AI Bits for the week

04 Dec 2024

Dear MAC AI,

Find below some cool AI bits of the week.

NeuroAI for AI Safety

Patrick Mineault et al.

OpenAI’s 12 days of ‘shipmas’ include Sora and new reasoning model

OpenAI is getting ready for a busy, festive period of AI announcements. It starts tomorrow!

Sam Altman lowers the bar for AGI

“My guess is we will hit AGI sooner than most people in the world think and it matter much less,” says OpenAI’s CEO.

2024 in review: AI

In 2024, AI was everywhere. Let’s look back at some of the biggest moments from this year.

Learning the Language of Life with A.I.

A Hyper-Accelerated Phase of New Foundation Models

‘Brutal’ math test stumps AI but not human experts

Benchmark shows humans can still top machines—but for how much longer?

ChatGPT turns two: how the AI chatbot has changed scientists’ lives

How many researchers are using the AI tool? Nature gathers data and talks to members of the academic community.

How is UCSF thinking about deploying and evaluating AI tools?

Julia Adler-Milstein of the UCSF Division of Clinical Informatics and Transformation sets out the vision

Enjoy,

Pedro