DataTopics Unplugged: All Things Data, AI & Tech #57 Can the Music Industry Win the Battle Against AI?
Jul 4, 2024
01:23:18
Welcome to the cozy corner of the tech world where ones and zeros mingle with casual chit-chat. Datatopics Unplugged is your go-to spot for relaxed discussions around tech, news, data, and society.
Dive into conversations that should flow as smoothly as your morning coffee (but don’t), where industry insights meet laid-back banter. Whether you're a data aficionado or just someone curious about the digital age, pull up a chair, relax, and let's get into the heart of data, unplugged style!
In this episode, we explore:
- LLMs Gaming the System: Uncover how LLMs are using political sycophancy and tool-using flattery to game the system. Dive deeper: paper, chain of thought prompting & post on x.
- Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) Sue AI Music Generators: They are taking on Suno and Udio for using copyrighted music to train their models. Some ai generated music that is very similar to existing songs: song 1, song 2, song 3. More on GenAI: midjourney creating copyrighted images, and chatGPT reciting email-adresses.
- AI-Powered Olympic Recaps: NBC’s personalized daily recaps with Al Michaels' voice offer a new way to catch up on the Olympics.
- Figma’s AI Redesign: Discover Figma’s new AI tools that speed up design and creativity. We debate the tool's value and its application in the design process.
- Rabbit R1 Security Flaws: Hackers exposed hardcoded API keys in Rabbit R1’s source code, leading to major security issues. Find out more.
- Pyinstrument for Python: Meet Pyinstrument, the easy-to-use Python profiler that optimizes code performance. Explore it on GitHub.
- The Ultimate Font - Bart’s dreams come true: Explore the groundbreaking integration of True Type Fonts with AI for dynamic text rendering. Discover more here.
- Hot Takes on AI Competition: Google claims no one has a moat in AI, sparking debate on open-source models' future. We also explore Ladybird Browser Project, an independently funded browser project aiming to build a cutting-edge browser engine.