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A daily news analysis show on all things artificial intelligence. NLW looks at AI from multiple angles, from the explosion of creativity brought on by new tools like Midjourney and ChatGPT to the potential disruptions to work and industries as we know them to the great philosophical, ethical and practical questions of advanced general intelligence, alignment and x-risk.

The AI Daily Brief (Formerly The AI Breakdown): Artificial Intelligence News and Analysis The Breakdown Network

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A daily news analysis show on all things artificial intelligence. NLW looks at AI from multiple angles, from the explosion of creativity brought on by new tools like Midjourney and ChatGPT to the potential disruptions to work and industries as we know them to the great philosophical, ethical and practical questions of advanced general intelligence, alignment and x-risk.

    OpenAI's Potential $5B Hole

    OpenAI's Potential $5B Hole

    Examine the recent report from The Information on OpenAI’s capital expenditures, suggesting it could spend $5 billion this year. This analysis explores the broader context of whether Wall Street views AI as a bubble, comparing OpenAI’s spending and revenue to its competitors. Additionally, discuss how the increasing costs of AI infrastructure impact major tech companies like Google and Meta, and the growing skepticism from analysts about AI’s ROI.


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    What the Senate Wants to Know About OpenAI

    What the Senate Wants to Know About OpenAI

    A group of 5 Senators sent a letter to OpenAI CEO Sam Altman asking for more information about a slate of recent controversies. Also, Elon Musk asks the Twitterati if Tesla should invest $5B in xAI.

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    • 15 min
    Llama 3.1 405B Eliminates Gap Between Open and Closed Source AI

    Llama 3.1 405B Eliminates Gap Between Open and Closed Source AI

    According to the earliest benchmarks, the newly released Llama 3.1 405B has almost entirely (if not entirely) closed the gap between closed and open source AI. At the very least, it's clear that 405B is a GPT-4o class model.

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    GPT-4o Mini and the Rise of Smaller, Low Cost AI Models

    GPT-4o Mini and the Rise of Smaller, Low Cost AI Models

    OpenAI released GPT-4o Mini this week. It's both more powerful and 60% cheaper than GPT-3.5. In this episode, NLW discusses how model competition is moving towards small at the same time it's proceeding towards state of the art.

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    • 16 min
    Elon Turns On "Most Powerful AI Training Cluster In the World"

    Elon Turns On "Most Powerful AI Training Cluster In the World"

    At 4:20am, Elon Musk turned on the Memphis Supercluster to begin training what he claims will be the world's most powerful AI by December. Also NLW explores a question: is it too late to start AI startups (or at least vertical LLMs)?

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    • 16 min
    AI and the Necessary Transformation of Education

    AI and the Necessary Transformation of Education

    A reading and discussion inspired by https://hechingerreport.org/opinion-what-teachers-call-ai-cheating-leaders-in-the-workforce-might-call-progress/



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    • 10 min

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285 Ratings

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Best Podcast to stay updated with AI

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