“GPT-4o My and Google I/O Day” by Zvi

At least twice the speed! At most half the price!

That's right, it's GPT-4o My.

Some people's expectations for the OpenAI announcement this week were very high.

Spencer Schiff: Next week will likely be remembered as one of the most significant weeks in human history.

We fell far short of that, but it was still plenty cool.

Essentially no one's expectations for Google's I/O day were very high.

Then Google, in way that was not in terms of its presentation especially exciting or easy to parse, announced a new version of basically everything AI.

That plausibly includes, effectively, most of what OpenAI was showing off. It also includes broader integrations and distribution.

It is hard to tell who has the real deal, and who does not, until we see the various models at full power in the wild.

I will [...]

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Outline:

(01:24) The GPT-4o Announcement

(04:43) Her

(08:37) Benchmarks

(11:40) Cheap Kills, Speed Kills, Free Kills More

(15:42) What Else Can It Do?

(18:26) Safety First

(21:59) Patterns of Disturbing Behavior

(26:11) Multimedia Demos Aplenty

(30:19) The Math Tutor Demo

(34:49) Target Identified

(38:49) Are You Impressed?

(42:02) Meet the New Jailbreak

(43:14) Are You Unimpressed?

(49:52) Are You Anti-Impressed?

(54:26) Is the Market Impressed?

(55:59) What About Google?

(57:12) OK Google, Give Me a List

(01:01:14) Project Astra

(01:03:13) The Rest of the Announcements in Detail

(01:11:32) Conclusion and Summary

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First published:
May 16th, 2024

Source:
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/bqa5wmrwPL5zbfgxH/gpt-4o-my-and-google-i-o-day

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