Category: AGI

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AI’s impact on labor productivity will depend on how we use the technology

Colin Henderson

July 16, 2024 Fortune Magazine Hello. Today, I’m writing from Deer Valley, Utah, where Fortune is holding its Brainstorm Tech conference. AI has, unsurprisingly, been a major theme of the event. Here’s a recap of some of the key AI tidbits so far: On Monday, my colleague Emma Hinchliffe interviewed San Francisco Federal Reserve President Mary Daly, who said generative AI’s impact on the labor market will depend on what we do with the technology. Daly said we should expect generative AI to contribute to at least average productivity growth, which is currently 1.5% annually. But she also said that … Continue reading AI’s impact on labor productivity will depend on how we use the technology

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OpenAI, Perplexity, Suno and More: The 10 AI Startups to Watch

Colin Henderson

Artificial intelligence is developing at a dizzying pace, with technology that can do everything from churning out pop ballads to writing code. And while it’s still early days—even the best chatbots make things up—the implications for humans are good, bad and inescapable. A boom in innovation has led to more funding, with tens of billions of dollars put into AI companies in just the first half of this year. Here are 10 of the biggest, most important and best-funded startups to watch in 2024, plus six of the industry’s most significant up-and-comers. COMPANY OpenAI CEO Sam Altman PRODUCT Chatbot ChatGPT, … Continue reading OpenAI, Perplexity, Suno and More: The 10 AI Startups to Watch

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Customize Generative AI Models for Enterprise Applications with Llama 3.1

Colin Henderson

Source nvidia blog Jul 23, 2024 By Chintan Patel and Nirmal Kumar Juluru The newly unveiled Llama 3.1 collection of 8B, 70B, and 405B large language models(LLMs) is narrowing the gap between proprietary and open-source models. Their open nature is attracting more developers and enterprises to integrate these models into their AI applications. These models excel at various tasks including content generation, coding, and deep reasoning, and can be used to power enterprise applications for use cases like chatbots, natural language processing, and language translation. The Llama 3.1 405B model, thanks to the sheer size of its training data, is an excellent candidate for generating synthetic … Continue reading Customize Generative AI Models for Enterprise Applications with Llama 3.1

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AI Economic impact  missing 

Colin Henderson

/AI Economic impact missing – in progress Finance and economics | A sequence of zeroesSo far the technology has had almost no economic impact but … Move to san francisco and it is hard not to be swept up by mania over artificial intelligence (ai). Advertisements tell you about how the tech will revolutionise your workplace. In bars people speculate about when the world will “get agi”, or when machines will become more advanced than humans. The five big tech firms—Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Meta and Microsoft, all of which have either headquarters or outposts nearby—are investing vast sums. This year … Continue reading AI Economic impact  missing 

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China to ensure their systems “embody core socialist values”

Colin Henderson

This development from China indicates their desire to continue the Chinese values within technology including AI. This adds another dimension to consideration of elements within the direction and progress to AGI. —- —- Financial Times Chinese government officials are testing artificial intelligence companies’ large language models to ensure their systems “embody core socialist values”, in the latest expansion of the country’s censorship regime. The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC), a powerful internet overseer, has forced large tech companies and AI start-ups including ByteDance, Alibaba, Moonshot and 01.AI to take part in a mandatory government review of their AI models, according … Continue reading China to ensure their systems “embody core socialist values”

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OpenAI’s Q* gets a ‘Strawberry’ evolution

Colin Henderson

The Rundown: OpenAI is reportedly developing a secretive new AI model codenamed ‘Strawberry’ (formerly Q*), designed to dramatically improve AI reasoning capabilities and enable autonomous internet research. The details: Strawberry is an evolution of OpenAI’s previously rumored Q* project, which was touted as a significant breakthrough in AI capabilities. Q* had reportedly sparked internal concerns and was rumored to have contributed to Sam Altman’s brief firing in November 2023 (what Ilya saw). The new model aims to navigate the internet autonomously to conduct what OpenAI calls “deep research.” The exact workings of Strawberry remain a closely guarded secret, even within … Continue reading OpenAI’s Q* gets a ‘Strawberry’ evolution

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Creating a roadmap for AI integration

Colin Henderson

CxOs need a comprehensive AI strategy for business success. This guide by Ali Arsanjani provides insights and practical steps for integrating AI ethically and sustainably. It covers understanding AI architecture, AI lifecycle patterns, building AI competencies, creating a roadmap for AI integration, advanced AI techniques, ethical considerations, enhancing AI reliability, strategic implementation, compliance, future trends, and developing an AI strategy. [Read more](https://medium.com/@subscriptions/comprehensive-ai-strategy-and-implementation-for-business-success-7e8e8e8e8e8e) Continue reading Creating a roadmap for AI integration