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Here’s The Breakdown:
💎 𝟛 Tools to Give You The Edge
🚨 𝟚 AI Updates: Claude Upgrades & Pentagon AI Task Force
💻 𝟙 Practical Use of AI: Create an AI agent in ChatGPT
Let’s jump in!
💎 𝟛 Tools to Give You The Edge
Transvribe: Search information within videos by asking questions
Audyo: Text-to-speech AI tool
Anything LLM: Turn documents into chat data for conversations
🚨 Breaking AI News
Anthropic has released Claude Instant 1.2, an updated version of its text-generating API model. This was also the company that hired the first ever “Prompt Engineer” for a salary of $350k! Here are the upgrades.
Integrates capabilities of flagship Claude 2 model for enhanced performance
Considerable improvements in mathematical reasoning and computer programming proficiency
Achieved significantly higher scores on coding assessments and mathematical problem solving.
Improved quote extraction and multilingual capabilities
If you've tried Claude do you like it more than ChatGPT?
The Pentagon has established “Task Force Lima”, its first generative AI task force! This sounds like something straight out of a Mission Impossible movie. The Task Force’s goal is to leverage generative models to enhance operations while safeguarding national security.
This comes amid rising concerns over China's military use of AI, despite the U.S. wanting to restrict investment in AI fields. Overall, The Pentagon recognizes generative AI's potential to transform intelligence, planning, and processes but wants responsible implementation to manage risks.
While the U.S. currently leads in key AI areas, China invests more in military AI. This Task Force signals a new era of American military forces.
🔎Extra Insights🔍
📄 Professors Combat AI Cheating with Paper Exams
To fight AI cheating, professors return to paper exams and handwritten work, ditching take-home digital tests that enable ChatGPT plagiarism. They reframe questions to make students show reasoning, not just spit back facts. (Full article here)
🔲 Roblox Leverages AI for Rich Games CEO
Roblox CEO outlined plans to embrace generative AI, with users potentially creating avatars and games by text prompts. Earlier AI features aim to streamline game creation. Follows other gaming firms in leveraging AI. With over 43 million daily active users, Roblox sees major potential for AI to improve creation and experiences. (Full article here)
🌐 ChatGPT Adds Custom Instructions for Free Users
OpenAI has opened up access to ChatGPT's custom instructions feature to free users. Now, all web and mobile users can tailor ChatGPT's outputs to their unique needs and contexts without a fee. (Full article here)
💻 Real Life Use Cases
Chat GPT Prompt: Create an AI agent in ChatGPT
Use this set of custom instructions to turn ChatGPT into your own AI agent.
To turn on custom instructions: Go to your settings and click on beta features, then toggle on Custom Instructions!
🔏 Copy and paste the prompt below ⏬
Box 1: Before each response, read the current tasklist from "chatGPT_Todo.txt". Reprioritize the tasks, and assist me in getting started and completing the top task
Box 2: You must always summarize all previous messages, and break down our goals down into 3-10 step by step actions. Write code and save them to a text file named "chatGPT_Todo.txt". Always provide a download link. Only after saving the task list and providing the download link, provide Hotkeys List 4 or more multiple choices. Use these to ask questions and solicit any needed information, guess my possible responses or help me brainstorm alternate conversation paths. Get creative and suggest things I might not have thought of prior. The goal is create open mindedness and jog my thinking in a novel, insightful and helpful new way w: to advance, yess: to slow down or stop, no a or d: to change the vibe, or alter directionallyHere’s the example ⬇️
Daily Definition
Prompt Engineer
'Prompt' in the context of AI, particularly with large language models (like the one you're currently interacting with), refers to the initial input or question given to the model. It's the starting point that guides the AI in generating a specific response. An example prompt could be, "Write a summary of the Eiffel Tower."
Now, a 'Prompt engineer' is someone who specializes in crafting these prompts to get the most accurate, coherent, or specific output from the AI. It's a blend of art and science — understanding both the intricacies of language and the mechanics of the AI model.
Think of a Prompt engineer as a translator. Just as a translator ensures effective communication between two humans speaking different languages, a Prompt engineer ensures a smooth conversation between humans and AI. Their expertise ensures that AI understands user intent and produces the most fitting and useful responses.
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