Is ChatGPT now the new CEO of OpenAI? 😳

Good afternoon,

Welcome to this weeks newsletter, packed with drama, breaking news and a lot of new developments for big companies.

First things first: did ChatGPT really take over OpenAI? Probably not, but Sam Altman did get kicked off the board out of nowhere. OpenAI is doing better than ever and there was no sign of Sam Altman being unfit to be the leader. What are they not telling us? Is big investor Microsoft taking over? Are there developments in the tech we should worry about?

Table of contents

• How to use ChatGPT as your coach. 🧑‍🎓

• The decisions of OpenAI’s board 👩‍🏫

• Microsoft to be the AI titan of the world 🦕

• Have a professional Li picture without making pictures 📸

• Google developing and investing in AI like there’s no tomorrow 💸💰

How to use ChatGPT as your coach?

We figured: why not ask ChatGPT on how to use it as a personal coach. This was it’s response:

“Here's a step-by-step guide on how you can use me as your business coach:”

1. Define Your Business Goals and Challenges

• Identify Goals: Clearly state what you want to achieve in your business. It could be increasing sales, improving marketing strategies, managing finances better, or expanding your business.

• Pinpoint Challenges: Discuss any specific challenges you're facing. This could range from operational issues to strategic planning or employee management.

2. Utilize My Capabilities

• Market Research: Request information on market trends, competitor analysis, or customer demographics.

•  Best Practices: Ask for insights into industry best practices, case studies, or success stories.

• Data Analysis: If you have data that needs analysis, you can share it, and I can help interpret it.

• Image and Idea Generation: Use my capabilities to generate images or brainstorm ideas that might be useful for your marketing or product development.

3. Skill Development

• Educational Content: Ask for explanations, tutorials, or learning resources to enhance your skills in areas like leadership, digital marketing, finance, etc.

• Feedback and Analysis: Submit your plans or ideas for feedback. I can provide an analysis or suggestions for improvement.

4. Regular Check-ins

• Progress Updates: Regularly update me on your progress. This can help in adjusting strategies, addressing new challenges, and celebrating successes.

• Reflective Questions: I can ask questions that prompt reflection on your business practices and help in identifying areas for growth.

5. Adapt and Evolve

• Feedback on My Assistance: Provide feedback on the advice and solutions I offer. This helps in tailoring the guidance to your specific needs.

• Stay Updated: Keep me informed about changes in your business or industry, so I can provide the most relevant and up-to-date advice.

Updates

🧐 The boards decision 🧐

Even though there was a successful OpenAi DevDay earlier this month and a lot of succeses for the company this year, Sam Altman has been fired as CEO of OpenAI. The official statement tells us Sam is fired due to “a lack of consistent candor in his communications with the board, hindering its ability to exercise its responsibilities. The board no longer has confidence in his ability to lead the company”. Mira Murati, the Chief Technology Officer, will serve as the interim CEO while the company conducts a search for a permanent successor.

There is a lot of speculation going on on what the real reason is and if the board is hiding something. Here is a some up of why people think they're hiding something:

Sam Altman has been putting out some cryptic tweets.

Greg Brockman, co-founder of OpenAi, has resigned after hearing the news of Sam being fired. He also gave a timeline of how things went down.

• At 12:00 on Friday november 17th, Sam joined a meeting with the whole board (expect from Greg) where he was fired.

• At 12:23 Greg got told the news.

• At 12:25 the blog was posted by OpenAi telling the public about what happened.

There has also been some tension between member of the board Ilya Sutskever and Sam Altman. Ilya told employees: “This was the board doing its duty to the mission of the nonprofit". There is some speculation OpenAI achieved AGI* which would result in a big achievement for the company but in the media mostly for Sam.

With the cryptic tweets of Sam, the leaving of Greg and the tension between Ilya and Sam. People have a feeling something happened which OpenAi is not telling the public. What do you think?

*AGI is a highly autonomous system that outperforms humans at most economically valuable work.

🦖 Microsoft to be the AI titan of the world 🦕

Besides being the biggest investor in the most popular AI company, OpenAi, Microsoft is also developing their own new technologies.

Microsoft launched a deepfakes creator at Ignite 2023, allowing users to generate photorealistic avatars of people and make them say things they didn't necessarily say. The tool, called Azure AI Speech text-to-speech avatar, can create videos of an avatar speaking by uploading images of a person and writing a script.

They also developed their own custom AI chip, the Azure Maia, and an Arm-based CPU, the Azure Cobalt, to power its Azure data centers and prepare for a future full of AI. The Azure Maia AI chip is designed for running cloud AI workloads, like large language model training and inference, and will be used to power some of the company’s largest AI workloads on Azure.

These developments perfectly set up the announcements made on OpenAI's first DevDay Conference. The partnership aims to build the best systems for developers to create the best models. With these developments OpenAI has also introduced lower pricing, making the models more accessible and increasing their utilization. The partnership between Microsoft and OpenAI aims to empower every person and organization with the benefits of AI.

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Updates

Google developing and investing in AI like there’s no tomorrow 💸💰

Google is in talks to invest 'hundreds of millions' into the AI startup Character.AI. The startup, founded by former Google Brain employees Noam Shazeer and Daniel De Freitas, is known for its AI chatbots that allow users to interact with virtual versions of celebrities and create their own chatbots and AI assistants. The investment is expected to deepen the existing partnership Character.AI has with Google, which includes the use of Google's cloud services and Tensor Processing Units (TPUs) to train models. The company is also in talks to raise equity funding from venture capital investors, which could value the company at over $5 billion. This investment aligns with Google's previous investments in AI startups, demonstrating its continued interest in the AI sector.

YouTube is testing new generative AI elements, including topic summaries for comments and a conversational AI tool. The AI comment summaries will create sub-discussions within the comment stream, enabling creators to see what people are saying about specific elements. This feature will allow creators to more quickly jump into comment discussions on their videos or draw inspiration for new content based on what their audiences are discussing. The experiment is currently running on a small number of videos in English with large comment sections, and YouTube Premium members can opt-in to this test.