This Week in AI
Reed Hoffman: Bridging the AI Gap
The New xAI Model?
Robots at the Whitney
Search is Changing
Reed Hoffman: Bridging the AI Gap
Graduates from AI engineering programs face challenges in incorporating AI into workflows.
The AI Adoption Spectrum: According to a Deloitte survey, the adoption of AI technology varies among organizations with:
26% classified as "seasoned" adopters leading in AI maturity
47% as "skilled" having implemented multiple AI systems
27% as "starters" just beginning to explore AI capabilities.
Deloitte
The New xAI Model?
xAI Elon Musk’s new AI company associated with 𝕏(formally Twitter) is releasing a new model: Grok 1.5
Open Source First: The announcement follows xAI’s recent open-sourcing of Grok-1
It can process longer contexts (the ability for the user to input more information) of up to 128,000 tokens (1 token = roughly ¾ of a word) promising better understanding and performance.
Harold Cohen + AARON:
In the late 1960s, Harold Cohen, originally a celebrated British painter created AARON, an AI image-generating software
Unlike other A.I. art generators, which typically rely on extensive datasets of existing art, AARON constructs images from scratch based on predefined coding rules, working like a painter.
Harold Cohen
Search is Changing:
Google's Strategic Pivot: Google is exploring adding AI-powered search features to a premium subscription, potentially reshaping its business model.
Emerging Challengers: Perplexity emerges as a competitor leveraging AI to deliver a more personalized search experience as opposed to traditional keyword-focused search ⬇️
Perplexity in Action