🔮 Sunday edition #502: New reasoners; learning to robot; debt’s helping hand; battery battles; using data’s heat & reversing grey hair ++

An insider's guide to AI and exponential technologies

Hi, it’s Azeem. This week reveals a fascinating shift in AI development: Chinese firm Qwen’s new model achieves GPT-4-level performance with just one-fifth the parameters of older models like GPT-3. Meanwhile, as governments grapple with unsustainable debt levels, AI emerges as a potential savior – but it’s also part of a triple challenge alongside aging populations and climate change that could demand even more public spending. Let’s dive in!