AI: Weekly Summary

…week ending March 1, 2024

Welcome to the Saturday weekly AI summary here on ‘AI: Reset to Zero’. 

1. Apple Car shutdown implications for AI: Apple took the tough decision to drive away from self-driving cars. Over 2,000 Apple employees impacted, with their likely repotting in areas of Generative AI focus. CEO Tim Cook redoubled promises to have more GenAI related Apple moves soon, an atypical move by Apple. Highlights competitive pressures from the markets on AI initiatives in the current environment. My deeper takes on Apple and AI at large here and here.

   

2. Nvidia CEO Jensen highlights Inference over Training AI:  With the markets increasingly tuned to the potentially higher upcoming competition from other chip vendors for Nvidia in AI inference vs training, it’s notable that CEO Jensen Huang is making this a priority. Especially in terms of providing the street Nvidia metrics on this front. More detailed take here.

   

3. Mistral gets profiled as an efficient open-source LLM AI contender: WIth AI becoming an issue of sovereign pride and priority, companies are increasingly getting direct and indirect state support. Mistral is the latest to execute to this strategy, with a profile piece in the WSJ. More here.

   

4. OpenAI sees more lawsuits on copyright: More publishers file a lawsuit against OpenAI on the ongoing AI industry copyright tussle. Continues in the tradition of NY Times suing OpenAI a few months ago. My takes on this important issue here and here.

   

5. Supreme Court case on Social Media Content implications for AI: Potentially important legislation before the Supreme Court on Social Media Content issues got a hearing this week. Issue has broader downstream implications for AI. Lots of mixed signals from the Justices, with a complex mix of legal issues. Deeper take with more links here.

   

Other AI Readings for weekend:

1. Google tests news tools for Publishers. More context here.

   

2. Google releases Genie, an AI foundation world model trained from internet videos. Cool direction augmenting current white hot trend around text to video. 

   

Thanks for joining this Saturday with your beverage of choice. 

Up next, the Sunday ‘The Bigger Picture’ tomorrow. Stay tuned. 

(NOTE: The discussions here are for information purposes only, and not meant as investment advice at any time. Thanks for joining us here)