This Week in AI

1. Reed Hoffman: Bridging the AI Gap

2. The New xAI Model?

3. Robots at the Whitney

4. 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.

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.

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 ⬇️