In today’s Brainyacts:

1. OpenAI broke the weekend

2. Claude 2.1 is released + Google Bard makes graphs

3. Meta, Google, and Amazon do some reshuffling and more AI model news

4. Inside OpenAI’s Legal Functions and other related content

5. Exploding topic: AI Perfume

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Lead Memo

🍽️ 🌋 The Weekend the OpenAI Board Ate

If you have been anywhere near Twitter/X or major business media since Friday afternoon, you know that OpenAI’s board has gone bonkers. It all started when they fired the CEO (or he resigned). And it only got weirder. Every tech media outlet has been scrambling to stay current on what has been going on. As always, Twitter/X was the best place to observe and learn.

There is so much coverage and this is still a developing story so I will share some decent recaps below.

But allow me to tell the story through some memes first.

• Amidst the turmoil at OpenAI: Microsoft wins (Ilya regrets actions; Board approached Anthropic About Merger; Salesforce generous offer)

• Satya Nadella says OpenAI should've 'consulted' Microsoft before firing Sam Altman

• OpenAI investors considering suing board after CEO Altman’s firing

• OpenAI Employees Say Firm's Chief Scientist Has Been Making Strange Spiritual Claims

• How OpenAI’s Bizarre Structure Gave 4 People the Power to Fire Sam Altman
  

Spotlight

Anthropic releases Claude 2.1

Read full release notes here. Highlights include:

→ 200k Context Window: translating to roughly 150,000 words, or over 500 pages of material.

→ 2x Decrease in Hallucination Rates:

→ System Prompts (via API): System prompts set helpful context that enhances Claude’s ability to take on specified personalities and roles or structure responses in a more customizable, consistent way aligned with user needs.

Use Google Bard to make graphs

Charts & graphs to visualize data

Bard can now generate charts from data or equations you include in your prompts or from tables that Bard generates during your conversations.

For the one above, I simply asked it:

▶︎▶︎PROMPT: generate a chart showing the number of lawyers in the US over the last five years and the number of civil lawsuits filed in state and federal courts please.

Here is a link to that chat session.

AI Model Notables

► Altman Sought Billions For Chip Venture Before OpenAI Ouster

► Amazon will eliminate several hundred roles in its Alexa division to focus on developing new forms of artificial intelligence

► Meta Reassigns Responsible AI Team to New Duties

► Google delays launch of AI model Gemini

► Microsoft releases AI tool for photorealistic copying of faces and voices

► Microsoft releases Orca 2, a pair of small language models that outperform larger counterparts

News You Can Use:

➭ California Bar Passes Disclosure and Billing Guidelines for AI

➭ Germany, France and Italy have reached agreement on how AI should be regulated, which could speed EU efforts to limit the technology

➭ Amazon aims to provide free AI skills training to 2 million people by 2025 with its new ‘AI Ready’ commitment

➭ JOB: Artificial Intelligence Business Development Leader at Deloitte

➭ What is happening inside OpenAI’s legal function?

➭ DoNotPay (aka Robot Lawyer) has won a total victory in Federal Court

➭ Scams targeting older Americans, most using AI, caused over $1 billion in losses in 2022

AI Perfume

Courtesy of https://explodingtopics.com/

AI perfume is any fragrance created using artificial intelligence technology.

Specifically, AI algorithms analyze vast amounts of data on fragrance compositions, customer preferences, and market trends to generate unique scent combinations.

For example, the startup EveryHuman provides a service they call “algorithmic perfumery.”

Their users answer a few questions, and EveryHuman’s AI analyzes the answers and creates a personalized perfume based on that data. 

Google’s Cloud team has revealed that they’re working on “digitizing smell” using AI.

According to Google, approximately 40 billion molecules have an odor. However, only 100 million of those molecules have been identified to date.

Their AI model is aiming to analyze massive amounts of data to help identify currently unknown scents.

What's Next

AI perfumes are part of the Sensory AI meta trend.

Search volume for “sensory AI” has grown by 2400% over the past 24 months.

Sensory AI refers to AI systems that can learn through several sensory inputs: smell, hearing, vision, etc. 

For example, Meta has unveiled the ImageBind AI model. 

This model can learn from six types of sensory data. 

While it’s still in its research phase, Meta believes that this system will be able generate multisensory content in the future.

Who is the author, Josh Kubicki?

Some of you know me. Others do not. Here is a short intro. I am a lawyer, entrepreneur, and teacher. I have transformed legal practices and built multi-million dollar businesses. Not a theorist, I am an applied researcher and former Chief Strategy Officer, recognized by Fast Company and Bloomberg Law for my unique work. Through this newsletter, I offer you pragmatic insights into leveraging AI to inform and improve your daily life in legal services.