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MC.8: Voice-Enabled ChatGPT Insights, Tech Layoffs in 2023, Prompt Optimization, and the Quest for Transparent AI 🌐

This week, we delve into the experience of interacting with voice-enabled ChatGPT as a non-native English speaker, the unsettling rise in tech layoffs, innovative methods for prompt optimization, and the growing concerns about the secrecy in AI development. Plus, don't miss Anna’s rich archive on LLM training data.

modern chaos issue 8 - DALLE 3

Modern chaos is a newsletter exploring tech and AI through the journey of a dev agency shifting from services to product design. We share our notes, analysis and experiments.

Hey guys!

If you have 10 minutes this week, check the voice-enabled ChatGPT, it’s worth experimenting!

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In this issue:

🗨️ A Conversation with Voice-Enabled ChatGPT as a Non-Native English Speaker
📉 Tech Layoffs Exceed 240,000 So Far in 2023
🌬️ Take A Deep Breath And Work On This Problem Step-By-Step
🤺 Prompts Royale: Find The Best Prompt For Your Use Case
🎨 DALLE 3: A Prompt to Create Highly Detailed Images
🤐 AI is Becoming More Powerful - But Also More Secretive
📚 Anna’s Archive: LLM Training Data from Shadow Libraries

Work & Experiments

A Conversation with Voice-Enabled ChatGPT as a Non-Native English Speaker
In this short post, I share my experience of the voice-enabled version of ChatGPT as a non-native English speaker. From language barriers to emotional depth, this personal take delves into the possibilities and limitations of conversing with AI. READ IT

Tech updates & tools


Tech Layoffs Exceed 240,000 So Far in 2023
It’s more than 50% higher than in all of 2022. While it might seem far-off for me as it’s about the US market, the reality is that the market in France is also fragile. The government is doing its work to protect as much as it can, but restructuring is happening right at my doorstep for some big companies we work for. READ IT

Take A Deep Breath And Work On This Problem Step-By-Step
As perfectly said by Itamar Golan “It may sound like a joke, but this is the bottom line of Deepmind's recent paper”. This little instruction performs better than any previous prompt method. Update your prompts and let me know the results! TWITTER | PAPER

Prompts Royale: Find The Best Prompt For Your Use Case
Automatically create prompts and make them fight each other to know which is the best. A fun approach to optimize your prompts with this open-source project. Bring your own OpenAI key. Hosted Version | GITHUB

DALLE 3: A Prompt to Create Highly Detailed Images
Chase Lean shares his prompt for generating images with lots of details. The result is impressive and consistent. Check his 7 examples given on his Twitter thread. The prompts used are in the images ALT. TWITTER

AI is Becoming More Powerful - But Also More Secretive
The Stanford report warns that leading AI companies are becoming tight-lipped about their algorithms and data, raising ethical concerns. As AI increasingly influences critical aspects of life, the call for transparency and regulation grows louder. It's a timely reminder that openness is key to responsible AI development. REPORT | WIRED

Anna’s Archive: LLM Training Data from Shadow Libraries
It is well understood that LLMs thrive on high-quality data. They have the largest collection of books, papers, magazines, etc in the world, which are some of the highest quality text sources and they are ready to help the open-source commnity, great! CONTACT

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