#166 - new AI song generator, Microsoft's GPT4 efforts, AlphaFold3, xLSTM, OpenAI Model Spec

Last Week in AI

Geopolitical Conflicts & Technological Advancements

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Exploring the impact of geopolitical conflicts on tech, this chapter discusses missed opportunities for global collaboration in AI, nuclear fusion, and quantum computing amid US-China competition. It also covers OpenAI's model spec, the challenges of robot dogs with AI rifles, and drone autonomy in warfare with jamming techniques. Additionally, it delves into deep fake detection, AI-generated audiobooks, TikTok's AI labeling, and the dangers of deepfake technology in scams and propaganda.

Our 166th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news!

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(00:00:00) Intro / Banter
Tools & Apps
- (00:04:23) ElevenLabs previews music-generating AI model
- (00:09:31) Mysterious “gpt2-chatbot” AI model appears suddenly, confuses experts
- (00:13:00) SoundHound AI and Perplexity Partner to Bring Online LLMs to Next Gen Voice Assistants Across Cars and IoT Devices
- (00:14:50) Stability AI sows gen AI discord with Stable Artisan
- (00:16:35) Apple Will Revamp Siri to Catch Up to Its Chatbot Competitors
- (00:18:54) Alibaba rolls out latest version of its large language model to meet robust AI demand
Applications & Business
- (00:19:34) OpenAI and Stack Overflow partner to bring more technical knowledge into ChatGPT
- (00:17:31) New Microsoft AI model may challenge GPT-4 and Google Gemini
- (00:31:08) Wayve, an A.I. Start-Up for Autonomous Driving, Raises $1 Billion
- (00:32:00) Motional delays commercial robotaxi plans amid restructuring
- (00:33:54) The rise of the Chinese AI unicorns doing battle with OpenAI
Projects & Open Source
Research & Advancements
- (00:50:02) Google DeepMind’s Groundbreaking AI for Protein Structure Can Now Model DNA
- (00:57:20) xLSTM: Extended Long Short-Term Memory
- (01:06:35) StoryDiffusion: Consistent Self-Attention for Long-Range Image and Video Generation
- (01:07:55) Chain of Thought Empowers Transformers to Solve Inherently Serial Problems
- (01:11:48) KAN: Kolmogorov-Arnold Networks
Policy & Safety
- (01:13:20) US lawmakers unveil bill to make it easier to restrict exports of AI models
- (01:17:30) OpenAI’s Model Spec outlines some basic rules for AI
- (01:20:18) Robot dogs armed with AI-targeting rifles undergo US Marines Special Ops evaluation
- (01:25:15) OpenAI Releases ‘Deepfake’ Detector to Disinformation Researchers
Synthetic Media & Art
(01:40:18) AI Outro Song

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