The Intersection of AI and Historical Debate

Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis discuss Sam Altman's AGI predictions, challenges faced by AI companies in advancing their models, Anthropic's defense sector partnership, the release of Google DeepMind's AlphaFold 3 for non-commercial use, and more.

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NEWS

0:06:01 - Altman's latest AGI BS prediction: a year

0:08:32 - More AGI BS predictions, and one dissent

0:11:36 - OpenAI Shifts Strategy as Rate of ‘GPT’ AI Improvements Slows

0:12:03 - OpenAI, Google and Anthropic Are Struggling to Build More Advanced AI

0:17:26 - Microsoft, A16Z AI manifesto: AI for startups

0:20:13 - Claude AI to process secret government data through new Palantir deal

0:24:59 - AI protein-prediction tool AlphaFold3 is now open source

0:28:51 - AI-powered tool may offer quick, no-contact blood pressure and diabetes screening

0:32:37 - Google’s AI ‘learning companion’ takes chatbot answers a step further

0:40:01 - Particle launches an AI news app to help publishers, instead of just stealing their work

0:48:10 - AI artwork of Alan Turing sells for $1m

0:51:40 - The Beatles’ ‘Now and Then’ Makes History As First AI-Assisted Song to Earn Grammy Nomination

0:57:19 - Randy Travis’s beautiful baritone was lost. AI helped him sing again.

0:57:36 - YouTube is testing music remixes made by AI

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