Our 115th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news!
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Stories this week:
Applications & BusinessGPT-4GPT-4 is bigger and better than ChatGPT—but OpenAI won’t say why 
GPT-4’s new capabilities power a ‘virtual volunteer’ for the visually impaired


Google opens early access to its ChatGPT rival Bard — here are our first impressions
Lighting RoundConfirmed: the new Bing runs on OpenAI’s GPT-4
Microsoft and Google Unveil A.I. Tools for Businesses
Adept Raises $350 Million To Build AI That Learns How To Use Software For You
Introducing Claude




Research & AdvancementsMicrosoft Researchers Claim GPT-4 Is Showing "Sparks" of AGI
Alpaca: A Strong Instruction-Following Model
Lighting RoundOur latest health AI research updates
Machine learning takes starring role in exploring the universe 
A new method to boost the speed of online databases
MIT researchers uncover the structural properties and dynamics of deep classifiers, offering novel explanations for optimization, generalization, and approximation in deep networks





Policy & Societal Impacts
Core Views on AI Safety: When, Why, What, and How
Microsoft just laid off one of its responsible AI teams
Lighting RoundSome high-level thoughts on the DeepMind alignment team's strategy
Meta’s powerful AI language model has leaked online — what happens now?
AI Scams and Influencers
AI Generated Image from Text is not Human Authorship says US Copyright Office 
I’m an ER doctor: Here’s what I found when I asked ChatGPT to diagnose my patients 




Art & Fun StuffMidjourney V5 is Out Now – Next Steps in Photorealistic Experience with AI Art
Illustration competitions grapple with generative AI
Online storm erupts over AI work in Dutch museum’s ‘Girl with a Pearl Earring’ display
AI and Copyright: Human Artistry Campaign Launches to Support Songwriters and Musicians’ Rights