Elon Musk unveils xAI

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Wesley McKnight
July 14, 2023

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Here is what we got for you today:

  • 🕶️ Elon Musk unveils xAI

  • đź“Ł Google's Med-PaLM 2: A breakthrough AI in healthcare?

  • 🚀 OpenAI’s code interpreter

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Elon Musk is again looking to the stars, but this time, it's not about rockets or electric cars - he's out to "understand reality" with his latest endeavor, an AI company named xAI. If anyone can crack reality, it's probably Musk, right?

Key Points:

  • Musk has officially launched a new AI company, xAI, following his departure from OpenAI. The goal? Understanding the very nature of the universe.

  • The team is stacked with researchers from AI industry leaders such as DeepMind, Google Research, and Microsoft.

  • While the specifics of the mission are still quite cryptic, we know xAI will work closely with X Corp (formerly Twitter, Inc.), Tesla, and other companies to further its mission.

  • Although some may question the project's direction, with a stellar team and Musk's signature drive, xAI could potentially unlock new and exciting discoveries in AI.

Google's Med-PaLM 2, an AI tool built to answer medical queries, has been undergoing trials at Mayo Clinic and other renowned research hospitals since April. A spin-off from the PaLM 2 language model that powers Google's Bard, the cutting-edge Med-PaLM 2 boasts superior capabilities in healthcare conversations compared to generic chatbots.

Key Points:

  • Med-PaLM 2's AI is believed to be a game-changer, particularly in regions with limited access to medical professionals.

  • Google has trained the AI model using a curated set of medical expert demonstrations, resulting in a more health-focused AI.

  • Despite significant progress, the model still grapples with some accuracy issues, as seen in large language models. A study revealed physicians found more inaccuracies in answers provided by Med-PaLM and Med-PaLM 2 compared to other doctors.

  • However, Med-PaLM 2 excelled in other key metrics, performing on par with real doctors regarding evidence of reasoning, consensus-supported answers, and comprehension.

  • Google's senior research director Greg Corrado stated that Med-PaLM 2 is developing early. Though he wouldn't use it for his own family's healthcare journey yet, he predicts Med-PaLM 2 will increase the beneficial applications of AI in healthcare tenfold.

Key Points:

  • OpenAI has introduced a game-changing tool, Code Interpreter, which enables ChatGPT to execute code, adding a new dimension to its capabilities.

  • Designed to cater to a broader audience than developers, Code Interpreter facilitates detailed data analytics and visualization without users having to write any code.

  • ChatGPT can handle large datasets, allowing users to ask data-oriented questions directly, marking a significant step towards merging traditional programming with Large Language Models (LLMs).

Behind the Scenes:

  • OpenAI is making Code Interpreter a plugin for its premium offering, ChatGPT Plus.

  • Premium users can write Python code and perform tasks such as uploading files, asking ChatGPT to analyze data, creating charts, editing files, and performing mathematical operations.

  • An example use case demonstrated a simple word-guessing game based on the lyrics of "Never Gonna Give You Up" by Rick Astley.

  • ChatGPT Plus allows files up to 100MB in size to be uploaded, which remain in one session only.

Quick Hits

  • Meta is reportedly set to release a commercial version of its AI model that businesses can customize.

  • OpenAI extends its partnership with Shutterstock to train DALL-E on its library of images for six more years.

  • OpenELM is an open-source library that enables evolutionary search with language models in both code and natural language.

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Funding Friday

It’s Friday, so it is time for us to look at all this green money flooding into AI.

  • Resemble AI got $8 million series A to build AI voice cloning

  • Collective got $50 million to launch an AI-powered finance platform

  • Causaly got $60 million series B to build an AI platform for drug discovery

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