Tue. 07/22 – Is Masa Son Being Left Behind In AI Again?

Well, just like that, AI’s winning the Math Olympiad is commonplace. Is Stargate struggling to get off the ground, or is Sam Altman just going to do Stargate on his own without Masa Son? The AI company who’s stated mission was to do AI ethically explains why it needs to get its hands dirty. And even if AI isn’t making scientific breakthroughs yet, there are early signs it is shaking things up nonetheless. Links: OpenAI and Google outdo the mathletes, but not each other (TechCrunch) SoftBank and OpenAI’s $500 Billion AI Project Struggles to Get Off Ground (WSJ) Oracle to Supply OpenAI With 2 Million AI Chips for Data Centers (Bloomberg) Leaked Memo: Anthropic CEO Says the Company Will Pursue Gulf State Investments After All (Wired) AI Comes Up with Bizarre Physics Experiments. But They Work. (Quanta Magazine)