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Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) News: Week Ending 07/12/2024

July 12, 2024

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Exclusive: OpenAI working on new reasoning technology under code name ‘Strawberry’ | Reuters

https://www.reuters.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/openai-working-new-reasoning-technology-under-code-name-strawberry-2024-07-12

“OpenAI reportedly internally introduced a new five-tier system to track its progress toward AGI. The classification system ranges from Level 1 (current conversational AI) to Level 5 (AI capable of running entire organizations).

OpenAI reportedly internally introduced a new five-tier system to track its progress toward AGI.

The classification system ranges from Level 1 (current conversational AI) to Level 5 (AI capable of running entire organizations). pic.twitter.com/VceYR1Q1k3
— Rowan Cheung (@rowancheung) July 12, 2024

OpenAI on the steps for AI to reach human intelligence

https://qz.com/openai-five-level-system-human-intelligence-ai-1851588122

OpenAI Sets Levels to Track Progress Toward Superintelligent AI – Bloomberg

https://archive.is/SLtFQ

OpenAI Sets Levels to Track Progress Toward Superintelligent AI – Bloomberg

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-07-11/openai-sets-levels-to-track-progress-toward-superintelligent-ai

“OpenAI has come up w/ a framework of 5 levels to track progress twd AGI, and think they’re currently near level 2 (“Reasoners”) At recent all-hands, leadership also did a research demo of GPT4 w/ improved reasoning by @rachelmetz w/ an assist from me

OpenAI has come up w/ a framework of 5 levels to track progress twd AGI, and think they're currently near level 2 ("Reasoners")

At recent all-hands, leadership also did a research demo of GPT4 w/ improved reasoning

by @rachelmetz w/ an assist from mehttps://t.co/vlYyshPuQn pic.twitter.com/WeZnB5pS7K
— Shirin Ghaffary (@shiringhaffary) July 11, 2024

OpenAI is reportedly working on more advanced AI models capable of reasoning and ‘deep research’

https://www.engadget.com/openai-is-reportedly-working-on-more-advanced-ai-models-capable-of-reasoning-and-deep-research-202419228.html?src=rss

“Per Bloomberg, OpenAI at an employee meeting on Tuesday “gave a demonstration of a research project involving its GPT-4 AI model that OpenAI thinks shows some new skills that rise to human-like reasoning,” and believes it’s on the cusp of reaching level 2 “Reasoners” of a 5 level

Per Bloomberg, OpenAI at an employee meeting on Tuesday "gave a demonstration of a research project involving its GPT-4 AI model that OpenAI thinks shows some new skills that rise to human-like reasoning," and believes it's on the cusp of reaching level 2 "Reasoners" of a 5 level… pic.twitter.com/iSTDCB47D0
— Rohan Paul (@rohanpaul_ai) July 12, 2024

“Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott says despite what some people think, scale will keep making AI models better in every way and the next generation will be proof of that

Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott says despite what some people think, scale will keep making AI models better in every way and the next generation will be proof of that pic.twitter.com/ngREfufbex
— Tsarathustra (@tsarnick) July 10, 2024

“Defeated by AI, Go legend Lee Sedol shares a bittersweet perspective in the @nytimes: 🤖🎭 “Losing to AI, in a sense, meant my entire world was collapsing.” Yet, he’s not a doomsayer: – AI may replace jobs, but also create new ones – Humans created both Go AND the AI that

Defeated by AI, Go legend Lee Sedol shares a bittersweet perspective in the @nytimes: 🤖🎭
"Losing to AI, in a sense, meant my entire world was collapsing."

Yet, he's not a doomsayer:
– AI may replace jobs, but also create new ones
– Humans created both Go AND the AI that… pic.twitter.com/IkSNU5qITU
— Florent Daudens (@fdaudens) July 10, 2024

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