Meta's Llama Goes Military – A Surprising Policy Shift

Welcome back AI enthusiasts! With the political ground already burning up, Meta just announced incorporating its Llama AI models for defense contractors.

We know that’s going to raise A LOT of eyebrows no matter who wins the presidential elections.

More on this below; here are the top happenings in AI right now.

• Meta's Llama Goes Military – A Surprising Policy Shift

• Anthropic’s Claude 3.5 Haiku: Smarter, Faster… and Pricier

• Oasis: AI’s New Frontier in Real-Time Game Worlds

• ChatGPT Now a Search Engine? OpenAI Takes Aim at Google

Meta's Llama Goes Military – A Surprising Policy Shift

Meta just changed the game, announcing it will make its Llama AI models available to U.S. government agencies and defense contractors, despite past restrictions on military use. Teaming up with tech titans like Amazon and Lockheed Martin, Meta’s AI will support national security projects, from speeding up aircraft repairs to refining mission planning.

This about-face follows reports of China’s military using an older Llama model, pushing Meta to argue that U.S.-led open AI standards should set the global pace. This unexpected twist stirs fresh debate on Big Tech’s role in national security – and who shapes the future of AI.

Anthropic’s Claude 3.5 Haiku: Smarter, Faster – and Pricier

Anthropic just launched Claude 3.5 Haiku, boasting big improvements in tool use, reasoning, and coding speed. While it surpasses the previous Claude 3 Opus on key benchmarks, the model’s price hike—now $1 per million input tokens—has sparked pushback from developers, as it’s nearly 7x pricier than competitors like GPT-4o-mini.

With availability on platforms like Amazon Bedrock and Google’s Vertex AI, Claude 3.5 Haiku is pushing AI’s limits, but its high price tag leaves some questioning if the upgrade is worth the extra cost, especially with similar-sized models offering competitive performance at a fraction of the price.

Oasis: AI’s New Frontier in Real-Time Game Worlds

AI labs Decart and Etched have unveiled Oasis, an AI that generates game environments on-the-fly—complete with physics, lighting, and item interactions. Running at 20 frames per second, Oasis is 100x faster than previous AI video models, bringing real-time interactive worlds to life in a Minecraft-style demo.

Alongside a locally testable 500M-parameter model, the companies are prepping a 4K version for Etched’s Sohu chip, promising massive scalability. With Oasis, the future of game development could shift, as AI-generated worlds potentially redefine virtual environments, making traditional game engines a thing of the past.

ChatGPT Now a Search Engine? OpenAI Takes Aim at Google

OpenAI just unveiled web search capabilities in ChatGPT, turning it into a real-time info hub that now competes directly with Google. With new search features, ChatGPT delivers live updates on news, sports, stocks, and more, complete with source links and attributions.

Running on a custom GPT-4o model, the system can auto-trigger searches or be activated manually. Top publishers like AP and Reuters have partnered with OpenAI to provide content directly, with Plus and Team users getting first access. This evolution hints at a future where AI chatbots reshape our search habits.

Tools to Check Out this Week

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Ghola - Get personalized conversations wit this AI chatbot.

Typo - Crush goals as an engineering team with this AI-powered tool

OASIS - Write emails, essays, and scripts with this AI writing generator.

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