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Latent Space: The AI Engineer Podcast

AGI is Being Achieved Incrementally (OpenAI DevDay w/ Simon Willison, Alex Volkov, Jim Fan, Raza Habib, Shreya Rajpal, Rahul Ligma, et al)

Nov 8, 2023
Joining the conversation are Simon Willison, a software engineer known for his expertise in Python, and Alex Volkov, an AI researcher from Weights & Biases. They delve into the latest from OpenAI’s DevDay, breaking down the new features like GPT-4 Turbo and stateful APIs. Raza Habib discusses the real-world implications of foundation models, while Surya Dantuluri shares insights on evolving chatbot functionalities. Reid Robinson touches on Zapier's AI integration, and the group examines innovative applications and the future of multimodal capabilities in AI.
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Quick takeaways

  • OpenAI introduces GPT4 vision and speech-to-text capabilities, expanding the capabilities of GPT models for image-based applications and voice-based interactions.
  • OpenAI's API now includes the Assistant API, enabling developers to create conversational agents and perform tasks with external actions.

Deep dives

Impressive Multimodal Capabilities of GPT Models

OpenAI's latest release showcases the power of multimodality with the introduction of GPT4 vision and speech-to-text capabilities. GPT4 vision allows users to upload images and receive detailed analysis and understanding of the visual content, opening up new possibilities for image-based applications. The speech-to-text functionality provides accurate transcription of spoken language into text, enabling powerful voice-based interactions with the models. These new capabilities enhance the versatility and usefulness of GPT models for a wide range of applications.

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