China Trains AI for Just $5.5M
Farhan
December 29, 2024
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🤖 China Trains AI for Just $5.5M
🥃 AI Beats Experts at Whiskey Tasting
💼 OpenAI Plans Big Investor Moves
💸 Microsoft Is Forcing Its AI on People
✍️ AI Writing Improves, Still No Soul
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🤖 China Trains AI for Just $5.5M - LINK
DeepSeek V3, an open-source AI model developed by the Chinese firm DeepSeek, boasts 685 billion parameters and has been trained on 14.8 trillion tokens. It outperforms leading models like Meta’s Llama 3.1 and OpenAI’s GPT-4o in benchmarks such as coding competitions and integration tasks, while also being three times faster than its predecessor.
Despite its massive scale, DeepSeek V3 was developed at a fraction of the cost of competitors—$5.5 million—using Nvidia H800 GPUs over two months, even amidst U.S. restrictions on advanced hardware exports to China.
Released under a permissive license for commercial use, DeepSeek V3 is a significant open-source challenger. However, its responses are filtered to align with Chinese regulatory standards, avoiding politically sensitive topics like Tiananmen Square.
What’s your take on DeepSeek V3?With its performance edge and cost efficiency, does this open-source AI model set a new standard despite regulatory constraints? |
🥃 AI Beats Experts at Whiskey Tasting - LINK
A new AI model has demonstrated the ability to distinguish between American whiskey and Scotch with greater accuracy than human experts, showcasing its advanced sensory analysis capabilities.
The AI was trained on a large dataset of chemical profiles from various whiskies, enabling it to identify subtle differences in composition that are often missed by human tasters.
This breakthrough could revolutionize quality control and authentication in the whiskey industry, ensuring product consistency and detecting counterfeits more effectively.
What’s your take on AI out-tasting humans in whiskey analysis? |
💼 OpenAI Plans Big Investor Moves - LINK
OpenAI plans to transition its for-profit arm into a Delaware Public Benefit Corporation (PBC) to better balance shareholder, stakeholder, and public benefit interests. This shift aims to secure the large-scale capital needed for advancing AGI while maintaining its mission to benefit humanity.
The restructured model will make the non-profit one of the best-resourced globally by granting it shares in the PBC. This approach will multiply donor contributions and enable the non-profit to expand its initiatives in areas like healthcare, education, and science.
OpenAI seeks to become an enduring company by integrating its mission into a continuous objective, focusing on building infrastructure for the AI-driven economy of the 21st century while ensuring AGI development remains safe and beneficial for humanity.
What do you think about OpenAI's decision to transition its for-profit arm into a Public Benefit Corporation (PBC)? |
💸 Microsoft Is Forcing Its AI Assistant on People - LINK
Microsoft is integrating its AI assistant, Copilot, into products like Windows 11 and Microsoft 365, making it a default feature for users, whether they want it or not.
Users are required to pay for access to Copilot through Microsoft 365 subscriptions, sparking criticism about the lack of choice and additional costs imposed on consumers.
The forced adoption has drawn backlash from users who feel coerced into using and paying for a feature they may not need, raising concerns about Microsoft’s approach to customer choice and transparency.
How do you feel about Microsoft making Copilot a default feature with a subscription fee? |
✍️ AI Writing Improves, Still No Soul - LINK
Researchers developed DJ Search, a tool to measure linguistic novelty in AI-generated text by comparing it against vast online databases. It evaluates originality by identifying unique word combinations and calculating a “creativity index,” revealing that AI outputs are largely derivative, akin to remixing existing content rather than creating original works.
The study found that human-authored works significantly surpass AI in linguistic novelty—by 80% in poetry, 100% in novels, and 150% in speeches. This highlights the gap between AI’s remixing capabilities and the originality inherent in human creativity.
While AI struggles with true narrative originality, tools like DJ Search can assist writers by identifying clichéd expressions and encouraging more novel language use. Future research aims to explore broader aspects of creativity, such as narrative structure and emotional depth, to further evaluate AI’s creative potential.
Can AI Be Truly Creative?AI-generated content often remixes existing ideas rather than creating something original, as shown by tools like DJ Search. What do you think? |
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