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• 🏫 The White House calls for AI risks meeting

• 🧠 Deepmind CEO says AGI is possible in a few years

• 💸 A new ChatGPT plugin for investing

• 🤖 Replit releases code generation language model

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🏫 The White House calls for AI risks meeting

Top executives from Google, Microsoft, OpenAI, and Anthropic are set to convene at the White House to discuss the risks associated with artificial intelligence (AI). The meeting aims to address potential risks and explore ways to mitigate them. The gathering will include high-profile figures such as Sundar Pichai, Satya Nadella, Dario Amodei, and Sam Altman.

The meeting follows an Open Letter signed by several tech leaders, urging a pause in AI development beyond GPT-4. Recently, Geoffrey Hinton, known as the "Godfather of AI," left Google to warn of the impending dangers. It is crucial to develop a balanced regulatory approach that protects against potential harm while enabling society to benefit from AI's possibilities.

🧠 Deepmind CEO says AGI is possible in a few years

According to Demis Hassabis, the CEO of Google's DeepMind AI lab, the achievement of AGI could be only a few years away. Hassabis recently spoke at a Wall Street Journal conference, expressing his belief that AI's progress is unlikely to decelerate.

However, he emphasized the importance of a careful and scientific approach to the pursuit of AGI, including rigorous testing and experimentation. This highlights the significance of the forthcoming White House gathering, where specialists will evaluate the potential societal consequences of AGI and address critical ethical concerns surrounding AI technology.

💸 A new ChatGPT plugin for investing

The initial version of Portfolio Pilot, a certified ChatGPT add-on for investing, has been recently launched. This plugin, supported by hedge fund models, is currently available to users with plugin access.

During a brief demonstration, the developer Alexander Harmsen showcases the plugin's capabilities, such as ETF exploration, company comparison, portfolio importation, portfolio evaluations, portfolio analytics, investment recommendations, security details, and stock search, all powered by our trusted ChatGPT.

However, relying entirely on a chatbot plugin for financial guidance is not recommended and could potentially brand you as a "degen."

🤖 Replit releases code generation language model

Introducing Replit, the latest addition to the open-source language model scene! This startup has been gaining significant recognition in the field of AI and has recently launched their debut base model, ReplitLM, which specializes in generative coding.

According to standard benchmarks, the model's performance is state-of-the-art, even surpassing OpenAI's Codex. What's more, ReplitLM is commercially open-sourced, allowing businesses to integrate and utilize it as they please.

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FASCINATING FINDS

• On this day - May 4, 2000, In a mere six hours, the Love Letter computer virus, also known as the "ILOVEYOU" bug, rapidly infects Windows-based personal computers worldwide. Using email as its medium, the virus lures unsuspecting individuals to open a message with the subject line "ILOVEYOU." As a result, an estimated 2.5 to 3 million PCs fall victim to the virus, causing a whopping $8.7 billion in system downtime costs. This virus is believed to be the swiftest and most pervasive in history. (link)

• Weird but interesting - Why do virtual assistants like Siri, Alexa, and Cortana have female voices? Some suggest it's because female voices are clearer and more pleasant to listen to, while others point out that most AI specialists are men. However, it's worth noting that many virtual assistants now have male counterparts, such as Google Assistant. (link)

• Mind-boggling statistics - A study used 100 million Instagram photos to study the human condition. (link)

MISCELLANEOUS

(News, podcasts, videos, blogs etc)

• How to survive the coming AI job apocalypse. (link)

• Range - Training AI to give financial advice, raised $12m from Google's AI VC firm. (link)

• Beware of AI pseudoscience and snake oil. (link)

• AGI safety career advice. (link)

• AI race is disrupting education firms, and that is just the start. (link)

• How tools like ChatGPT can make teaching easier and more effective. (link)

• Booz Allen selects Credo AI to deliver responsible AI solutions to the US federal government. (link)

• Checks, the AI-powered data protection project incubated in Area 120, officially ‘exits’ to Google. (link)

• Mojo may be the biggest programming language advance in decades. (link)

• Hollywood’s writers are going on strike to stop ChatGPT from taking their jobs. (link)

• Distilling step-by-step! Outperforming larger language models with less training data and smaller model sizes. (link)

• Real-time radiance fields for single-image portrait view synthesis. (link)

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