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Musk secures tax break for $700M data center
PLUS OpenAI launches GPT mentions
Jack Shields
January 30, 2024
Welcome back!
It looks like the Biden administration is already implementing its response to the Taylor Swift scandal. We’ll also check out a new ChatGPT feature and major news from Elon Musk’s X Corp.
Let’s go.
In today’s Daily Update:
🗞️ US government to require AI companies to report safety tests
🤖 OpenAI launches GPT mentions feature
📸 Musk secures Atlanta tax break for $700 million AI data center
🚨 AI Roundup: Four quick hits
Read time: 2 minutes
TOP STORY
🗞️ US government to require AI companies to report safety tests
Source: Jacquelyn Martin / AP Photo
The Biden administration is requiring AI developers to disclose their safety test results to the U.S. government.
The details:
The White House AI Council met yesterday to review progress made since President Biden’s AI executive order.
The U.S. government wants “to know AI systems are safe before they’re released to the public,” said Ben Buchanan, the White House special advisor on AI.
The National Institute of Standards and Technology is developing a uniform framework for assessing safety.
The relevance: Regulation is struggling to keep pace with AI innovation, but this is a step in the right direction. Further action is needed to address potential threats posed by foreign AI developers that collaborate with U.S. companies.
AI TOOL OF THE DAY
🤖 OpenAI launches GPT mentions feature
Screenshot: ChatGPT
OpenAI has silently debuted a new ‘GPT mentions’ feature that seamlessly integrates custom GPTs into a single workflow.
How it works:
Type ‘@’ to bring up a list of GPTs to mention and use.
This enables users to enlist custom GPTs directly in-chat rather than using the GPT Store.
Multiple GPTs can also be integrated into a single chat.
This feature is slowly rolling out to ChatGPT premium users.
Why it matters: At first glance this might seem like a minor upgrade to ChatGPT, but enlisting multiple GPTs in a single chat is a step toward digital workflows where a team of AI agents can work together.
BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT
📸 Musk secures Atlanta tax break for $700 million AI data center
DALL-E 3
Elon Musk’s X Corp just secured a $10 million property tax break in Atlanta for its $700 million AI data center.
The rundown:
The 10-year agreement will reduce X’s tax bill as it houses AI jobs at the QTS data center in Atlanta.
X estimates its data center will add $241 million in economic impact. Fulton County projects $16 million in new taxes.
The project will not create any new jobs, but will retain 24 current employees at a cost of over $420,000 per job.
Musk previously acquired over 10,000 GPUs for his AI startup xAI.
The bigger picture: X (Twitter) is in the process of becoming an “everything app” according to Elon Musk. Moving in this direction includes bringing the future of AI to the platform, which Musk and the xAI team are heavily investing in.
MORE TRENDING NEWS
🚨 AI Roundup: Four quick hits
DALL-E 3
THAT’S ALL FOR TODAY