What We Know About Q* and OpenAI’s Potential AGI Breakthrough — Earlier this year, OpenAI’s CEO Sam Altman sent the tech world into a frenzy with a five-word Reddit post: “AGI has been achieved internally.” AGI stands for Artificial General Intelligence. It’s the holy grail of AI research. Essentially, true AGI would be a brain-like intelligence capable of reasoning, creative thought…

In the worst way possible for the company — Imagine it’s the American Revolution. A rag-tag band of rebels is fighting one of the world’s greatest superpowers. Miraculously, after a long and bloody campaign, they seem to be winning. They’ve made some key allies. They’re scrappy and creative. They’re starting to win key battles, and it looks like they…

The changes signal the start of a real ecosystem for OpenAI’s tech — Last week, as part of its new DevDay Conference, OpenAI announced some major additions to its industry-leading generative AI platforms. At first glance, they may not seem like much. Reading OpenAI’s announcements, it’s easy to get bogged down in the nerdy specificity of some of these new additions. But make…

How a pink pond in Fremont, California became a social media magnet — This Fall, a Barbie-inspired army of influencers has descended on Fremont, California’s iconic pink-colored salt ponds, hoping to take unique photos for social media. The problem has gotten so bad that the National Fish and Wildlife Service, an agency of the Federal government, has stepped in to warn would-be influencers…

Here’s exactly how to do it — Imagine if you could take your child’s scribbles and transform their ideas into artist-quality illustrations. With generative AI, that’s now not only possible — it’s easy and cheap. Earlier this month, OpenAI released two new features in ChatGPT. ChatGPT Vision allows the popular AI system to analyze the content of…

A real-world experiment — Today’s generative AI systems can create some pretty remarkable images. But how do they fare with making HDRI Maps? These specialized images are used in fields ranging from automotive rendering, to architectural design, to video game design. One of my clients is CGI.Backgrounds, a company that has supplied these unique…

To simplify, or obscure? — “Hey Siri!” It’s the iconic phrase that launched today’s consumer AI revolution. Many of us still shout it at our phones on a daily basis, often with mixed results. Siri was one of the first examples of an AI-powered ChatBot built for the general public. But she also represents an…

And why it’s still perfect for a certain type of user — Three years ago, I got to serve as an early Beta tester for OpenAI. Using the models that would eventually become ChatGPT months or years before they were released was exhilarating. Although OpenAI’s early text models amazed me, I still remember the first time I used DALL-E, OpenAI’s first-generation image…

I’m using the system every day — but not how I expected — ChatGPT Vision (or GPT4-V for short) is a brand new system from OpenAI that started to roll out last week. GPT4-V allows ChatGPT to process images, not just text. First Hands-On With ChatGPT Vision I tested the groundbreaking new visual version of OpenAI’s chatbotmedium.com People have already done some super cool demos of ChatGPT Vision. But let’s be honest — most of these use cases…