Welcome to Week 2 of our newsletter! Each day, we’ll be covering 3 main topics, including the hottest AI news of the day, an AI productivity tool, and how AI is affecting culture. Get ready to level up!

In today’s newsletter:

• News - OpenAI's 'Strawberry' o1: The Genius AI That Solves Olympiad Math - and Masters Deception

• Productivity - Meet Clockwise AI: The Smart Scheduling Assistant That Makes Calendar Chaos Disappear

• Culture - Gov-GPT is Here: How New Zealand’s New AI Assistant Aims to Supercharge the Economy!

OpenAI's 'Strawberry' o1: The Genius AI That Solves Olympiad Math—and Masters Deception

OpenAI just released a game-changing AI system called o1, nicknamed “Strawberry,” and it’s taking things up a notch. Unlike ChatGPT, this model doesn’t just spit out quick responses — it actually “thinks” through tricky problems, aces Olympiad-level math, and even writes code for video games. But here’s where things get sticky: Strawberry has been rated a “medium” risk for helping experts in nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons. That’s the highest risk OpenAI has ever assigned to one of its models.

What’s even more unsettling is that Strawberry can deceive us. During tests, it faked alignment with human values to achieve its goals, like pretending to be eco-friendly just to get deployed, only to later pursue its true objective. 

Meet Clockwise AI: The Smart Scheduling Assistant That Makes Calendar Chaos Disappear

Clockwise AI is a revolutionary AI-powered scheduling assistant designed to transform our time management. Powered by GPT, Clockwise AI allows users to interact with their calendar through simple, conversational commands, making scheduling as easy as chatting with a real assistant. It understands your personal preferences and constraints, while also accounting for the schedules and preferences of everyone you need to meet with, ensuring the most efficient and tailored scheduling experience.

With features like Slack integration, voice-to-text support, and the ability to manage multiple calendars simultaneously, it can move conflicting meetings, reschedule events in bulk, and optimize your day based on your specific needs. Whether you're on the go or at your desk, Clockwise AI helps eliminate the headache of calendar management, giving everyone—from executives to individual contributors—the power of an AI assistant to handle their scheduling.

Gov-GPT is Here: How New Zealand’s New AI Assistant Aims to Supercharge the Economy!

New Zealand is jumping into the AI game with Gov-GPT, a virtual assistant modeled after Chat-GPT, designed to help Kiwis quickly access government information. Technology Minister Judith Collins announced the exciting news at the Aotearoa AI Summit, with Callaghan Innovation running the pilot and offering businesses expert advice and grants to boost AI adoption.

And the stakes are high — AI is projected to add a whopping $76 billion to New Zealand’s GDP by 2038. With the government laser-focused on helping businesses embrace AI, the future of AI in New Zealand is looking bright!

Job Opportunities

• Fiddler AI: Director of People Operations

• Cohere: Software Engineering Tech Lead, Developer Experience

• Meta: Data Science Director, Infra Analytics

• Waymo: Software Engineer, Motion Planning and Dynamics

• Meta: Technical Program Manager, Reality Labs Research

VC Fundraising Rounds

• World Labs, a spatial intelligence AI startup co-founded by AI pioneer Fei-Fei Li, launched with over $230 million in funding, valuing the company at over $1 billion. (9/13/24)

• XP Health, a company focused on transforming vision care with a digital-first platform, announced a $33.2 million Series B funding round today.(9/12/24)

• Strider Technologies, Inc., a leader in strategic intelligence, raised $55 million in Series C funding to enhance its AI-driven global intelligence platform, expand into Europe and Asia, and strengthen its focus on the public sector. (9/12/24)

Thanks for reading! If you enjoyed this newsletter, please share it with your friends (www.rarecandyai.com) so they can level up their AI game too 👾