OpenAI looks to convince Microsoft

Welcome back, Superhuman. Negotiations don’t get any higher stakes than this. After OpenAI announced a new corporate structure last week, the ChatGPT maker needs to convince one last party to implement its plan. And: Google might be leading the pack when it comes to AI models, but the technology poses a new threat to its business.

Today’s Insights

• OpenAI and Microsoft negotiate, Google’s AI challenge, and Alibaba’s breakthrough

• Tutorial: How to build your own AI voice agent from scratch

• ChatGPT gets new feature and Tencent reveals new AI video system

• 5 new AI tools to boost your productivity

• News, memes, what’s trending on socials, and more

TODAY IN AI

1. Microsoft and OpenAI are reworking the fine print on their $13B partnership: According to the Financial Times, Microsoft — OpenAI’s biggest backer — is a key holdout in the AI startup’s transition to a for-profit model. The negotiations center on how much equity Microsoft will receive for its investment, and whether the tech giant will get access to OpenAI's technology beyond their current 2030 contract. Things have been tense between the two, as OpenAI has targeted enterprise customers with its AI products, increasing competition with its biggest investor.

2. Investors fear AI could pose threat to Alphabet’s search business: The company’s shares plunged nearly 7% after Apple executive Eddy Cue testified last week that the iPhone maker is exploring AI for its Safari browser, and that reported searches had fallen for the first time last month. The $138B wipeout in market value comes amid fears that AI tools like ChatGPT could threaten Google's search market dominance.

3. Alibaba claims new method slashes AI search training costs by 88%: Researchers at the company say they’ve built ‘ZeroSearch’, a new technique that trains AI systems to search for information without linking up with external search engines. The approach uses an AI model's existing knowledge to simulate search results during training, cutting the need for expensive search engine API calls. In tests across 7 datasets, Alibaba claims their 14B-parameter model outperformed Google Search at just 12% of the training cost.

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AI & TECH NEWS

Everything else you need to know today

🔍️ Code Whisperer: OpenAI is rolling out a new GitHub connector to its deep research tool in ChatGPT, which will let users connect their GitHub repos and ask questions about their code. The feature can also be used for things like summarizing code structures and solving tasks like implementing APIs.

🎞️ Video Wonder: Chinese tech giant Tencent unveiled HunyuanCustom, an open-source AI system for customized video generation. It’s powered by Tencent’s HunyuanVideo-13B model and the company claims it outperforms closed rivals. See video examples here.

👀 Truth Troubles: Telling AI chatbots to keep their answers brief makes them more likely to hallucinate, according to a new study. When forced to keep answers brief, AI models consistently trade in accuracy for brevity, lacking the "space" needed to acknowledge false premises or provide proper rebuttals.

💰️ Money Moves: Nvidia-backed startup AI21 Labs is reportedly raising a $300M Series D funding round to build its own LLMs from scratch. This latest cash injection would raise the startup’s total funding to $636M with backing from tech giants like Google and Intel.

🩺 Calling Dr GPT: The FDA has appointed its first chief AI officer, tasked with modernizing the agency's IT systems and potentially speeding up medical product reviews. The appointment comes as the FDA looks to use AI to speed up drug approvals and modernize operations.

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SOCIAL SIGNALS

What’s trending on socials today

👀 Window Watcher: A new Microsoft AI feature lets you share your screen with Copilot to ask questions and solve problems as you work. Builder Paul Couvert shows you how to use it.

🤖 Source Code: The entire system prompt for the chatbot Claude has allegedly “leaked” online. System prompts define how AI models and applications should behave.

🥸 Liar Liar: A user asked ChatGPT to name the biggest lie ever told to people, and the answer is surprisingly wholesome.

🍿 Weird Watch: Someone made an AI version of the hit ‘90s show America’s Funniest Home Videos, and the results are a strange watch.

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