💬 Quoted…​​ “People are begging to be disappointed and they will be.”

In an interview with StrictlyVC published this week, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman downplayed the hype over the company’s yet-to-be-released successor to the language model behind ChatGPT, calling rumors that it would include 100 trillion parameters “complete bs.”

• But tbh, it’s hard to imagine an AI language model doing more. OpenAI’s has already passed all three parts of the US Medical Licensing Examination, beat out 80% of human job applicants in a blind hiring process, and is currently serving as a lawyer via proxy in a court case next month.

🏀 Stat of the Day: NBA teams were averaging 114.1 points per game entering Wednesday, the highest mark since the 1969-70 season.

🤯 Did You Know?... In 1971, the Texas legislature unanimously passed a resolution honoring the Boston Strangler, Albert DeSalvo, for his work in "population control." State Rep. Tom Moore Jr. introduced the bill to prove that lawmakers passed legislation without doing any due diligence.

📖 Worth a Read: How donkeys changed the course of human history → (BBC Future)