Weekly Top Picks #54

Altman vs Toner / OpenAI neuromorphic AI / AWS chatbot / Gemini delayed (again) / Vibrant visual AI space / Llamafile / Open-source catching up / Chinese AI = US AI / AI ending human jobs?

The week at a glance

• The inside story of Microsoft’s partnership with OpenAI

• OpenAI agreed to buy $51 million of AI chips from a startup backed by CEO Sam Altman

• AWS unveils AI chatbot and assistant, taking aim at OpenAI

• Google Postpones Big AI Launch as OpenAI Zooms Ahead

• Many, many advances in the vibrant visual AI space

• Llamafile is the new best way to run a LLM on your own computer

• ChatGPT's one-year anniversary: Are open-source large language models catching up?

• Chinese AI models are at the level of the American ones

• Reports of AI ending human labour may be greatly exaggerated