Last week in Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Artificial Intelligence is scaling to have one of the most profound impacts on humanity. We are starting a new series to track AI developments every week. Our series will provide a snapshot on the main events of this past week in AI:

AI news:

• Google launched Gemini, its long-awaited answer to ChatGPT - Read more
• Google has already admitted at least one demo wasn't real - Read here

• EU agrees landmark rules on regulating AI - Read more

• French AI startup Mistral AI raises €400m funding and reaches €2bn valuation in 8-months. New joinees include Nvidia, A16z - Read more

• AMD launched AMD MI300x chip, its most advanced AI accelerator in the industry. AMD claims its product outperformed Nvidia's H100s. Nvidia is working on H200 but the market potential is huge for AMD to have a good play. Read more

• AI innovation grand challenge launched in COP28 to identify and support the development of AI-powered solutions for climate action in developing countries - Read more

• Blackrock to rollout generative AI tools to its clients in January. Blackrock manages over $9trillion in assets. - Read more

The AI debate:

• NY times delves into what happened in OpenAI that ended in firing and rehiring of Sam Altman. NY times writes "as Mr. Altman raised OpenAI’s profile, some board members worried that ChatGPT’s success was antithetical to creating safe A.I.," - Read more

• How AI ate the Internet this year - NewYorker - Read more

• Bitcoin and AI is leading in a new era of digital innovation, as highlighted by the integration of AI with Bitcoin's Lightning Network - Read more

• The race to dominate AI - Read more

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