What happened: AI companies wanting to train their AI systems are racing to compete for access to AI servers. Generative AI apps like chatbots require a significant investment in AI infrastructure, as training a model like GPT-3 is computationally intensive and, therefore, very expensive. Details: A new report from VC firm Andreessen Horowitz breaks down the cost factors for AI companies that want to run their own models on GPUs. AI servers are based on GPUs, and according to a16z, companies can spend over 80% of their total capital raised on compute resources to train and run AI software. What the numbers say: AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, and other cloud providers all offer AI servers. While prices depend on issues like GPU availability and negotiations, a16z found that pricing varies by a factor of almost 4x among providers. FluidStack has the lowest per-hour pricing, and AWS has the highest. Startups may also find more available chips at smaller cloud providers. Why it matters: At present, the success of AI companies may be heavily determined by their access to AI servers with GPUs. Big and small cloud providers are witnessing skyrocketing demand for AI servers and are being forced to restrict their availability. In 2023, shipments of AI servers are projected to grow 8% year over year as demand booms. 
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A panel of medical professionals found that ChatGPT provided better quality and more empathetic responses to patient questions than human doctors in 79% of cases, according to a study in JAMA Internal Medicine. The study doesn't say AI would or should replace doctors. Rather, lead author John W. Ayers, Ph.D., MA, suggests that AI assistants could be useful for medical advice as doctors' inboxes are often overflowing and patient emails go unanswered. More: - The researchers randomly gathered 195 questions and answers from Reddit's r/AskDocs, a community of verified healthcare professionals, and had ChatGPT answer the same questions.
- The answers were evaluated for quality and empathy by a panel of three licensed healthcare professionals who were unaware of whether the responses came from a human or AI.
- In addition to preferring ChatGPT responses, the panel rated the AI responses as good or very good quality 79% of the time compared to only 22% of doctors' responses.
- In contrast to just 5% of doctors' responses, 45% of the ChatGPT answers were also considered empathic or very empathic.
- Experts still cautioned that ChatGPT isn't a doctor, and medical practices should be wary about delegating clinical responsibility to AI chatbots.
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A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers has introduced the Block Nuclear Launch by Autonomous AI Act, which seeks to codify a policy that prevents AI systems from launching nuclear weapons. The bill would prohibit use of federal funding for deploying nuclear weapons by any automated system without "meaningful human control." More: - The bicameral bill was introduced Wednesday by Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) and U.S. Reps. Ted Lieu (D-Mass.), Don Beyer (D-Va.). and Ken Buck (R-Colo.). Its co-sponsors are Sens. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.).
- The act would codify Department of Defense rules that require a human "in the loop" for actions related to nuclear weapons use and employment.
- Markey stated that in the growing digital age, it is crucial to ensure that humans and not robots hold the exclusive power "to command, control, and launch nuclear weapons."
- The bill also publicizes the potential dangers of today's autonomous AI systems and aims to invoke similar commitments from China and Russia, as recommended in a 2021 National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence report.
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Microsoft's AI-powered graphic design tool, Designer, has been launched to the public in free preview mode. Similar to Canva, Microsoft's web app generates designs for presentations, work projects, and more using OpenAI's DALL-E 2 and user-created content. More: - Designer now has new features, including animated visuals, caption generations, and hashtags for social media.
- The tool relies on AI and user input to generate layouts that are customizable via text editing.
- Microsoft says it will add more editing features in future updates, including fill, erase, expand background, and replace background.
- The tool is currently free at designer.microsoft.com and in the sidebar of Microsoft's Edge browser. Once generally available, it will be rolled into Microsoft 365 subscriptions.
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U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) has presented a bill to form a government AI task force, which would be charged with exploring AI policies and ways to address risks to civil liberties and privacy. The task force would aim to identify gaps in current federal AI rules and potentially suggest new policy proposals. More: - The temporary task force would consist of members from various executive branch agencies.
- They would gather over 18 months to explore and investigate AI issues and issue a final report with potential reforms and policy recommendations at the end.
- As noted by Gizmodo, the timeline may be relatively quick for the government but slow compared to the progress of innovations in large language models and other Ai systems.
Zoom out: - The U.K. government is creating its own AI task force, supported by a £100M ($124M) investment, that aims to boost the country's AI competitiveness and economy through "sovereign" AI technology.
- The British task force will seek the creation of foundation models, or pre-trained AI models, to serve as a starting point for more complex models. The initiative could accelerate the U.K.'s AI competitiveness, as it already ranks third globally for its "AI Readiness."
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Weekly roundup — Other top AI stories you might have missed this week: - During their quarterly earnings calls this week, Google, Microsoft, and Meta highlighted their use of AI technologies and their plans to incorporate them into their products and search. Google and Microsoft have increased their usage of the term "AI" significantly since the year-ago quarter.
- In retaliation to President Biden's re-election campaign, the Republican National Committee released a video attack ad produced entirely using artificial intelligence technology. According to an RNC representative who spoke to Axios, this is the first instance of the U.S. political committee creating a video solely using AI.
- PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) is set to invest $1B in generative AI over the next three years, with plans to train 65,000 employees and offer AI technologies across all its business lines. PwC's investment also includes an extended partnership with Microsoft.
- EU lawmakers approved an initial version of its AI Act that includes a mandate for generative AI firms to disclose copyrighted materials used to train their systems. The draft law will now move to the "trilogue" stage, where the final details of the legislation will be negotiated.
- Four U.S. government agencies, including the FTC, emphasized that they have the authority to tackle illegal or harmful practices involving AI. Each agency has outlined plans to take action against businesses that use AI in harmful or discriminatory ways, including examining housing discrimination, holding companies accountable for discriminatory AI under civil rights laws, and cracking down on firms that prevent competitors from entering the AI market.
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- China Telecom's cloud unit, CTYun, is now testing its own large language models and plans to launch a product "in the near future when appropriate."
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 |  | Beth is a writer and editor at Inside.com covering artificial intelligence and daily technology news. She has written the Inside AI newsletter since 2019. You can reach her at Beth.Duckett@inside.com. |   | | Editor | Aaron Crutchfield is based in the high desert of California. Over the last two decades, he has spent time writing and editing at various local newspapers and defense contractors in California. When he's not working, he can often be found looking at the latest memes with his kids or working on his 1962 and 1972 Fords. | |
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