12/14/2023: $1e7 for Superalignment

**Jan Leike** is launching a new grant initiative inspired by **Patrick Collison's Fast Grants** to support AI research. **OpenAI** introduced a new developers Twitter handle @OpenAIDevs for community updates. Discussions on **OpenAI's Gemini** and **Bard** chatbots highlight their ability to read each other's instructions and offer unique coding solutions. Users reported various issues with **GPT-4**, including performance problems, customization difficulties, and a resolved bug in image recognition. There are ongoing conversations about **prompt engineering** challenges and new **JSON mode support** in Convo-lang for API use. Concerns about misuse of chatbots for illegal activities and alternatives like **Llama2** models and the **Perplexity chatbot** were also discussed.