AI reality check

All systems go?

This week, Tristan and Tasia sift through the latest good news and/or bad news about Friend, Humane, Rabbit, OpenAI, Google and Figure. Then we puzzle over the current state of AI as some claim we're in a bubble. Join us for an emotional roller coaster ride through the latest AI developments.

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FOLLOW-UP

• Developer Says the ‘Friend’ AI Amulet Ripped Off His Project, Releases Diss Track

• Humane’s daily returns are outpacing sales

• Rabbit’s r1 refines chats and timers, but its app-using ‘action model’ is still MIA

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OPENAI NEWS

• OpenAI Warns Users Could Become Emotionally Hooked on Its Voice Mode

• OpenAI finds that GPT-4o does some truly bizarre stuff sometimes

• OpenAI co-founder Schulman leaves for Anthropic, Brockman takes extended leave

• Major shifts at OpenAI spark skepticism about impending AGI timelines

• See also: Microsoft now lists OpenAI as a competitor in AI and search

• OpenAI adds a Carnegie Mellon professor to its board of directors

• OpenAI Reportedly Hesitant to Release ChatGPT Detection Tool That Might Piss Off Cheaters

• ChatGPT now lets free users generate up to two images per day made by DALL-E 3

AI NEWS

• Google Says AI Olympics Ad ‘Tested Well’ Before Inspiring Outrage

• Watch: OpenAI-backed Figure shows off next-gen ‘self-correcting’ humanoid robot

• Sorry, Figure AI, but your robot won't be cool until it can walk like a human

• Experts warn AI bubble may soon burst