#200 - ChatGPT Roadmap, Musk OpenAI Bid, Model Tampering
Last Week in AI
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In this milestone chapter, the hosts celebrate their 200th episode by reflecting on their journey and experiences in AI. They humorously share their bios and acknowledge audience feedback that inspires them to continue their podcasting adventures.
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Our 200th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news!
Recorded on 02/14/2025
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In this episode:
- OpenAI announces plans to unify their model offerings, moving away from multiple separate models (GPT-4, Claude, etc.) toward a single unified intelligence system, with free users getting "standard intelligence" and Plus subscribers accessing "higher intelligence" levels.
- Adobe launches their Sora-rivaling AI video generator with 1080p output and 5-second clips, emphasizing production-ready content for films and introducing new pricing tiers through Firefly subscriptions at $10-30 per month.
- Elon Musk and a consortium offer $97.4 billion to acquire OpenAI's nonprofit entity, potentially complicating the company's transition to a for-profit structure, though Sam Altman quickly dismissed the offer's viability.
- TSMC implements stricter chip sales restrictions to China, requiring government-approved third-party packaging houses for chips using 16nm and below processes, aligning with US export control measures and affecting major tech companies like Nvidia and AMD.
Timestamps + Links:
- (00:00:00) Intro / Banter
- (00:01:25) Response to listener comments
- (00:02:41) News Preview
- Tools & Apps
- (00:03:58) Adobe’s Sora rivalling AI video generator is now available for everyone
- (00:09:45) OpenAI lays out plans for GPT-5
- (00:16:42) OpenAI is rethinking how AI models handle controversial topics
- (00:21:28) Perplexity AI launches new ultra-fast AI search model Sonar
- (00:23:45) YouTube AI updates include auto dubbing expansion, age ID tech, and more
- Applications & Business
- Projects & Open Source
- (00:45:01) Zyphra Introduces the Beta Release of Zonos: A Highly Expressive TTS Model with High Fidelity Voice Cloning
- (00:51:11) Gemstones: A Model Suite for Multi-Faceted Scaling Laws
- (00:57:15) Hephaestus: Improving Fundamental Agent Capabilities of Large Language Models through Continual Pre-Training
- Research & Advancements
- (00:58:24) Model Tampering Attacks Enable More Rigorous Evaluations of LLM Capabilities
- (01:04:24) Distillation Scaling Laws
- (01:10:06) Matryoshka Quantization
- (01:17:47) How much AI compute exists globally? How rapidly is it growing?
- Policy & Safety
- (01:42:38) Listener requested topic
- Synthetic Media & Art
- (01:45:55) Outro
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