The chapter explores the enhanced pro search feature of Perplexity, a flexible and innovative AI-powered search engine, showcasing its efficient retrieval of rich and detailed answers to complex queries. It discusses challenges in AI technology, including testing models on large bodies of text and synthesizing information, while touching on legal debates around web scraping and copyright infringement. The chapter also highlights the development of high bandwidth memory chips in AI hardware by Huawei and Wushan Shinshin, as well as the competition in AI models between Chinese companies and global players like OpenAI and Google.
Our 173rd episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news!
With hosts Andrey Kurenkov (https://twitter.com/andrey_kurenkov) and Jeremie Harris (https://twitter.com/jeremiecharris)
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In this episode of Last Week in AI, we explore the latest advancements and debates in the AI field, including Google's release of Gemini 1.5, Meta's upcoming LLaMA 3, and Runway's Gen 3 Alpha video model. We discuss emerging AI features, legal disputes over data usage, and China's competition in AI. The conversation spans innovative research developments, cost considerations of AI architectures, and policy changes like the U.S. Supreme Court striking down Chevron deference. We also cover U.S. export controls on AI chips to China, workforce development in the semiconductor industry, and Bridgewater's new AI-driven financial fund, evaluating the broader financial and regulatory impacts of AI technologies.
Timestamps + links:
- (00:00:00) Intro / Banter
- Tools & Apps
- Applications & Business
- Projects & Open Source
- Research & Advancements
- Policy & Safety
- (01:47:57) Outro