Let’s Look at the AI News

Date: 113 2024

First of all, OpenAI changes policy to allow military applications. It’s a minor tweak that most of us probably missed. It wasn’t broadcasted, but The Intercept caught it. OpenAI used to say no to anything that was military.

You’re not supposed to use it for military applications, but that’s not the case anymore. This is how it looked like before the change, “Don’t allow the use of our models for military and warfare,” now an OpenAI representative, Niik Felix, explained, “There’s still a blanket prohibition on developing and using weapons.” You can see that it was originally and separately listed from military and warfare. So, right here, it says, “Don’t use our service to harm yourself or others, don’t use it for self-harm to develop weapons, injure others or destroy property, or engage in unauthorized activities.” Maybe it was just rewritten to be a little bit more readable or maybe they want to be a little bit more specific but a little bit more open to certain applications.

Some AI companies from the US, like OpenAI, Anthropic, and Coh, secretly met with Chinese AI experts. It looks like the meetings were set up by the Shake Group who usually deals with conflicts in the Middle East. We covered a little bit of this in the video about when Sam Alman was trying to develop AI chips. It’s all very hush-hush, it’s not very publicized, but it does look like there are some attempts to communicate and coordinate how all these nations deal with AI safety.

Open Interpreter Update

There’s a major update for Open Interpreter. Open Interpreter had been the original code interpreter, now it’s called Advanced Analytics, but open source that you can see exactly what it’s doing and you’re able to use any model that you want with it. So, the new update is the most significant update to Open Interpreter since the first version. Almost every component has been rewritten to support their project’s objective of building a standard interface between language models and computers. They have a computer API, they have a full operating system mode where the thing just takes over your computer and is able to click on things, open stuff, run it, and it uses Python to move your mouse around, etc. Now it also has a vision. This is very exciting because it shows a lot of potential for the future.

Impressive Demonstration

Let’s take a closer look at the demonstration of Open Interpreter. It was able to do a data entry task, writing the Fibonacci sequence without needing to be over-explained. This demonstrates the potential for this software to handle various tasks with the latest models, and though it is a work in progress and still needs improvements, it is very promising. This early access to the desktop app can be a great opportunity to explore the potential of this software.

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