your own personality and knowledge? You'll soon be able to do just that, courtesy of a new tool from Meta called AI Studio.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://www.zdnet.com/article/metas-new-ai-studio-helps-you-create-your-own-custom-ai-chatbots/

AI ‘Companions’ are Patient, Funny, Upbeat — and Probably Rewiring Kids’ Brains

As a sophomore at a large public North Carolina university, Nick did what millions of curious students did in the spring of 2023: He logged on to ChatGPT and started asking questions.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://www.the74million.org/article/ai-companions-are-patient-funny-upbeat-and-probably-rewiring-kids-brains/

So Long “Prompt Engineering,” We Hardly Knew Ya

Prompt engineering. We see the term everywhere.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://wizwow.medium.com/so-long-prompt-engineering-we-hardly-knew-ya-a77d871e00e9

Should Educators Put Disclosures on Teaching Materials When They Use AI?

Many teachers and professors are spending time this summer experimenting with AI tools to help them prepare slide presentations, craft tests and homework questions, and more.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://www.edsurge.com/news/2024-08-01-should-educators-put-disclosures-on-teaching-materials-when-they-use-ai

Leaked Documents Show Nvidia Scraping ‘A Human Lifetime’ of Videos Per Day to Train AI

Nvidia scraped videos from Youtube and several other sources to compile training data for its AI products, internal Slack chats, emails, and documents obtained by 404 Media show.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://www.404media.co/nvidia-ai-scraping-foundational-model-cosmos-project/

Importance of Citing or Acknowledging AI

Multiple voices in the world of AI in education and the workplace have been speaking out against citations of AI tools and conversations because they are not independent originators of thoughts or ideas.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://reedhepler.substack.com/p/importance-of-citing-or-acknowledging

The AI Fun Vanishes — The Information

ORIGINAL LINK: https://www.theinformation.com/articles/the-ai-fun-vanishes