🤯Musk’s Neuralink Vision

Neuralink achieves major milestone with second patient implant, Musk outlines future goals

Key Points 

• Neuralink has successfully implanted its brain-computer interface in a second patient.

• Musk revealed on Lex Fridman’s podcast that the company plans to implant the device in eight more patients this year.

• Musk also outlined future goals, including enhancing AI-human interaction and developing advanced vision capabilities, such as ultraviolet and infrared vision.

🧠News - Elon Musk's neurotechnology company, has successfully implanted its brain-computer interface device into a second patient, marking a key milestone in helping people with paralysis. Musk shared this update on Lex Fridman’s podcast, where he also discussed his future plans for the technology."

Details about the second patient are limited, but they have a spinal cord injury similar to Noland Arbaugh. For those who don’t know, Arbaugh was the first person to receive the implant and has already used it to play video games, browse the internet, and control his laptop.

Without revealing too much, Musk expressed optimism about the second implant and mentioned that the company plans to perform the procedure on eight more patients this year as part of its clinical trials.

🤯Future plans -  Musk believes that in a year or two, someone with a Neuralink implant could outplay a pro gamer due to significantly quicker reaction times.

Looking further ahead, he mentioned that Neuralink aims to improve how humans and AI interact by speeding up communication, as AI can process information much faster than people. The company is also exploring ways to enhance human vision, starting with low-resolution images and aiming for higher resolutions and capabilities like ultraviolet or infrared vision in the future.

However, he emphasized that Neuralink’s main focus for now is on repairing damaged neurons in the spinal cord, neck, or brain, as seen with their first patients. Once the technology is proven safe through long-term use, they might even consider “augmenting” people without neurological issues.

OpenAI shelves ChatGPT watermarking and detection tool over user concerns

Key Points 

• The company is hesitant to release the tool, fearing it might unfairly impact non-English speakers and make them less likely to use AI tools.

• They’re also concerned that watermarking could deter users, with nearly 30% saying they’d use ChatGPT less if it were implemented.

☕News - According to reports, OpenAI has had a watermarking system for ChatGPT-generated text and a tool to detect the watermark ready for about a year. 

OpenAI’s watermarking technique adjusts the model’s word predictions to create a detectable pattern without affecting the quality of the text. A survey commissioned by the company found that people worldwide strongly support having an AI detection tool, with a four-to-one majority in favor. Despite this, there is still an internal debate about whether to actually release the tool.

🤷🏻‍♂️Why? In light of the recent reports, OpenAI updated its May blog post with new details about its detection tools. In it, the company claimed that their method is very accurate—99.9% effective—and resistant to tampering such as paraphrasing. However, they noted that techniques like rewording with another model could easily help bad actors get around it.

In another passage, the company seems to imply that they’re holding back on releasing the tool because they’re concerned it might lead to non-English speakers being unfairly judged, which could affect how useful they find AI tools and result in them being "stigmatized" against using AI products. Additionally, they’re worried that watermarking might deter users, with nearly 30% of those surveyed saying they’d use ChatGPT less if watermarking were implemented.

Overall, while watermarking appears to be the responsible choice, it could affect profitability, so don’t expect changes anytime soon.