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Yeah, this could be a big one. 

According to recent reports, OpenAI is making strides in its development of AI agents. 

There are two main types of agents that the AI leader is reportedly working on: one that can control your physical device and another that can perform actions for you across various websites and apps. 

Why it matters:
You think GenAI is just ChatGPT writing you a Haiku about your next marketing project. 

Nope. 

We’ve been saying since Day 1 that GenAI is the future of work, and this just shows what’s next. Think: OpenAI bots that you program, automating your everyday tasks with programmable agents. 

More on this tomorrow:

There is No AI Hype: This is how the world works now

Google said R.I.P. to Google Bard, and ushered in its next era with Ultra. 

Google’s newest LLM shakeup is the latest in a long line of moves that are equally promising and confusing. 

We went over this in-depth last week, hours after Gemini Advance’s release. 

(And don’t get us started on the bait-and-switch marketing tactics they debuted Gemini with.) 

The promise is there — ability to chat with your Docs and email, real-time updates from Google search, etc. But right now, those features are falling short. 

We do expect Google to iron out those details soon, though, as some Googlers appear to be building in public with suggestions from users. 

What it means:
Although Gemini Ultra 1.0 looks great on paper, early testing (including ours) is showing less than stellar results.

Not only is Gemini Ultra 1.0 not the ChatGPT killer some billed it to be, it is not even a serious competitor right now. With some updates, though, we expect it to compete. 

Related: 

Ep 204: Google Gemini Advanced – 7 things you need to know

Ep 163: Google Gemini – ChatGPT killer or a marketing stunt?

That’s not a typo shorties. 

Recent reports are showing that OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is looking to raise $7 trillion to dominate the GPU chip game, aiming to be the company powering Generative AI. 

Yes, right now it’s hard for Generative AI startups and even Big Tech to find enough computing power to keep up. NVIDIA is printing money as the leader in the GenAI chip space and can’t keep up with demand. 

Tech Titans like Microsoft, Apple and Amazon are now churning out their own chips, and it looks like OpenAI wants to join that race.

For $7 trillion, though, we think OpenAI has its eyes on something bigger than the normal AI computer power scene. 

What it means: 
Could this be indicative that OpenAI is a bit closer to AI agents or even Artificial General Intelligence than many think?

That’s our guess.

With all of the groundbreaking advancements OpenAI is reportedly working on, they probably see access to more computing as a roadblock they need to take on themselves. 

A growing group of artists have filed a class action lawsuit against GenAI companies in the U.S. District Court of the Northern District of California. 

They say that companies like Runway, Midjourney, Stability AI and others have used their copyrighted materials in training their models. 

That’s old news. 

The breaking news, though — lawyers representing the GenAI companies made a motion to dismiss the case. Lawyers representing

Stability AI, Midjourney, Runway, and DeviantArt argue that the AI models they offer are not copies of any artwork but rather create new products based on reference artworks. They claim that the models do not replicate the original works unless explicitly instructed by users.

What it means:
Let’s call a spade a spade.

LLMs are largely trained off the open Internet, which includes copyrighted material. We’ve been saying since Day 1 that 2024 would see more lawsuits than you can shake a stick at. 

We don’t see this case getting dismissed.

Expect to see more back-and-forth blows and a probable settlement in this case. We don’t see GenAI companies wanting this to go to trial. 

Is this how we’ll see the future? 

Brilliant Labs just announced some smart spectacles, with the ‘Frame’ glasses combining multimodal AI tech to (potentially) bring a whole new world to your eyes. 

The open-source glasses will fetch $349 at launch. 

What it means:
The Ray-Ban and Meta collab stole the show last fall with their smart glasses collab, so it looks like Brilliant Labs is hoping to follow in their footsteps.

Worth noting? The Frame integrates with OpenAI’s vision capabilities and Perplexity for real-time AI search.  

Will we see people using Frame in the real-world? Probably.

At least they’re more practical than the $3,500 Apple Vision Pro, the AI-powered product that hardly no one needs. 

Even if you had no interest in the action on the field, you probably had an interest in what happened between the breaks at the Big Game. 

Us, too. 

This year, AI was front and center for Super Bowl commercials. 

Some noteworthy ones: 

The Minions made fun of AI art. 

As did Body Armor

Google gave us the feels, showing how its AI-powered ‘Guided Frame’ changes accessibility 

And Microsoft ended their Super Bowl advertising hiatus with a 1-minute Copilot feature, highlighting its do-it-all Copilot: 

What was your favorite Super Bowl ad?

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