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OpenAI announced it has begun training its next "frontier" AI model, possibly GPT-5, expected to bring groundbreaking new capabilities. To oversee the project’s safety, OpenAI has created a new Safety and Security Committee led by CEO Sam Altman and other company insiders. Let's unpack this...

Today’s Summary:

• OpenAI starts training GPT-5

• Canva unveils AI workplace tools

• AI predicts fruit fly behavior

• Copilot integrates with Telegram

• Yann LeCun vs. Elon Musk

• AI combats loneliness

• Opera adds Gemini models

• 2 new tools

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OpenAI has Begun Training its New Frontier AI Model

The Summary: OpenAI has confirmed it has begun training its next "frontier" AI model, possibly GPT-5, anticipated to bring major new capabilities. To oversee the project’s safety, the company has assembled a new Safety and Security Committee led by CEO Sam Altman and three board members. The committee will spend 90 days evaluating OpenAI's safety processes before providing recommendations to the full board.

Key details:

• Committee is comprised of OpenAI insiders like Altman, Bret Taylor, Adam D'Angelo, Nicole Seligman. Third-party experts like Rob Joyce and John Carlin also being consulted

• First task will be a 90-day evaluation of OpenAI's safety processes for its "frontier" AI model

• Recommendations will then go to the full board before public update

• This move follows exits of chief scientist Ilya Sutskever and Jan Leike who co-lead the superalignment safety team

• Leike announced today that he has been hired by Anthropic to lead its own superalignment team

Why it matters: The training of a new "frontier" AI model, possibly GPT-5, is generating a lot of excitement as it promises to push further the boundaries of what AI can achieve. To ensure these advancements are made responsibly, OpenAI has formed a new insider-led safety committee. This move highlights the growing focus and tensions on AI safety as systems become more powerful and the need to maintain public trust and transparency while leading the way in AI innovation.

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Canva's AI Workplace Transformation

The Summary: Canva announced a series of new features for their workplace suite, transforming the platform into an all-in-one solution for teams. The launch includes a redesigned editing experience, enterprise offering, AI tools for marketing, sales, HR, and creatives.

Key details:

• Revamped editing experience with collaboration tools

• AI-powered tools like Magic Design to create ads and presentations, Magic Grab to move elements in a photo, Video Editor and more

• Canva Courses for interactive workplace learning and training

• Integrations with workplace apps like Asana, HubSpot, and Salesforce

Why it matters: Canva's workplace suite addresses the growing demand for advanced visual communication and collaboration in organizations. With its user-friendly platform, AI tools and team-focused features, Canva aims to transform how organizations create and engage with visual content.

RESEARCH

AI Predicts Fruit Fly Behavior With Stunning Accuracy

The Summary: Researchers developed an AI system that can predict the movements and behaviors of fruit flies. By mapping specific visual neuron types to actions, the AI uncovered a distributed code in the fly brain, transforming visual perception into complex behaviors.

The team used genetic tools to systematically silence different visual neuron types in the fly brain and trained an AI model on both the normal data and the data with neurons silenced. This approach enabled the model to map individual visual neuron responses to behaviors.

Key details:

• Study led by Benjamin Cowley at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

• Focused on visual projection neurons linking optic lobes to brain

• AI model could predict neural responses and map neurons to actions

• Fruit fly brains contain about 100,000 neurons

Why it matters: This pioneering work provides a comprehensive mapping between biological visual neuron activity and behavior using AI, revealing hidden coding principles that neuron populations might use. The "knockout training" approach can be applied to other neural circuits and species for studying general neural computations and inspire more robust artificial vision and sensorimotor systems.

QUICK NEWS

Quick news

• Copilot is coming to messaging apps, starting with Telegram

• Yann LeCun feuds with Elon Musk over the Billionnaire Recruiting for his AI Startup

• AI companions Combat Loneliness

• Opera browser is adding Gemini models

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🥇 New tools

• Lawformer - Complex legal documents in one place

• Canva - Launching new AI and collaboration tools