AI News Roundup – July 12, 2024
OpenAI promised to make its AI safe. Employees say it ‘failed’ its first test.
OpenAI pledged safe AI but internal reports suggest rushed safety tests on GPT-4o to meet launch goals
washington post
Jul 12, 2024
OpenAI Defines Five Steps From AI to AGI
OpenAI unveils a 5-level progress tracker for building AGI (artificial general intelligence). They believe they’re at Level 1 (conversational AI) and aim to reach Level 2 (reasoners) soon
pymnts
Jul 11, 2024
70,000 students are already using AI textbooks
AI entrance in college textbooks. Pearson integrates chatbots and adaptive practice powered by generative AI to guide students, not just give answers
fortune
Jul 11, 2024
AI’s understanding and reasoning skills can’t be assessed by current tests
Evaluating reasoning in LLMs like ChatGPT is tricky. Current benchmarks are unreliable due to training data and LLM shortcuts. Researchers propose tougher tests for reasoning and understanding
sciencenews
Jul 10, 2024
Here’s how AI is changing workers relationship with data
AI is transforming how we work and the technology depends on three components: algorithms, computing power, and data
fast company
Jul 10, 2024
China leads the world in adoption of generative AI, survey shows
A new survey shows China leads the world in adoption of generative AI. This follows China’s rapid growth in GenAI patents
reuters
Jul 09, 2024
Customers Reject AI for Customer Service, Still Crave a Human Touch
A recent study conducted by Gartner has revealed that the majority of customers do not want companies to use AI in their customer service offerings
cx today
Jul 09, 2024
MIT researchers introduce generative AI for databases
A new tool makes it easier for database users to perform complicated statistical analyses of tabular data without the need to know what is going on behind the scenes
mit news
Jul 08, 2024
Meet the AI-powered robots that Big Tech thinks can solve a global labor shortage
AI-powered robots are popping up across Silicon Valley. If some industry experts are right, they could help solve a global labor shortage
cnbc
Jul 08, 2024
The Words That Give Away Generative AI Text
From “delves” to “showcasing,” certain words boomed in usage after LLMs became mainstream
wired
Jul 07, 2024
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