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The data we create is at the heart of AI. Welcome to the AllThingsAI newsletter. Let’s get into it.
Breakdown:
Elon wants your data.
Aleph Alpha is a different kind of chatbot.
Ernie Bot is here.
AI might be your boss someday.
DeepMind co-founder is concerned about the future.
Plus, a stack of AI apps to check out.
Source: Leonardo AI. Prompt: An illustration of Elon Musk, surrounded by tweets.
X-ing out your info
Elon Musk’s plaything X has recently made changes to its platform policies, one of which will allow the company to use posts and other data to train AI models.
As noted on Y Combinator’s Hacker News forum, X says it “may use the information [it collects] and publicly available information” to teach its AI models.
So far so shruggie emoji, right? After all, Musk already made a stink about OpenAI purportedly scraping the service formerly known as Twitter to make ChatGPT smarter, so why wouldn’t he use the content from his own platform.
Of course, the wrinkle here is that Musk has talked up xAI and TruthGPT, and now this X policy update makes a whole lot more sense. It’s plausible that X will act as a database for xAI, though considering how much of a tarpit the site has become, one has to wonder just what kind of verbiage his large language model (LLM) might ultimately spit out.
Why it matters:
Considering X/Twitter has been around since 2006, Musk has access to a lot of possible training data. And with the AI industry estimated to be worth $300 billion by 2026, Musk might somehow be able to justify that $44 billion he spent.
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The LLM that shows you what it’s thinking
Wired profiles Aleph Alpha, a Germany-based startup working on a ChatGPT competitor.
Founded by ex-Apple engineer Jonas Andrulis, Aleph Alpha is an LLM that can handle several languages including English, German, French, and Spanish. This multilingual approach has seen the LLM adopted by numerous governments and corporations.
Andrulis highlights what might be the most interesting part of Aleph Alpha - humans can check its homework.
When you click on generated words or images, the LLM will show you a brief overview of why it chose that phrase or picture. In the piece, Andrulis demonstrates how Aleph Alpha interpreted the word “sunset” in a graphic by placing a highlighted box around layers of yellow and red on the horizon.
Wired highlights how Aleph Alpha might fare better than some of its US counterparts in Europe once the European Union (EU) finalizes its AI Act. Of course, the bloc spent decades talking about a unified currency before the Euro showed up, so don’t expect AI rules in a hurry.
Results from our last poll: Should we worry about being fooled by AI-generated photos?
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ✅ Yes. They’re getting harder to spot by the day.
🟨🟨⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ ❎ No. AI images are still easy to identify.
In the wild | Stories worth reading
Chinese search giant Baidu has rolled out its LLM, Ernie Bot. As with Bard and Bing AI, Ernie Bot can generate text and images based on a user’s input. The service is available publicly, but users can only access it via Chinese app stores.
Former US Secretary of Labor Robert Reich suggests the prevalence of AI in the workplace means humans will eventually have to bid for jobs. Reich says that might be efficient, it will have some serious consequences for individuals. He posits this is a good argument for a universal basic income (UBI), as the economy will still rely on people spending money. For my two cents, I think a robot boss might still be better than some of the human ones I’ve experienced in the past.
The Guardian | ‘I hope I’m wrong’: the co-founder of DeepMind on how AI threatens to reshape life as we know it
Google DeepMind co-founder Mustafa Suleyman discusses the prospect of AI eventually helping people with emotional support, coaching, and more. But Suleyman - who has most recently developed the Pi chatbot - suggests AI also presents serious threats to humanity.
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