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EP 364: AI News That Matters - September 23, 2024

Sep 23, 2024

OpenAI is making headlines with a staggering $6.5 billion funding round. Meanwhile, Apple is rolling out new AI features, igniting competition in the tech world. The White House is hosting a global AI safety summit, while California tackles deceptive content in social media. Exciting partnerships are emerging, with Salesforce waiving AI training fees until 2025. Plus, the unveiling of OpenAI's innovative O1 reasoning model promises to reshape artificial intelligence yet again!

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INSIGHT

OpenAI's Funding

OpenAI's potential $6.5 billion funding round, at a $150 billion valuation, may be history's largest.
This surpasses Elon Musk's XAI's $6 billion round, amid high interest in generative AI.

INSIGHT

Apple Intelligence Beta

Apple released a public beta for its new operating systems, including AI features like text rewriting and a revamped Siri.
Access requires signing up for Apple's beta program, and the rollout will be gradual until 2025.

ADVICE

AI Safety Summit

The White House will host a global AI safety summit in November, focusing on safety and trust principles.
Don't expect new laws soon; this summit establishes an unofficial rule book.

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What is OpenAI raising $6.5 billion for? Apple Intelligence is out! Kinda... California and the White House are trying to lead on AI safety, but will it even matter? We’ll tackle those topics and a WHOLE lot more for this week's AI news that matters.

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Topics Covered in This Episode:
1. AI Partnerships and Investments
2. Salesforce AI Training Initiative
3. White House AI Global Safety Summit
4. California's AI Legislations
5. Lionsgate and Runway Partnership
6. OpenAI's New Model and Funding
7. Apple Intelligence

Timestamps:
02:20 Thrive Capital leads $1.25B investment in OpenAI.
05:23 Apple launches AI features in new operating system.
10:01 White House to host global AI safety summit.
14:35 California mandates social media remove deceptive content.
15:47 Jony Ive, Sam Altman collaborate on AI hardware.
21:02 AI models generate storyboards, animations, and effects.
24:56 Microsoft revitalizing 3 Mile Island for AI data.
28:54 Salesforce launches free AI training initiative, $50M investment.
29:55 Salesforce waives AI training fees until 2025.
34:07 OpenAI's O One model reached internal stage 2.
36:18 OpenAI update pressures competitors to release updates.
40:07 Limited access to o1 model impacts productivity.

Keywords:
AI Applications in Hollywood, Runway Gen 3 Alpha Turbo, Luma Labs Dream Machine, AI video generation, Microsoft and BlackRock AI investment, AI infrastructure, AI energy consumption, Alibaba's Quinn 2.5, Salesforce AI Training Initiative, White House AI Global Safety Summit, California deepfake legislation, Jony Ive and Sam Altman AI project, WorkLab Podcast, Lionsgate and Runway partnership, OpenAI funding, Apple Intelligence, AI and job impact, OpenAI's "o one" model, AI in customer support, AI in marketing, AI Upskilling, AI model limitations, AI-legislation, AI-enhanced operating systems, AI in film industry, generative AI, AI's impact on elections, AI-altered advertising, advanced AI features, AI training resources.

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