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In today’s email:

• AI Agent “JACE”

• OpenAI To Become For-Profit?

• Snowden’s Warning For ChatGPT Users

• “Hallucinating” or “BS”?

• 5 New AI Tools

• Latest AI Research Papers

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Former Meta Engineers Launch Jace, an AI Agent That Works Independently  

Buoyed by $2.9 million and led by tech veterans Daniel Gross and Nat Friedman, Zeta Labs, a brainchild of ex-Meta engineers, has launched Jace, an AI agent powered by LLM and AWA-1 models, aimed at automating complex browser tasks independently.

Unlike traditional chatbots, Jace doesn't require constant guidance, executing tasks like booking hotels or managing recruitment pipelines autonomously. It employs a hybrid approach: LLM handles interactions while AWA-1 translates plans into browser actions, overcoming web interface challenges. The system verifies task completion to prevent loops and secures user credentials like passwords.

Zeta Labs collaborates with design partners to refine Jace before its commercial release, targeting sectors like ecommerce and recruiting. With plans for a $45/month subscription post-free tier exhaustion, Zeta Labs anticipates meeting high demand from small businesses seeking efficient task automation in various operational domains. Read more.

OpenAI CEO “Company could become for-profit corporation”

OpenAI's CEO, Sam Altman, recently disclosed to shareholders that the company is mulling over a governance shift, possibly evolving into a for-profit benefit corporation. This potential change would tweak the nonprofit board’s control, bringing OpenAI in line with competitors like Anthropic and xAI. The deliberations are as fluid as they are ongoing, with multiple scenarios still on the table.

Despite these potential upheavals, OpenAI asserts that its primary mission remains unaltered: developing AI for the greater good, with the nonprofit entity holding a central position. Reported by The Information, it underscores the strategic deliberations within OpenAI as it navigates its future growth and structure. The company has reassured stakeholders of its ongoing commitment to creating beneficial AI. Read more.

Edward Snowden warns against ChatGPT and OpenAI after former NSA director joins board

OpenAI's recent board appointment of ex-NSA chief Nakasone has some, including whistleblower Edward Snowden, questioning the company's commitment to open and transparent AI development. Snowden views this move as a potential "intelligence coup" for the U.S. government, raising concerns about the alignment of AI development with national security priorities, potentially at the expense of individual liberties.

Nakasone's role on the "Safety and Security Committee" fuels speculation about collaborations with the U.S. military, further stoking the fire. Meanwhile, internal debates at OpenAI highlight a curious chasm between those fixated on theoretical superintelligences and others grappling with more immediate cybersecurity threats.

Snowden's broader critique extends to the AI community's hyper-focus on existential threats, cautioning against politicizing AI models to enforce minority viewpoints, exemplified by recent controversies involving Google's AI image generator. Read more.

ChatGPT isn't hallucinating, it's spreading "soft bullshit"

Researchers from the University of Glasgow argue that the misleading outputs of ChatGPT and similar large language models (LLMs) should be categorized as "bullshit" rather than "hallucinations". Published in Ethics and Information Technology, their study applies philosopher Harry Frankfurt's definition of bullshit, which emphasizes an indifference to truth rather than intentional deception.

According to the researchers, LLMs like ChatGPT generate statements without concern for accuracy, prioritizing persuasiveness over factual correctness. This distinction between "hard bullshit" (intentional deception) and "soft bullshit" (indifference to truth) clarifies how these AI systems operate, challenging previous notions that described their errors as hallucinations or misperceptions.

The researchers caution against overestimating LLM capabilities by mislabeling their outputs as hallucinatory, advocating instead for accurate terminology to foster a better understanding of AI's limitations and promote responsible scientific discourse. Read more.

Etcetera: Stories you may have missed

Google tops Forrester's first ranking of AI foundation models

Anthropic's "Beta Steering API" offers developers a sneak peek at the future of controllable LLMs

Nvidia's 'Nemotron-4 340B' model redefines synthetic data generation, rivals GPT-4

Meta pauses plans to train AI using European users' data, bowing to regulatory pressure

Hackers Target AI Users With Malicious Stable Diffusion Tool on GitHub to Protest 'Art Theft'

AI in finance is like ‘moving from typewriters to word processors’

Jonathan Marcus of Anthropic says AI models are not just repeating words  

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