AI Reading for Saturday January 18
AI is doing 95% of the work on an IPO prospectus, Goldman Sachs CEO says - Business Insider
(fake AI image)
Altman: #1 skill in the age of AI is asking the right questions - Inc.
Should this company really IPO?
I have to say one of the best uses of AI is uploading a paper and having a convo about it, like having office hours with the author.
API and ChatGPT to release at same time in a couple of weeks ... no long preview period like for o1-preview? - The Verge
C.I.A.’s Chatbot Stands In for World Leaders. I guess to help prep for briefings, negotiations and summits. - NY Times
"ChatGPT Saved my Marriage" - Reddit
Humanoid robots to assist at iPhone assembly plant in China after UBTech-Foxconn deal - Interesting Engineering
Waymo says its Chinese-made robotaxi is still on track despite new restrictions on EV imports. - WIRED
Testing text-to-image models by trying to recreate historical images. - MUO
Man busted for AI-generated CSAM. - Ars Technica
ChatGPT will let you select response styles like chatty or Gen Z, like configuration-driven custom instructions. - TechCrunch
Somebody trained a D&D AI dungeonmaster on fan-provided transcripts, drawing ire over IP issues. - Polygon
Devin 1.2 released - VentureBeat
NVIDIA AGI Robots Will Soon Be Transforming Workplaces and Society - Geeky Gadgets
I’ll take the under on the humanoid robots. Prediction: no humanoid robots with product-market fit at scale for ~10 years. First, on-screen conversational avatars and static or wheeled industrial robots with more human characteristics like natural language and tactile fingers, Then eventually expensive high-maintenance humanoid robots. Carrying boxes around a factory is a step ahead, but it’s like when Waymos first started with test drivers 7 years ago. And Waymos are still heavily subsidized, not yet able to scale profitably.
Generative AI’s environmental impact - MIT News
Seems to be hoping Axios can make a Dr. Seuss level picture book incoming MAGA Republicans will understand.
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