Welcome to another edition of Horizon AI,

Elon Musk's xAI plans to release its Grok chatbot source code this week as the feud with OpenAI heats up. Meanwhile, Sam Altman returns to OpenAI’s board along with three new members.

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Here's what's new today in the Horizon AI

• A Chart to Kickstart Your Day 📈: What industries could rely most on AI

• Musk's xAI to Open-Source ChatGPT Rival Grok 🤯

• OpenAI CEO Sam Altman Reinstated After Investigation

• AI Tutorial: How to make Gemini’s AI responses more precise

• AI Tools to check out

• The Latest in AI and Tech 💡

A chart to kickstart your day

What industries could rely most on AI

• The chart ranks industries based on the extent to which tasks within them can be automated or augmented by AI, with banking and insurance at the top.

AI News

XAI

Musk's xAI to Open-Source ChatGPT Rival Grok 🤯

Elon Musk announced that his AI company xAI will open-source its Grok chatbot this week. This move follows Musk's recent lawsuit against OpenAI, which he co-founded in 2015, for allegedly abandoning its non-profit principles in pursuit of a for-profit model.

After making the announcement on X, Elon Musk took the opportunity to jab at OpenAI once again. When a Twitter user suggested OpenAI should do the same, Musk responded briefly: 'OpenAI is a lie.'

By open-sourcing Grok, xAI will provide the public with access to experiment with the technology's underlying code.

The debate about open sourcing AI has intensified since Musk filed a lawsuit against the maker of ChatGPT. While open-source AI models can accelerate innovation, some experts warn that they could be exploited by malicious actors to create dangerous technologies.

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OPENAI

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman Reinstated After Investigation

OpenAI has announced that CEO Sam Altman will rejoin the company's board following an independent investigation into his abrupt firing in November of last year.

The key findings from the probe conducted by law firm WilmerHale include:

• Altman's conduct "did not mandate removal" from his leadership roles

• Altman and co-founder Greg Brockman "are the right leaders for OpenAI" to continue

• The decision to fire Altman was driven by a "breakdown in trust" with the prior board, not concerns over product safety, finances, or misrepresentations

Board chair Bret Taylor stated the investigation reviewed over 30,000 documents and interviewed board members and employees before reinstating Altman. Three new board members were also announced:

• Sue Desmond-Hellmann, former CEO of the Gates Foundation

• Nicole Seligman, former legal executive at Sony

• Fidji Simo, CEO of Instacart

While details remain vague around the circumstances that eroded trust with the previous board, OpenAI seems intent on moving forward under Altman's continued leadership after weathering this disruptive internal challenge.

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AI Tutorial

How to make Gemini’s AI responses more precise

Gemini now lets you tune and modify responses with a prompt, just follow these easy steps:

1. Select a part of Gemini’s response to your prompt, and a pencil/sparkle icon will appear to “Modify selected text.”

2. Click the icon, and that will open a box containing options like Regenerate, Shorter, Longer, and Remove, along with an open text field.

3. Write your prompt in the open text field.

4. Example:

I want the response to suggest a brand, so:

Gemini will note in the top-right corner how “Draft [was] modified by user.” :

Keep in mind that you may receive the response 'Gemini couldn't do that' if your prompts fail to guide the chatbot on how to modify the response correctly or if you request unsupported text formatting changes.

*Note: The tune response capability is gradually rolling out, starting with English on the Gemini web app. It may not be available to you just yet.

AI Tools to check out

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The latest in AI and Tech

Siri poised to make waves in AI space very soon, says creator

Dag Kittlaus, co-founder of the AI startup that led to Apple's Siri voice assistant, claims Siri will soon become a "real force" in the competitive landscape of large language models.

Reddit introduces a new AI-powered harassment detector

Reddit has unveiled an AI-powered safety filter designed to identify and flag posts containing harassing or objectionable content. The new 'harassment filter' utilizes a LLM trained on moderator actions and previously removed content.

OpenAI's CTO denies role in Altman's ouster

Mira Murati has addressed the New York Times report regarding her alleged involvement in the firing of Sam Altman. Murati took to X to refute the claims, stating that the NYT's sources were former board members seeking to shift blame onto her to preserve their public image. The CTO firmly distanced herself from the decision to dismiss Altman.

90 scientists sign letter aimed at preventing AI bioweapons

Over 90 leading biologists and AI experts have signed an agreement aimed at preventing the potential misuse of AI technologies for creating biological weapons. The scientists seek to ensure that their research progresses responsibly without exposing the world to catastrophic risks.

Authors sue Nvidia over alleged copyright infringement

Brian Keene, Abdi Nazemian, and Stewart O'Nan have filed a proposed class-action lawsuit against the company. The authors allege that Nvidia used their copyrighted books without permission to train its NeMo AI platform.

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