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Jan 28, 2024 • 1h 27min

#152 - live translation on phones, Meta aims at AGI, AlphaGeometry, political deepfakes

This episode covers topics such as live translation on Samsung phones, Meta's aim for AGI, AI-powered Premiere Pro features, Waymo's plan for robotaxis in LA, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's pursuit of AI chips, ElevenLabs' $80M funding round and marketplace of cloned voices, and the DOJ and FTC investigating Microsoft's OpenAI partnership.
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Jan 21, 2024 • 1h 36min

#151 - Copilot Pro, LLama.cpp, conversational diagnostic AI, secret AI diplomacy

In this episode, we discuss Microsoft's Copilot Pro subscription service, OpenAI's news publisher deals, and an unusual $750 million fundraise by Anthropic. We also cover a project called llama.cpp for deploying large language models, the generalizability of clinical predictive models created by AI, and the issue of scammy AI-generated content on Amazon.
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Jan 14, 2024 • 1h 6min

#150 - GPT Store, new Nvidia chips, DeepMind’s robotics progress, bad uses of AI

OpenAI discusses the launch of GPT Store and ChatGPT subscription. Nvidia's new chips for AI at home. DeepMind's progress in training robots for real-world activities. Bad uses of AI including AI sex companions and AI-generated deepfakes.
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Jan 7, 2024 • 1h 24min

#149 - Reflecting on 2023, Midjourney v6, Anthropic Revenue, Unified-IO 2, NY Times sues OpenAI

In this episode, Davis Summarizes discusses the reflections on the year 2023 and the interesting developments in the language model and chatbot space. They also talk about onboard AI on Google phone and Samsung's AI-driven smartphone features. Additionally, they discuss the revenue projections and growth of AI companies like Microsoft, Anthropic, and OpenAI. The chapter also explores true multi-modality and robot control, and XAI's registration as a benefit corporation.
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Dec 24, 2023 • 1h 56min

#148 - Imagen 2, Midjourney on web, FunSearch, OpenAI ‘Preparedness Framework’, campaigning voice clone

Guests include Imagen 2 by Google Deepmind and Midjourney on web, discussing AI image generation. Other topics include OpenAI's Preparedness Framework, ByteDance secretly using OpenAI's tech, Intel's new AI chip, advancements in language models, and the concept of effective altruism in relation to AI risk.
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Dec 17, 2023 • 1h 57min

#147 - Google’s Gemini, EU AI Act Deal, Mixtral of Experts, Meta’s ‘Seamless’ translator

Google's Gemini, a multimodal chatbot, is discussed including its launch, capabilities, and controversy surrounding its demo video. The podcast also covers Google's AlphaCode 2, Meta's Audiobox, Elon Musk's Grok AI plagiarism, and Gmail's AI-powered spam detection. The competition between NVIDIA and AMD in the AI hardware market is highlighted, along with discussions on Tesla's Dojo, Assembly AI funding, and Leonardo dot AI's fundraising. The chapter also explores the architecture and parameters of large language models, techniques to improve information recall, preventing jail breaks in chat GPT, and the EU AI Act and its implications.
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Dec 12, 2023 • 1h 25min

#146 - ChatGPT’s 1 year anniversary, DeepMind GNoME, Extraction of Training Data from LLMs, AnyDream

DeepMind guests celebrate ChatGPT's 1 year anniversary. They discuss DeepMind GNoME and extraction of training data from LLMs. Also, they cover topics such as AI-powered tax prep, AI image generator, and AI-powered gift finder. OpenAI news includes board composition changes, purchase of AI chips, and rival high valuation. Google's Gemini AI launch is delayed. Other topics include AI acquisitions, open source language models, and scaling molecular modeling with deep learning. They also mention the Pentagon's Replicator program and concerns over nonconsensual deep fakes.
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Dec 2, 2023 • 1h 54min

#145 - OpenAI’s Q*, Claude 2.1, Stable Video Diffusion, Starling-7B, Orca 2, international agreements

Guest co-hosts Kevin and Gavin from AI For Humans podcast join the hosts to discuss OpenAI's Q*, Claude 2.1, Stable Video Diffusion, Starling-7B, Orca 2, international agreements. They talk about the improvements in Anthropic's Claude chatbot, stability AI's Stable Video Diffusion models, Pika Labs' generative video startup, xAI's chatbot Grok on X's web app, and Amazon's introduction of Q, an AI chatbot for companies. They also unpack the hype around OpenAI's rumored new Q* model, discuss NVIDIA's financial results and the delay of their AI chip rollout in China, and touch on OpenAI's leadership turmoil.
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Nov 24, 2023 • 1h 39min

#144 - OpenAI CEO UN-FIRED, Cruise founders quit, Meta video editing, LLMs can lie, policy updates

Sam Altman is reinstated as OpenAI’s CEO. Kyle Vogt resigns as Cruise co-founder and CEO. Meta disbands its Responsible AI team. Amazon cuts jobs in its Alexa business. Alibaba scraps cloud spinoff due to US chip ban. Tencent stockpiles NVIDIA AI GPUs. Nvidia teases its most powerful GPU. US launches $3 billion effort to boost advanced chip packaging. Meta launches AI-based video editing tools. Discord kills its OpenAI chatbot. French AI research lab Kyutai receives $330 million budget.
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Nov 20, 2023 • 1h 15min

#143 - OpenAI CEO FIRED, Cruise halts driving, xAI’s Grok, DeepMind defines AGI, actor strike over

AI industry news includes Sam Altman fired as CEO of OpenAI, GM Cruise suspending supervised and manual car trips, Microsoft unveiling first AI chip, Elon Musk debuting 'Grok' AI bot, and advancements in AI and technology regulation.

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