Dust settles as OpenAI hits the one year mark, Google's big release and more | Blue Hour Ep 34

12/12/23 • 31 min

And we’re back this week for Episode 34! Join us as we record in the same room for the first time, and certainly not the last.
Last episode ended with Sam Altman’s departure from OpenAI and Erich’s hot take that he would be back before too long... As OpenAI faced the potential reality of loosing 700+ employees, Altman is indeed back as CEO within five days of his termination. In short, there’s no good answer and much conjecture as to what precipitated these events, but join us as we explore it all.
Next up we explore Google’s latest announcement, the release of Gemini, their ChatGPT4 competitor. With an emphasis on multimodality, they’ve released 3 versions; Ultra, to use with large data sets, Pro, as a ChatGPT3.5 competitor, and Nano for mobile devices. Of course there’s already much back and forth regarding superiority, but some of the only practical demos we’ve found seem to lean ChatGPT. We’re very excited to see how it all unfolds.
Join us soon for part two of this episode!

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Sam Altman fired, Turmoil at OpenAI, and more AI news | Blue Hour Ep 33

Join us this week as we dive into the latest news around OpenAI and Microsoft. Sam Altman, former CEO and figurehead of OpenAI, was fired end of day Friday, November 17th. Apart from a rather cryptic statement from the OpenAI board, there’s no confirmation and much conjecture as to what precipitated this decision. Greg Brockman, previous director of the board, was demoted and quit shortly thereafter. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, with significant investments in OpenAI, called for a board meeting over the weekend, already spurring talk of bringing Altman back as CEO of OpenAI. Ilya Sutskever, OpenAI’s Chief Scientist and one of the names on the board’s initial statement to remove Altman, was quick to backtrack and embrace the momentum shift. Interestingly, roughly 700 out of 770 employees within OpenAI agreed they would leave the company if Altman isn’t brought back. Perhaps a reminder that despite the incredible AI advancements, those behind it aren't impervious to the drama. We explore some possibilities that could spur such turmoil, but the good news is the API is still up, so take advantage of the chaos and build!

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Let's talk GPTs! | Blue Hour Ep 35

Join us for episode 35, or rather 34 Part II, as we talk all things GPTs.
Though the public GPT marketplace is delayed until the new year, and some small performance issues persist, we’re still incredibly excited to see how the GPT ecosystem evolves. Similarly to the tech it’s built on, we see a massive amount of unrealized potential in building, and we’re hopeful the revenue sharing with the public marketplace will spur some action. MSFT also announced the potential for GPTs to interoperate with Bing - introducing a much larger addressable market in Bing users, though creation of GPT’s will still be reserved for Plus users. Lots to unfold.
We speak to our personal GPT builds, including Erich’s mission to build ~5 a week, streaming the creation on YouTube in hopes to showcase just how fun and accessible it really is.
Stay tuned as we continue to share the latest across GPT developments and more.