Opan AI's Sam Altman on GPT-4o
Tech companies bet the world is ready for 'AI Agents'
Microsoft and LinkedIn release the 2024 Work Trend Index on the state of AI at work
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Microsoft and LinkedIn release the 2024 Work Trend Index on the state of AI at work
For our fourth annual Work Trend Index, out today, we partnered with LinkedIn to provide a comprehensive view of how AI is not only reshaping work, but the labor market more broadly. We surveyed 31,000 people across 31 countries, identified labor and hiring trends from LinkedIn, analyzed trillions of Microsoft 365 productivity signals.
Three in four knowledge workers (75%) now use AI at work. Employees, overwhelmed and under duress, say AI saves time, boosts creativity and allows them to focus on their most important work. While 79% of leaders agree AI adoption is critical to remain competitive, 59% worry about quantifying the productivity gains of AI and 60% worry their company lacks a vision and plan to implement it.
While two-thirds of leaders wouldn’t hire someone without AI skills, only 39% of users have received AI training from their company. So, employees are skilling up on their own. Over 90% of AI power users say AI makes their overwhelming workload more manageable and their work more enjoyable, but they aren’t doing it on their own. They are 61% more likely to have heard from their CEO on the importance of using generative AI at work, 53% more likely to receive encouragement from leadership to consider how AI can transform their function….
By Jared Spataro, CVP AI at Work of Microsoft
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Opan AI's Sam Altman on GPT-4o
There are two things from our announcement today I wanted to highlight.
First, a key part of our mission is to put very capable AI tools in the hands of people for free (or at a great price). I am very proud that we’ve the best model in the world available for free in ChatGPT, without ads or anything like that.
Our initial conception when we started OpenAI was that we’d create AI and use it to create all sorts of benefits for the world. Instead, it now looks like we’ll create AI and then other people will use it to create all sorts of amazing things that we all benefit from.
Second, the new voice (and video) mode is the best compute interface I’ve ever used. It feels like AI from the movies; and it’s still a bit surprising to me that it’s real. Getting to human-level response times and expressiveness turns out to be a big change.
Talking to a computer has never felt really natural for me; now it does. As we add (optional) personalization, access to your information, the ability to take actions on your behalf, and more, I can really see an exciting future where we are able to use computers to do much more than ever before….
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Tech companies bet the world is ready for 'AI Agents'
Google, OpenAI, and a slew of innovative startups are heralding a new era of artificial intelligence with products designed to tackle more intricate tasks for users. Startups like Adept, Imbue, and Luda have secured substantial funding to develop agentic AI technology. This week, OpenAI's chair Bret Taylor unveiled Sierra, a new venture focused on creating conversational AI agents for businesses, predicting that this technology will soon be as indispensable as mobile apps or websites.
"The reason agents have become more interesting now is because the models have become so capable," explained Luan, a former VP of engineering at OpenAI. With advanced models like GPT-4, these AI agents can handle complex tasks, offering significant value. Luan, who has been pioneering agentic AI since before it had a name, shared that Adept is already assisting businesses.
For instance, their software streamlines the on-boarding process by integrating data from HR, payroll, and IT, ensuring new hires receive all necessary information promptly. AI agents, even more so than chatbots, present tech companies with a golden opportunity to showcase the true potential of AI….