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An educational application of AI designed to provide personalized learning experiences. Sam Altman expressed strong interest in this area.

An AI tool from the startup Cognition, marketed as the first 'AI software engineer,' capable of fixing bugs, fine-tuning models, and building applications.

An idea proposed by Sam Altman as a potential evolution of UBI, where every individual receives a slice of future AI compute (e.g., GPT-7) which they can use, resell, or donate.

A global music superstar, named the best CEO of 2023 by Jason Calacanis for her massive economic impact through her tour, merchandise, and direct-to-theater movie release.

The governing body of OpenAI, which is structured as a nonprofit. This board was responsible for the decision to fire Sam Altman, citing a need to uphold the mission of safe AGI.

A chaotic week-long event where OpenAI's board fired CEO Sam Altman, leading to a massive employee backlash that resulted in his reinstatement and a restructuring of the board.

OpenAI's generative video model, referenced regarding its IP licensing efforts

Meta's latest open-source large language model, which is noted for its high performance, speed, and for being less 'preachy' than competitors like ChatGPT 4.

A central debate in the AI industry regarding whether AI models should be publicly available (open source) or proprietary (closed source). OpenAI follows a closed-source approach for its frontier models.

Specialized silicon designed to run artificial intelligence workloads more efficiently.

A powerful large language model trained by OpenAI, noted for its significant upfront pre-training costs.

Jason Calacanis's former human-powered search engine, which he cites as an early, pre-AI attempt to provide direct answers, similar to what Perplexity and Google are now doing.