Unveiling the Truth Behind Robotic Demos

Our 110th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news!

After a 4 month break, we're back with a new co-host, and will resume our regular weekly upload schedule.

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Stories this week:

• Applications & Business
  • BuzzFeed says it will use AI tools from OpenAI to personalize its content
    • related : CNET Is Quietly Publishing Entire Articles Generated By AI
    • CNET pauses publishing AI-written stories after disclosure controversy
    • CNET found errors in more than half of its AI-written stories
  • Who owns the generative AI platform?
  • Lighting Round
    • Here’s Why ChatGPT is just the start of the generative AI boom
    • Microsoft to Invest $10 Billion in OpenAI, the Creator of ChatGPT 
    • Generative AI funding exploded over the past 2 years
    • After inking its OpenAI deal, Shutterstock rolls out a generative AI toolkit to create images based on text prompts 
• Research & Advancements
  • ChatGPT’s creator made a free tool for detecting AI-generated text
    • New AI classifier for indicating AI-written text
    • Related:  Stanford introduces DetectGPT to help educators fight back against ChatGPT generated papers
  • Google created an AI that can generate music from text descriptions, but won’t release it
  • Lighting Round
    • Versatile robo-dog runs through the sandy beach at 3 mile/sec 
    • AI has designed bacteria-killing proteins from scratch – and they work
    • GraphGPT: Extrapolating knowledge graphs from unstructured text
    • Machine learning identifies drugs that could potentially help smokers quit 
• Policy & Societal Impacts
  • 4chan users embrace AI voice clone tool to generate celebrity hatespeech
    • AI-Generated Voice Firm Clamps Down After 4chan Makes Celebrity Voices for Abuse
  • Educator considerations for ChatGPT
  • Lighting Round
    • Scores of Stanford students used ChatGPT on final exams, survey suggests - “Stanford students and professors alike are grappling with the rise of ChatGPT, a chatbot powered by artificial intelligence, and the technology’s implications for education.”
    • When May a Robot Kill? New DOD Policy Tries to Clarify
    • AI-generated art a concern for local artists who say there’s still a need for human creativity
    • Robot Cars Are Causing 911 False Alarms in San Francisco 
• Art & Fun Stuff
  • I wrote a short story! - I Think I Am Starting to Fear Death
  • Atlas Gets a Grip | Boston Dynamics 

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