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  3. šŸ•µļø UK drops OpenAI-Microsoft probe

  4. šŸ¤‘ $20K for OpenAI AI agents?

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šŸ›‘ AI experts reject AI advancement?

Manhattan Projectā€™-style approach

šŸšØ Our Report ā€” Three highly influential figures in the US AI industryā€”Eric Schmidt (ex-Google CEO), Alexandr Wang (Scale AI CEO), and Dan Hendrycks (Director of the Center for AI Safety)ā€”have published a policy paper, titled ā€œSuperintelligence Strategy,ā€ arguing that the US should not pursue a ā€˜Manhattan Projectā€™-style approach (a concentrated, all-out effort, similar to one the US took to develop the worlds first atomic bomb in the ā€˜40s) to developing Artificial General Intelligence (AGI), suggesting they pursue a significantly different strategy instead.

šŸ”“ Key Points:

  • The US government announced an initiative to aggressively pursue AGI to achieve global dominance and compete with China, but Schmidt et al. think this will trigger an extreme retaliation (possibly a cyber attack).

  • They believe other nations (especially China) would view this ā€˜Manhattan Projectā€™ approach as hostileā€”likening it to global powers seeking dominance over nuclear weaponsā€”which could trigger an AI arms race.

  • Instead of ā€œwinning the AGI raceā€, they introduced a new conceptā€”Mutual Assured AI Malfunctionā€”a defensive strategy whereby the US stops others from creating AGI and proactively disables threatening AI.

šŸ” Relevance ā€” This paper demonstrates a significant shift in how AI experts, policy, and industry leaders are seeing the advancement of AI, as concerns grow over the risks of AGIā€”Schmidt, in particular, has previously been very vocal about the need for the US to aggressively develop advanced AI to compete with China, especially after DeepSeek released R1ā€”so this radically different change in stance will undoubtedly carry a lot of clout with the US government.

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šŸ•µļø UK drops OpenAI-Microsoft probe

UK drops OpenAI-Microsoft probe

šŸšØ Our Report ā€” The UK competition watchdogā€”Competition and Markets Authority (CMA)ā€”has dropped its investigation into the relationship between Microsoft and OpenAI after raising concerns in 2023 that the partnership could ā€œpotentially impact competition in the emerging market.ā€

šŸ”“ Key Points:

  • The CMA opened its investigation after Microsoft heavily influenced OpenAIā€™s decision to rehire recently fired CEO Sam Altman, concerned that it had increased its control over OpenAIā€™s commercial policy.

  • However, it concluded that while Microsoft "exerts a high level of influence" over OpenAI, the ā€œchange of control has not happened,ā€ and the partnership remains the same, so it ā€œdoesnā€™t qualify for review."

  • It also suggested that recent developments have actually weakened Microsoft's influenceā€”they recently renegotiated their cloud computing agreement, meaning Microsoft is no longer OpenAIā€™s exclusive cloud provider.

šŸ” Relevance ā€” Critics have suggested that the CMAā€™s rather sudden decision to dismiss the investigation (after reviewing the case for over a year) comes as the UK government recently instructed its regulators to find ways to stimulate economic growth, which coincided with the abrupt firing of the existing CMA chairā€”Marcus Bokkerink (who initiated the OpenAI/Microsoft investigation)ā€”and subsequent hiring of ex-head of UK Amazon, Doug Gurr, who is likely to bring a more commercial angle to decisions.

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šŸ¤‘ $20K for OpenAI AI agents?

  • According to reports, OpenAI is planning to reveal a new line of ā€œspecialized,ā€ professional AI agents targeted at businesses that want to scale efficiency, which will cost around $20,000 p/m.

  • These agents will work independently, be able to handle complex, high-value tasksā€”like software development and advanced researchā€”with minimum human input, and even take over entire workflows.

  • OpenAI is likely doing this to bolster revenue as it struggles to recuperate the $5B loss it suffered last year, although the hefty $$$ tag could be an issue, as the likes of DeepSeek launch much cheaper models. 

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