Udio, the Mysterious GPT Update, and Infinite Attention



AI Summary

AI Developments Summary

Udio’s Impact on Music

  • Udio Release: New AI model on audio.com causing a stir among musicians.
  • Musicians’ Reactions: Mixed feelings; some find it scary for the future, others are curious about its capabilities.
  • Comparison to ChatGPT: Udio’s music generation likened to ChatGPT’s text generation, potentially fooling many into thinking it’s human-created.
  • Will I Am’s Endorsement: Noted that Will I Am is an investor in Udio and praises its potential for creatives.

OpenAI’s GP4 Turbo Release

  • GP4 Turbo: OpenAI’s release deemed mysterious due to lack of detailed benchmarks.
  • Community Response: Mixed; some improvements noted in benchmarks, but not significant leaps.
  • Sam Altman’s Silence: Notably did not tweet about the release, adding to the mystery.

Google’s Infinite Context Paper

  • Infinite Context Models: Google’s paper discusses Transformer models with potentially infinite context.
  • Gemini 1.5 Connection: Speculation that Google’s approach may be behind Gemini 1.5’s long context abilities.

Other AI Developments

  • Open Weights Community: Releases not quite at GPT-4 level, but progress is being made.
  • Assembly AI’s Universal One: A new transcription model that outperforms others in accuracy and speed.
  • Google’s AI Football Players: Deep learning trained players to perform better in simulations.

Industry Observations

  • Google’s Internal Challenges: Speculation about Demis Hassabis considering leaving Google due to frustrations.
  • Uncharted Labs: Former Google DeepMind staff formed Uncharted Labs, leading to the creation of Udio.

Final Thoughts

  • Roller Coaster in AI: The past 48 hours have been eventful with significant releases and updates.
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