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• 🕵️ AutoGPT - Personal AI Assistant

• 🚀 Elon Musk Buys 10,000 GPUs

• 🎨 AutoDraw - My New Favorite AI App

• 🚢 Founder’s Inc Hosting AI Conference in SF

• 🔮 Forbes Top 50 AI Startups

• 🤯 Cool A.I. Tools and News 

• 🖼️  A.I. Generated Image of the Day

• ⚡️ A.I. Meme of the Day

AutoGPT - Personal AI Assistant

Self-prompting AI projects like BabyAGI, AutoGPT, ChaosGPT and Legion-GPT, and AgentGPT are what’s hot right now in AI. Driven by GPT-4, these apps chain together LLM prompts/instructions, to autonomously achieve whatever goal you set.

AgentGPT is the one I tested and is designed to keep working on a task until it's done. I tried using it for a travel agent task, but it didn't work as expected. However, the app looks really cool, so you should definitely check it out here. Note: You will need to use your own OpenAI API key. Remember to stop the task or it may burn up infinite number of tokens.

I tried using it like a travel agent to find “Best prices for ticket to SF May 15-19 IAD to SF round trip”

The app goes through multiple stages of "Embarking", "Executing", "Added Task", and "Thinking" iterations before it successfully completes the task. I can sort of see the future of AI assistants.

It came across a ticket priced at $258.40, which is a great deal. I was impressed by the price, so I decided to confirm the results using my preferred website, kayak.com. However, the lowest fare that kayak.com returned for as similar flight was $364.

I visited the United Airlines website directly, but I couldn't find the fare of $258.40. 🤔 Anyways…the app looks promising even through it didn’t work perfectly for me.

Elon Musk Buys 10,000 GPUs

Do you recall the six-month pause letter that Elon signed? It seems like he's saying one thing and doing another.

Elon Musk, who has warned against the dangers of AI, has secretly started a major AI project within Twitter. Twitter has already bought around 10,000 GPUs and hired AI experts from DeepMind, and they are working on a large language model project. The exact purpose of the project is unclear, but it could potentially improve Twitter's search function or create targeted ads. When big companies like Twitter buy hardware, they get special rates and discounts, but these GPUs can still cost upwards of $10,000 per unit if purchased separately. More details here.

AutoDraw - My New Favorite AI App

When you start doodling on AutoDraw, an AI-powered suggestion tool will begin to guess what you're drawing. You can also use the draw tool to create your own unique designs. Once you've started, you can pick from the list of suggestions to refine your artwork. It's a fun and neat way to experiment with drawing and let the AI suggest new ideas for your creations. Check it out here.

Founder’s Inc Hosting AI Conference in SF

Another AI focused conference is scheduled for May 15-19. Very little details for now but the folks over a Founder’s Inc are hosting and they always organize great events. Website and a form to sign up for information.

Forbes Top 50 AI Startups

Forbes has released its annual AI 50 list in partnership with Sequoia and Meritech Capital, recognizing promising privately-held companies building businesses out of artificial intelligence. The 2023 list is the first to be a global list, and the companies on the list have collectively received $27.2 billion in funding. The list features a mix of well-established companies, such as Databricks and Scale AI, and fledgling startups like Adept, Anthropic, and Cohere. The list aims to promote a more equitable startup ecosystem, and applicants are judged for their business promise and technical usage of AI through a quantitative algorithm and qualitative judging panels. More details here on who made the list and how it was compiled.

Check out Dropchat - it's like having a super smart and knowledgeable friend to chat with anytime. With Dropchat, I can chat with books, files, websites, and even YouTube videos instantly. It's pretty cool - see a short demo below using Atomic Habits by James Clear.

Cool A.I. Tools, News and Demos

The world of AI and machine learning is moving incredibly fast, and it's tough to keep up with all the cool new developments! Here are some of the most exciting AI-powered tools and news.

Joe Rogan AI Experience Episode #001 - Sam Altman - CEO of OpenAI.

100% A.I. Generated Image of the Day

Midjourney Prompt - promotional material of a guard dog defending a futuristic sci-fi hidden treasure room with a mysterious powerful energy source --ar 16:9 --v 5

A.I. Meme of the Day

Back in the day, the pick-and-shovel strategy meant selling the tools needed to mine for gold, rather than the gold itself. Nowadays, it means providing the technology needed to produce a good or service, instead of betting on the final product. So, if you're looking to strike gold in the A.I. world, maybe you should focus on the pick-and-shovel strategy like Nvidia.

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