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🗞 OpenAI's Holiday Reveals, Altman's AI Payouts, and Grok Goes Free

AI Today: Market Movers and Tech Breakthroughs

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Digitize Dispatch
December 09, 2024

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🔎 The Latest on the AI Frontier:

  • OpenAI '12 Days' Holiday Campaign with Daily Product Reveals Continues

  • Altman Proposes Creator Compensation System for AI Training

  • xAI's Grok Chat Now Available Free with Usage Limits

  • Meta Releases Efficient 70B Llama 3.3, Reports 600M Monthly AI Users

  • iOS 18.2 Update Brings Camera Controls, Mail Categories, Default Apps

  • China Investigates Nvidia Over Mellanox Deal Competition Concerns

  • Other news you might find interesting

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🎁 OpenAI launches '12 days of OpenAI' with major product announcements and daily demos.

  • Day 3 (Dec 9): [Event has just started, no major announcements yet]. Anticipated releases could include Sora video generation, Advanced Voice with vision capabilities, and Project management features.

  • Day 2: Expanded access to Reinforcement Fine-Tuning Research Program, aimed at launch in early 2025.

  • Day 1 highlights: Introduced ChatGPT Pro ($200/month) with unlimited access to o1-mini, GPT-4o, and Advanced Mode.

🌟 OpenAI's Altman proposes creator payment model for AI training data usage.

  • CEO envisions micropayment system where creators get compensated when AI emulates their style, similar to NIL deals for athletes.

  • Initiative comes amid ongoing lawsuits from publishers over copyright infringement, including New York Times.

  • Startup ProRata already developing revenue-sharing model with major publishers like Financial Times and The Atlantic.

🤖 xAI's Grok chatbot now available for free with limited access model.

  • Free version allows 10 messages per 2 hours and 3 image analyses daily, dropped from premium X subscription requirement.

  • Plans include standalone app launch and PDF/document processing capabilities.

  • Follows $6B funding round valuing xAI at $40B, with focus on Memphis supercomputer expansion.

🚀 Meta launches 70B parameter Llama 3.3 model, marking significant AI efficiency gains.

  • New model performs comparably to 405B parameter version but more efficiently, with Llama becoming most adopted AI model (650M+ downloads).

  • Meta AI reaches 600M monthly active users across apps, while company plans new Louisiana data center.

  • Advanced testing begins on wrist-based muscle activity sensor for VR/AR control, aligning with Meta's broader metaverse strategy.

🔄 iOS 18.2 brings significant non-AI updates ahead of Monday release.

  • New Camera Control settings for iPhone 16: adjustable double-click speed, autofocus lock, and screen-on requirements.

  • Mail app introduces smart auto-categorization into Primary, Transactions, Updates, and Promotions.

  • Major quality-of-life improvements: default messaging app options, AirTag location sharing with airlines, volume controls, and charging time estimates.

📊 China probes Nvidia over potential monopolistic practices stemming from its $7B Mellanox acquisition.

  • Regulators investigating Nvidia's compliance with 2020 Mellanox deal terms regarding fair treatment of Chinese firms.

  • Investigation coincides with US restrictions on AI chip sales to China, escalating tech tensions.

  • Stock impact: 2% pre-market drop, following 1.8% decline to $142.44 Friday.

🖨 More news you might find interesting:

  • Google enhances Gemini with creative image editing tools and hints at model upgrades.

  • X launches 'Aurora' AI image generator within Grok chatbot.

  • US approves Microsoft's AI chip exports to UAE under $1.5B G42 partnership deal.

  • JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon draws clear distinction between internet bubble "hype" and AI's "real" transformative potential.

  • Public adoption of generative AI hits 39.5% in two years, doubling the historical uptake rate of internet and PCs.

  • Reddit launches AI-powered "Reddit Answers" to compete with ChatGPT and enhance user search experience.

  • Alibaba co-founder Jack Ma reemerges to champion AI's future at Ant Group's 20th anniversary.

  • Bezos returns to Amazon with 95% focus on AI development in unofficial advisory role.

  • ByteDance must sell TikTok by January 19 or face US ban, affecting 170M American users.

  • Palantir and Anduril forge military AI data partnership: joint initiative combines Anduril's edge computing with Palantir's AI platform to capture battlefield data for AI training.

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