Generative AI News Rundown - Pi-crosoft, Unusual Inflection, Google + Apple, GPT-5, Anthropic, Grok-1, and Much More
What happened in the first three weeks of March 2023
This week’s generative AI news rundown (GAIN) features 20 stories shaping the industry. You can watch GAIN on YouTube above or click the links below to explore the stories in more depth.
We begin with an in-depth discussion of Microsoft’s not-quite acquisition of Inflection AI and the billion-dollar startup’s recent large language model (LLM), which appears to approach GPT-4-level performance. We carry on with the LLM roundup with a review of Grok-1’s open-source debut, Apple’s discussions with Google about using Gemini for the iPhone, GPT-4.5 and GPT-5 rumors, Perplexity’s rumored unicorn status, Together AI’s funding round and more.
Of course, we also hit on NVIDIA’s Blackwell announcement and the rise of GR00T. Figure 01 may have raised over $600 million for its humanoid robot startup, but NVIDIA’s announcement was more impactful. Now that NVIDIA and Tesla both have active humanoid robot programs, you have two companies that know how to scale manufacturing in the segment. While I don’t expect this industry to hit acceleration anytime soon, NVIDIA and Tesla will help push the innovation envelope faster and bring plans for mass production.
Generative AI News
Top Stories of the Week 🔦
How OpenAI's Former Board Inadvertently Created a New Competitor Inside its Patron
Inflection Reveals a New Model Rivaling GPT-4, Pi Daily Users, and Different Assistant Strategy
X.ai's Grok-1 Model is Officially Open-Source and Larger Than Expected
Anthropic Says it Just Dethroned GPT-4 from Atop the Frontier Generative AI Model Rankings
GPT-4.5 Turbo Details Leak Through Search Engines Ahead of Rumored OpenAI Announcement
How Apple's Discussions with Google and OpenAI Could Impact Generative AI
Generative AI Product Garden 🪴
Nvidia Unveils Powerful Generative AI Blackwell Chip and Platform
Midjourney Upgrades Synthetic Image Engine With Consistent Character Generation
Pika Augments Generative AI Video Platform With Synthetic Sound Effects
Google Infuses Fitbit with New Personal Health Generative AI Model Based on Gemini
France Fines Google for $272 Million Over Generative AI Training Practices
ChatGPT Can ‘Read Aloud’ Responses in 5 Voices and 37 Languages
OpenAI's Sora Text-to-Video Demonstrations are Insanely Good
Generative AI Funding Fountain and Money Gusher 💰⛲️
Together AI Raises $106M to Expand Open Source Generative AI Platform
ChatGPT Speaks Through Figure 01 Robot Following $675M Funding
Generative AI in the World 🌎
More About GAIN
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