Martineski

https://www.businessinsider.com/ai-chatbot-ceo-laid-off-staff-human-support-2023-7?IR=T

Abstract:

Large language models (LLMs) have demonstrated impressive results in developing generalist planning agents for diverse tasks. However, grounding these plans in expansive, multi-floor, and multi-room environments presents a significant challenge for robotics. We introduce SayPlan, a scalable approach to LLM-based, large-scale task planning for robotics using 3D scene graph (3DSG) representations. To ensure the scalability of our approach, we: (1) exploit the hierarchical nature of 3DSGs to allow LLMs to conduct a semantic search for task-relevant subgraphs from a smaller, collapsed representation of the full graph; (2) reduce the planning horizon for the LLM by integrating a classical path planner and (3) introduce an iterative replanning pipeline that refines the initial plan using feedback from a scene graph simulator, correcting infeasible actions and avoiding planning failures. We evaluate our approach on two large-scale environments spanning up to 3 floors, 36 rooms and 140 objects, and show that our approach is capable of grounding large-scale, long-horizon task plans from abstract, and natural language instruction for a mobile manipulator robot to execute. We provide real robot video demonstrations and code on our project page sayplan.github.io.

paper: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2307.06135.pdf

Video: https://cdn-uploads.huggingface.co/production/uploads/6258561f4d4291e8e63d8ae6/d_U_pzeCoJ2dTcBWz6n0r.mp4

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With LLaMA V2, Meta may be trying to benefit from the open-source community, similar to what Google has done with Android.

The Financial Times, citing three sources familiar with the project, reports that Meta wants to launch a commercial AI model to compete with OpenAI, Microsoft, and Google. The model is said to generate language, code, and images.

It may be a new variant of Meta's LLaMA, a large language model used in numerous open-source projects. LLaMA v1 has only been released under a research license and therefore may not be used directly for commercial purposes. However, replicas exist.

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has already announced that a new AI model is in the works, which could be LLaMA v2 or under a different name. Meta wants to use the model for its services and offer it to external interested parties, according to Zuckerberg. Special attention is safety.

Comment ~~stolen~~ borrowed from reddit:

TL;DR: The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is investigating OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT, for potential violations of consumer protection laws. The investigation will focus on whether OpenAI has engaged in unfair or deceptive privacy or data security practices, or if it has engaged in unfair or deceptive practices relating to risks of harm to consumers. The FTC has asked OpenAI to provide information on how it obtains and uses consumer information to train its large language models, how it assesses risk, and how it deals with misleading or disparaging statements about people. The FTC is also seeking information about a bug disclosed by OpenAI in March 2020 that may have exposed some users' chat history and payment-related information. OpenAI has not yet responded to the investigation.

The Associated Press (AP) and OpenAI have announced a new partnership that seeks to examine potential use cases for generative AI in news products and services. As part of the arrangement, OpenAI will license part of AP's text archive and, in return, AP will tap into OpenAI's advanced technology and product expertise.