Karpathy Leaves OpenAI as ChatGPT Gets Memory

Plus Judge Dismisses Some Claims in Sarah Silverman Lawsuit

The AI Breakdown First Five - Wednesday February 14, 2024

Today on the First Five:

  • 5. AI Chipmaker Arm Stock Price Doubles in a Week

  • 4. $110M for a New AI Agent Startup

  • 3. Judge Dismisses Some Claims in Sarah Silverman Lawsuit

  • 2. Nvidia Launches Local PC Chatbot

  • 1. Karpathy Leaves OpenAI as ChatGPT Gets Memory

5. AI Chipmaker Arm Stock Price Doubles in a Week

Wall Street’s AI enthusiasm seems to know no bounds. In the week since reporting financial results, AI chipmarker Arm’s stocked has gone up 98%. Nvidia also recently passed Amazon and is creeping on Google.

4. $110M for a New AI Agent Startup

Bret Taylor, also known as the new board chair for OpenAI, has raised $110m for an AI agent startup called Sierra. The company is helping enterprises build customer service focused agents and is already working with companies like SiriusXM, Sonos and WeightWatchers.

3. Judge Dismisses Some Claims in Sarah Silverman Lawsuit

Good news for the AI defendants in Sarah Silverman’s copyright lawsuit. This week a US District Judge dismissed a number of claims including negligence, unjust enrichment, and violations of the DMCA. The core claim of direct copyright infringement, however, was allowed to proceed.

2. Nvidia Launches Local PC Chatbot

One of the big pushes these days is to get LLMs that work locally, on-device, with a users files, without touching the internet. Nvidia has dived into that space with a new demo chatbot for PC that promises exactly that.

1. Karpathy Leaves OpenAI as ChatGPT Gets Memory

One of OpenAI’s best known team members Andrej Karpathy has left the company, although he says it’s not for any dramatic reason. OpenAI also announced new memory features coming to ChatGPT.

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