GPT-5 Falling Short of Expectations

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GPT-5 underwhelms early testers; Trump assembles team for AI and crypto leadership.

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Hottest AI News

OpenAI

GPT-5 Falls Behind Schedule With Disappointing Results

OpenAI's GPT-5 project, codenamed Orion, is encountering significant challenges, including technical limitations and high costs, after 18 months of development, raising questions about the future of AI advancement.

Details:

• Each training run costs about half a billion dollars, with outcomes not meeting expectations. Although it surpasses current models, the improvements don't justify the costs

• It aims to enable scientific discoveries, manage complex tasks like booking appointments, and reduce AI hallucinations. While intended to boost AI from "smart high-schooler" to "PhD-level" expertise, this intelligence level hasn't been reached

• OpenAI's 157 billion valuation and Silicon Valley's 1 trillion AI investment hinge on GPT-5's success. However, with no clear criteria for "smart enough" and facing data limits, the project's completion timeline is uncertain

With OpenAI's CEO Sam Altman already confirming that GPT-5 won't be released in 2024, the tech world watches closely as the company navigates these unprecedented challenges.

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AI in Governance and Policy

Trump Names Tech Policy Team Under AI Advisor David Sacks

Former President Trump has announced his technology policy team for a possible second term on Truth Social, led by David Sacks as "AI and crypto czar."

Details:

• Former tech executives and government veterans, including Michael Kratsios and Sriram Krishnan, will lead critical technology offices, bringing experience from companies like Scale AI, Andreessen Horowitz, X, Meta, and Snap

• A new crypto advisory council emerges alongside traditional tech policy offices, marking increased focus on digital assets

• Close ties to major tech figures, including Elon Musk, who's set to lead government efficiency reforms and has recently influenced congressional spending debates

These appointments are timely amid national discussions on AI regulation, cryptocurrency oversight, and government modernization.

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Top AI & Tech News

• The 4 biggest AI stories from 2024 and one key prediction for 2025

• Elon Musk's xAI is beta testing a standalone iOS app for its chatbot, Grok, in Australia and several other countries

• OpenAI o1 and o3 feature enhanced safety through "deliberative alignment" to better follow safety policies during inference

• X is increasing the price of its Premium+ subscription service by 37.5%, raising it to $22 per month

• Palantir and Anduril are forming a tech consortium with companies like SpaceX and OpenAI to bid on Pentagon defense contracts

Interesting Uses of AI

AI Art Spotlight

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Prompt:

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AI Prompt of the Day

SMS Campaign

This prompt is about designing a persuasive SMS campaign to promote a specific product, aimed at a defined audience.

Prompt:

Develop a compelling SMS campaign promoting our [product name] targeting [target audience]. The campaign should include [number] messages with a clear call to action (CTA) and leverage emojis for better engagement. (Paste product information).

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AI Job List

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• Full-Stack Engineer @ OpenAI | San Francisco, Remote - Washington, DC

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Complimentary AI Course of the Day

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