Generative AI News Rundown - ChatGPT Goes to College, The Government Investigates Gen AI, Google Faces Precarious Choices, and More
What happened in generative AI for the week ending January 26, 2024
We have sixteen generative AI news stories again for you this week on the Generative AI News Rundown (GAIN). Watch the video discussion above or click the links below to read the news.
ChatGPT went to college this week as Arizona State University announced a partnership with OpenAI, while Washington State adopts new generative AI guidelines encouraging public school systems to “embrace AI.” Those two stories reflect a very different attitude from what the rise of generative AI faced in education circles in early 2023.
Beyond that, we have a spotlight on Google relating to a new study showing a decline in search results quality and a thesis from Michael Spencer at
about the company’s last moonshot attempt. Plus, the U.S. FTC is conducting an inquiry into generative AI competition, we have some new funding announcements, and a few product updates. Enjoy!Generative AI News
Top Stories of the Week 🔦
ChatGPT Goes to College -- ASU Embraces Generative AI But Won't Pay $100M
US antitrust inquiry targets OpenAI and Anthropic's deals with Big Tech
Study Shows Decline in Google Search Quality and Reveals Path for Generative AI Adoption
Generative AI Product Garden 🪴
Google Chrome Embeds Generative AI to Write Text, Organize Tabs, and Design Browser Experience
Google's Lumiere Shows More Momentum in AI Text-to-Video Innovation
New Nightshade Tool Makes Art into ‘Poison’ for Generative AI Image Engines
OpenAI Signs Up 260 Businesses for Corporate Version of ChatGPT
Rabbit R1 Generative AI Device Taps Perplexity for Real-Time Answers
Generative AI Funding Fountain 💰⛲️
Generative AI in Retail & QSR 🛒
Amazon Pharmacy Embeds Generative AI Models to Enhance Medication Distribution and Stocking
SoundHound’s Voice AI Starts Taking Phone Orders at 50 Jersey Mike’s Subs
Generative AI in the World 🌎
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Study Shows Decline in Google Search Quality and Reveals Path for Generative AI Adoption
A newly published study set out to evaluate the quality of search results delivered by Google, Bing, and DuckDuckGo over the course of a year. The focus of the study was over 7,000 product review studies repeated every two weeks. In this paper, we systematically investigate for the first time whether and to which degree “Google is getting worse.” We foc…
OpenAI Has Model Updates, Lower Prices, and New Requests from Anti-trust Regulators
OpenAI announced several new updates this week regarding its large language models (LLM) and API services. This is a sign of the maturing of the OpenAI technology stack, which supports production features and cost management instead of strictly focusing on model performance.
Thanks for the mention, I'd practically read a Newsletter that summarizes all the AI articles of the week on Substack at this point. I'm noticing AI rundown Newsletters are beehiiv are imploding, getting sold, etc... (I personally have radically reduced my consumption of rundown type Newsletters).
But deep dives never seem to get old and nearly have re-reading quality. It makes me wonder how we will cover this stuff with so much going on. Beyond the PR, major intersections of the world are not being adequately covered in a macro and interconnected way. I don't know what the solution is...