
#177 - Instagram AI Bots, Noam Shazeer -> Google, FLUX.1, SAM2
Last Week in AI
Advancements in Mixture of Experts Models
This chapter explores the complexities of mixture of experts (MoE) models in AI, focusing on Meta's Llama 3.1 and the introduction of multimodality. It also discusses new methodologies to enhance model performance and the importance of alignment with human values to improve AI safety.
Our 177th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news!
With guest co-host Jon Krohn from the super data science podcast (https://www.superdatascience.com/podcast)!
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In this episode, hosts Andrey Kurenkov and Jon Krohn dive into significant updates and discussions in the AI world, including Instagram's new AI features, Waymo's driverless cars rollout in San Francisco, and NVIDIA’s chip delays. They also review Meta's AI Studio, character.ai CEO Noam Shazir's return to Google, and Google's Gemini updates. Additional topics cover NVIDIA's hardware issues, advancements in humanoid robots, and new open-source AI tools like Open Devon. Policy discussions touch on the EU AI Act, the U.S. stance on open-source AI, and investigations into Google and Anthropic. The impact of misinformation via deepfakes, particularly one involving Elon Musk, is also highlighted, all emphasizing significant industry effects and regulatory implications.
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- Tools & Apps
- (00:10:16) Apple Intelligence to Miss Initial Launch of Upcoming iOS 18 Overhaul
- (00:16:35) Instagram starts letting people create AI versions of themselves
- Lighting round
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- (00:31:44) Character.AI CEO Noam Shazeer returns to Google
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