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🤖🔥 Uber's Robo-Takeover, Custom LLMs Unleashed & OpenAI's Secret Weapon

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Himanshu Maggu
August 12, 2024

Welcome back! This is The AI Takeover, read this daily so you don’t get left behind by AI! In todays newsletter:

- 🚨🚗 Uber's AV Surge: 6x Growth and New Partnerships
- 🚨🔧 La Plateforme Launches Custom LLMs and New SDK
- 🚨🚀 AI Safety Expert Zico Kolter Joins OpenAI Board

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🚗 Uber's AV Surge: 6x Growth and New Partnerships

Uber's Q2 results highlighted significant growth in its autonomous vehicle (AV) segment, with a 6x year-over-year increase in autonomous trips and key partnerships with Waymo and Alphabet. CEO Khosrowshahi expressed confidence in Uber's global AV strategy, moving away from a winner-take-all mindset. The presentation also hinted at future developments, including a collaboration with BYD on autonomous-capable electric vehicles.
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🔧 La Plateforme Launches Custom LLMs and New SDK

La Plateforme now offers customizations for LLMs like Mistral Large 2 and Codestral, allowing developers to fine-tune models with domain-specific knowledge. The alpha release of 'Agents' introduces complex workflows integrated with Mistral Large 2. Additionally, the Mistralai SDK has reached a stable 1.0 release for Python and TypeScript, enhancing usability and consistency.
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🚀 AI Safety Expert Zico Kolter Joins OpenAI Board

Zico Kolter, a Carnegie Mellon University Professor renowned for his research in AI safety and robustness, has joined OpenAI's Board of Directors and Safety and Security Committee. His expertise in AI safety, alignment, and model robustness will bolster OpenAI’s commitment to ensuring that AI technologies benefit humanity.
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