Acquisitions of private companies are significantly dependent on the founders' agreement, highlighting the importance of negotiation in these circumstances. The leverage exerted by founders can dictate the terms of acquisition and employment, with companies needing to navigate these conditions carefully. Additionally, assessing the financial viability and negotiation leverage of the acquiring entity, such as a large corporation like Amazon, plays a critical role in the outcome of such deals.
Our 178th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news!
NOTE: this is a re-upload with fixed audio, my bad on the last one! - Andrey
With hosts Andrey Kurenkov (https://twitter.com/andrey_kurenkov) and Jeremie Harris (https://twitter.com/jeremiecharris)
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In this episode:
- Notable personnel movements and product updates, such as Character.ai leaders joining Google and new AI features in Reddit and Audible.
- OpenAI's dramatic changes with co-founder exits, extended leaves, and new lawsuits from Elon Musk.
- Rapid advancements in humanoid robotics exemplified by new models from companies like Figure in partnership with OpenAI, achieving amateur-level human performance in tasks like table tennis.
- Research advancements such as Google's compute-efficient inference models and self-compressing neural networks, showcasing significant reductions in compute requirements while maintaining performance.
Timestamps + Links:
- (00:00:00) Intro / Banter
- (00:03:14) Response to listener comments / corrections
- Applications & Business
- Tools & Apps
- Research & Advancements
- Policy & Safety
- (02:03:09) Outro