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We know ChatGPT has been down recently, have you faced the same issue? With GPT-4's new access for non-paying users, could this be why? Also, did you notice Google's AI Overviews now show up less than 15% of the time, compared to 84% before?
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AI INSIGHTS
🦾 Who Can Keep Up?
Chart: Will Henshall for TIMESource: Epoch AI
AI companies are preparing for significant investments, with some projecting costs to hit $1B soon.
Key Takeaways:
$1 billion for next-gen AI systems.
Microsoft's and OpenAI's $100 billion supercomputer.
Training costs double every 9 months.
29%-49% of costs for researcher pay.
Why it matters: The high costs may centralize AI advancements in large tech firms, potentially stifling diversity and innovation in the field. Policymakers need to address these implications.
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AI RESEARCH
🔍 Google AI Overviews Visibility Falls to 15%
Source: Search Engine Land
Google’s AI Overviews now appear less than 15% of the time, a sharp decrease from 84% during its experimental phase.
Key Takeaways:
AI Overviews appear less than 15% of the time.
Previously, SGE appeared on 84% of queries.
Examples of incorrect and misleading AI responses.
BrightEdge monitors AI Overview changes.
Why it matters: The reduction in AI Overviews suggests Google's focus on improving accuracy and quality in search results. AI in search will continue to advance, offering better user experiences and monetization opportunities.
TODAY IN AI
AI HIGHLIGHTS
🤖 AI companions are seen as potential relationship enhancers by some Gen Z men, with 16.72% believing AI can improve the treatment of human partners. However, 15.43% fear AI could cause an inferiority complex in human partners.
💼 The billionaire debate over AI's future highlights differing views on regulation and open-source development. Hoffman and Khosla advocate for safeguards, while Andreessen and allies push for rapid AI advancements without heavy restrictions.
🧬 USC researchers' AI system could save lives by detecting seizures earlier through smartphone-connected wearable sensors, offering new treatment opportunities.
🔧 ChatGPT is down after expanding GPT-4o access to non-paying users, causing server overloads. OpenAI is investigating.
What do you think is the main reason for ChatGPT's recent performance issues? |
💡 Elon Musk redirected 12,000 Nvidia AI chips from Tesla to X, impacting Tesla's AI projects and investor confidence amidst fierce AI competition.
Of the roughly $10B in AI-related expenditures I said Tesla would make this year, about half is internal, primarily the Tesla-designed AI inference computer and sensors present in all of our cars, plus Dojo.
For building the AI training superclusters, NVidia hardware is about… x.com/i/web/status/1…
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk)
6:12 PM • Jun 4, 2024
📚 Stanford's Siddharth Sharma and Aksh Garg apologized for plagiarizing Tsinghua University’s MiniCPM model, pledging to withdraw their Llama3-V project.
AI STOCK
DAILY AI FUNDRAISING
AI video start-up Pika raised $80 million, valuing it at $470 million. Pika, with a team from Google, Meta, and Uber, aims to compete with well-funded rivals by building its own AI technology.
AI startup Cohere raised $450 million from Nvidia, Salesforce, and Cisco. Competing with OpenAI, Anthropic, and Mistral, Cohere's valuation jumped to $5 billion. It aims to expand with strong investor support.
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AI QUICK HITS
1. 🧠 AI tool tracks kids' brain development (Read more)
2. 🌍 Key insights from the UN's AI summit. What can you learn? (Read more)
3. 😴 Can AI help you sleep better? (Read more)
4. 📅 Stability AI announced the open release of Stable Diffusion 3-Medium on June 12 (Read more)
5. 🔧 Cisco introduces new AI data center with NVIDIA (Read more)
AI CHARTS
Nvidia's rise to become the third most valuable company is captured in a popular meme. It shows Microsoft, Alphabet, and Meta as gold diggers, while Nvidia sells shovels (chips) in the AI gold rush. Since May 2023, when CEO Jensen Huang predicted huge profits from AI, Nvidia's share price has surged 277%. In one year, revenue jumped from $7.19 billion to $26 billion, a 262% increase, bringing its market cap to $2.8 trillion.
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