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New AI Coding App Devin Shocks the World
Plus Google restricts Gemini from election talk
Nathaniel Whittemore
March 13, 2024
The AI Breakdown First Five - Wednesday March 13, 2024
Today on the First Five:
5. Is Extropic A Breakthrough in Compute?
4. Physical Intelligence Raises $70M Seed Round
3. Western Countries More Skeptical of AI
2. Google Restricts Gemini From Talking About Elections
1. Cognition’s Devin AI Coder Stuns the World
5. Is Extropic A Breakthrough in Compute?
e/acc luminary Beff Jezos’ real life alter ego Guillaume Verdon and his team at Extropic have announced more about what they’re building. In short, they’re building a new hardware platform designed to harness nature for computational resources.
Guillaume and Trevor have invented a new computing paradigm: not classical, not quantum, but thermodynamic.
@Extropic_AI harnesses entropy — literal heat — to generate randomness, enabling faster & more energy-efficient AI accelerators.
It's mind-bending tech. Let's dive deep. twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
— Christian Keil (@pronounced_kyle)
1:23 AM • Mar 12, 2024
4. Physical Intelligence Raises $70M Seed Round
Some seriously big ambition has been on display withs startup announcements recently, and the powerhouse team behind Physical Intelligence is no exception. They’re building foundation models specifically for physical devices and robots.
I'm starting a company with @brian_ichter, @chelseabfinn, @svlevine, @hausman_k, @QuanVng, and @SurajNair_1 called Physical Intelligence (π.com!). We're bringing general-purpose AI into the physical world.
— Lachy Groom (@lachygroom)
7:37 PM • Mar 12, 2024
3. Western Countries More Skeptical of AI
A new study shows that Western countries are far more skeptical of AI than developing world counterparts. Is it a feeling of having more to lose? Perhaps the never ending onslaught of terrified AI risk media coverage?
This something of a surprise: the US the most pessimistic of major countries about AI's potential to improve productivity. axios.com/2024/03/12/wes…
— Greg Sterling 🇺🇦 (@gsterling)
4:47 PM • Mar 12, 2024
2. Google Restricts Gemini From Talking About Elections
Google has ratcheted up its attempts to tamp down election-related misinformation. It will now prohibit Gemini from answering election related questions in regions that have elections this year.
Google is restricting its AI chatbot from answering election-related questions in countries where voting is taking place this year, as the company tries to avoid spreading disinformation.
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— Sky News (@SkyNews)
4:59 AM • Mar 13, 2024
1. Cognition’s Devin AI Coder Stuns the World
We mentioned Cognition AI’s Devin yesterday, but boy did the demo explode after that. People are absolutely stunned by the AI’s ability to write software unaided by humans. Some are thrilled at the possibilities — others, terrified.
No clue if this replaces software devs in a few years, but the free lunch is gone. The days of graduating an 8 week bootcamp where you learn React, then fall into a $200K job are over.
Be ready to grind & learn deeply. Expertly guiding ai to a good result might be our value-add.
— Adam Rackis (@AdamRackis)
4:58 PM • Mar 12, 2024
Bonus: Competitive Math Geeks Make Good Product
In case you were wondering just how cracked the team @cognition_labs is...
This was the CEO (@ScottWu46) 14 years ago.
— Jack Burlinson (@jfbrly)
8:47 PM • Mar 12, 2024
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