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Daily Digest: Mark Zuckerberg's AI update

PLUS: ChatGPT enters classrooms, officially.

January 19, 2024

Hello folks, here’s what we have today;

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  1. Mark Zuckerberg betting big on AGI's potential and isn't shy about it. Zuckerberg is merging Meta’s 2 AI teams: Meta’s AI research (FAIR) and generative AI product development. Meta's serious about this, with a massive stockpile of Nvidia’s GPUs—a whopping 340,000 H100s by year's end and in total 600,000 equivalent GPUs.🍿Our Summary (also below)

  2. Also read: Inside Meta’s big AI reorg. The Verge’s detailed interview with Mark Zuckerberg. Also inside: Sundar Pichai’s memo to Google employees. Important stuff → Google employees can now begin internally testing Bard Advanced.

  3. OpenAI's latest move - partnering up with Arizona State University (ASU). It's their first-ever collaboration with a higher education institution. ASU is about to get its hands on the full suite of ChatGPT Enterprise, starting February.🍿Our Summary (also below)

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Mark Zuckerberg betting big on AGI's potential and isn't shy about it. Key players like OpenAI, Google's Demis Hassabis, and now Meta's Mark Zuckerberg are all gunning for artificial general intelligence (AGI)—the next pinnacle of AI.

What is going on here?

Mark Zuckerberg’s new goal is to create artificial general intelligence and maybe open-source it.

What does this mean?

Zuckerberg has thrown Meta's hat into the ring for developing AGI, merging Meta’s AI research (FAIR) and generative AI product development teams. Meta's serious about this, dedicating immense resources like a massive stockpile of Nvidia’s GPUs—a whopping 340,000 H100s by year's end and in total 600,000 equivalent GPUs.

But here's the twist: there's no clear AGI definition or timeline, not even from Zuckerberg. Yet, he's all about the breadth of intelligence, from reasoning to intuition. Meta's working on Llama 3, a large language model, beefing up its code-generating and reasoning capabilities. And, Zuckerberg is championing an open-source approach to AGI, contrasting it with companies turning more secretive.

Why should I care?

The restructuring of Meta to fast-track AI into their products, aiming to reach billions of users seems similar to Google Brain and Deepmind merger. But Zuckerberg isn’t thinking about saving revenue from search. For him, AI (or AGI) is a part of the “Metaverse” plan.

Llama 3 will again be open source, but AGI might not be—Zuckerberg doesn’t want to commit just yet but wants to lean towards open source. Fair I’d say.

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So, we're diving into OpenAI's latest move - partnering up with Arizona State University (ASU). It's their first-ever collaboration with a higher education institution. You know the drill, it's all about ChatGPT and the wonders of AI.

What is going on here?

In a nutshell, ASU is about to get its hands on the full suite of ChatGPT Enterprise, starting February. We're talking a full-blown integration into their coursework, tutoring, and research.

What does this mean?

Alright, let’s break it down. ASU isn’t just planning to use ChatGPT for the usual stuff. They want to create personalized AI tutors for students, which is a game-changer for subjects like STEM. Plus, they're rolling out AI avatars to help students study in more creative ways. Physics sonnets—yup, that's where we're heading.

This partnership didn’t just happen overnight. It’s been brewing for six months, with ASU already dipping its toes in ChatGPT waters. What makes ChatGPT Enterprise stand out? No usage caps, double the speed, and it includes GPT-4. So, ASU students are in for a treat with uncapped access to this tech.

Why should I care?

AI is becoming a staple in education. We're witnessing a major university fully embracing AI to revolutionize learning and research. This partnership is a blueprint for how AI can be meshed into higher education. OpenAI is keeping a close eye on how this partnership will evolve and find answers to how AI can be integrated responsibly in academia.

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