X/Grok News of The Week

Grok is, in general, very ungrounded and prone to hallucination. It gets a lot of things wrong with current events (which is supposed to be its strength).

Phi 2, here running on my computer (but which also runs on my iPhone) hallucinates, but I kind of like its version better than Grok's. pic.twitter.com/msu9sZiVPX

— Ethan Mollick (@emollick) January 10, 2024

Grok (Regular Mode) identifies the fifth North Korean astronaut to walk on the Moon, quotes the poem he wrote for his dying goldfish, and cites as its source a three-word tweet reply to a clip of Michael Jackson moonwalkinghttps://twitter.com/goodside/status/1744871571112575331

Be Sure To Read “This Week in AI“

This is an extension of my weekly newsletter, This Week In AI, an executive summary of the top things to know in AI. Each week, I create an accessible overview for laypeople to feel confident they are conversant with the week’s AI developments. I include a curated list of must-click links of the week, to offer everyone a hands-on opportunity to explore the most intriguing updates in artificial intelligence across various categories, including robotics, imagery, video, AR/VR, science, ethics, and more. Beyond the overview, I post these topic-based deeper dives (below). If you haven’t read this week’s overview, I recommend starting there.

This week’s executive overview and top links are here:
AI News #15: Week Ending 01/12/2024 with Executive Summary and Top 13 Stories

Credits/Sources

Most of these links come from just a few incredible sources.  Please follow them:

• Robert Scoble: https://x.com/Scobleizer
• Ethan Mollick:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/emollick/
• David Armano: https://www.linkedin.com/in/darmano/
• Alan Thompson: https://lifearchitect.ai/
• Theoretically Media: https://www.youtube.com/@TheoreticallyMedia 
• The Rundown: https://www.therundown.ai/
• Borriss: https://twitter.com/_Borriss_  
• Bilawal Sidhu:  https://twitter.com/bilawalsidhu/ 
• TLDR: https://tldr.tech/ai 
• Jeremiah Owyang: https://twitter.com/jowyang 
• Wes Roth: https://www.youtube.com/@WesRoth 

Previous Issues

• AI News: Week Ending 01/05/2024: https://ethanbholland.com/2024/01/14/ai-news-14-week-ending-01-05-2023-with-executive-summary-and-top-16-stories/  
• AI News: Week Ending 12/29/2023: https://ethanbholland.com/2024/01/07/ai-news-12-week-ending-12-29-2023-with-executive-summary-and-top-9-stories/ 
• AI News: Week Ending 12/22/2023: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/ai-news-week-ending-12222023-executive-summary-top-links-holland-frx4e 
• AI News: Week Ending 12/15/2023: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/ai-news-week-ending-12152023-ethan-holland-elmee 
• AI News: Week Ending 12/08/2023: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/ai-news-week-ending-12082023-ethan-holland-zabve 
• AI News: Week Ending 12/01/2023: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/ai-news-week-ending-12012023-ethan-holland-rglve  
• AI News: Week Ending 11/24/2023: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/ai-news-week-ending-11242023-ethan-holland-jqvre 
• AI News: Week Ending 11/17/2023: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/ai-news-week-ending-11172023-ethan-holland-ad6le  
• AI News: Week Ending 11/10/2023: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/ai-news-week-ending-11102023-executive-summary-top-three-holland-yjdef/ 
• AI News: Week Ending 11/03/2023: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/ethanholland_aiebh-ai-generativeai-activity-7131396231678844928-3U8M
• AI News: Week Ending 10/27/2023: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/ethanholland_aiebh-ai-generativeai-activity-7127139342321356800-uBPD
• AI News: Week Ending 10/20/2023: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/ai-news-week-ending-10202023-ethan-holland-eocpe 
• AI News: Week Ending 10/13/2023:  https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/ai-news-week-ending-10132023-executive-summary-ethan-holland-nq9bf 

AI News: Week Ending 10/6/2023: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/ai-news-week-ending-1062023-ethan-holland-b6uhe