🌠 OpenAI used Youtube transcripts for training ChatGPT-4?

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• 🌠 OpenAI used YouTube's Transcripts to Train GPT-4

• 🧸 Jony Ive and Sam Altman Join Forces to Develop Groundbreaking AI Hardware

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🌠 OpenAI used YouTube's Transcripts to Train GPT-4

Over 1 Million Hours of YouTube Video Transcripts Fuel GPT-4's Capabilities

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In a surprising revelation, OpenAI has used data from YouTube, transcribing over one million hours of video content to train its latest AI model, GPT-4.

This massive dataset, spanning a wide range of topics and conversational styles, has played a crucial role in enhancing GPT-4's language understanding and generation capabilities.

The Details

• OpenAI's president, Greg Brockman, was personally involved in curating the YouTube videos used for training GPT-4.

• Despite potential legal concerns, OpenAI considered the use of YouTube transcripts as fair use, driven by the need for extensive high-quality training data.

• Google, which owns YouTube, has also been leveraging the platform's data to develop its own AI models, such as the upcoming "Gemini" model.

Why Should You Care?

The revelation that OpenAI and Google are tapping into YouTube's vast repository of video transcripts highlights the increasing importance of diverse and extensive datasets in the development of cutting-edge AI models.

As these tech giants push the boundaries of language AI, the use of YouTube data raises important questions about data privacy, intellectual property rights, and the ethical implications of training AI on user-generated content.

This development underscores the need for clearer guidelines and collaboration between AI developers, content platforms, and policymakers to ensure responsible and transparent practices in the rapidly evolving field of AI. Source

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AI HARDWARE
🧸 Jony Ive and Sam Altman Join Forces to Develop Groundbreaking AI Hardware

Apple's former design chief and OpenAI's CEO collaborate on a new venture to shape the future of artificial intelligence devices

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In an exciting development, legendary designer Jony Ive and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman have teamed up to create a new artificial intelligence hardware project.

The duo aims to develop cutting-edge devices that harness the power of AI, with Ive's design firm LoveFrom shaping the aesthetics and capabilities of the products, while Altman provides the software foundation.

The Details

• Tang Tan, Apple's outgoing VP of iPhone and watch product design, will join LoveFrom to lead the hardware engineering for the project.

• The project is still in its early stages, with initial concepts focusing on devices for the home.

• Ive and Altman have discussed what "new hardware for the AI age could look like" and aim to create a device that provides a more natural and intuitive user experience to interact with AI.

Why Should You Care?

The collaboration between Jony Ive and Sam Altman marks a significant milestone in the world of AI hardware. Ive's iconic designs, combined with Altman's expertise in artificial intelligence, have the potential to revolutionize the way we interact with AI-powered devices. Source

This announcement also comes in the line of announcements from companies like Apple that focuses on AI hardware, and house appliances (which you can read in The AI Reverie from a couple of days ago)

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