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OpenAI Quietly Abandoned Arrakis Model Earlier This Year
Plus new US-China AI chip restrictions
Nathaniel Whittemore
October 18, 2023
The AI Breakdown First Five - Wednesday October 18, 2023
Today on the First Five:
5. Foxconn-Nvidia Team Up On “AI Factories”
4. Walmart’s Responsible AI Pledge
3. Inflection’s Pi Can Now Browse the Internet
2. US Announces New AI Chip Export Restrictions
1. OpenAI Abandoned Arrakis
5. Foxconn-Nvidia Team Up On “AI Factories”
A new type of industrial center is being conceptualized and Nvidia is calling it an “AI Factory.” Speaking at a Foxconn event, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang laid out a vision where these AI factories would continuously receive and transmit data from AI-powered devices such as autonomous vehicles.
🚘⚡️🇹🇼 Here in #Taiwan for CNN’s #MarketplaceAsia for #Foxconn’s annual Technology Day. #Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is also here in his trademark leather jacket.
Huang and Foxconn Chair Young Liu announced a collaboration on two fronts: #AI factories and AI-enabled #EVs.
— Kristie Lu Stout✌🏽 (@klustout)
4:57 AM • Oct 18, 2023
4. Walmart’s Responsible AI Pledge
World’s biggest retailer Walmart has dived into the AI pond head first. The company released an AI-powered companion app earlier this year, and has now followed that up with a set of 6 principles for ethical AI. Will other retailers follow suit?
As AI evolves, we want those we serve to feel confident and comfortable with the ways we use it. So, we've built a Responsible AI Pledge, centered on six commitments highlighting how customers, members and associates can expect us to use AI responsibly.
— Walmart Inc. (@WalmartInc)
8:16 PM • Oct 17, 2023
3. Inflection’s Pi Can Now Browse the Internet
While Google and OpenAI and Meta race for business-capabilities, Inflection’s Pi is taking a very different approach in trying to address human connection through AI. Their latest development is that their personal assistant Pi can now browse the internet.
Ever wanted to ask Pi about the latest news, events, and more? Now you can because it's fully up to date with real-time access to fresh information from across the Web.
What are you going to talk to Pi about today?
— Inflection AI (@inflectionAI)
8:42 PM • Oct 16, 2023
2. US Announces New AI Chip Export Restrictions
The US Commerce Department announced yet another round of AI export restrictions that are aimed at closing loopholes left by last year’s rules that have allowed China to continue to access advanced AI chips. Chip manufacturers are not fans but the US says it’s necessary for national security.
Nvidia stock, $NVDA, is now down 7.5% as President Biden restricts AI chip sales to China.
The stock has erased nearly $100 billion in value in just over 24 hours.
We now have:
1. Multiple wars around the world
2. The beginning of a new trade war with China
3. Least… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
— The Kobeissi Letter (@KobeissiLetter)
1:57 PM • Oct 17, 2023
1. OpenAI Abandoned Arrakis
Throughout the year, little leaks have been coming out from OpenAI about advanced models and other plans. One interesting new tidbit shared by The Information is that the company actually abandoned one of their models Arrakis this year when they found it simply wasn’t performing.
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Whether you're a musician like @TheChainsmokers (our advisors!), or just making ‘good morning!’ riffs for a friend, we hope you’ll come make music with us
— Seth Forsgren (@sethforsgren)
1:47 PM • Oct 17, 2023
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