Hi everyone,

OpenAI dropped a bomb - a new LLM that can do advanced reasoning. Why is this important? LLMs are traditionally not good at reasoning / math related tasks, but that is no longer the case.

Check out the graph below - LLMs are now better than humans in some tasks.

This is the biggest leap that’s happened since GPT-3.5 to GPT-4, and is a huge deal.

Let’s get right into it.

In this issue:

• 🤝In Partnership: Learn how to elevate your business with BotBuilders

• 🤿Deep Dive: OpenAI launches reasoning model, (or the o1 model)

• 🖼️AI Art: Examples of great and trending AI art

• 🤿Deep Dive: UBS AI scans 300,000 firms in 20 seconds

• ⚒️Tool Snapshots: Tools for AI, no-code, and productivity

• 📰Top News: News on AI, no-code, and productivity

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🤿 DEEP DIVE

OpenAI's Project Strawberry or o1 Advances AI Reasoning with Reinforcement Learning

Intelligence: OpenAI introduces a new large language model, o1, trained with reinforcement learning to perform complex reasoning, outperforming its predecessor GPT-4o in reasoning-heavy tasks.

• OpenAI's o1 model can generate a long internal chain of thought before responding to a user.

• The model ranks in the 89th percentile on competitive programming questions, places among the top 500 students in a qualifier for the USA Math Olympiad, and exceeds PhD-level accuracy on a benchmark of physics, biology, and chemistry problems.

• An early version of this model, OpenAI o1-preview, is released for immediate use in ChatGPT and for trusted API users.

Significance: This signifies a significant leap in the AI industry as it showcases an AI model that can perform complex reasoning tasks. The introduction of o1 highlights the potential of reinforcement learning in improving the performance of AI models.

🖼️ AI ART

Examples of great and trending AI art

🤿 DEEP DIVE

UBS AI Tool Scans 300,000 Companies in 20 Seconds for M&A Deals

Intelligence: UBS Group AG has developed an artificial intelligence (AI) tool designed to assist in offering clients potential M&A deals by analyzing a database of over 300,000 companies in less than 20 seconds.

• The AI tool, referred to as an M&A "co-pilot," is intended to generate buy-side ideas and identify potential buyers in sell-side situations.

• In addition to suggesting potential M&A deals, the tool can also identify likely targets of activist campaigns by comparing the management tone in prepared presentations and Q&A situations.

• AI-powered tools for company evaluations, benchmarking, and financial analysis did not yield satisfactory results in tests.

• UBS has been using this AI tool for a year to aid clients in M&A processes.

Significance: This signifies the increasing role of AI in the banking sector, particularly in the area of M&A deals. It highlights the potential for AI to streamline and expedite processes in the financial industry.

⚒️ TOOL SNAPSHOTS

Futuristic tools within AI, no-code, and productivity

• 🚀 CoffeeSpace - Swipe your way to your ideal startup cofounder. Free option available.

• 📂 Central - Streamlines US startup operations effortlessly, avoiding fines. Free to try.

• ☕ Crewting - Transform Slack chats into memorable, bond-strengthening coffee breaks. Free option available.

• 🤖 Replit Agent - Making software development accessible for all. Free option available.

• 🔍 Serra (YC S23) - Efficient AI-powered recruiter finding top matches instantly. Payment required.

📰 TOP NEWS

News on AI, no-code, automation, and productivity

🚗 Are Waymo's Self-Driving Cars Safer?

Waymo's self-driving vehicles are demonstrating a potential for increased road safety, with crash rates significantly lower than those of human-driven cars in San Francisco and Phoenix. Serious crashes, involving airbag deployment, occurred about one-sixth as often.

🎧 NotebookLM’s New Audio Feature for Simplifying Complex Information

NotebookLM introduces a unique 'Audio Overview' feature that utilizes Gemini 1.5’s multimodal capabilities to turn uploaded documents into an engaging, audio-based AI conversation consisting of summaries, interconnections between various topics, and playful banter to help users better understand and remember the information.

🤖 Google's AI to Influence Nevada Unemployment Benefits

Nevada plans to utilize a first-in-the-country generative AI system by Google to analyze transcripts from unemployment appeals hearings and suggest decisions to human referees, aiming to streamline the appeals process and tackle the remaining backlog from the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite concerns over potential automation bias and privacy issues, the proponents argue the tool would make claim resolution faster while enhancing efficiency.

👾 Isaac, the Life-Changing Robot Ready to Do Your Housework

Waeve Robotics introduces Isaac, a personal robot with advanced AI, designed to perform a variety of household chores, and features a privacy-first design along with the option for tasks to be remotely operated by specialists, aiming to revolutionize home automation and free up valuable personal time.

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