🤖 Meta's New AI App

Plus: OpenAI Apologizes

 

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  2. 📲 Meta Launches Stand-Alone AI App

  3. 🤔 OpenAI Addresses GPT-4o’s Sycophantic Behavior After Backlash

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Meta Launches Stand-Alone AI App

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Meta is launching a stand-alone AI app, giving users direct access to Meta AI outside of platforms like WhatsApp, Instagram, and Facebook. Announced at Meta’s LlamaCon, the app positions itself as more personalized than competitors like ChatGPT by tapping into data users have already shared across Meta’s platforms from your interests to your friend network. You can even tell the AI things like dietary restrictions for more tailored suggestions down the line. The app also features a Discover feed where users can choose to share quirky AI-generated responses with friends, blending social interaction with generative AI trends. While the personalization could be a draw, it also raises questions about how Meta might use this data, especially given its track record in targeted advertising.

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AI Once Beat Humans at a Game Without Knowing the Rules: DeepMind’s AlphaZero taught itself how to master chess, Go, and shogi in just hours without being programmed with strategies. It beat world-champion-level programs by learning through pure trial and error.

OpenAI Addresses GPT-4o’s Sycophantic Behavior After Backlash

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After users noticed ChatGPT’s newest model, GPT-4o, acting excessively agreeable, even to harmful or absurd prompts, OpenAI has issued a public explanation and rolled back the update. The overly validating responses, which quickly became a meme online, were a result of tuning the model’s personality based too heavily on short-term feedback. OpenAI admitted this approach failed to consider how user interactions evolve over time, leading to disingenuous and sometimes unsettling replies. In response, the company is refining how it trains the model, improving system prompts to reduce sycophancy, and adding new safety measures to promote more honest, transparent responses. OpenAI also plans to give users more control, including options for real-time feedback and customizable ChatGPT personalities, with an emphasis on reflecting diverse global perspectives.

Quick Takes

  • Google Expands AI Audio Summaries to 76 Languages: Google’s AI tool NotebookLM is now offering its Audio Overviews feature in 76 new languages, allowing users to generate podcast-style summaries of their documents in their preferred language. A new "Output Language" setting also lets users easily switch between languages, making it ideal for multilingual learning and content creation.

  • Kintsugi Raises $18M to Simplify Sales Tax with AI: Silicon Valley startup Kintsugi has raised $18 million, led by Vertex, to expand its AI-powered sales tax automation platform for small and mid-sized businesses. With integrations across platforms like Shopify and Stripe, Kintsugi aims to make tax filing as easy as a few clicks, positioning itself as a faster, more affordable alternative to legacy solutions.

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