Another New AI Model: Inflection 2.5

Plus Biden talks AI at the SOTU

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Nathaniel Whittemore
March 08, 2024

The AI Breakdown First Five - Wednesday March 6, 2024

Today on the First Five:

  • 5. AI’s IQ Passes Humans

  • 4. Broadcom Estimates $10m

  • 3. India’s Sovereign AI Initiative

  • 2. Biden Calls for Voice Impersonation Ban in SOTU

  • 1. Inflection Announces 2.5

5. AI’s IQ Passes Humans

Our lack of consensus on what “smart” means has never been clearer than right now. On the one hand, we have leaders like Meta’s Yann LeCun saying AI isn’t smarter than a 4-year old or an elephant. On the other, Claude 3 is beating the average human on IQ tests?

4. Broadcom Estimates $10B in Chip Sales

AI infrastructure continues to be white hot, with Broadcom becoming the latest company to report big anticipated revenue on the back of AI chip production.

3. India’s Sovereign AI Initiative

Many geopolitical observers believe that AI competitiveness is a sovereign imperative and India seems to be taking that message to heart. The country is making moves to give homegrown companies more access to compute.

2. Biden Calls for Voice Impersonation Ban in SOTU

After being the subject of an AI voice impersonation scam during the New Hampshire primary, President Joe Biden called for a ban on such impersonations at his State of the Union address last night.

1. Inflection Announces 2.5

Another day, another foundation model. This time it's Inflection 2.5, which the company says is approaching GPT-4 levels despite using less than half as much compute for training. Personal AI means business.

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