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Here’s what’s going on in the world of AI today:
- Meta open-sources model that supports 1,100 languages.
- OpenAI proposes an IAEA-like regulatory body for AI.
- A fake AI image of an explosion at the Pentagon went viral.
- 66% of The Neuron readers think the EU AI Act goes too far.
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OpenAI Proposes International Regulatory Body ⚖️
There’s synthetic biology. Then there’s nuclear energy. Then there’s AI.
And according to the cofounders of OpenAI, AI thwarts every other technology in terms of existential risk. In a blog post, they recommend a regulatory body like the International Atomic Energy Agency but for AI.
An agency that could …
- Require audits.
- Inspect systems.
- Place restrictions on deployment.
- Track computer and energy usage.
… all to make sure that superintelligence doesn’t destroy the world. Sounds like a good idea to us!
The blog makes it clear that smaller projects should not be subject to the same “burdensome” restrictions. This is a divergence from the EU AI Act, which mandates all models to undergo licensing.
Why it matters: It all sounds reasonable, but some worry that OpenAI is only pushing regulation to win a monopoly on the market through “regulatory capture.” In other words, pull the ladder on startup competitors right after winning over the market.
The first half of All-In’s latest pod offers insightful viewpoints on this issue!
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New Meta Model Supports > 1,000 Languages 🌎
Today, most speech recognition tools only support roughly 100 of the world’s 7,000 known languages.
Meta unveiled a speech-to-text (& vice versa) model that supports 1,100 spoken languages and identifies another 3,000. It’s secret? The Bible.
Meta researchers trained the model on vast swathes of text from the New Testament (which contain the most publicly available speech data in the world).
While the data comes from religious texts, the model performs well across non-religious domains too. It’s also more accurate: Compared to OpenAI’s Whisper, Meta’s model has ½ the number of errors while covering 11x more languages!
Meta also released the code to the public in pre-trained models on GitHub, which could mean upcoming advancements in areas that deal with languages like:
- Content subtitling.
- International communication.
- Translation services (ahem, Google Translate)
The future roadmap involves increasing the model’s coverage of even more languages and supporting different dialects. Does this include Dothraki?!
Why it matters: Meta is on fire, churning out innovative open-source models weekly. Watch out, OpenAI!
Around the Horn 🦄
- Intel announced a generative AI model for science called Aurora that’s targeting 1 trillion parameters.
- ChatGPT had to fight through thousands of clones to reach the top of the App Store charts.
- Researchers created LIMA, a new language model that performs better at complex tasks than GPT-4 and Bard with very, very little training data
- An AI-generated image of an explosion at the Pentagon went so viral that it triggered a brief dip in the stock market.
- Ask HN: Those with success using GPT-4 for programming – what are you doing?
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A Cat's Commentary 😻
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