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OpenAI’s Strawberry, formerly known as Q*, aims for human-level reasoning without tools. But it’s rooted in controversy...

Also, Ray Kurzweil predicts humans will merge with AI by 2045.

Plus, OpenAI's voice mode is creating emotional bonds with users.

Oh yeah, and OpenAI co-founder John Schulman leaves OpenAI for rival Anthropic.

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• 📰 AI NEWS RECAP

• 🤿 AI DEEP DIVE

• 🛠️ AI TOOL OF THE WEEK

• ⚙️ GPT OF THE WEEK

• 🎓 AI COURSES OF THE WEEK

• 📝 AI PROMPT OF THE WEEK

• 🎨 AI IMAGE OF THE WEEK

📰 AI NEWS RECAP

Is OpenAI's 🍓 Managing Its Own Twitter Account?

OpenAI is cooking up a juicy new recipe in its AI kitchen, and it's got everyone buzzing.

Introducing "Strawberry" (formerly known as Q*) - the model aiming to reason like a human expert, no tools needed.

But this fruit has some eyebrow-raising roots…

Strawberry sprouted from the controversial "Q*" model that allegedly got CEO Sam Altman briefly ousted last year over AI safety concerns.

Now rebranded, Strawberry alleges to have achieved "Level 2" of OpenAI's path to Artificial General Intelligence (AGI), which they define as:

✅ Reasoners

AI systems with human-level problem-solving abilities.

As OpenAI races towards this ambitious milestone, some worry Strawberry and its future "Reasoner" descendants could become too intelligent to control.

But what makes Strawberry special?

Rumors point to a potent blend of AI techniques:

✅ A*-search methods to uncover optimal solutions

✅ Q-learning algorithms for self-teaching without humans

✅ "System 2" step-by-step reasoning to avoid "hallucinations"

But Strawberry's reach may extend beyond the lab.

The mysterious Twitter account @iruletheworldmo showed up this week…

Which appeared shortly after Sam Altman's cryptic "I love summer in the garden" tweet featuring strawberries, has sparked wild speculation:

🤖 Is the Twitter account run by OpenAI employees?

🍓 Or could it be Strawberry itself flexing its human-like reasoning to manage its own social media presence?

As the account tweets mind-bending messages like…

"as promised. level two. how do you feel now? did I make you feel?"

It’s making the AI community abuzz with theories.

Will Strawberry usher in the sweet fruits of next-level AI reasoning or sow the seeds of a technological dystopia?

What do you think?

As this bold experiment unfolds, only one thing's certain - the stakes have never been higher.

Ray Kurzweil predicts humans will merge with AI by 2045. The futurist believes the technological singularity will enable superhuman machine intelligence, profoundly transforming society and the human condition.

OpenAI's voice mode sparks emotional bonds with ChatGPT. Users are developing deep connections with the AI assistant's lifelike voice interactions, raising questions about authenticity and attachment in human-AI relationships.

OpenAI co-founder John Schulman joins rival Anthropic, and while co-founder Greg Brockman takes a sabbatical. Schulman, who led ChatGPT development and AI alignment efforts, seeks to deepen focus on technical AI safety research at Anthropic.

OpenAI leads $60M Series B for Opal's AI webcams. The startup plans to develop new AI-powered creative tools for consumers, potentially leveraging OpenAI's generative models.

Google unveils Nest Learning Thermostat with advanced AI smarts. The new smart thermostat leverages machine learning to optimize energy efficiency and personalize temperature settings based on user behavior patterns.

Humane's AI pin sees more daily returns than sales. The startup's wearable device struggles to retain users, with return rates outpacing sales, raising questions about product-market fit and consumer adoption.

NVIDIA’s next-gen AI chip hits 3-month delay amid design flaws. The setback for the Blackwell B200 chip, critical for tech giants' AI training, may slow the pace of AI progress.

Leaked docs reveal NVIDIA scraped "a human lifetime" of videos daily. The controversial data collection practices for training AI models raise concerns about copyright infringement and ethical standards.

YouTuber leads class action against OpenAI's transcript scraping. The lawsuit claims OpenAI used creators' video transcripts without permission to train AI, setting a precedent for data privacy in the AI age.

Elon Musk resurrects lawsuit against OpenAI and co-founders. The high-stakes legal battle revolves around Musk's allegations of IP theft and broken promises during OpenAI's early days.

Anthropic boosts AI safety bug bounty to address jailbreaks. The initiative, offering rewards up to $15,000 for critical vulnerabilities, aims to identify and fix universal jailbreaks in AI systems.

Qwen2-Math models outperform GPT-4 in mathematical reasoning. The open-source series, trained on math-specific data, excels at solving complex math problems compared to top general-purpose models.

🤿 AI DEEP DIVE

OpenAI’s rumored Strawberry model might have reached a major milestone in AI reasoning.

The video explores how this model potentially achieves human-level problem-solving, outperforming rivals like Gemini 1.5 and Claude 3.5 in complex tasks.

While Strawberry excels in multi-step reasoning, it struggles with simpler, trick questions, sparking debate on its true capabilities.

Perfect for AI enthusiasts and professionals eager to understand the latest advances in AI reasoning and its future impact.

🛠️ AI TOOL OF THE WEEK

AgileCoder: A cutting-edge multi-agent system developed by FPT Software AI Center, designed to revolutionize software generation by simulating Agile Methodology.

It surpasses tools like MetaGPT and ChatDev by employing dynamic agents that collaborate on complex tasks, from planning to testing, enhancing the efficiency and quality of software development.

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⚙️ GPT OF THE WEEK

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🎓 AI COURSES OF THE WEEK

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📝 AI PROMPT OF THE WEEK

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Compile a 'This is Your Life' book for someone born today, predicting key global events and personal milestones they might experience.

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