IBM announced yesterday that they were planning to replace 7,800 jobs with AI. Dropbox made news last week by laying off 500 people as part of their pivot to AI. Meta had a very successful earnings call and said its approach to AI in Instagram had increased the amount of time spent on Instagram by about 24%.
Our main discussion is focused on new research out of the University of Texas Austin on GPT-like AI that, after being trained on a particular person's brain, can translate their thoughts into text.
The news brief covers:
IBM replacing 7800 future hires with AI
Dropbox lays off 500 in pivot to AI
Meta AI on earnings call
Amazon building improved LLM for Alexa
Geoffrey Hinton 'Godfather of AI' leaves Google to warn of dangers of AI
White House looking into use of AI for employee tracking
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