Data Points
Copilot may lead to more bugs than productivity gains. OpenAI prunes its Whisper model for faster completions. A new study measures top AI companies’ redteaming efforts. An open-source CLI coding assistant, o1-engineer.
Data Points
OpenAI introduces new canvas UI for editing with ChatGPT. Google’s chip design model gets a new (but familiar) name. Microsoft launches some of the features it promised with Recall. Aider wants to give the right models the right jobs.
Letters
We won! California’s anti-innovation bill SB 1047 was vetoed by Governor Newsom over the weekend.
The Batch Newsletter
The Batch AI News and Insights: We won! California’s anti-innovation bill SB 1047 was vetoed by Governor Newsom over the weekend.
Machine Learning Research
Large language models can process small spreadsheets, but very large spreadsheets often exceed their limits for input length. Researchers devised a method that processes large spreadsheets so LLMs can answer questions about them.
Tech & Society
Dozens of countries endorsed a “blueprint for action” designed to guide the use of artificial intelligence in military applications.
Tech & Society
Adobe is putting a video generator directly into its popular video editing application.
Machine Learning Research
Meta extended its Llama family of models into two new categories: vision-language and sizes that are small enough to fit in edge devices.
Data Points
Hacking ChatGPT’s long-term memory function. U.S. trade commission targets companies who lie about AI. A new OpenAI model for screening text and images. Apple, Meta, and others hold off on AI Pact
Data Points
Google’s top Gemini models cut prices, boost performance. Microsoft’s new approach to correct hallucinations. OpenAI releases a multilingual training dataset. Chain-of-thought reasoning has limits.
Machine Learning Research
A robot that plays table tennis beats human beginners and entertains experts.
Business
The AI startup Runway is helping to retool Lionsgate, the producer of blockbuster movie franchises like The Hunger Games and John Wick, for the era of generated video.