Pika Labs officially launched 1.0 and many think it might be representative of a coming breakout moment for text-to-video generation. Plus a look at the complicated geopolitical tension around AI between the US, China and the United Arab Emirates.

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More information came out late last week about a model that showed signs of more advanced reasoning called Q*, leading to additional speculation that this was part of the reason for Sam Altman's firing from OpenAI. Also on this episode, Inflection claims their latest model is the second most powerful LLM.

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An exploration of one of the hottest topics in AI.

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A reading of "Why self-regulation is best for artificial intelligence" https://thehill.com/opinion/4300288-why-self-regulation-is-best-for-artificial-intelligence/

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"Underregulating tech is a relic of the 90s. AI is an urgent call for change." https://thehill.com/opinion/technology/4304297-underregulating-tech-is-a-relic-of-the-90s-ai-is-an-alarm-for-urgent-change/

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As the dust settles, NLW looks at who has benefitted and who has lost out after Sam Altman's removal and reinstatement. Spoiler alert: no one comes out better.

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The company claims the video generator out performs Pika and Runway. Note: this is the Brief that was supposed to come out Wednesday which got bumped for OpenAI news.

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After 5 days of tense negotiations, Sam Altman has returned as CEO of OpenAI, bringing Greg Brockman with him. That doesn't mean nothing has changed however. Join NLW for an exploration of the latest on what caused the rift and where the company goes from here.

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Apparently in addition to asking half of Silicon Valley to be the new CEO, over the weekend the OpenAI Board asked Dario Amodei to take over and bring Anthropic with him in a merger. On the Brief: Meta disbands responsible AI team.

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WTAF is going on? First the board announced former Twitch CEO Emmett Shear as new CEO. Then Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said Sam Altman and Greg Brockman were running a new division in Redmond. Then employees started rebelling with a letter demanding the board's resignation.

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Act 3 of the Dumbest Palace Coup Ever, as employees and investors revolt and the board appears forced to capitulate. 

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