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Midjourney New Web Interface, ChatGPT Gets Memory, Protestors at OpenAI
Sorin Ciornei
February 14, 2024
Welcome, AI enthusiasts
Protestors at OpenAI HQ, Midjourney gets ready for mass adoption with new web interface, 34k jobs lost to AI this year and ChatGPT gets memory
In today’s newsletter:
New Midjourney Web interface launched
OpenAI adds memory to ChatGPT
Tech companies axed 34k jobs since the start of the year to pivot to AI
Nvidia CEO says computers will pass any test a human can in 6 years
Nvidia allows your computer to turn into your private AI
NEWS OF THE DAY
What: About 30 activists clustered at the entrance to OpenAI’s San Francisco office Monday afternoon, determined to make themselves heard. “Pause AI!” one shouted into a megaphone, and the crowd replied, “’Cause we don’t wanna die!”
Key points:
📢 Protesters at OpenAI's San Francisco office demanded the startup cease military work.
🚫 Concerns arose after OpenAI quietly changed usage policies, removing a ban on "military and warfare" applications.
🤔 Protesters criticize OpenAI for retracting its commitment to not work with militaries, citing a lack of enforceable boundaries.
🌐 OpenAI claims to maintain a ban against using its tools to build weapons, harm people, or destroy property.
Noteworthy: Military AI is probably already operational, as much of the existing customer tech comes from defense research. While it is a threat that needs to be discussed, so is the economic impact of AI and job displacement that will come in the next years.
EDITORIAL
What: Ladies and gentlemen, Midjourney 2.0 has arrived! For those who found accessing Midjourney through Discord confusing, complicated, and frustrating, rejoice— the web version is now available. Discord, though a powerful tool, has posed challenges as a gatekeeper hindering mass adoption of Midjourney.
Key points:
Easier to change aspect ratio of pictures
Image generation comes back already upscaled individually, no more 4 blocks of images
Folders and automatic sorting based on prompts
Noteworthy: This is an amazing next step for Midjourney. This is further proof that prompt engineering is becoming less important as the future of image generation will be via a dashboard and by using buttons and sliders.
Let’s see what this change will mean for Midjourney’s user base – my bet is that it will increase dramatically.
LATEST NEWS
Groundbreaking: Chatbots now on Windows PCs with NVIDIA RTX for fast custom AI 🚀
Free download: "Chat with RTX" tech demo for personalizing chatbots on local GeForce RTX 30 Series GPU or higher with 8GB VRAM ⬇️
Supports various file formats and YouTube videos/playlists 📄🎥
Fast results on local Windows RTX PCs, data stays on the device 🏎️💾
NVIDIA CEO says computers will pass any test a human can within 6 years
NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang says computers will pass any test a human can by the end of this decade
— Tsarathustra (@tsarnick)
9:53 AM • Feb 3, 2024
This is echoed by Sam Altman, during his speech at the Dubai WGS. Sam Altman at WGS on GPT-5: "The thing that will really matter: It's gonna be smarter."
What you need to take out of this is that when AI can pass any test a human can, it means it can perform any job humans can as well. The knowledge economy will come to an abrupt end.
ChatGPT creators OpenAI are generating about 100 billion words each day, its founder Sam Altman has said.
That is roughly 13 words each day for every person on Earth. But it is still far less than humans are thought to generate.
Tech companies have axed 34,000 jobs this year as they rejig their workforces to invest in new areas such as generative artificial intelligence to power their next phase of growth.
Microsoft, Snap, eBay and PayPal have each scrapped hundreds or thousands of roles since the start of January, according to the website Layoffs.fyi, which tracks the attrition in the industry. A total of 138 tech companies have laid off staff this year.
Rolling out the experiment to a small percentage of both free and plus users initially, with a broader rollout planned later, indicates a thoughtful approach to testing and refining the feature before wider adoption.
We’re testing ChatGPT's ability to remember things you discuss to make future chats more helpful.
This feature is being rolled out to a small portion of Free and Plus users, and it's easy to turn on or off. openai.com/blog/memory-an…
— OpenAI (@OpenAI)
6:21 PM • Feb 13, 2024
MIDJOURNEY PICK OF THE DAY
Image made with —sref, check out our editorial on how to do this
Check out our guides on how to generate the best Midjourney pictures, from fashion, nature, street art or illustration.