Google Jarvis, Elections & AI | Weekly Edition

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Nov 08, 2024

Hello and welcome to our weekly roundup!

~~So, here's my take on the election...~~ We've got a lot of cool AI news this week! Google's next AI product has leaked again, ChatGPT has a new domain, Mistral unveiled moderation API, and more. And, of course, there are new guides and tools.

Actually, we'll still discuss the election, but in a way that is relevant to AI.

Let's get started!

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Jarvis for Your Chrome

Google has accidentally (or maybe not) revealed its next AI product, Jarvis. According to The Information, it appears to be an agent that works as an extension for Chrome. Jarvis is based on the next version of Gemini, which will be unveiled next month, and allows users to hand over everyday web tasks to AI. The app has no release date, but this isn't the first time information about Jarvis has leaked online.

Here's what we know about it:

In late October, The Information reported that Google was actively developing Project Jarvis. Insiders said the platform would be able to control a computer and perform tasks such as grocery shopping, hotel reservations, and data collection for research purposes. Google planned to unveil a preview of the Jarvis AI in December along with the next generation of Gemini, a family of large language models.

I should clarify a little here. Many creators and news writers say that Jarvis takes control of the computer, which puts it on par with Anthopic's Computer Use. However, as the description of Jarvis suggests, it's only about tasks inside the Chrome browser. That's a big difference. We'll probably only find out how it will actually work after the official announcement.

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A few weeks later, on November 6, an early version of Jarvis appeared on the Google Chrome Web Store, where it could be downloaded as an extension. Those who downloaded the extension found that it didn't actually work due to permission issues, and within hours, the extension's page was removed.

Google has not commented on the leak, so now all we have to do is wait. The company's next big event is DevFest 2024, which will be held in December. And the main topic of the conference is artificial intelligence. It may well be where we'll learn about the Gemini family update and get a closer look at Jarvis.

I'm already embarrassed that I look like a Google product AI hater, but.... Knowing how they work sometimes, it's strange to see them start with Jarvis.
Why the half-measures? They could have just called it Altron!

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What Does Trump's Victory Mean for AI?

So, Donald Trump won the 2024 election, and this event was instantly reflected in a multitude of markets. For example, bitcoin rose sharply to a record high, and the Dow Jones soared 1,500 points as investors now expect higher corporate earnings. The AI industry has also become an important topic.

Here's a summary of the main perspectives:

The removal of Lina Khan: After winning the presidency, Trump is expected to remove the head of the FTC, which enforces U.S. antitrust laws. This could mean the end of several antitrust investigations against big tech. In particular, cases against Microsoft, OpenAI, and Nvidia will likely be frozen.
Elon Musk's influence will increase: Musk has become Trump's most significant ally, while also being an active player in the AI market. This reflects favorably on the prospects of xAI and Tesla. In addition, the future president has promised that Musk will have the opportunity to reorganize the government, which will clearly affect the billionaire’s influence.

By the way, Musk was one of those who demanded that Khan be removed from office.

Repeal of Biden's executive order on AI: According to Trump, regulating AI is a “Radical Leftwing idea.” Unless the 47th president changes his mind, tech companies will soon have more freedom to create and use their models.
During his campaign, Trump promised policies to “support AI development rooted in free speech and human flourishing.” How this will work in practice is currently unclear.
Trade war with China: While Biden and the Democrats have also restricted exports of the best AI chips and sought to deny China the ability to manufacture advanced systems, it is speculated that Trump may tighten these policies.

Trump rarely mentioned AI-related issues during his campaign. So, the decisions that will be made after taking office may differ from those described above.

Perplexity Won the Election

The election also revealed a winner among AI startups (at least in terms of activity). While ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, and others chose to refrain from engaging with the topic, Perplexity went the opposite way. The company launched an Election Information Hub for its AI search engine. Perplexity tracked news in real-time throughout the voting and vote count and updated an interactive map.

After the election, CEO of Perplexity Aravind Srinivas said more people will use Perplexity than Google in the 2028 election.

This year, I tracked events through Perplexity for the sake of experimentation. It gave me all the information and election maps throughout the night. Perplexity also referenced reliable resources and gave context where it was needed.
In my opinion, the AI did its job well.

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OpenAI Acquires Chat.com for ChatGPT

You can now use ChatGPT at chat.com. That's basically all the news; we can speculate on the topic further. OpenAI hasn't disclosed how much it costs to acquire this domain, but it was reported that HubSpot co-founder Dharmesh Shah purchased it for $15.5M last year. It was one of the largest domain acquisitions in history. And it's easy to assume that OpenAI shelled out a similar amount for chat.com.

Here's how Sam Altman commented on the event on X:

We now have three options for ChatGPT (besides desktop and mobile apps): chat.openai.com, chatgpt.com, and chat.com. That's great, but honestly, I'm still using the first option out of habit.

Mistral Launches Moderation API

AI startup Mistral has launched a new API for content moderation. The API, which is the same API that provides moderation in Mistral's Le Chat bot platform, can be customized to specific applications and security standards.

It runs on a customized Ministral 8B model trained to classify text in different languages, including English, French, and German, into one of nine categories: sexual, hate and discrimination, violence and threats, dangerous and criminal content, self-harm, health, finance, law, and personal information.

Mistral said the new solution can be applied to raw and spoken text. That said, the company acknowledged that the model is not perfect and makes mistakes.

Bloomberg: OpenAI in Regulator Talks to Become For-Profit Company

Bloomberg reports that OpenAI is in preliminary talks with the California Attorney General about transitioning to a for-profit entity. The company, valued at $157B, announced its intention to “go all-in on profits” in September 2024, nearly a decade after its founding as a non-profit organization. The decision follows a record $6.6B funding round that put OpenAI on par with several large public companies.

This is another step toward OpenAI becoming a classic representative of big tech. We will probably understand whether this will change the company's policy or not with the release of its future products.

MIT Debuts LLM-Inspired Approach for Teaching Robots

There's a faster and better way to train general-purpose robots here. A team of researchers at MIT, inspired by large language models (LLMs), has developed a methodology that combines a variety of data to teach machines new skills. Through it, robots can learn to perform different tasks without starting to gain new skills from scratch each time. The approach has already outperformed learning from scratch by more than 20% in simulations and real-world experiments.

The authors said this experiment is another step toward creating a universal brain for robots operating without training. In this matter, the academic community is actively working in the same direction as many startups:
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