A major shakeup at OpenAI

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There are days where you can sense a major vibe shift in the entire industry — and yesterday felt like a big one. Meta unveiled Orion, a new pair of AR glasses that could be the first big computing platform since the smartphone. And things are looking shaky at OpenAI, as several key players announce their departure.

Today’s Insights

• Meta unveils Orion glasses, Llama 3.2, and more

• Tutorial: How to prompt with o1

• Frontier: A major shakeup rocks OpenAI

• Everything else you should know today

• 5 new AI tools to boost your productivity

• AI-Generated Images: Life in color

NEXT IN AI

Everything you need to know from the Meta Connect event

Days after OpenAI released its Advanced Voice mode, Meta may have already closed the gap. It’s launching a natural chat feature that lets you interact with iconic voices or create your own. It works similarly to OpenAI’s, except you don’t need a subscription — and you can try it out today. But that’s just the start.

Here’s every major announcement from Meta’s AI-focused Connect showcase:

Llama 3.2: Powered by Nvidia-supplied GPUs, Meta’s latest Llama model is the first to be fully multimodal, meaning it can seamlessly move between images and text. 

Smart Glasses: Meta’s Ray-Bans will soon be able to “see” and “hear” everything you experience, helping you do things like find your car in a busy parking lot or pick out an outfit for a party. A live translation feature, meanwhile, lets you talk with others across languages in real time.

AI Studio: You can now build a custom avatar that looks like you and speaks in your voice — it can even engage in full conversations on your behalf. The company is also introducing automatic dubbing and lip-syncing, so you can publish videos in multiple languages.

Orion: Perhaps the most important news from the event. Meta showed off a prototype that has all the power of an AR headset packed into the compact form factor of ordinary glasses. You’ll be able to interact with 3D holograms of friends and family. And a wrist-based neural interface will let you perform different actions just by thinking and making hand gestures.

Though still far from release, the first-of-its-kind device could be Mark Zuckerberg’s answer to the iPhone. Developed in secret for nearly a decade, Meta isn’t just building a new gadget but an entirely new general-purpose platform that could transform how we interact with the world.

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FROM THE FRONTIER

OpenAI execs depart as the company undergoes major restructuring

On Wednesday, OpenAI’s Chief Technology Officer Mira Murati suddenly announced she’s stepping down, sending shockwaves through the AI community. Murati said that after more than six years with the company, she’s ready to focus on personal projects.

But as the saying goes, when it rains it pours. A few hours later, OpenAI’s Chief Research Officer Bob McGrew and VP of Research Barret Zoph both announced their departures as well.

An unexpected report added new layers of complexity to the story: In what could be the biggest shakeup since the startup’s 2015 founding, sources told Reuters that OpenAI is finalizing a plan to transform into a for-profit company. CEO Sam Altman will also reportedly get equity in the company for the first time.

It’s far from clear what impact these changes will have on the ChatGPT maker. Evolving their structure to a for-profit entity may make it easier for OpenAI to operate in certain aspects. But the departure of key figures like Murati will surely feel like a blow.

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OpenAI tips on how to prompt o1

OpenAI released a new o1 prompting guide. Use this to get the most accurate prompt results with OpenAI o1:

1. Try to keep it simple

2. Be very clear in your instructions

3. Don't use fancy chain of thought prompts

4. Only give it relevant information so it doesn't get distracted

Here’s the sample prompt:

<context> Analyze the writing style, tone, and structure in the examples below. Pay attention to vocabulary, sentence structure, and complexity. </context>

<examples> [Add your writing samples here with delimiters] </examples>

<instruction> Create a [insert content type] on [insert topic], aligning with the style and tone of the above examples. Make sure it’s original, engaging, and perfectly suited for [target audience/purpose]. </instruction>

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AI & TECH NEWS

Everything else you need to know today

• Another One: An OpenAI developer hinted that another release could be coming as soon as next month. Hours earlier, Sam Altman announced Advanced Voice mode had completed its rollout days earlier than expected.

• Expert Opinion: Acclaimed director James Cameron has joined the leadership team of Stability AI, the London-based startup behind the popular text-to-image generator Stable Diffusion.

• Language Leap: Reddit is expanding its automatic translation feature to 35 new countries, allowing users to seamlessly communicate with each other across languages.

• Data Deal: Salesforce has acquired the AI-powered data management startup Zoomin for $1.9B.

😄 One Fun Thing: Next year, Los Angeles will become the site of the first-ever museum dedicated to AI art. Dataland will bring together “pioneers in diverse fields including the arts, science, AI research, and cutting-edge technology” to explore AI’s contributions to human creativity.

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Life in Color

Midjourney Prompt: colorful textured [insert color] wall, huge wall, musicians looking at the wall, 4k --ar 2:3 --v 6.1

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