

EP 438: AI News That Matters - January 13th, 2024
11 snips Jan 13, 2025
Microsoft's possible layoffs raise questions about AI's impact on jobs. NVIDIA's bold innovations at CES promise significant changes in supercomputing and enterprise AI. Google's quest for AGI takes center stage with new world models, while OpenAI revives its robotics department for versatile humanoid robots. The conversation also delves into the open-source PHI-4 model, showcasing a shift toward transparency in AI development. Exciting times are ahead as these technological advancements reshape the workplace.
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RTX 50 Series Price Drop
- NVIDIA's RTX 50 series GPUs offer double the performance of their predecessors at half the price.
- The new RTX 5090 starts at $549, matching the previous $1600 RTX 4090's power.
Generative AI in GPUs
- Generative AI is key to the improved performance and smaller size of new GPUs.
- Generative frames enhance or upscale existing frames, reducing the need for onboard processing power.
Project Digits & LLMs
- NVIDIA's Project Digits, a personal AI supercomputer, allows local running of large language models (LLMs).
- This $3,000 device could potentially run models like GPT-4, changing how we work with AI.