1/5th of People Think AI Could Make Better Movies

The AI Breakdown First Five - Thursday March 21, 2024

5. UN Voting on First AI Resolution

The United States has sponsored a resolution in the United Nations that would “represent global support for a baseline set of principles for the development and use of AI.” The US says that they’re hoping for adoption by consensus of all 193 member nations.

4. 1/5th of People Think AI Could Make Better Movies

Deloitte has just released their 18th annual Digital Media Trends survey. One of the surprising findings is that 22% of respondents said that gen AI could write TV shows and movies that are more interesting than humans.

3. Anthropic Partners with Accenture and AWS

By way of a new partnership, some 1400 Accenture engineers will be trained on Anthropic on AWS. The move represents both the push of the big consulting firms into the AI space, as well as the continually shifting battle lines of the big labs and big tech.

2. Cohere Seeks Monster Valuation

News outlets are reporting that foundation model company Cohere is seeking to raise money at a monster $5B+ valuation. The problem is that their revenue is just $13m ARR, leading some investors to balk at the high price.

1. Intel Wins $20B Chips Deal with US Gov’t

The US has slowly but surely come to realize that offshoring the semiconductor industry might not have been the best idea. Now the government is spending big bucks to try to bring it back, as witnessed by a $20b deal involving both grants and debt for Intel.

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