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 Our picks 

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Open AI has acquired the entire team of Global Illumination⁹¹³ in its first public acquisition. They’re being vocal about how the team will work on their core products, including ChatGPT.

Global Illumination is a design studio with team members having built early products at Instagram, Youtube, Pixar, Riot Games, etc. Their website links to a Minecraft-like game called Biomes. This acquisition hints at Open AI’s plans to make more consumer-facing products and not just be an API for businesses.

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Ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt to launch AI-science moonshot.⁷⁷³ The aim is to achieve scientific breakthroughs using AI. The org structure is modelled after Open AI (which started as a non-profit and then extended into a for-profit arm).

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One of Google’s AI units, DeepMind, is using generative AI to develop at least 21 different tools^1,123 for life advice, planning and tutoring. These tools will not provide therapy assistance; they are more in the realm of talking with a friend.

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Open challenges in LLM research.^1,667 This excellent post from Chip Huyen covers the 10 major challenges that are yet to be solved with LLMs. Must read if you’re looking to find a problem to work on or evaluating potential AI ideas.

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• Using LLMs at AngelList¹⁹⁵.

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