{"id":90082,"date":"2024-01-01T15:21:03","date_gmt":"2024-01-01T20:21:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=90082"},"modified":"2024-01-02T10:12:57","modified_gmt":"2024-01-02T15:12:57","slug":"the-biggest-things-that-happened-in-ai-this-year-kahn-other-items-re-ai-in-general","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2024\/01\/01\/the-biggest-things-that-happened-in-ai-this-year-kahn-other-items-re-ai-in-general\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;The biggest things that happened in AI this year&#8221; [Kahn] + other items re: AI in general"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.superhuman.ai\/p\/biggest-things-happened-ai-year\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>The biggest things that happened in AI this year<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0&#8212; from superhuman.ai by Zain Kahn<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><b>January<\/b>:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Microsoft raises eyebrows with a huge $10 Billion investment in OpenAI.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><b>February:<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Meta launches Llama 2, their open-source rival to OpenAI\u2019s models.<\/li>\n<li>OpenAI announces ChatGPT Plus, a paid version of their chatbot.<\/li>\n<li>Microsoft announces a new AI-powered Bing Search.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><b>March:<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>OpenAI announces the powerful GPT-4 model, still considered to be the gold standard.<\/li>\n<li>Midjourney releases V5, which brings AI-powered image generation one step closer to reality.<\/li>\n<li>Microsoft launches Copilot for Microsoft 365.<\/li>\n<li>Google launches Bard, its rival to ChatGPT.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>&#8230;and more<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stefanbauschard.substack.com\/p\/ai-2023-a-year-in-review?\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>AI 2023: A Year in Review<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from stefanbauschard.substack.com by Stefan Bauschard<br \/>\n<em>2023 developments in AI and a hint of what they are building toward<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Some of the items that Stefan includes in his posting include:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>ChatGPT and other\u00a0language\u00a0models that\u00a0generate\u00a0text.<\/li>\n<li>Image generators.<\/li>\n<li>Video generators.<\/li>\n<li>AI models that that can read, hear, and speak.<\/li>\n<li>AI models that can see.<\/li>\n<li>Improving models.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cMultimodal\u201d models.<\/li>\n<li>Training on specific content.<\/li>\n<li>Reasoning &amp; planning.<\/li>\n<li>&#8230;and several others<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/content.dictionary.com\/word-of-the-year-2023\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Dictionary.com Word of the Year is &#8220;hallucinate.&#8221;<\/a> <\/b>&#8212; from content.dictionary.com by Nick Norlen and Grant Barrett; via The Rundown AI<\/p>\n<div id=\"lp-pom-text-24\" class=\"lp-element lp-pom-text nlh\">\n<p><strong>hallucinate<br \/>\n<\/strong>[ h<em>uh<\/em>&#8211;<strong>l<\/strong><strong>oo<\/strong>-s<em>uh<\/em>-neyt ]<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">verb<br \/>\n(of artificial intelligence) to produce false information contrary to the intent of the user and present it as if true and factual. Example: <em>When chatbots hallucinate, the result is often not just inaccurate but completely fabricated.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/soon-every-employee-will-be-both-ai-builder-and-ai-consumer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Soon, every employee will be both AI builder and AI consumer<\/strong> <\/a>&#8212; from zdnet.com by Joe McKendrick, via Robert Gibson on LinkedIn<br \/>\n<em>&#8220;Standardized tools and platforms as well as advanced low- or no-code tech may enable all employees to become low-level engineers,&#8221; suggests a recent report.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">The time could be ripe for a blurring of the lines between developers and end-users, a recent\u00a0<a class=\"c-regularLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www2.deloitte.com\/us\/en\/insights\/focus\/tech-trends.html\">report<\/a>\u00a0out of Deloitte suggests. It makes more business sense to focus on bringing in citizen developers for ground-level programming, versus seeking superstar software engineers, the report&#8217;s authors argue, or &#8212; as they put it &#8212; &#8220;instead of transforming from a 1x to a 10x engineer, employees outside the tech division could be going from zero to one.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Along these lines, see:<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.deloitte.com\/us\/en\/insights\/focus\/tech-trends.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>TECH TRENDS 2024<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0&#8212; from deloitte.com<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong><em>Six emerging technology trends demonstrate that in an age of generative machines, it\u2019s more important than ever for organizations to maintain an integrated business strategy, a solid technology foundation, and a creative workforce.<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2023\/12\/20\/24009524\/uk-supreme-court-ai-inventor-copyright-patent\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>UK Supreme Court rules AI is not an inventor<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from theverge.com by Emilia David<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>The ruling follows a similar decision denying patent registrations naming AI as creators.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">The UK Supreme Court ruled that AI cannot get patents, declaring it cannot be named as an inventor of new products because the law considers only humans or companies to be creators.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/12\/27\/business\/media\/new-york-times-open-ai-microsoft-lawsuit.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>The Times Sues OpenAI and Microsoft Over A.I. Use of Copyrighted Work<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from nytimes.com by Michael M. Grynbaum and Ryan Mac<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">The New York Times sued OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement on Wednesday, opening a new front in the increasingly intense legal battle over the unauthorized use of published work to train artificial intelligence technologies.<br \/>\n&#8230;<br \/>\nThe suit does not include an exact monetary demand. But it says the defendants should be held responsible for \u201cbillions of dollars in statutory and actual damages\u201d related to the \u201cunlawful copying and use of The Times\u2019s uniquely valuable works.\u201d It also calls for the companies to destroy any chatbot models and training data that use copyrighted material from The Times.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>On this same topic, also see:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">? The historic NYT v. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OpenAI?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@OpenAI<\/a> lawsuit filed this morning, as broken down by me, an IP and AI lawyer, general counsel, and longtime tech person and enthusiast.<\/p>\n<p>Tl;dr &#8211; It&#8217;s the best case yet alleging that generative AI is copyright infringement. Thread. ? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Zqbv3ekLWt\">pic.twitter.com\/Zqbv3ekLWt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Cecilia Ziniti (@CeciliaZin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CeciliaZin\/status\/1740109462319644905?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 27, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2023-12-26\/apple-iphone-design-head-tang-tan-to-work-with-jony-ive-sam-altman-on-ai-tech\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Apple\u2019s iPhone Design Chief Enlisted by Jony Ive, Sam Altman to Work on AI Devices<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from bloomberg.com by Mark Gurman <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em>(behind paywall)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Design executive Tang Tan is set to leave Apple in February<\/li>\n<li>Tan will join Ive\u2019s LoveFrom design studio, work on AI project<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/heatherbcooper.substack.com\/p\/ai-2023-chatbots-spark-new-tools?\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>AI 2023: Chatbots Spark New Tools<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from heatherbcooper.substack.com by Jeather Cooper<\/p>\n<p><strong>ChatGPT and Other Chatbots<\/strong><br \/>\nThe arrival of ChatGPT sparked tons of new AI tools and changed the way we thought about using a chatbot in our daily lives.<\/p>\n<p>Chatbots like ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, and Bing Chat can help content creators by quickly generating ideas, outlines, drafts, and full pieces of content, allowing creators to produce more high-quality content in less time.<\/p>\n<p>These AI tools boost efficiency and creativity in content production across formats like blog posts, social captions, newsletters, and more.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/chat.openai.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ChatGPT<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/claude.ai\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Claude<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bing.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bing Chat<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bard.google.com\/chat\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google Bard<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2023\/12\/28\/24017890\/microsoft-ai-surface-laptops-arm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Microsoft\u2019s next Surface laptops will reportedly be its first true \u2018AI PCs\u2019<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from theverge.com by Emma Roth<br \/>\n<em>Next year\u2019s Surface Laptop 6 and Surface Pro 10 will feature Arm and Intel options, according to Windows Central.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Microsoft is getting ready to upgrade its Surface lineup with new AI-enabled features, according to\u00a0a report from\u00a0Windows Central. Unnamed sources told the outlet the upcoming Surface Pro 10 and Surface Laptop 6 will come with a next-gen neural processing unit (NPU), along with Intel and Arm-based options.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2023\/dec\/28\/how-one-of-the-worlds-oldest-newspapers-is-using-ai-to-reinvent-journalism\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>How one of the world\u2019s oldest newspapers is using AI to reinvent journalism<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from theguardian.com by Alexandra Topping<br \/>\n<em>Berrow\u2019s Worcester Journal is one of several papers owned by the UK\u2019s second biggest regional news publisher to hire \u2018AI-assisted\u2019 reporters<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">With the AI-assisted reporter churning out bread and butter content, other reporters in the newsroom are freed up to go to court, meet a councillor for a coffee or attend a village fete, says the Worcester News editor,\u00a0Stephanie Preece.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u201cAI can\u2019t be at the scene of a crash, in court, in a council meeting, it can\u2019t visit a grieving family or look somebody in the eye and tell that they\u2019re lying. All it does is free up the reporters to do more of that,\u201d she says. \u201cInstead of shying away from it, or being scared of it, we are saying AI is here to stay \u2013 so how can we harness it?\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This year, I watched AI change the world in real time.<\/p>\n<p>From what happened, I have no doubts that the coming years will be the most transformative period in the history of humankind.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s the full timeline of AI in 2023 (January-December):<\/p>\n<p>January 15: ChatGPT becomes the\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/przosHYiLQ\">pic.twitter.com\/przosHYiLQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rowan Cheung (@rowancheung) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rowancheung\/status\/1740614057177338114?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 29, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hai.stanford.edu\/news\/what-expect-ai-2024\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>What to Expect in AI in 2024<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from hai.stanford.edu by<br \/>\n<em>Seven Stanford HAI faculty and fellows predict the biggest stories for next year in artificial intelligence.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em>Topics include:<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>White Collar Work Shifts<\/li>\n<li>Deepfake Proliferation<\/li>\n<li>GPUs Shortage<\/li>\n<li>More Helpful Agents<\/li>\n<li>Hopes for U.S. Regulation<\/li>\n<li>Asking Big Questions, Applying New Policies<\/li>\n<li>Companies Will Navigate Complicated Regulations<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em>Addendum on 1\/2\/24:<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/stefanbauschard.substack.com\/p\/2024-ai-predictions-material-progress\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>2024 AI Predictions: Material Progress with Societal and Educational Disruptions<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from stefanbauschard.substack.com by Stefan Bauschard<br \/>\n<em>These are my predictions for 2024, focused on AI\u2019s likely technological advances, how AI will impact society, and what developments in the education sector relate to AI.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The biggest things that happened in AI this year\u00a0&#8212; from superhuman.ai by Zain Kahn January: Microsoft raises eyebrows with a huge $10 Billion investment in OpenAI. 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