The Daily Index — Friday, August 2, 2024 · TLDR Index

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OPENAI PLEDGES TO GIVE US AI SAFETY INSTITUTE EARLY ACCESS TO ITS NEXT MODEL

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced a collaboration with the U.S. AI Safety Institute to provide early access to the company's next major generative AI model for safety testing, aiming to address concerns that OpenAI has deprioritized AI safety.

techcrunch.com · 2 min

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THE EU'S AI ACT IS NOW IN FORCE

The EU's risk-based AI regulation began on August 1 with staggered compliance deadlines categorizing AI applications into low/no-risk, high-risk, and limited risk tiers, imposing transparency, risk management, and penalties for violations. Standards for high-risk and powerful general-purpose AI models will be finalized by April 2025.

techcrunch.com · 2 min

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STABLE FAST 3D

Stability AI has released a great new fast and powerful 3D generation model. It uses the same commercial license as the company's previous models.

stability.ai · 7 min

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A MASSIVE VIDEO-LANGUAGE DATASET

MMTrail is a vast dataset that features over 20 million trailer clips with high-quality multimodal captions.

mattie-e.github.io · 6 min

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TORCH CHAT

The PyTorch team has released a great sample library for chatting with language models locally. It includes a robust sample system and can run the latest Llama 3.1 models.

pytorch.org · 3 min

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ON SPEAKING TO AI

ChatGPT's new Advanced Voice mode and the new AI-powered Siri have contrasting philosophies. Copilot systems focus on safety and privacy with small models while Agent systems like ChatGPT Voice use powerful, multimodal models for more natural and dynamic interactions. This highlights the tension between lower risk, less capable systems and those offering more control and potential benefits.

oneusefulthing.org · 7 min

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HOW THIS BRAIN IMPLANT IS USING CHATGPT

Synchron has integrated OpenAI's ChatGPT with its brain-computer interface (BCI) technology to aid paralyzed patients in faster communication. Its BCI, called a stentrode, can interpret thought commands. It now offers AI-generated response options, potentially expanding to include multimodal inputs. Synchron is aiming for FDA approval and envisions evolving its AI integrations based on patient needs.

cnet.com · 3 min

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HEEYO BUILT AN AI CHATBOT TO BE A BILLION KIDS' INTERACTIVE TUTOR AND FRIEND

Heeyo, a startup founded by Xiaoyin Qu, has launched an AI-powered app that offers interactive games and a chatbot for children aged 3-11. The app aims to provide personalized learning experiences while prioritizing safety with features like data protection and content designed by child development experts. Despite potential concerns about AI for kids, Heeyo has secured $3.5 million in seed funding. It is positioning itself as a safe educational alternative to popular gaming and video platforms.

techcrunch.com · 5 min

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CEREBRAS IPO

Cerebras Systems announced a proposal for IPO to the SEC.

businesswire.com · 1 min

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AT THE OLYMPICS, AI IS WATCHING YOU

Paris prepared for the 2024 Olympics with heightened security, employing AI to analyze CCTV footage at train and metro stations for potential threats.

arstechnica.com · 5 min

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LLMS BREACH A THRESHOLD

Meta's recent release of the open source LLM Llama 3.1, with 405B parameters and trained on 3.8x10^25 FLOPs, sparks debate on the effectiveness of FLOPs as a regulatory threshold.

strangeloopcanon.com · 6 min