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| Here's a glance at today's AI briefing: - OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has departed after being pushed out by its board of directors.
- OpenAI's GPT-4 and Anthropic's Claude 2 can pass the legal ethics exam.
- Amazon cuts Alexa jobs as it prioritizes generative AI.
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| 1 | | OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has been ousted by its board of directors, according to a company blog post today. Altman's departure comes after a board review process, which concluded that Altman "was not consistently candid in his communications with the board, hindering its ability to exercise its responsibilities." More: - The blog post stated that OpenAI's board "no longer has confidence in [Altman's] ability to continue leading OpenAI."
- Altman posted on X that he "loved his time at OpenAI," calling it "transformative." He added that he "will have more to say about what's next later."
- Meanwhile, OpenAI CTO Mira Murati has taken on the position of interim CEO, effective immediately.
- A search is underway to find a permanent successor, the company said.
Zoom out: - Altman, who co-founded the company in 2015, was initially a co-chair of the company alongside Elon Musk, who left in 2018.
- Altman, 38, has been the face of OpenAI since 2019, and his sudden departure sent shockwaves through the AI community.
- Recently, Altman delivered the keynote address at the company's first-ever DevDay conference and was a speaker at Thursday's Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation conference.
- Over the past year, he has testified before Congress and become a spokesperson of sorts for the rapidly growing AI industry.
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| 2 | | OpenAI's GPT-4 and Anthropic's Claude 2 can pass the legal ethics exam, a test nearly all U.S. lawyers are required to pass, according to LegalOn Technologies research. GPT-4 scored the highest out of all large language models tested, achieving a 74% accuracy rate, which is 6% higher than the average (mean) human test-taker. Both GPT-4 and Claude 2 scored above the estimated passing threshold for the MPRE in all states, which ranges from 56% to 64%. 
Details: LegalOn, a legal tech firm, tested a handful of top generative AI models in their ability to answer questions designed for the legal ethics exam, or Multistate Professional Responsibility Exam (MPRE). LegalOn tested the LLMs, which had no prior legal ethics training, on 100 simulated exams with questions by a professor at South Texas College of Law Houston. Why it matters: According to LegalOn, the findings highlight AI's ability to help lawyers with their work. "We're not implying that AI possesses moral judgment or follows ethical principles, but these results do indicate AI's potential to assist in ethical decision-making," CEO Daniel Lewis said. However, the National Conference of Bar Examiners, which develops the MPRE, said, "attorneys have a unique set of skills that AI cannot currently match." | | | |
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| 3 | Amazon is cutting hundreds of jobs and discontinuing certain projects in its Alexa division. The company is realigning its efforts toward other business priorities, including generative artificial intelligence, according to Daniel Rausch, Amazon's VP of Alexa and Fire TV. More: - In a memo to employees today, Rausch said Amazon will discontinue some initiatives in the Alexa smart assistant unit, eliminating "several hundred" roles.
- The changes mean "maximizing our resources and efforts focused on generative AI," he wrote.
- The layoffs will impact employees in the U.S., Canada, India, and possibly other regions.
Zoom out: - Amazon recently cut jobs in its music and video games divisions and closed its physical clothing stores.
- The company has cut over 27,000 corporate positions in the past year after mass hiring during the pandemic.
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| 4 | | Google's GPT-4 competitor, Gemini, won't be ready until early 2024, despite earlier promises to some cloud customers of a November release. According to The Information, Google told some business partners and cloud customers that they won't get access to the large language model until Q1 2024. More: - Gemini, built on DeepMind's AlphaGo AI system, will reportedly be capable of generating images in addition to text.
- Gemini aims to combine the strengths of AlphaGo's decision-making with advanced language capabilities.
- During Google's Q3 earnings call, CEO Sundar Pichai said the company is "laying the foundation" for the next-gen models, which it will launch "throughout 2024."
- The Gemini model will be available in different sizes and capabilities, he noted.
Zoom out: - Meanwhile, Google is expanding the capabilities of its separate Bard chatbot through integration with Gmail, Maps, YouTube, and other apps.
- Bard was released in March. In August, the chatbot had around 183 million web visits, far below ChatGPT's 1.5 billion desktop and mobile web visits.
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| 5 | | Messaging platform Discord announced it will shut down its experimental AI chatbot, Clyde, by Dec. 1. Discord first introduced Clyde, which runs on OpenAI technology, back in March. During its testing phase, the chatbot could respond to questions and engage in conversations with Discord users. More: - Discord did not provide a reason for the shutdown.
- A spokesperson said Clyde has been "an experiment shared with a small percentage of servers," and Discord is always working to launch new experiences and features.
- By Dec. 1, those who had access to the bot will no longer be able to use it in DMs or server chats, the company said.
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| 6 | | Weekly roundup — The top AI stories you might have missed this week: - Nvidia announced its new H200 chip, the "world's most powerful GPU" for accelerating AI applications. Nvidia said it's working with system manufacturers and cloud service providers to make the chips available starting in Q2 2024.
- Microsoft unveiled its first custom AI chip for powering AI workloads in the cloud. Announced during Microsoft's Ignite event this week, the Azure Maia 100 AI Accelerator was designed to run large language models (LLMs) and speed up AI computing tasks.
- YouTube will begin requiring creators to label videos containing "realistic" AI-generated content. YouTube said users who violate the new rule will be "held accountable," with potential punishments including removing videos or demonetizing creators' channels.
- Google is introducing new AI tools for YouTube that allow users to create music tracks using text prompts or hummed melodies. One of the experimental tools, Dream Track, can generate 30-second music clips in the style of nine different artists, including Charli XCX, Demi Lovato, and John Legend.
- Meta announced new AI tools that can edit photos as well as generate video clips from text prompts. According to Mark Zuckerberg, Meta is working to integrate the "creative editing capabilities" into Instagram and Facebook, though he hasn't shared a timeline or release date.
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 | AI and technology writer | | Beth is an editor and writer of Inside's AI and Tech newsletters, with a career spanning journalism since 2007. She has written for publications including The Arizona Republic and USA Today and authored a book on the solar industry in 2016. Reach her at Beth.Duckett@yahoo.com. | | This newsletter was edited by Aaron Crutchfield | |
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