Our 118th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news!

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Outline:

• Applications & Business
  • (04:15) Stability AI announces new open-source large language model + OpenAssistant RELEASED! The world's best open-source Chat AI!
  • (15:00) Stability AI is on shaky ground as it burns through cash and looks at a management overhaul
  • Lighting Round
    • (23:12) Elon Musk Creates New Artificial Intelligence Company X.AI
    • (28:40) Google’s big AI push will combine Brain and DeepMind into one team
    • (30:36) Amazon AWS expands generative AI efforts with Bedrock and CodeWhisperer updates
    • (34:00) Samsung wants to release EX1, a human assistant robot, this year
• Research & Advancements
  • (36:32) The LLama Effect: How an Accidental Leak Sparked a Series of Impressive Open Source Alternatives to ChatGPT
  • (44:00) Auto-GPT and BabyAGI: How ‘autonomous agents’ are bringing generative AI to the masses
  • Lighting Round
    • (52:15) Researchers used machine learning to improve the first photo of a black hole
    • (53:42) Tennis Robot Could Pave Way for Advancement in Fast-Movement Robotics
    • (55:16) OpenAI Surprises Open-Source Community, Unveils Consistency Models 
    • (58:28) Model that uses machine learning methods and patient data at hospital arrival predicts strokes more accurately than current system
• Policy & Safety & Societal Impacts  
  • (01:00:50) Finally, a realistic roadmap for getting AI companies in check
  • (01:07:00) China proposes measures to manage generative AI services
  • Lighting Round
    • (01:13:00) A.I. could lead to a ‘nuclear-level catastrophe’ according to a third of researchers, a new Stanford report finds
    • (01:16:00) Inside the AI talent wars: Tech companies are ransacking university AI programs at Stanford, MIT, and Cornell in search of rare talent 
    • (01:20:00) Photographer admits prize-winning image was AI-generated
• Art & Fun Stuff
  • (01:23:13) Exploring Creativity in Large Language Models: From GPT-2 to GPT-4
  • (01:27:32) AI-generated Drake and The Weeknd song goes viral
  • (01:30:30) Adobe launches AI-powered text-based video editing
  • (01:33:47) Meta has open-sourced an AI project that turns your doodles into animations 
  • (01:35:15) Outro