#121 - Top researcher leaves Google, trademarking ”GPT”, Stability AI’s new models, 50% of AI ’Catastrophe’, DrakeGPT

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Skan Today's last week in AI podcast. We'll try to change our infrastructure a bit with more sections and we're going to kind of get rid of a lighting ground. In this episode, you provide summaries and discuss some of the most interesting AI news. You can also check out our last week inAI newsletter at lastweekin.ai for articles we did not cover in this episode.

Our 121st episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news!

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Article picks:

(00:00) Intro
Tools & Apps
Applications & Business
Projects & Open Source
Research & Advancements
Policy & Safety
- (01:19:25) ChatGPT-3.5 Generates More Disinformation in Chinese than in English
- (01:23:27) The Alignment Problem from a Deep Learning Perspective
- (01:29:28) Former OpenAI Researcher: There’s a 50% Chance AI Ends in 'Catastrophe'
- (01:33:30) Lawmakers propose banning AI from singlehandedly launching nuclear weapons
- (01:35:35) Republicans counter Biden announcement with dystopian, AI-aided video
- (01:37:42) The UK will spend £100 million to develop its own ‘sovereign’ AI
- (01:41:25) Kamala Harris to discuss A.I. in meeting with Google, Microsoft, OpenAI and Anthropic CEOs
Art & Fun Stuff

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