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Noted computer scientist and AI godfather Yoshua Bengio recently announced the establishment of a non-profit organization called LawZero with the aim of developing an 'honest' artificial intelligence system to prevent AI agents from deceiving humans. On June 3rd, Bengio revealed during a press conference that the organization will focus on creating a security mechanism to ensure that AI does not try to deceive users or engage in self-preservation behaviors, such as evading shutdowns.

Google has officially announced the launch of its AI research assistant system based on Gemini 2.0 - the AI co-scientist, aimed at providing virtual collaboration for scientists to generate novel research hypotheses and suggestions. This system not only offers traditional literature review and summarization capabilities but also breakthrough original knowledge discovery abilities. The AI co-scientist can simulate the reasoning process of scientific methods and provide researchers with innovative research hypotheses and proposal plans based on existing evidence and specific research objectives.

Recently, a study led by Meta's Chief AI Scientist Yann LeCun revealed how artificial intelligence can develop a basic understanding of physics by watching videos. This research, conducted by scientists from Meta FAIR, Paris University, and EHESS, shows that AI systems can acquire intuitive physical knowledge through self-supervised learning without predefined rules. The research team employed a new method called Video Joint Embedding Predictive Architecture (V-JEPA).

Recently, former DeepMind scientist Simon Kohl announced the establishment of a new artificial intelligence drug discovery company, aiming to leverage his extensive experience in protein prediction, particularly related to the Nobel Prize-winning AlphaFold system. AlphaFold is a revolutionary AI tool that can accurately predict the three-dimensional structure of proteins, a breakthrough that has garnered significant attention in biomedical research. Image source note: Image generated by AI, image licensed service.

Founded by former OpenAI co-founder Ilya Sutskever, the AI startup SSI (Safe Superintelligence) is currently in negotiations for a new round of funding, expected to value the company at $20 billion, quadrupling its valuation from last September. Although SSI has yet to generate any revenue, this hefty valuation reflects investors' confidence in its potential to develop transformative AI technologies. Unlike other AI companies, SSI focuses on safety.

Recently, Alibaba Group welcomed a heavyweight figure - the globally top AI scientist Xu Zhuhong (Steven Hoi). Xu Zhuhong will serve as Vice President of Alibaba Group, specifically responsible for the development and promotion of foundational research and application solutions related to multimodal foundational models and Agents in the AI To C business field.

Recently, Alibaba has welcomed a heavyweight figure in the field of AI. According to industry insiders, a top global artificial intelligence scientist has officially joined Alibaba and will focus on the research and application of foundational large models for AI To C business in the future. This scientist has over 20 years of experience in both industry and academia, with significant achievements in the field of multimodal AI, having led the publication of over a hundred top papers on large models.

Amidst the wildfires ravaging California, Jim Fan, a scientist from Nvidia, the world's largest artificial intelligence chip manufacturer, proposed using AI robots to combat the flames. However, this suggestion has raised concerns about environmental impact. Fan shared a video on social media platform X (formerly Twitter), showcasing a humanoid robot walking down the streets of China. In his comments, he praised the robot's 'style' and made a call to action.

Recently, Felix Hill, a research scientist at Google DeepMind, tragically passed away at the age of 41 due to mental health issues. This news has sparked widespread attention and mourning within the AI community. Felix had been struggling with severe mental health problems since early 2023, exhibiting significant depression and suicidal tendencies. Despite his notable achievements in academia, he ultimately could not overcome his internal struggles. Felix Hill was an outstanding AI scholar who contributed to the creation of natural language processing.

Sakana AI has announced the launch of the 'AI Scientist' system, a comprehensive AI platform capable of independently conducting scientific research, from concept generation, coding, experiment execution, result summarization to paper writing, including peer review. Its design aims to mimic the human scientific research process. The system has demonstrated innovative contributions in several subfields of machine learning, such as diffusion models, transformers, and deep understanding, showcasing high computational efficiency and low costs (approximately $15 per paper). Although the initial version of the system may have some limitations.

French startup Dust recently announced the completion of a $16 million funding round, led by the renowned venture capital firm Sequoia Capital. Dust focuses on customizing AI robots for businesses and is one of the emerging companies that help enterprises utilize large language models more conveniently.

Ilya Sutskever, one of the co-founders and former chief scientist of OpenAI, has launched a new company, Safe Superintelligence Inc. (SSI), just one month after his departure, alongside two former colleagues. The company focuses on addressing safety issues related to 'superintelligent' AI systems.

Meta's Chief AI Scientist Yann LeCun has accused industry leaders of exaggerating the threats posed by AI on social media. LeCun questioned whether the CEOs of OpenAI, DeepMind, and Anthropic are deliberately amplifying fears of AI wiping out humanity. He advocates for open-source AI, arguing that it is the only way to prevent oligarchs from controlling core technologies. A heated debate continues within the industry regarding open-source versus regulation, with differing perspectives. The UK government is preparing to hold the first Global AI Summit, where related controversies are expected to intensify.

GPT-4 is about to surpass a turning point, with a significant leap in performance as its parameter scale expands by 1000 times. OpenAI scientists' latest talk reveals the development trend of GPT-4.

OpenAI Chief Scientist Ilya conducted a deep interview before the release of GPT-3. He discussed the evolution of neural networks and their analogy to the human brain. He is confident about the development and future of deep learning, stating that breakthroughs will require large-scale computation and persistent efforts. He believes there are still many beautiful and mysterious properties of deep learning yet to be discovered.