OpenAI Backtracks on Superintelligence + Altman Brings His Timeline Forward
Sam Altman unexpectedly brings his timelines to AGI forward, while OpenAI backtrack on superintelligence. None of these changes were heralded, but they are significant. Plus the new year brings new as...
8 Jan 202523min
o3 - wow
o3 isn’t one of the biggest developments in AI for 2+ years because it beats a particular benchmark. It is so because it demonstrates a reusable technique through which almost any benchmark could fall...
21 Dec 202422min
Never Browse Alone? - Gemini 2 Live and ChatGPT Vision
The ‘Gemini 2 Era’ begins … with screen-sharing? But really, it’s a great free tool, for curiosity satisfying rather than bleeding-edge intelligence. I give you the benchmarks, the highlights and of c...
12 Dec 202413min
Sora is Out, But is it a Distraction?
After a 10 month wait, OpenAI have released Sora to paying users. With just a prompt it can generate videos of up to 20 seconds in lower resolutions, and 10 seconds at 1080p if you can fork out $200/m...
10 Dec 202415min
o1 Pro Mode – Full Analysis (plus o1 paper highlights)
Oh boy. o1 pro mode out on the same night as o1 full. I read the 49 page paper, ran my own tests, spent my fuel allowance on Pro Mode and will give you all the highlights. Suffice to say the story is ...
5 Dec 202416min
AI Breaks Its Silence: OpenAI’s ‘Next 12 Days’, Genie 2, and a Word of Caution
Calmest before the storm? Whatever analogy you want to use things had gotten quiet toward the end of 2024. But then tonight we got Genie 2, and a series of scheduled announcements from OpenAI. Sora is...
5 Dec 202415min
New Google Model Ranked ‘No. 1 LLM’, But There’s a Problem
A new and mysterious Gemini model appears at the top of the leaderboard, but is that the full story? I dig behind the headline to show you some anti-climactic results, give some context with leaks in ...
15 Nov 202415min
Leak: ‘GPT-5 exhibits diminishing returns’, Sam Altman: ‘lol’
The last few days have seen two narratives emerge. One, derived from yesterday’s OpenAI leak in TheInformation, that GPT-5/Orion is a disappointment, and less of a leap than GPT-3 to GPT-4. The second...
10 Nov 202415min
