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In today’s edition:

• AI Industry Turns to Nuclear Power, Faces Regulatory Challenges

• Meta Enhances Videos with AI, Achieves 8-10% More Reels Watch Time

• OpenAI Responds to Musk's Lawsuit, Reveals Disagreements

• Korean Breakthrough Beats OpenAI in Speedy Image

• Microsoft's Copilot Designer Sparks Concerns Over Inappropriate Content

AI Industry Turns to Nuclear Power, Faces Regulatory Challenges

The AI industry is pushing for a nuclear power comeback, partly to meet its own energy needs. Backed by OpenAI's Sam Altman, a nuclear startup aims to power data centers and homes.

This effort faces challenges from regulators, slowing its progress. As AI rapidly grows, questions arise about whether nuclear energy advancements can match the pace of AI's energy consumption. Oklo, one such startup, envisions small-scale nuclear powerhouses for various applications but faces regulatory hurdles.

The push for nuclear energy gains traction beyond tech giants, with concerns about the need for careful regulation amidst increasing demand and climate urgency.

Meta Enhances Videos with AI, Achieves 8-10% More Reels Watch Time

Meta is developing a comprehensive AI model to drive its entire video system, aiming to unify recommendations across platforms like Reels and traditional videos.

Head of Facebook, Tom Alison, shared Meta's tech roadmap, emphasizing a shift to Nvidia GPUs for enhanced performance. The new model architecture yielded an 8-10% increase in Reels watch time.

Meta now advances into phase 3, focusing on system re-architecture for broader applications, potentially integrating generative AI into multiplayer consumer environments. .

OpenAI Responds to Musk's Lawsuit, Reveals Disagreements

Elon Musk proposes peace in OpenAI legal clash, offering to drop the lawsuit if they change their name to 'ClosedAI.' Allegations center on AI contract violations, with Musk's merger and control demands conflicting with OpenAI's mission.

Revealing emails from 2015-2018 detail Musk's departure over funding, structure, and control disputes. OpenAI rejects Musk's proposal to attach to Tesla, citing mission misalignment.

Despite Musk's criticism and ethical questions, OpenAI reaffirms its mission in a blog post, dismissing accusations. The $80 billion valuation deal adds complexity to the unfolding legal saga.

Korean Breakthrough Beats OpenAI in Speedy Image Generation

South Korean scientists have developed an AI image generation model, "KOALA," using knowledge distillation to condense the Stable Diffusion XL model.

With only 700 million parameters, KOALA runs swiftly on low-cost GPUs and requires just 8GB of RAM. The technique of knowledge distillation transfers knowledge from a large model to a smaller, faster one without compromising performance.

In contrast, larger models demand high-end GPUs. KOALA, generating images based on text input, outperformed OpenAI's DALL·E 2 and 3 in speed, showcasing its efficiency.

The scientists aim to integrate this technology into various services, from image generation to education and content production.

Microsoft's Copilot Designer Sparks Concerns Over Inappropriate Content

Microsoft engineer Shane Jones has warned that the company's AI image generator, Copilot Designer, produces inappropriate content, including violent and sexual images and copyright violations.

Despite reporting concerns internally, Jones claims Microsoft hasn't taken appropriate action. He sent letters to the FTC and Microsoft's board seeking safeguards, disclosures, and an investigation into responsible AI incident reporting.

Microsoft responded, emphasizing its commitment to addressing concerns through internal reporting channels.

LLM Of The Week

Yi-34B-200K's long text capability leaps in the 'Needle-in-a-Haystack' test, soaring from 89.3% to an impressive 99.8%, a 10.5% improvement.

The model, pretrained on a mixture of 5B tokens of long-context data, exhibits near-flawless performance, showcasing its enhanced proficiency in handling extensive textual data.

Best Prompt of the Week 🎨

Today's Goal: Write a Cover Letter 🧪

Prompt: Generate a cover letter for my (job) Please follow the instructions below carefully to create a well-crafted cover letter 

Context: The cover letter is for a software developer position at (company)

Outcome: The desired outcome is a professionally written and persuasive cover letter that highlights my skills and qualifications for the job

Length: The cover letter should be approximately one page long, with a maximum of 500 words

Format: The cover letter should follow a standard business letter format, including a header with my contact information, a formal salutation, body paragraphs with clear and concise content, and a polite closing

Style: The tone of the cover letter should be professional and enthusiastic, showcasing my passion for software development and my interest in working at (company)