Daily AI Newsletter: “A very strange decision” is why OpenAI won’t go public

In today’s email:

🤔 “A very strange decision” is why OpenAI won’t go public
🔥 A 13B param model could outperform ChatGPT and match GPT-4 on Causal Judgement
🤯 AI discovered faster sorting algorithms
🛠 Various AI-related tools and platforms, including LiftOff, Intellinode, Remove bg, Metaphor, Flair AI, OpenChat, Painfinder, and more.

Highlights💡

Bard is getting better at logic and reasoning [Link]

Sundar Pichai: We’re updating Bard with a new technique called implicit code execution. Now it runs code in the background when it detects computational prompts, improving the accuracy of word and math problems by ~30%.

Bard, the AI language model, is launching two improvements. Firstly, through a new technique called "implicit code execution," it has boosted its ability to perform mathematical tasks, coding questions, and string manipulations. It now identifies computational prompts, runs code behind the scenes, and delivers more accurate responses. This method has enhanced Bard's response accuracy by approximately 30%. Secondly, Bard now allows its generated tables to be exported directly to Google Sheets. Despite these improvements, there are situations where Bard may not always produce correct responses. More updates are expected in the future.

Sam Altman says OpenAI won’t go public now because he may have to make “a very strange decision” that investors will disagree with [Link]

Sam Altman, the head of OpenAI, intends to retain control over the company and its AI chatbot technology, thus ruling out the possibility of going public in the near future, as reported by Bloomberg. Altman feels that going public might constrain his decision-making freedom, especially when OpenAI develops superintelligence, which could involve decisions that might seem odd to public investors.

Altman doesn't hold equity in OpenAI, affirming his non-conflicted stance. He is currently on a world tour, discussing ways to reduce AI's potential societal harm and possible regulations for the technology.

Altman recently addressed the Senate's AI oversight subcommittee, emphasizing the importance of government intervention in AI. He recommended that the US implement licensing and testing requirements for new AI models and suggested a partnership between OpenAI and the government to establish safety frameworks.

Despite operating as a "capped-profit" company now, OpenAI began as a nonprofit. This business model allows OpenAI to raise external funds while ensuring that the original nonprofit continues to benefit. Altman seeks full autonomy in decision-making from OpenAI shareholders and aims to avoid legal actions from the public market and Wall Street.

Orca: The Model Few Saw Coming 🔥 [Paper]

It turned out that tuning open source models having larger models 'tutor' a smaller model (by explaining reasoning process) allows a 13B param model to outperform ChatGPT and match GPT-4 on Causal Judgement

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AlphaDev discovers faster sorting algorithms [Link]

New algorithms will transform the foundations of computing.

Digital society is driving increasing demand for computation, and energy use. For the last five decades, we relied on improvements in hardware to keep pace. But as microchips approach their physical limits, it’s critical to improve the code that runs on them to make computing more powerful and sustainable. This is especially important for the algorithms that make up the code running trillions of times a day. Continue reading…