OpenAI: The power and the pride
In April, Paul Graham, the founder of the tech startup accelerator Y Combinator, sent a tweet in response to former YC president and current OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. Altman had…
The Download: sycophantic LLMs, and the AI Hype Index
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. This benchmark used Reddit’s AITA to test how…
This benchmark used Reddit’s AITA to test how much AI models suck up to us
Back in April, OpenAIannounced it was rolling back an update to its GPT-4o model that made ChatGPT’s responses to user queries too sycophantic. An AI model that acts in an…
The Download: the next anti-drone weapon, and powering AI’s growth
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. This giant microwave may change the…
What will power AI’s growth?
It’s been a little over a week since we published Power Hungry, a package that takes a hard look at the expected energy demands of AI. Last week in this…
OpenAI Wants to Fix ChatGPT’s ‘Annoying’ Personality
Sam Altman is calling out ChatGPT’s personality as “too sycophant-y and annoying.” If it feels like ChatGPT is laying on the flattery a little thick, you’re not the only one…