The AI Breakdown First Five - Tuesday September 5, 2023

5. China AI Apps Flood Into the Market

Chinese leadership has tightly controlled approvals around AI products, but last week green-lit a number of companies for release. Now, companies like Baidu who have received the model are pumping products into the market.

4. Canva Plugin Brings Light Multi-Modality to ChatGPT

While ChatGPT’s plugin store now has hundreds of options, the new Canva integration is getting more attention than most. Some users see it as a light version of multi-modality, as they’re able to create graphics and images directly from within ChatGPT.

3. Las Vegas Unions Gearing Up for AI Battle

Studies suggest that between 38% and 65% of Las Vegas jobs could be automated over the next decade or so. In response, NPR writes the city’s unions (including notably the Culinary Union) are gearing up for a battle to protect their jobs from AI.

2. Can AI Do RLHF?

New research has the AI community sort of gobsmacked. An important part of AI training — reinforcement learning from human feedback (RLHF) — might be able to be done by AI itself. This could be a good thing, as the human feedback process can have severe negative consequences, but it also challenges a lot of our thinking.

1. AI Generated COVID Drug Goes to Phase 1 Trials

Get ready for a very new era of pharmaceuticals. A Hong Kong and NYC-based lab that uses AI to synthesize new medicines has a new Covid oral treatment in phase 1 trials. Hold aside the politics of that particular remedy, the new era of AI-driven drug discovery appears to be upon us.

BONUS: The First AI Pop Singer Gets A Record Deal

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