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In this corner. While Zuck and Elon duke it out on Twitter, the Google v OpenAI rivalry continues to escalate. In this week’s matchup, Google’s AI division DeepMind claimed the new model they’re building will be a TKO against ChatGPT. The model is called Gemini, combining the chatbot capabilities we know and love with some mega-brain reasoning and planning capabilities from DeepMind’s OG model AlphaGo (famous for being the first AI to beat the reigning world champ at the game Go.) It remains to be seen which model will be impervious to roundhouse kicks from the GPU.

Meet us at Parliament’s lobby bar. Remember Sam Altman’s call for increased AI regulation? Turns out, he meant for other companies, not his own company. Duh! The OpenAI CEO hopped across the pond during the development of the EU AI Act to make these requests. The result? “General AI” models such as ChatGPT will not be considered “high risk” and therefore not subject to the same regulations as other AI models. You know, the ones not owned by OpenAI. Sus?

Robots, they’re just like us. Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have taught robots how to do things by having them watch YouTube videos of humans doing those things (same.) This is big because previously robots were super literal and could only repeat an action if it was demonstrated to them in the exact way they were supposed to perform that action. But in this study, the robots were showed videos of humans opening various drawers, and then able to figure out how to open any drawer. Calling it now: robot ASMR videos will be the breakout category of 2024.

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