OpenAI's Secret Strawberry

Weekly Round Up AI - July 17

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Good morning. In today's newsletter, we will be sharing the latest selected news about the AI world.

In todayโ€™s topics:

  • OpenAI is Developing a Secretly New AI model Codenamed 'Strawberry' (formerly Q*).

  • Apple, Nvidia, Anthropic Used YouTube Content to Train AI Models Without Consent

  • Amazon Expands Rufus AI Shopping Assistant.

  • OpenAI's Founding Member Launches AI-Powered Education Platform

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OpenAIโ€™s Secret Model Strawberry

The Veroneus: OpenAI is working on a secretive new AI model codenamed 'Strawberry', according to a Reuters report.

The Details:

  • The objective of the model is to achieve a significant enhancement in reasoning capabilities.

  • According to source, OpenAI's plan ahead is to enable autonomous and reliable internet navigation to conduct "deep research".

  • Strawberry represents the advancement of OpenAI's formerly speculated Q* initiative.

The Significance:

As enhancing reasoning in AI models is considered to be the doorway to what all the models could possibly do, and as it is a large factor toward human-level intelligence, the immense progress OpenAI has done on this front sets up a critical step forward.

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Apple, Nvidia, Anthropic Used YouTube Content to Train AI Models Without Consent

The Veroneus: According to Wired, the AI models were trained on over 170,000 YouTube video subtitles by Apple, Nvidia, and Anthropic.

The Details:

  • Contributing sources to Transcripts include the Wall Street Journal, well-known figures like MrBeast, and even MIT. It was revealed that all of this was done without the submitters' knowledge or permission.

  • It clearly demonstrating the ethical concerns involved in using data for training AI.

  • This issue highlights the ongoing challenges in regulating AI development and protecting intellectual property.

Amazon Expands Rufus AI Shopping Assistant

The Veronues: Rufus, a shopping AI assistant by Amazon, will allow people to enjoy personalized product recommendations and enriched responses to inquiries about shopping.

The Details:

  • Rufus aims to help users make informed shopping decisions within the Amazon Shopping app.

  • Rufus gives recommendations for products according to listings, their reviews, and Q&As.

  • It can track orders and access to past purchases.

  • Now available to all U.S. customers, Rufus can be activated by tapping its icon in the app's navigation bar.

The Significance:

Rufus AI hugely improves customer shopping experiences by offering instant and personalized assistance, recommends to cut down difficult decisions, and ease for every single customer.

OpenAI's Founding Member Launches AI-Powered Education Platform

The Veronues: OpenAI founding member and former Tesla Director of AI Andrej Karpathy has announced a new education platform with AI, Eureka Labs, months after his departure from OpenAI.

The Details:

  • Karpathy, a top researcher at OpenAI, announced his departure in February to work on his own projects.

  • His post refers to Eureka Labs as a "AI-native" school that uses advanced AI to improve the learning experience.

  • The platform provides guidance to students through a combination of human expertise and AI teaching assistants, with provisions for both digital and physical cohorts.

The Significance:

On-demand AI-based education can become significant in the future of industry.

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