Navigating AI Developments and Personal Milestones

In this chapter, the hosts share their transitions from academia to industry while humorously reflecting on adult responsibilities. They delve into recent AI advancements, including Google's customized chatbots and the Gemini platform, discussing their implications for the tech landscape. The chapter also highlights community engagement and listener support, fostering a connection between the hosts and their audience.

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Our 181st episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news!

With hosts Andrey Kurenkov and Jeremie Harris

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In this episode:

- Google's AI advancements with Gemini 1.5 models and AI-generated avatars, along with Samsung's lithography progress.
- Microsoft's Inflection usage caps for Pi, new AI inference services by Cerebrus Systems competing with Nvidia.
- Biases in AI, prompt leak attacks, and transparency in models and distributed training optimizations, including the 'distro' optimizer.
- AI regulation discussions including California’s SB1047, China's AI safety stance, and new export restrictions impacting Nvidia’s AI chips.

Timestamps + Links:

(00:00:00) Intro / Banter
(00:03:08)Response to listener comments / corrections
Tools & Apps
- (00:09:19) Google’s custom AI chatbots have arrived
- (00:12:52) Google releases three new experimental AI models
- (00:17:14) Google Gemini will let you create AI-generated people again
- (00:22:32) Five months after Microsoft hired its founders, Inflection adds usage caps to Pi
- (00:26:42:) Plaud takes a crack at a simpler AI pin
Applications & Business
- (00:30:31) Cerebras Systems throws down gauntlet to Nvidia with launch of ‘world’s fastest’ AI inference service
- (00:41:06) Nvidia announces $50 billion stock buyback
- (00:46:24) OpenAI in talks to raise funding that would value it at more than $100 billion
- (00:50:44) OpenAI Aims to Release New AI Model, ‘Strawberry,’ in Fall
- (00:52:53) 3 Co-Founders Leave French AI Startup H Amid ‘Operational Differences’
- (00:57:29) Samsung to Adopt High-NA Lithography Alongside Intel, Ahead of TSMC
- (01:02:11) Unitree's $16,000 G1 could become the first mainstream humanoid robot
Projects & Open Source
- (01:04:59) Meta leads open-source AI boom, Llama downloads surge 10x year-over-year
- (01:09:08) A_Preliminary_Report_on_DisTrO.
Research & Advancements
- (01:13:56) Diffusion Models Are Real-Time Game Engines
- (01:23:18) LLM Defenses Are Not Robust to Multi-Turn Human Jailbreaks Yet
- (01:32:21) Interviewing AI researchers on automation of AI R&D
- (01:40:33) Anthropic releases AI model system prompts, winning praise for transparency
Policy & Safety
Synthetic Media & Art
- (02:11:13) Actors Say AI Voice-Over Generator ElevenLabs Cloned Likenesses
(02:14:06) Outro

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