AI Safety Researcher Quits OpenAI, Saying Its Trajectory Alarms Her

Yet another OpenAI researcher has left the company amid concerns about its safety practices and readiness for potentially human-level AI.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://futurism.com/the-byte/openai-safety-researcher-quits-agi

https://teachinglicense.study.com/featured-insights/ai-impacts-teachers.html

ORIGINAL LINK: https://teachinglicense.study.com/featured-insights/ai-impacts-teachers.html

Large language models can be squeezed onto your phone — rather than needing 1000s of servers to run — after breakthrough

Powerful artificial intelligence (AI) models like ChatGPT need copious amounts of power to run so they are usually housed in vast data centers. But a new breakthrough could compress these AI models so they fit onto a smartphone or laptop.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://www.livescience.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/large-language-models-can-be-squeezed-onto-your-phone-rather-than-needing-1000s-of-servers-to-run-after-breakthrough

OpenAI wants to pair online courses with chatbots

If OpenAI has its way, the next online course you take might have a chatbot component.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://techcrunch.com/2024/12/05/openai-wants-to-pair-online-courses-with-chatbots/

https://www.sfgate.com/tech/article/stanford-expert-gpt-minnesota-deepfakes-19954595.php

ORIGINAL LINK: https://www.sfgate.com/tech/article/stanford-expert-gpt-minnesota-deepfakes-19954595.php

Google’s new GenCast weather forecasting system is mind-blowing AI

Google has just announced its latest AI-powered weather forecasting system – GenCast – and it’s a pretty impressive achievement. GenCast isn’t your average weather model.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://chromeunboxed.com/googles-new-gencast-weather-forecasting-system-is-mind-blowing-ai/

New Bellwether report lays out considerations for AI use in education

Researchers from Bellwether talked about considerations around artificial intelligence (AI) use and development and recommendations for educators and people in the education technology (Edtech) field going forward at a webinar earlier this month.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://www.ednc.org/11-21-2024-bellwether-researchers-give-considerations-for-ai-in-education/

You Won’t Believe What This AI Can Do

Not too long ago, creating a professional yet simple jingle for your business would have cost over $5,000 for just 30 seconds. Today, you could make one for free — complete with a band and vocals that don’t sound robotic.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://ai.gopubby.com/you-wont-believe-what-this-ai-can-do-advertisers-don-t-want-you-to-know-f6a58339b874

Deeper Dive Into A.I. and Authoring.

Earlier today I decided to take another look at A.I. as it pertains to writing stories for pure entertainment. I was put onto this the other day by a podcast listener who shared a pretty dystopic story that Chat GPT cranked out for him. You can find the results of his request here.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://jasonbarker.substack.com/p/deeper-dive-into-ai-and-authoring

Say hello to your new coworker: Autonomous AI agents are coming to banks

That's Danny Goldman's guidance to private-equity customers of his startup, Mako AI, which offers a generative AI assistant for junior finance professionals and is backed by Khosla Ventures, an early investor in OpenAI.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://www.businessinsider.com/how-banks-using-agents-generative-ai-fintechs-2024-11

Google’s NotebookLM Is An Insanely Good AI Offering

I’ve heard about NotebookLM before today, but today’s the day I gave it a try and it has absolutely blown my mind. The first Notebook I made was using a link to an article I wrote about my obsession with Shakespeare’s Sonnets, and the result was so good it was uncanny.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://therightstuff.medium.com/googles-notebooklm-is-insanely-good-145dfa5d40a2