#140 - Yasa vs ChatGPT, Waymo expands, scaling robot learning, AI watermarks
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Our 140th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news!
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Note: the CEO of GitHub disputes "Report: GitHub Copilot Loses an Average of $20 Per User Per Month"
Timestamps + Links:
- (00:00) Intro / Banter
- Tools & Apps
- (03:00) Reka launches Yasa-1, a multimodal AI assistant to take on ChatGPT
- (06:48) Arc browser’s new AI-powered features combine OpenAI and Anthropic’s models
- (11:00) ElevenLabs Launches Voice Translation Tool to Break Down Language Barriers for Content
- (13:11) Canva’s new AI tools automate boring, labor-intensive design tasks
- (16:32) Adobe previews AI upscaling to make old, fuzzy videos and GIFs look fresh
- (20:45) Google Bard is gaining a new 'Memory' toggle to remember key details
- (22:22) Assistant with Bard: A step toward a more personal assistant
- (24:14) Android 14’s AI-generated wallpapers might be its coolest new feature
- Applications & Business
- (24:50) Waymo’s robotaxi service is now available to tens of thousands of people in San Francisco
- (28:54) Report: GitHub Copilot Loses an Average of $20 Per User Per Month
- (32:34) TSMC Sales Fell Less Than Feared as AI Demand Offsets Slump
- (34:54) Microsoft could debut its AI chip next month: Report
- (37:06) Exclusive: ChatGPT-owner OpenAI is exploring making its own AI chips
- (39:08) Google announces new generative AI search capabilities for doctors
- Projects & Open Source
- Research & Advancements
- (52:10) Scaling up learning across many different robot types
- (59:35) Decomposing Language Models Into Understandable Components
- (01:06:54) Promptbreeder: Self-Referential Self-Improvement Via Prompt Evolution
- (01:11:45) China's First 28nm Lithography Tool to Be Delivered This Year
- (01:15:03) LLMs can’t self-correct in reasoning tasks, DeepMind study finds
- (01:18:07) Fine-tuning Aligned Language Models Compromises Safety, Even When Users Do Not Intend To!
- Policy & Safety
- (01:22:08) RISC-V technology emerges as battleground in US-China tech war
- (01:26:48) Meta and X questioned by lawmakers over lack of rules against AI-generated political deepfakes
- (01:33:44) Five Takeaways From Bellwether AI Copyright Case
- (01:36:19) A.I. Could Soon Need as Much Electricity as an Entire Country
- (01:38:12) Governments race to regulate AI tools
- (01:40:09) US curbs on chip tools to China nearly finalized, government posting shows
- Synthetic Media & Art
- (01:45:35) WGA Ratifies Three-Year Deal With Studios, Officially Ending Hollywood Strike
- (01:47:50) AI Watermarks Are No Match for Attackers
- (01:50:00) Stable Signature: A new method for watermarking images created by open source generative AI
- (01:51:36) How an AI deepfake ad of MrBeast ended up on TikTok
- (01:53:53) Disney’s Loki faces backlash over reported use of generative AI
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