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Generative AI Isn’t So Smart After All: Study

The threat that large language models will reach human levels of performance on common tasks is overblown, according to research co-authored by Meta’s top AI scientist Yann LeCunn.  A new benchmark of real-world problems found that humans succeeded at 92% while ChatGPT-4 with plug-ins solved only 15%.  A cynic would note that Meta has a strong interest in reducing pressure for AI regulation, and that other experts have argued the debate over human-like performance is a distraction from concrete problems that AI poses today.

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Social Media Shopping Gains Ground: Influencer Factory Survey

November 30, 2023

Shopping on social media has had mixed success but this report from The Influencer Marketing Factory finds it’s making steady progress.  Nearly half (43.4%) of consumers surveyed had bought at least one product through a social app in the past year.  Still, many more would rather buy on an ecommerce platform (62%) than through social (22%), with trust in the social apps standing as the most important obstacle.

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