Our 196th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's* big AI news!
*and sometimes last last week's
Recorded on 01/10/2024

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In this episode:

- Nvidia announced a $3,000 personal AI supercomputer called Digits, featuring the GB10 Grace Blackwell Superchip, aiming to lower the barrier for developers working on large models.
- The U.S. Department of Justice finalizes a rule restricting the transmission of specific data types to countries of concern, including China and Russia, under executive order 14117.
- Meta allegedly trained Llama on pirated content from LibGen, with internal concerns about the legality confirmed through court filings.
- Microsoft paused construction on a section of a large data center project in Wisconsin to reassess based on new technological changes.

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Timestamps + Links:

(00:00:00) Intro / Banter
(00:04:52) Sponsor Break
Tools & Apps
- (00:05:55) Nvidia announces $3,000 personal AI supercomputer called Digits
- (00:10:23) Meta removes AI character accounts after users criticize them as ‘creepy and unnecessary’
Applications & Business
Projects & Open Source
- (00:41:59) Cosmos World Foundation Model Platform for Physical AI
- (00:48:21) Microsoft releases Phi-4 language model on Hugging Face
Research & Advancements
Policy & Safety

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