Amid articles wondering whether the ChatGPT craze is over (https://bit.ly/3OeLNyM), the reality seems to be the opposite. Chabots are improving at a frightening rate. Yes, market dynamics are shifting and initial explorers might experience disenchantment or boredom, yet the functionality explosion of these AI-powered tools is hard to dismiss.
Chatbot hallucination risks are cited in almost every popular media article. Yet, one no longer sees the scribes penning new, funny stories of the best Chatbots spouting gibberish. Efforts to polish and perfect these bots, an undeniably daunting task (https://bloom.bg/3JVcg1u), have paid off, with fewer glaring errors surfacing. Of course, hallucinations must be aplenty even now, but many critics consumed with paranoia conveniently overlook the remarkable progress.
Anthropic announced Claude 2 yesterday with impressive specs. For instance, it can summarise a staggering 75,000 words, the equivalent of a typical novel. In stark contrast, GPT-4 can handle a mere 3000 words. It can provide far longer answers and retain much more conversation history in its memory - two significant features that others will surely better soon, given their importance. Its knowledge cutoff is early 2023, compared to GPT4's September 2021. It outshines GPT4 in benchmark exams like GRE, medical, or bar exams.
OpenAI is not quiet either. It launched Code Interpreter yesterday, empowering ordinary users to morph raw data into visually engaging maps, graphs or convert images into videos. This bot's file-handling prowess enables it to script code, performing high-level analysis in the blink of an eye. Social media platforms are abuzz with user-posted examples, illuminating the snowballing impact of such transformative capabilities.
Appropriately for this crazy-paced industry, all these announcements are only from this week, after the previous week that featured impressive announcements from Baidu and Huawei. And the list does not include the overnight launch of Elon's xAI, a new company, with the goal no less than to "understand the true nature of the universe".
