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Last Week in AI

#167 - GPT-4o, Project Astra, Veo, OpenAI Departures, Interview with Andrey

May 19, 2024
In this episode, the hosts discuss OpenAI's GPT-4o, Google's Project Astra, Veo, and Imagen 3. They also talk about OpenAI Chief Scientist leaving, Anthropic AI's new CPO, and robots by GM Cruise and Zoox. The episode covers advancements in AI, self-driving cars, AI music generation, and copyright concerns. It also touches on human-robot mental health interactions, AI safety measures, and the intersection of AI with art. The episode dives into conceptual storytelling in bleak future scenarios and career choices in AI content creation.
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Quick takeaways

  • GPT-4o introduces real-time voice interaction with human-like speech responses.
  • Project Astra offers real-time multimodal AI assistant integrating voice and visual inputs.

Deep dives

OpenAI Announces GPT-4.0 Omni with Impressive Capabilities

OpenAI introduced GPT-4.0 Omni, featuring innovations like accepting audio input, outputting images and text, and delivering human-like speech responses. The model showcases real-time voice interaction capabilities akin to movie 'Her,' offering high-quality intonations and emotional elements in speech. GPT-4.0 Omni promises intelligence surpassing previous models, boasting superior performance in benchmarks and tasks while being more cost-effective and faster, eliciting excitement and marvel within the AI community.

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