E21: OpenAI's Next Frontier, Elon Musk’s $6B AI Ambition, and the Future of Supercomputers

What's real, what's hype? OpenAI has announced the training of a new model that promises to surpass GPT-4, setting sights on achieving artificial general intelligence (AGI). Jeff and Julia explore the implications of this ambitious project, and the formation of a new safety and security committee designed to ensure responsible development and deployment of AI technologies. We also cover Elon Musk’s AI company, xAI, which has recently raised a staggering $6 billion in a Series B funding round. We discuss plans to launch xAI's first products and Musk's announcement to build a supercomputer that is poised to be four times more powerful than existing GPU clusters. With a valuation of $18 billion pre-investment, xAI is gearing up to compete with AI giants like Microsoft and OpenAI. Highlights of the episode include: OpenAI’s partnership with News Corp for access to vast amounts of content. The formation of a safety and security committee for OpenAI. Elon Musk's vision of a supercomputer powered by 100,000 Nvidia H100 GPUs. The significance of these developments for the future of AI and supercomputing. OpenAI’s new AI model training and AGI aspirations The formation of a new safety and security committee at OpenAI Elon Musk’s xAI and its $6 billion funding round Plans for a supercomputer powered by 100,000 Nvidia H100 GPUs The future of AI and supercomputing See ARC Show Notes here. About the hosts: Julia McCoy, co-host, is an accomplished entrepreneur, speaker, and writer, currently serving in AI as a thought leader and influencer. Her day job is President of Content at Scale. Jeff Joyce, co-host, is a brilliant former media agency owner, video producer, and content creator-turned-AI-nerd, and the AI Director at Content at Scale. Learn more about Content at Scale: Content at Scale