🌟 Record Crowds, Major AI Event Trends, and Surprise Moments

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• 💬 AI Inspiration

• 🚀 AI Startups Raise Millions While Others Struggle

• 🔥 OpenAI’s o1 Model: New Tools, Faster Responses, and More Power

• 💡 NeurIPS 2024: Big Tech, Record Crowds, and a 10-Year-Old Researcher

• 🎨 AI Art Test: Can You Tell What’s Real?

• 📊 Last Poll Result

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AI STARTUPS

AI Startups Get Rich While Others Struggle

AI startups are raising huge amounts of money, but non-AI companies are struggling.

Series B valuations range from $40M to $1B, with AI companies leading the pack.

Only 9% of non-AI startups get Series B funding within two years.

Many mature startups face "down rounds" as valuations reset

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OPEN AI

OpenAI’s o1 Model and New Tools: Big News for Developers

OpenAI has launched OpenAI o1, a new AI model designed to handle complex tasks with better accuracy.

It includes features like function calling, which connects to external tools, structured outputs for reliable responses, and vision capabilities to process images.

This model is faster, using fewer tokens to respond, and it outperforms previous versions in benchmarks for coding, math, and reasoning.

The Realtime API now supports WebRTC for smoother voice interactions, with a 60% price drop for GPT-4o audio.

A new Preference Fine-Tuning method allows developers to customize models based on user preferences.

Additionally, OpenAI introduced official Go and Java SDKs to make integrating AI easier across more programming languages.

Here are the new tools for developers:also announced updates for d

• o1 reasoning model: Improved accuracy, function calling, vision capabilities, and lower latency.

• Realtime API updates: WebRTC integration, 60% price drop for GPT-4o audio, and GPT-4o mini support.

• Preference Fine-Tuning: Easier model customization based on user preferences.

• Go and Java SDKs: Official libraries for faster API integration.

AI ART - CAN YOU TELL?

NEURIPS 2024

Big Tech, Big Ideas: Inside NeurIPS 2024

NeurIPS (Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems) is the top event for AI and machine learning.

Researchers, tech companies, and investors gather to share ideas and new advancements in AI.

Key Highlights:

• 16,000 Attendees: A record-breaking crowd shows AI’s growing importance.

• Big Tech Announcements: Google, Microsoft, and Meta timed major AI news for the event.

• More Research: AI paper submissions have increased 10x in the last decade.

• New AI Trends: Focus on better testing, 3D data (spatial intelligence), and ways to scale AI models.

• Youngest Researcher: A 10-year-old from India had a research paper accepted.

• More Investors: Venture capitalists and companies used the event to scout for talent and ideas.

NeurIPS highlights where AI is heading and connects researchers with industry leaders.

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