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Last Week Open AI CEO Sam Altman Shared that Zuckerberg Failed to snag Some of His Top Talent, Even With Bribes Up to $100M - Today we Learn 3 Open AI Staffers are Headed to Meta...

Open AI vs Meta

There's officially a talent war in AI - until this week I wouldn't use any word beyond 'competitive' to describe the situation - but these latest developments make 'war' totally appropriate.

Last week, Altman was a proud man with a faithful team...

He shared how other companies were after his top talent, but they weren't budging - "Meta has started making these, like, giant offers to a lot of people on our team” Sam Altman said on a podcast last week “You know, like, $100 million signing bonuses, more than that in compensation per year - and I’m really happy that, at least so far, none of our best people have decided to take him up on that"

Altman went on to say he believes Open AI’s culture of innovation is what has kept the top minds in AI there, and that Meta’s “current AI efforts have not worked as well as they hoped".

But here in Silicon Valley, things can change quickly...

There are reportedly 3 OpenAI staffers now heading to Meta -  Lucas Beyer, Alexander Kolesnikov, and Xiaohua Zhai — the team that ran OpenAI’s Zurich office. It appears the Zuck can indeed sway some minds.

Zuckerberg personally has been messaging top AI researchers on WhatsApp, and inviting his targets to dinners at his homes in Palo Alto and Lake Tahoe.

Meta also recently signed Scale AI’s CEO Alexandr Wang with a $14 billion investment, the 28-year-old is one of tech's most expensive hires ever, and there were no shortage of people who found these numbers insane. 

This latest development only further underscores the escalating battle for AI's brightest minds, if I had to bet if the battle calms down from here, or grows into something much nastier, unfortunately, it' the latter.

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Author: Dalton Kline
Tech News CITY /Silicon Valley Newsroom

OpenAI Finds itself in Multiple Controversies... Again. Plus Other Big AI News This Week....

 

AI News This Week

The world of artificial intelligence continues to evolve rapidly, with new developments emerging across various domains. Here's a roundup of the latest AI news:

AI Image Generation Reaches New Heights

Recent advancements in AI-generated images have been remarkable, with models like Flux producing incredibly realistic human portraits. While some minor imperfections remain, such as gibberish text on lanyards or slightly off microphone renderings, the overall quality is becoming increasingly difficult to distinguish from real photographs.

OpenAI Continues to Find itself in Controversies, and other OpenAI News...

Open AI, one of the leading AI research companies, has been at the center of several developments and controversies:

Cryptic "Strawberry" References: CEO Sam Altman posted an image of strawberries, fueling speculation about a rumored advanced AI model codenamed "Strawberry."

Leadership Changes: Co-founder John Sheu left to join Anthropic, while Greg Brockman announced an extended sabbatical.

New Board Member: Ziko Kolter, an AI safety and alignment expert, joined Open AI's board.

GPT-4.0 System Card: Open AI released a detailed report on safety measures for GPT-4.0.

Emotional Attachment Warning: The company cautioned about potential user emotional reliance on AI voice modes.

Structured Outputs API: A new feature for developers was introduced to improve data handling.

AI Text Detection Tool: Open AI developed but chose not to release a tool for identifying AI-generated text.

Legal Challenges: Elon Musk filed a new lawsuit against Open AI, while a YouTuber initiated a class action suit over alleged copyright infringement.

Anthropic's Bug Bounty Program

Anthropic launched a bug bounty program offering up to $115,000 for discovering novel jailbreak attacks on their AI models.

AI in Job Searches

HubSpot released a toolkit designed to help job seekers leverage AI in their search for employment opportunities.

Character AI Partners with Google

Character AI's co-founders are joining Google, with the company's CEO returning to his former employer to work on AI models at DeepMind.

Advancements in AI for Math and Video

Qwen-2-Math: A new large language model fine-tuned for mathematical tasks outperforms existing models in benchmark testing.

ByteDance's Jimang AI: TikTok's parent company debuted a new AI video generation model, though its capabilities compared to Open AI's Sora remain unclear.

Runway ML Updates: Runway introduced a new feature allowing users to specify ending frames in AI-generated videos.

Opus Clip Enhancements: The AI-powered video clipping tool added new capabilities for identifying specific content within videos.

Other AI Integrations and Developments

WordPress AI Writing Tool: Automatic launched an AI tool to improve blog readability.

Amazon Music and Audible AI Features: Both platforms are testing AI-powered content discovery features.

Reddit AI Search: The platform is testing AI-generated summaries for search results.

Google's AI-Powered TV Streamer: A new device leveraging Gemini AI for content curation is in development.

AI in Drive-Throughs: Wendy's is testing AI-powered ordering systems with improved accuracy.

Robotics Advancements: Google DeepMind showcased a table tennis-playing robot, while Nvidia demonstrated AR-controlled robotics using Apple Vision Pro.

New Humanoid Robot: Figure Robotics unveiled the Figure 02, a new humanoid robot being tested on BMW production lines.

As AI technology continues to advance, we can expect to see more innovations and integrations across various industries in the coming months, and you'll hear about them here as soon as it happens!

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Author: Trevor Kingsley
Tech News CITY /New York Newsroom