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OpenAI News: Week Ending 03/01/2024

March 4, 2024

For Sora news, there’s lots of cool stuff, please visit this week’s video section:
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“Another set of releases and, again, no AI has definitively beat GPT-4, which was in private beta well over a year ago Gemini Advanced is the only one of similar level, Mistral Large is below. On deck possibilities: Gemini 1.5 Ultra… and GPT-5. (Maybe Llama 3? Grok 2? Claude 3?)” / X – https://twitter.com/emollick/status/1762282903944184116

“ChatGPT is undermining question-and-answer communities, like StackOverflow, but not ones that require human interaction, like Reddit… yet. (Both are sources for training data) The paper also discusses how to revitalize user communities in the age of AI. https://t.co/gTvSolK8fO https://t.co/A20nWf9VEM” / X – https://twitter.com/emollick/status/1762263400128659666

“openai legal entity structure is nuts https://t.co/2L7hkpDnqe” / X – https://twitter.com/iroasmas/status/1763947341038469418?s=20

OpenAI wants to make a walking, talking humanoid robot smarter | Popular Science – https://www.popsci.com/technology/openai-wants-to-make-a-walking-talking-humanoid-robot-smarter/

OPENAI FEATHER – OpenAI, Inc. Trademark Registration

OPENAI FEATHER™ trademark registration is intended to cover the categories of data labeling and annotation services, namely, data processing and systemization services using automated labeling and annotating of images, audio, video, text and other forms of electronic data; updating and maintenance of data in computer databases; data processing services; compilation and management of computerized databases and consulting services related thereto

– https://uspto.report/TM/98010856

“Elon just sued OpenAI for breach of contract and fiduciary duty! He is claiming that OpenAI violated terms by becoming a closed source for profit corporation and is demanding that they open source their AI Don’t know if it will stand up in a legal court but it will… https://t.co/ZHRFqusA6N” / X – https://twitter.com/bindureddy/status/1763487614022324641

“This is nuts. I uploaded my square foot garden layout and asked ChatGPT if it foresaw any issues… https://t.co/IxzGHjjzqo” / X – https://twitter.com/mariepoulin/status/1761499809175712160

Elon Musk sues OpenAI over AI threat | Courthouse News Service – https://www.courthousenews.com/elon-musk-sues-openai-over-ai-threat/

musk-v-altman-openai-complaint-sf.pdf – https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/musk-v-altman-openai-complaint-sf.pdf

Elon Musk sues OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman over contract breach – https://www.cnbc.com/2024/03/01/elon-musk-sues-openai-and-ceo-sam-altman-over-contract-breach.html

OpenAI accuses NYT of hacking ChatGPT to set up copyright suit | Ars Technica – https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/02/openai-accuses-nyt-of-hacking-chatgpt-to-set-up-copyright-suit/

Tumblr and WordPress to Sell Users’ Data to Train AI Tools – https://www.404media.co/tumblr-and-wordpress-to-sell-users-data-to-train-ai-tools/

Be Sure To Read “This Week In AI”

This week’s executive overview and top links are here:

AI News #22: Week Ending 03/01/2024 with Executive Summary and Top 25 Stories

The post you just read 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.

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