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Claude Vision Control, Google’s AI Plans, and Benchmark Insights

Hello Fellow AI Friends,

The headline news at this week’s meetup was Anthropic’s foray into computer control—the ability to dictate and manage computer functions via API.

Matt – our iOS developer, set this up properly in a container format so it wouldn’t take over his entire computer. Let’s just say it didn’t quite produce the results we were hoping for.

Interestingly, a developer and friend in my network has built something very similar but much more effective. We’re eagerly awaiting a demo.

While there’s still a long way to go, it’s clear the starting pistol has been fired in the realm of computer control. My prediction? In the next 6 months, we’ll see more truly agentic behavior from AI, and within 2 years, this may become the default way we interact with our machines.

Some exciting research this month and a small but mighty turnout in Bali this week.

Harry Verity
AI Bali Meetup Host
Course Leader – AI To The World

Attendees:

  • Harry Verity (Host)
  • Daniel (Freelance copywriter)
  • Will M (Product marketer)
  • Bastion
  • Matt (iOS Developer) 
  • Khesav (Developer) 
  • Several other participants joined throughout

Key Takeaways:

  • Anthropic emerging as strong competitor to OpenAI
  • Computer vision control represents next frontier in AI development
  • Practical implementation challenges remain significant
  • Watermarking effectiveness questioned
  • Benchmark results should be viewed critically

Main Topics Discussed:

1. Claude Vision & Computer Control

  • Anthropic launched Claude Vision with computer control capabilities
  • Allows AI to take over computer functions independently
  • Harry  attempted to demo but Harry faced API key configuration issues so Matt (iOS developer) set it up
  • Matt explained the importance of setting it up in a container to avoid it taking control of your whole computer
  • Claude failed to sign up to the AI To The World Newsletter, failing to check the sitemap 
  • Mixed opinions on practical usefulness given current limitations

2. Claude Model Updates

  • Claude 3.5 Sonnet upgraded
  • Improved reasoning abilities noted
  • Group consensus: Claude generally performing better than ChatGPT
  • Haiku upgrade announced but not yet released
  • Benchmark claims: Better chain of thought than GPT-4, coding abilities at 93.77%

3. Google’s AI Developments

4. AI Watermarking Technology

  • Google plans to open-source AI text watermarking tech for Gemini
  • Group discussed practical limitations and potential workarounds
  • Consensus that watermarking may be ineffective long-term

5. Research Paper Discussion

  • Paper questioning accuracy of AI vision model benchmarks
  • Found models struggling with basic visual reasoning tasks
  • Group agreed benchmarks may be selective for PR purposes

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