🤖 OpenAI Lets You Tune GPT-3.5

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Here's the popcorn-worthy news in AI:

• You can now fine-tune GPT-3.5 Turbo

• Kids are bringing ChatGPT back to school with them

• Will we even know that AI is conscious when it happens?

• AI startups raise new rounds, and Tiger Global sells some shares in Cohere

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We mentioned fine-tuning earlier this week, but OpenAI just dropped a new update that makes it even more relevant.

In AI development, fine-tuning is narrowing data and instructions for a model to focus on specific outputs and goals. Every Large Language Model out there is fine-tuned for safety reasons, but most LLMs don’t allow developers to go further.

OpenAI is changing that.

GPT-3.5 Turbo, the transformer model behind the free version of ChatGPT, is open for fine-tuning by any developer who wants to pay for the service. And while older models allowed this same privilege, giving developers the ability to customize this version of GPT is enormous news.

Companies that use an API for their chat AI tooling can now align the model closer to their vision with better results. Fine-tuning can help them limit token usage to save money and alter the tone to match their brand.

And if you love the sound of this, better news is on the horizon.

GPT-4, the most updated version of OpenAI’s LLM, is due for the same access this fall. Its pricing model will take a bit more from your wallet, but some developers will find the cost worth it for the upgrade in performance.

In the meantime, the opening of GPT-3.5 Turbo helps OpenAI keep its image as a developer-friendly research lab. Meta’s been beating them to the punch lately, so it’s good to see them allowing more flexible uses with these high-grade models.

Expect this news to raise performance across the industry and create unique use cases for AI that wouldn’t have been possible otherwise.

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Last year, schools worldwide were losing control of the wheel and spinning out of control, thanks to ChatGPT.

Now, they’re learning to steer into the skid and change the rules. It turns out that embracing generative AI removes some anxiety from cheating scandals.

Teachers are evening out the odds and learning to incorporate AI into their lessons.

You can go back into our old posts and see that we’ve talked about this subject a few times, but that was all speculative. Today, school administrators are showing off that they’ve learned a lot this summer and are ready for the challenge.

That doesn’t mean every school is embracing ChatGPT.

Some classrooms still ban the use of AI and try to rely on AI detectors that are as unreliable as ever. It’s a direction to go, but if we’re being honest, moves like this feel futile.

Students know more about generative AI this year than last; flaws are known and monitored. So, teaching them to respect and harness AI technology can only help set kids up for a better future.

Treat it like a calculator. If you don’t want kids to use it, specify that in the instructions and rely on handwritten essays.

That’s the vibe going into this school year.

☯️ Google and YouTube want it both ways with copyright and AI

🤔 When AI becomes conscious, we may not even know it 

✍️ Get through writer’s block with a new startup Lex and their $2m+ funding round

🤫 Huawei is pushing for a secret chip network, according to reports

🐅 Tiger Global will sell a stake in the AI startup Cohere

🖌️ Microsoft Paint is due for an AI upgrade

🎥 Disney and Netflix concede that AI is not an official writer, but that won’t stop them from using it

🪄 Wand raises $4.25m to grow their artist-focused AI image generator app

• Kombai - AI model that you can prompt w/ UI designs (link)

• Zap - GPT-4 cover letters w/ saved history (link)

• CompanyGPT - discover companies by description (link)

• Bloc - turn your knowledge base to AI chat in 2 minutes (link)

• Univw - customizable sales CRM (link)

• Paige - personal web developer on demand (link)

• OpenCopilot - build AI copilots for your SaaS product (link)

• Noah - ChatGPT w/ Google Drive & Notion documents (link)

Dogs In Space!

I know it’s not a novel idea (we’ve sent dogs into space before), but it’s fun to see it done with AI.

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