Google DeepMind scientists in talks to leave and form AI startup

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👋 Google DeepMind scientists in talks to leave and form AI startup LINK

• Two Google DeepMind scientists are in discussions with investors to start an AI company in Paris, potentially raising over €200 million.

• The potential startup, currently known as Holistic, may focus on creating a new AI model, involving scientists Laurent Sifre and Karl Tuyls.

• Sifre and Tuyls have already given notice to leave DeepMind, although no official comments have been made regarding their departure or the startup plans.

💡 Sam Altman is still chasing billions to build AI chips LINK

• OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is raising billions to build a global network of AI chip factories in collaboration with leading chip manufacturers.

• Altman's initiative aims to meet the demand for powerful chips necessary for AI systems, amidst competition for chip production capacity against tech giants like Apple.

• Other major tech companies, including Microsoft, Amazon, and Google, are also developing their own AI chips to reduce reliance on Nvidia’s GPUs.

⚡️ Energy breakthrough needed to build AGI, says Sam Altman LINK

• OpenAI CEO Sam Altman suggests that creating advanced artificial general intelligence will require significant energy innovation, with his preference leaning towards renewable sources like nuclear fusion.

• Training AI models with billions of parameters, such as OpenAI's GPT-3, consumes substantial amounts of energy, equivalent to the annual energy use of about 90 average households.

• Altman has invested $375 million in nuclear fusion startup Helion Energy, which aims to supply energy for future computing demands, including those from companies like Microsoft.

🤖 OpenAI bans bot impersonating US presidential candidate LINK

• OpenAI has suspended a developer for using ChatGPT in a bot, Dean.Bot, which imitated a presidential candidate to aid his campaign, violating company policies.

• The Dean.Bot offered a disclaimer about its nature to users, but OpenAI has rules against applications that impersonate political figures, especially for campaigning purposes.

• After OpenAI's intervention, the AI startup Delphi first removed ChatGPT from Dean.Bot and then shut down the bot entirely, with the site currently stating "technical difficulties."