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7/5/2024
17 : 14
Big Tech's new plan to acquire AI startups - Weekly News Roundup - Issue #474
Plus: the best bionic leg yet; Apple to get a set on OpenAI's board; Perplexity, Suno and Udio are in trouble; new humanoid robots; Biotech Behemoths in review; brain-in-a-jar robot; and more! ͏ ͏
7/3/2024
20 : 4
Superintelligence—10 years later
10 years on, some things have changed and some did not ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏
6/28/2024
14 : 4
DJI faces ban in the US - Weekly News Roundup - Issue #473
Plus: Apple delays the launch of AI tools in the EU; the first ad made with Sora; a new protein-generating AI; a humanoid robot gets its first proper job; Pope calls to ban autonomous weapons ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏
6/21/2024
15 : 24
Anthropic raises the industry bar for intelligence - Weekly News Roundup - Issue #472
Plus: Ilya Sutskever is back; Nvidia becomes the world's most valuable company; another company trials a humanoid robot; a military robot-dog arms race; a mad scientist grows neurons to play Doom ͏
6/20/2024
7 : 34
What is "humanity" anyway?
And how far can we extend the definition of "humanity"? ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏
6/16/2024
9 : 24
Apple Intelligence is different
An in-depth look into Apple Intelligence and what Apple is promising with "AI for the rest of us" ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏
6/14/2024
20 : 24
Weekly News Roundup - Issue #471
Plus: Elon Musk withdraws the lawsuit against OpenAI and Sam Altman; how nanopore sequencers were invented; a tooth-regrowing drug to be trialled in Japan; Mistral AI reaches $6B valuation; and more! ͏
6/13/2024
7 : 59
Nine years
Reflections on writing a newsletter for nine years and what are my future plans for Humanity Redefined ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏
6/11/2024
23 : 4
Will humanoid robots take off?
The sci-fi dream of humanoid robots working among us seems to be just around the corner. But will it come true? ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏
6/7/2024
21 : 24
AI comes to PCs at Computex 2024 - Weekly News Roundup - Issue #470
Plus: US launches antitrust investigations into Microsoft, OpenAI, and Nvidia; Nvidia passes $3T valuation; Right to Warn about Advanced Artificial Intelligence; scaling CRISPR cures; and more! ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏
6/3/2024
11 : 4
OpenAI is in trouble... again - Weekly News Roundup - Issue #468
Plus: is Rabbit R1 a scam?; Humane is looking for a buyer; FDA clears Neuralink for a second human trial; Nvidia reports another big quarter; China builds the world's first drone carrier; and more!
6/3/2024
8 : 18
Ex-OpenAI board member speaks out - Weekly News Roundup - Issue #469
Plus: xAI's $6B Series B funding round; Elon's plans a "Gigafactory of compute"; ChatGPT Edu; Apple's Project Greymatter; Miss AI; a bioprocessor with 16 human brain organoids;
5/17/2024
21 : 34
Ilya Sutskever leaves OpenAI - Weekly News Roundup - Issue #467
Plus: Apple is close to using ChatGPT; Microsoft builds its own LLM; China is sending a humanoid robot to space; lab-grown meat is on shelves but there is a catch; hybrid mouse/rat brains; and more! ͏
5/17/2024
12 : 54
Let's look at GPT-4o without the hype
OpenAI released its new flagship model and redefined what "open" in OpenAI means ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏
5/10/2024
20 : 44
DeepMind releases AlphaFold 3 - Weekly News Roundup - Issue #466
Plus: OpenAI releases Model Spec; Neuralink publishes progress update; Tesla shares new video of Optimus; growing meat with Gatorade; and more! ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏
5/3/2024
22 : 54
gpt2-chatbot and OpenAI search engine - Weekly News Roundup - Issue #465
Plus: Med-Gemini; Vidu - Chinese answer to OpenAI's Sora; the first race of Abu Dhabi Autonomous Racing League; deepfaking celebrities to teach math and physics; and more! ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏
4/26/2024
21 : 24
Microsoft's and Google's bet on AI is paying off - Weekly News Roundup - Issue #464
Plus: AI-controlled F-16 has been dogfighting with humans; Grok-1.5 Vision; BionicBee; Microsoft's AI generates realistic deepfakes from a single photo; and more! ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏
4/19/2024
18 : 54
Llama 3 is out - Weekly News Roundup - Issue #463
Plus: brand-new, all-electric Atlas; AI Index Report 2024; Microsoft pitched GenAI tools to US military; Humane AI Pin reviews are in; debunking Devin; and more! ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏
4/13/2024
7 : 56
The AI race is not slowing down - Weekly News Roundup - Issue #462
Plus: Udio, a new AI music generator; 200+ artists sign an open letter against AI; Intel Gaudi 3 AI accelerator; Tesla to reveal robotaxis on August 8th; more humanoid robots show off their skills ͏ ͏
4/5/2024
19 : 54
Microsoft is building a $100B supercomputer for AGI - Weekly News Roundup - Issue #461
Plus: Israel uses AI to target Hamas; US announces partnerships on AI safety with the UK and EU; Apple explores personal robotic projects; how biomanufacturing can move beyond steel vats; and more! ͏ ͏