Following feedback from a 25-city global tour, OpenAI says it is increasing its focus on making AI products like ChatGPT and GPT-4 more useful, accessible, and impactful for users and developers worldwide. The tour was led by CEO Sam Altman, who was joined by his co-founders or employees, depending on the location.
Specifically, the company is working on improving performance for languages other than English and ensuring that models perform efficiently in real-world applications, not just "lab benchmarks," it says. OpenAI also wants to "make it easier for people to guide our models toward responses that reflect a wider variety of individual needs and local cultures and contexts."
Generative AI tools like GPT-4 will disrupt traditional expectations and workflows in several fields, including research mathematics, according to famous mathematician Terence Tao.
He suggests that the robustness and adaptability of these models could lead to AI tools that integrate with traditional software or serve as compassionate conversationalists, translators, teachers, and more. Tao predicts that by 2026, AI could be a trusted co-author in mathematical research and various other fields. However, the introduction of AI assistance will also present challenges for adapting existing institutions and practices. You can read his full essay here.
Salesforce unveiled generative AI capabilities for its Sales Cloud and Service Cloud at World Tour London: AI Day.
Sales GPT will embed generative AI into the sales workflow to automatically generate customer emails, call summaries, and account research. Service GPT will auto-generate service responses and summarize customer interactions for service teams. The new Einstein GPT system, which powers Sales GPT and Service GPT, is designed to provide trusted, open ecosystem-based generative AI based on proprietary real-time data. Salesforce's AI capabilities are designed to increase productivity and streamline sales and service processes. All AI services are scheduled for release in 2023.
OpenAI brings its Bing web browsing feature to the ChatGPT iOS app for Plus users. You will need to enable web browsing with Bing in the "New Features" section of the ChatGPT app using the model switcher. No word yet on an Android app, which is still "coming soon".
Bing has been ChatGPT's default search engine for ChatGPT Plus since May. Using Bing exclusively, due to OpenAI's close partnership with Microsoft, enables ChatGPT to get additional information from the web that is more current than its training data, which ends in September 2021. The long-term vision is that web-enabled LLMs can become valuable everyday assistants, perhaps even replacing searching.
So, we know there is a lot of money 🤑 in generative AI, but still, MosaicML's exit to Databricks seems outstanding: The transaction is valued at about $1.3 billion. MosaicML was founded just two years ago.
In any case, MosaicML joins Databricks for a shared vision of making custom AI model development available to organizations worldwide. The partnership aims to combine MosaicML's generative AI software infrastructure, model training, and deployment expertise with Databricks' customer reach and engineering capabilities.
Both companies' flagship products, which currently power generative AI for enterprises and developers worldwide, will continue to grow under the agreement. The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions and regulatory approvals. With MPT-7B and MPT-30B, MosaicML is also the provider of some of the more popular open-source LLMs, with more than 3.3 million downloads.
Booking.com is launching a beta version of its AI Trip Planner for select U.S. travelers. The AI Trip Planner can answer general and specific questions and create personalized itineraries.
The new feature, built on Booking.com's machine learning models and OpenAI's ChatGPT API, provides a conversational experience for users to plan trips, ask questions and receive tailored travel recommendations. Integrated directly into the Booking.com app, the AI Trip Planner provides a visual list of destinations and properties with pricing information and deep links for more details.
