AI Leadership Weekly

Top Stories

.IO Domains to End
The Verge reports on the British government agreeing to give up ownership of the Chagos Islands in the Indian Ocean, which it has controlled since 1814. The fear is that this could lead to the end of the .IO top-level domain within the next five years.

Nobel Prize for Physics Awarded for AI Research
AI researchers John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton have been awarded the coveted 2024 Nobel Prize for Physics in recognition for their work developing the building blocks for modern-day machine learning. They also warn of the dangers of unchecked AI.

Can LLMs Truly Reason?
On the heals of claims by OpenAI that LLMs have the power to reason, Mehrdad Farajtabar posts a preprint version of a paper where he and others study various LLMs models (including both open-source models and those from OpenAI) to see if they really can reason, or if they’re just sophisticated pattern matchers.

In Brief

• Nvidia CEO Wants 100million AI Assistants

• TikTok Lays Off Staff, Replaces Them With AI

• Tesla Unveils CyberTaxi and Remotely-Operated Robot

Market Trends

Tesla Stock Plumets
After unveiling two new vehicles (the Cybercab and Robovan), Tesla’s stock dropped by 9% due to investors feeling ‘underwhelmed’.

Google’s Share of Search Could Drop to Below 50%
With the presence of AI-powered search growing every day, it has been predicted that Google’s share of online search ad market could fall below 50%.

OpenAI Could Lose Billions
OpenAI is projecting losses in the coming years in the tens of billions, but thinks its revenue should reach over $100 million by the end of the decade.

Tools and Resources

Webinar: ColPali Image Retriever
Watch this webinar on the ColPali image retriever, which describes a new approach to PDF RAG and document search.

Imagen 3 Released
Gemini has released their latest Imagen3 model.

OpenAI Swarm Framework
An experimental framework released by OpenAI that purports to orchestrate multiple AI agents to perform complex tasks.

Recommended Reading

Build: An Unorthodox Guide to Making Things Worth Making
Tony Fadell shares the lessons he learned from his time in Silicon Valley and at Apple, where he helped create the iPod and iPhone, offering practical advice on leadership, design, and making great products. You’re mentor in a book!

Learning to Work with Intelligent Machines
Matt Beane writes how AI and robots are changing how people learn on the job, making it harder to gain hands-on experience, a challenge for us leaders is the need to find new ways to balance technology with real-world training and mentorship.

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