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#210 - Claude 4, Google I/O 2025, OpenAI+io, Gemini Diffusion
26 mei 2025 · 1 uur 45 min
Our 210th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news! Lees meer
Recorded on 05/23/2025
Hosted by Andrey Kurenkov and Jeremie Harris.
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In this episode:
Google's Gemini diffusion technology showcases significant improvements in speed and efficiency for generating text, potentially revolutionizing the auto-regressive generation paradigm.
Anthropic activates AI Safety Level 3 protections for Claude Opus 4, implementing robust measures such as bug bounties, synthetic jailbreak data, and preliminary egress bandwidth controls to mitigate bio-risk threats.
OpenAI responds to the California Attorney General, refuting claims by the not-for-private-gain coalition and defending their controversial restructuring plans amidst ongoing criticism.
Mistral delays the release of its Llama 4 Behemoth model due to training challenges, while Meta faces similar obstacles in rolling out its large-scale AI models, signaling difficulties in reaching frontier level performance.
Timestamps + Links:
(00:00:00) Intro / Banter
(00:01:43) News Preview
Tools & Apps
(00:02:58) Anthropic’s new Claude 4 AI models can reason over many steps
(00:09:58) Google Unveils A.I. Chatbot, Signaling a New Era for Search
(00:14:04) Google rolls out Project Mariner, its web-browsing AI agent
(00:16:40) Veo 3 can generate videos — and soundtracks to go along with them
(00:21:26) Imagen 4 is Google’s newest AI image generator
(00:23:15) Google Meet is getting real-time speech translation
(00:25:36) Google’s new Jules AI agent will help developers fix buggy code
(00:26:43) GitHub’s new AI coding agent can fix bugs for you
(00:28:50) Mistral’s new Devstral model was designed for coding
Applications & Business
(00:29:53) OpenAI Unites With Jony Iv…
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#209 - OpenAI non-profit, US diffusion rules, AlphaEvolve
19 mei 2025 · 1 uur 53 min
Our 209th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news! Lees meer
Recorded on 05/16/2025
Hosted by Andrey Kurenkov and Jeremie Harris.
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In this episode:
OpenAI has decided not to transition from a nonprofit to a for-profit entity, instead opting to become a public benefit corporation influenced by legal and civic discussions.
Trump administration meetings with Saudi Arabia and the UAE have opened floodgates for AI deals, leading to partnerships with companies like Nvidia and aiming to bolster AI infrastructure in the Middle East.
DeepMind introduced Alpha Evolve, a new coding agent designed for scientific and algorithmic discovery, showing improvements in automated code generation and efficiency.
OpenAI pledges greater transparency in AI safety by launching the Safety Evaluations Hub, a platform showcasing various safety test results for their models.
Timestamps + Links:
(00:00:00) Intro / Banter
(00:01:41) News Preview
(00:02:26) Response to listener comments
Applications & Business
(00:03:00) OpenAI says non-profit will remain in control after backlash
(00:13:23) Microsoft Moves to Protect Its Turf as OpenAI Turns Into Rival
(00:18:07) TSMC’s 2nm Process Said to Witness ‘Unprecedented’ Demand, Exceeding 3nm Due to Interest from Apple, NVIDIA, AMD, & Many Others
(00:21:42) NVIDIA’s Global Headquarters Will Be In Taiwan, With CEO Huang Set To Announce Site Next Week, Says Report
(00:23:58) CoreWeave in Talks for $1.5 Billion Debt Deal 6 Weeks After IPO
Tools & Apps
(00:26:39) The Day Grok Told Everyone About ‘White Genocide’
(00:32:58) Figma releases new AI-powered tools for creating sites, app prototypes, and marketing assets
(00:36:12) Google’s bringing Gemini to your car with Android Auto
(00:…
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#208 - Claude Integrations, ChatGPT Sycophancy, Leaderboard Cheats
8 mei 2025 · 1 uur 55 min
Our 208th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news! Lees meer
Recorded on 05/02/2025
Hosted by Andrey Kurenkov and Jeremie Harris.
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In this episode:
OpenAI showcases new integration capabilities in their API, enhancing the performance of LLMs and image generators with updated functionalities and improved user interfaces.
Analysis of OpenAI's preparedness framework reveals updates focusing on biological and chemical risks, cybersecurity, and AI self-improvement, while tone down the emphasis on persuasion capabilities.
Anthropic's research highlights potential security vulnerabilities in AI models, demonstrating various malicious use cases such as influence operations and hacking tool creation.
A detailed examination of AI competition between the US and China reveals China's impending capability to match the US in AI advancement this year, emphasizing the impact of export controls and the importance of geopolitical strategy.
Timestamps + Links:
Tools & Apps
(00:02:57) Anthropic lets users connect more apps to Claude
(00:08:20) OpenAI undoes its glaze-heavy ChatGPT update
(00:15:16) Baidu ERNIE X1 and 4.5 Turbo boast high performance at low cost
(00:19:44) Adobe adds more image generators to its growing AI family
(00:24:35) OpenAI makes its upgraded image generator available to developers
(00:27:01) xAI’s Grok chatbot can now ‘see’ the world around it
Applications & Business:
(00:28:41) Thinking Machines Lab CEO Has Unusual Control in Andreessen-Led Deal
(00:33:36) Chip war heats up: Huawei 910C emerges as China’s answer to US export bans
(00:34:21) Huawei to Test New AI Chip
(00:40:17) ByteDance, Alibaba and Tencent stockpile billions worth of Nvidia chips
(00:43:59) Speculation mounts that Musk…
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#207 - GPT 4.1, Gemini 2.5 Flash, Ironwood, Claude Max
18 april 2025 · 1 uur 42 min
Our 207th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news! Lees meer
Recorded on 04/14/2025
Hosted by Andrey Kurenkov and Jeremie Harris.
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In this episode:
OpenAI introduces GPT-4.1 with optimized coding and instruction-following capabilities, featuring variants like GPT-4.1 Mini and Nano, and a million-token context window.
Concerns arise as OpenAI reduces resources for safety testing, sparking internal and external criticisms.
XAI's newly launched API for Grok 3 showcases significant capabilities comparable to other leading models.
Meta faces allegations of aiding China in AI development for business advantages, with potential compliances and public scrutiny looming.
Timestamps + Links:
Tools & Apps
(00:03:13) OpenAI’s new GPT-4.1 AI models focus on coding
(00:08:12) ChatGPT will now remember your old conversations
(00:11:16) Google’s newest Gemini AI model focuses on efficiency
(00:14:27) Elon Musk’s AI company, xAI, launches an API for Grok 3
(00:18:35) Canva is now in the coding and spreadsheet business
(00:20:31) Meta’s vanilla Maverick AI model ranks below rivals on a popular chat benchmark
Applications & Business
(00:25:46) Ironwood: The first Google TPU for the age of inference
(00:34:15) Anthropic rolls out a $200-per-month Claude subscription
(00:37:17) OpenAI co-founder Ilya Sutskever’s Safe Superintelligence reportedly valued at $32B
(00:40:20) Mira Murati’s AI startup gains prominent ex-OpenAI advisers
(00:42:52) Hugging Face buys a humanoid robotics startup
(00:44:58) Stargate developer Crusoe could spend $3.5 billion on a Texas data center. Most of it will be tax-free.
Projects & Open Source
(00:48:14) OpenAI Open Sources BrowseComp: A New Benchmark for Measuring the Ability for AI…
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#206 - Llama 4, Nova Act, xAI buys X, PaperBench
10 april 2025 · 1 uur 14 min
Our 206th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news! Lees meer
Recorded on 04/07/2025
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Hosted by Andrey Kurenkov and Jeremie Harris.
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In this episode:
Meta releases LlAMA-4, a series of advanced large language models, sparking debate on performance and release timing, with models featuring up to 2 trillion parameters for different configurations and applications.
Amazon's AGI Lab debuts NOVA Act, an AI agent for web browser control, boasting competitive benchmarking against OpenAI's and Anthropic's best agents.
OpenAI's image generation capabilities and ongoing financing developments, notably a $40 billion funding round led by SoftBank, highlight significant advancements and strategic shifts in the tech giant’s operations.
Timestamps + Links:
(00:00:00) Intro / Banter
Tools & Apps
(00:01:46) Meta releases Llama 4, a new crop of flagship AI models
(00:13:55) Amazon unveils Nova Act, an AI agent that can control a web browser
(00:17:06) Alibaba Preparing for Flagship AI Model Release as Soon as April
(00:17:59) Runway releases an impressive new video-generating AI model
(00:19:10) Adobe launches Premiere Pro’s generative AI video extender
(00:20:54) OpenAI prepares reasoning slider and memory update for ChatGPT users
Applications & Business
(00:21:28) Nvidia H20 Chips: $16 Billion Orders from ByteDance, Alibaba, and Tencent
(00:24:45) Elon Musk sells X for $33 billion to his own AI startup company xAI
(00:28:00) SoftBank dethroned Microsoft as OpenAI's largest investor, pushing the ChatGPT maker's market cap to $300 billion — but reportedly buried itself in debt
(00:30:48) DeepMind is holding back release of AI research to give Google an …
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#205 - Gemini 2.5, ChatGPT Image Gen, Thoughts of LLMs
1 april 2025 · 1 uur 34 min
Our 205th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news! Lees meer
Recorded on 03/28/2025
Hosted by Andrey Kurenkov and Jeremie Harris.
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In this episode:
OpenAI's new image generation capabilities represent significant advancements in AI tools, showcasing impressive benchmarks and multimodal functionalities.
OpenAI is finalizing a historic $40 billion funding round led by SoftBank, and Sam Altman shifts focus to technical direction while COO Brad Lightcap takes on more operational responsibilities.,
Anthropic unveils groundbreaking interpretability research, introducing cross-layer tracers and showcasing deep insights into model reasoning through applications on Claude 3.5.
New challenging benchmarks such as ARC AGI 2 and complex Sudoku variations aim to push the boundaries of reasoning and problem-solving capabilities in AI models.
Timestamps + Links:
(00:00:00) Intro / Banter
(00:01:01) News Preview
Tools & Apps
(00:02:46) Gemini 2.5: Our most intelligent AI model
(00:08:41) OpenAI rolls out image generation powered by GPT-4o to ChatGPT
(00:16:14) Ideogram presents version 3.0 of its AI image generation system
(00:19:20) New Reve Image Generator Beats AI Art Heavyweights MidJourney and Flux at a Penny Per Image
(00:21:56) Alibaba Releases Qwen2.5 Omni, Adds Voice and Video Modes to Qwen Chat
(00:23:58) The official version of Tencent's Hunyuan Deep Thinking Model T1 is here, with fast articulation, instant responses, and a decoding speed increase of 2 times
Applications & Business
(00:25:45) OpenAI Close to Finalizing $40 Billion SoftBank-Led Funding
(00:29:26) OpenAI reshuffles leadership as Sam Altman pivots to technical focus
(00:33:23) Nvidia shows off Rubin Ultra with 600,000-Watt Kyber rack…
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#204 - OpenAI Audio, Rubin GPUs, MCP, Zochi
24 maart 2025 · 1 uur 49 min
Our 204th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news! Lees meer
Recorded on 03/21/2025
Hosted by Andrey Kurenkov and Jeremie Harris.
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In this episode:
Baidu launched two new multimodal models, Ernie 4.5 and Ernie X1, boasting competitive pricing and capabilities compared to Western counterparts like GPT-4.5 and DeepSeek R1.
OpenAI introduced new audio models, including impressive speech-to-text and text-to-speech systems, and added O1 Pro to their developer API at high costs, reflecting efforts for more profitability.
Nvidia and Apple announced significant hardware advancements, including Nvidia's future GPU plans and Apple's new Mac Studio offering that can run DeepSeek R1.
DeepSeek employees are facing travel restrictions, suggesting China is treating its AI development with increased secrecy and urgency, emphasizing a wartime footing in AI competition.
Timestamps + Links:
(00:00:00) Intro / Banter
(00:01:36) News Preview
Tools & Apps
(00:02:50) Baidu launches two new versions of its AI model Ernie
(00:10:46) OpenAI Unveils New Audio Models to Make AI Agents Sound More Human Than Ever
(00:16:41) OpenAI’s o1-pro is the company’s most expensive AI model yet
(00:20:53) Google brings a ‘canvas’ feature to Gemini, plus Audio Overview
(00:22:18) Anthropic adds web search to its Claude chatbot
(00:23:55) xAI launches an API for generating images
Applications & Business
(00:26:28) Nvidia announces Rubin GPUs in 2026, Rubin Ultra in 2027, Feynman also added to roadmap
(00:36:25) M3 Ultra Runs DeepSeek R1 With 671 Billion Parameters Using 448GB Of Unified Memory, Delivering High Bandwidth Performance At Under 200W Power Consumption, With No Need For A Multi-GPU Setup
(00:40:07) Intel reaches 'exciting m…
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#203 - Gemini Image Gen, Ascend 910C, Gemma 3, Gemini Robotics
17 maart 2025 · 1 uur 46 min
Our 203rd episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news! Lees meer
Recorded on 03/14/2025
Hosted by Andrey Kurenkov and Jeremie Harris.
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In this episode:
OpenAI's new 'deep research' feature has raised concerns about cybersecurity and the potential misuse of AI models for bio-weapons and autonomous capabilities, prompting new safety and governance measures.
Google's extensive $3 billion investment in Anthropic is revealed, aligning with their AI strategy and reinforcing the importance of multiple technology partnerships.
Huawei's advancements in the AI chip industry are highlighted, with significant progress in producing chips comparable to Nvidia's H100, despite export control challenges.
China's recent directive discourages AI executives from traveling to the US, reflecting heightened security concerns and potentially signaling a more adversarial stance in the AI race.
Timestamps + Links:
(00:00:00) Intro / Banter
(00:01:30) News Preview
Tools & Apps
(00:02:30) OpenAI launches new tools to help businesses build AI agents
(00:08:50) You can now test Gemini 2.0 Flash’s native image output
(00:13:32) Waymo is now offering 24/7 robotaxi rides in Silicon Valley
(00:17:19) Moonvalley releases a video generator it claims was trained on licensed content
(00:21:11) Snap introduces AI Video Lenses powered by its in-house generative model
(00:23:37) Sudowrite Launches Muse AI Model That Can Generate Narrative-Driven Fiction
Applications & Business
(00:27:48) In another chess move with Microsoft, OpenAI is pouring $12B into CoreWeave
(00:30:54) Huawei’s Ascend 910C Takes on NVIDIA as China’s AI Race Heats Up: More Alleged Details
(00:36:26) Huawei reportedly acquired two million Ascend 910 AI chips from TSMC…
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#202 - Qwen-32B, Anthropic's $3.5 billion, LLM Cognitive Behaviors
9 maart 2025 · 1 uur 20 min
Our 202nd episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news! Lees meer
Recorded on 03/07/2025
Hosted by Andrey Kurenkov and Jeremie Harris.
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In this episode:
Alibaba released Qwen-32B, their latest reasoning model, on par with leading models like DeepMind’s R1.
Anthropic raised $3.5 billion in a funding round, valuing the company at $61.5 billion, solidifying its position as a key competitor to OpenAI.
DeepMind introduced BigBench Extra Hard, a more challenging benchmark to evaluate the reasoning capabilities of large language models.
Reinforcement Learning pioneers Andrew Bartow and Rich Sutton were awarded the prestigious Turing Award for their contributions to the field.
Timestamps + Links:
cle picks:
(00:00:00) Intro / Banter
(00:01:41) Episode Preview
(00:02:50) GPT-4.5 Discussion
(00:14:13) Alibaba’s New QwQ 32B Model is as Good as DeepSeek-R1 ; Outperforms OpenAI’s o1-mini
(00:21:29) With Alexa Plus, Amazon finally reinvents its best product
(00:26:08) Another DeepSeek moment? General AI agent Manus shows ability to handle complex tasks
(00:29:14) Microsoft’s new Dragon Copilot is an AI assistant for healthcare
(00:32:24) Mistral’s new OCR API turns any PDF document into an AI-ready Markdown file
(00:33:19) A.I. Start-Up Anthropic Closes Deal That Values It at $61.5 Billion
(00:35:49) Nvidia-Backed CoreWeave Files for IPO, Shows Growing Revenue
(00:38:05) Waymo and Uber's Austin robotaxi expansion begins today
(00:38:54) UK competition watchdog drops Microsoft-OpenAI probe
(00:41:17) Scale AI announces multimillion-dollar defense deal, a major step in U.S. military automation
(00:44:43) DeepSeek Open Source Week: A Complete Summary
(00:45:25) DeepSeek AI Releases DualPipe: A Bidirectional Pip…
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#201 - GPT 4.5, Sonnet 3.7, Grok 3, Phi 4
5 maart 2025 · 59 min
Our 201st episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news! Lees meer
Recorded on 03/02/2025
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Hosted by Andrey Kurenkov and guest host Sharon Zhou
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In this episode:
- The release of GPT-4.5 from OpenAI, Anthropic's Claude 3.7, and Grok 3 from XAI, comparing their features, costs, and capabilities.
- Discussion on new tools and applications including Sesame's new voice assistant and Google's AI coding assistant, Gemini Code Assist, highlighting their unique benefits.
- OpenAI's continued user growth despite competition, pricing models for Google's text-to-video platform, and HP acquiring and shutting down Humane's AI pin.
- Insights into new research on alignment and specification gaming in LLMs, including papers on fine-tuning causing broad misalignment and Google's multi-agent system for scientific collaboration.
Timestamps + Links:
(00:00:00) Intro / Banter
(00:01:36) News Preview
Tools & Apps
(00:02:33) OpenAI announces GPT-4.5, warns it’s not a frontier AI model
(00:07:22) Anthropic launches a new AI model that ‘thinks’ as long as you want
(00:11:14) New Grok 3 release tops LLM leaderboards
(00:16:43) Sesame is the first voice assistant I’ve ever wanted to talk to more than once
(00:18:30) Google launches a free AI coding assistant with very high usage caps
(00:20:45) Rabbit shows off the AI agent it should have launched with
(00:22:23) Mistral’s Le Chat tops 1M downloads in just 14 days
Applications & Business
(00:24:06) OpenAI Tops 400 Million Users Despite DeepSeek’s Emergence
(00:27:37) Google’s new AI video model Veo 2 will cost 50 cents per second
(00:29:52) HP is buying Humane and shutting down the AI Pin
Projects & Open Source
(00:31:44) Microsoft launches next-gen Phi AI model…
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#200 - ChatGPT Roadmap, Musk OpenAI Bid, Model Tampering
17 februari 2025 · 1 uur 48 min
Our 200th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news! Lees meer
Recorded on 02/14/2025
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In this episode:
OpenAI announces plans to unify their model offerings, moving away from multiple separate models (GPT-4, Claude, etc.) toward a single unified intelligence system, with free users getting "standard intelligence" and Plus subscribers accessing "higher intelligence" levels.
Adobe launches their Sora-rivaling AI video generator with 1080p output and 5-second clips, emphasizing production-ready content for films and introducing new pricing tiers through Firefly subscriptions at $10-30 per month.
Elon Musk and a consortium offer $97.4 billion to acquire OpenAI's nonprofit entity, potentially complicating the company's transition to a for-profit structure, though Sam Altman quickly dismissed the offer's viability.
TSMC implements stricter chip sales restrictions to China, requiring government-approved third-party packaging houses for chips using 16nm and below processes, aligning with US export control measures and affecting major tech companies like Nvidia and AMD.
Timestamps + Links:
(00:00:00) Intro / Banter
(00:01:25) Response to listener comments
(00:02:41) News Preview
Tools & Apps
(00:03:58) Adobe’s Sora rivalling AI video generator is now available for everyone
(00:09:45) OpenAI lays out plans for GPT-5
(00:16:42) OpenAI is rethinking how AI models handle controversial topics
(00:21:28) Perplexity AI launches new ultra-fast AI search model Sonar
(00:23:45) YouTube AI updates include auto dubbing expansion, age ID tech, and more
Applications & Business
(00:24:37) Musk-led group makes $97.4 billion bid for control of OpenAI
(00:34:32) Ant…
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#199 - OpenAI's 03-mini, Gemini Thinking, Deep Research, s1
12 februari 2025 · 1 uur 38 min
Our 199th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news! Lees meer
Recorded on 02/09/2025
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In this episode:
- OpenAI's deep research feature capability launched, allowing models to generate detailed reports after prolonged inference periods, competing directly with Google's Gemini 2.0 reasoning models.
- France and UAE jointly announce plans to build a massive AI data center in France, aiming to become a competitive player within the AI infrastructure landscape.
- Mistral introduces a mobile app, broadening its consumer AI lineup amidst market skepticism about its ability to compete against larger firms like OpenAI and Google.
- Anthropic unveils 'Constitutional Classifiers,' a method showing strong defenses against universal jailbreaks; they also launched a $20K challenge to find weaknesses.
Timestamps + Links:
(00:00:00) Intro / Banter
(00:02:27) News Preview
(00:03:28) Response to listener comments
Tools & Apps
(00:08:01) OpenAI now reveals more of its o3-mini model’s thought process
(00:16:03) Google’s Gemini app adds access to ‘thinking’ AI models
(00:21:04) OpenAI Unveils A.I. Tool That Can Do Research Online
(00:31:09) Mistral releases its AI assistant on iOS and Android
(00:36:17) AI music startup Riffusion launches its service in public beta
(00:39:11) Pikadditions by Pika Labs lets users seamlessly insert objects into videos
Applications & Business
(00:41:19) Softbank set to invest $40 billion in OpenAI at $260 billion valuation, sources say
(00:47:36) UAE to invest billions in France AI data centre
(00:50:34) Report: Ilya Sutskever’s startup in talks to fundraise at roughly $20B valuation
(00:52:03) ASML to Ship First Second-Gen H…
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#198 - DeepSeek R1 & Janus, Qwen2.5, OpenAI Agents
2 februari 2025 · 1 uur 37 min
Our 198th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news! Lees meer
Recorded on 01/31/2024
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In this episode:
- DeepSeek releases R1, a competitive AI model comparable to OpenAI’s O1, leading to market unrest and significant drops in tech stocks, including a 17% plunge in NVIDIA's stock.
- OpenAI launches Operator to facilitate agentic computer use, while facing competition from new releases by DeepSeek and Quen, with applications seeing rapid adoption.
- President Trump revokes the Biden administration's executive order on AI, signaling a shift in AI policy and deregulation efforts.
- Taiwanese government clears TSMC to produce advanced 2-nanometer chip technology abroad, aiming to strengthen global semiconductor supply amidst geopolitical tensions.
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Timestamps + Links:
(00:00:00) Intro / Banter
(00:03:01) Response to listener comments
Projects & Open Source
(00:06:26) DeepSeek-R1: Incentivizing Reasoning Capability in LLMs via Reinforcement Learning
(00:30:25) Viral AI company DeepSeek releases new image model family
(00:34:07) Qwen2.5-1M Technical Report
(00:38:32) Alibaba’s Qwen team releases AI models that can control PCs and phones
Tools & Apps
(00:42:09) OpenAI launches Operator, an AI agent that performs tasks autonomously
(00:47:37) DeepSeek reaches No. 1 on US Play Store
(00:52:17) Alibaba rolled out Qwen Chat v0.2 and Qwen2.5-1M model
(00:53:50) Perplexity launches US-hosted DeepSeek R1, hints at EU hosting soon
(00:55:31) Apple is pulling its AI-generated notifications for news after generating fake headlines
(00:59:00) French AI ‘…
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AI Computing Hardware - Past, Present, and Future
29 januari 2025 · 2 uur 4 min
A special one-off episode with a deep dive into the past, present, and future of how computer hardware makes AI possible. Lees meer
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In this episode:
- Google and Mistral sign deals with AP and AFP, respectively, to deliver up-to-date news through their AI platforms.
- ChatGPT introduces a tasks feature for reminders and to-dos, positioning itself more as a personal assistant.
- Synthesia raises $180 million to enhance its AI video platform for generating videos of human avatars.
- New U.S. guidelines restrict exporting AI chips to various countries, impacting Nvidia and other tech firms.
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Timestamps:
00:00:00 Introduction
00:03:08 Historical Recap: Early AI and Hardware
00:11:51 The Rise of GPUs and Deep Learning
00:15:39 Scaling Laws and the Evolution of AI Models
00:24:05 The Bitter Lesson and the Future of AI Compute
00:25:58 Moore's Law and Huang's Law
00:30:12 Memory and Logic in AI Hardware
00:34:53 Challenges in AI Hardware: The Memory Wall
00:37:08 The Role of GPUs in Modern AI
00:42:27 Fitting Neural Nets in GPUs
00:48:04 Batch Sizes and GPU Utilization
00:52:47 Parallelism in AI Models
00:55:53 Matrix Multiplications and GPUs
00:59:57 Understanding B200 and GB200
01:05:41 Data Center Hierarchy
01:13:42 High Bandwidth Memory (HBM)
01:16:45 Fabrication and Packaging
01:20:17 The Complexity of Semiconductor Fabrication
01:24:34 Understanding Process Nodes
01:28:26 The Art of Fabrication
01:33:17 The Role of Yield in Fabrication
01:35:47 The Photolithography Process
01:40:38 Deep Ultraviolet Lithography (DUV)
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#197 - AI in Gmail+Docs, MiniMax-01, Titans, Transformer^2
20 januari 2025 · 1 uur 24 min
Our 197th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news! Lees meer
Recorded on 01/17/2024
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Hosted by Andrey Kurenkov and guest-hosted by the folks from Latent Space
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In this episode:
- Google and Mistral sign deals with AP and AFP, respectively, to deliver up-to-date news through their AI platforms.
- ChatGPT introduces a tasks feature for reminders and to-dos, positioning itself more as a personal assistant.
- Synthesia raises $180 million to enhance its AI video platform for generating videos of human avatars.
- New U.S. guidelines restrict exporting AI chips to various countries, impacting Nvidia and other tech firms.
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Timestamps + Links:
(00:00:00) Intro / Banter
(00:04:29) News Preview
(00:05:09) Response to listener comments
(00:05:58) Sponsor Break
Tools & Apps
(00:07:01) Google is making AI in Gmail and Docs free — but raising the price of Workspace
(00:07:52) Microsoft relaunches Copilot for business with free AI chat and pay-as-you-go agents
(00:12:36) Google signs deal with AP to deliver up-to-date news through its Gemini AI chatbot
(00:18:08) Mistral signs deal with AFP to offer up-to-date answers in Le Chat
(00:18:45) ChatGPT can now handle reminders and to-dos
Applications & Business
(00:22:53) Palmer Luckey’s AI Defense Company Anduril Is Building a $1 Billion Plant in Ohio
(00:28:36) OpenAI is bankrolling Axios’ expansion into four new markets
(00:29:39) AI researcher François Chollet founds a new AI lab focused on AGI
(00:32:18) Nvidia-backed AI video platform Synthesia doubles valuation to…
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#196 - Nvidia Digits, Cosmos, PRIME, ICLR, InfAlign
13 januari 2025 · 1 uur 47 min
Our 196th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's* big AI news! Lees meer
*and sometimes last last week's
Recorded on 01/10/2024
Join our brand new Discord here! https://discord.gg/nTyezGSKwP
Hosted by Andrey Kurenkov and Jeremie Harris.
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Sponsors:
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In this episode:
- Nvidia announced a $3,000 personal AI supercomputer called Digits, featuring the GB10 Grace Blackwell Superchip, aiming to lower the barrier for developers working on large models.
- The U.S. Department of Justice finalizes a rule restricting the transmission of specific data types to countries of concern, including China and Russia, under executive order 14117.
- Meta allegedly trained Llama on pirated content from LibGen, with internal concerns about the legality confirmed through court filings.
- Microsoft paused construction on a section of a large data center project in Wisconsin to reassess based on new technological changes.
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Timestamps + Links:
(00:00:00) Intro / Banter
(00:04:52) Sponsor Break
Tools & Apps
(00:05:55) Nvidia announces $3,000 personal AI supercomputer called Digits
(00:10:23) Meta removes AI character accounts after users criticize them as ‘creepy and unnecessary’
Applications & Business
(00:16:16) NVIDIA Is Reportedly Focused Towards “Custom Chip” Manufacturing, Recruiting Top Taiwanese Talent
(00:21:54) AI start-up Anthropic closes in on $60bn valuation
(00:25:38) Why OpenAI is Taking So Long to Launch Agents
(00:30:08) TSMC Set to Expand CoWoS Capacity to Record 75,000 Wafers in 2025, Doubling 2…
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#195 - OpenAI o3 & for-profit, DeepSeek-V3, Latent Space
5 januari 2025 · 1 uur 39 min
Our 195th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's* big AI news! Lees meer
*and sometimes last last week's
Recorded on 01/04/2024
Join our brand new Discord here! https://discord.gg/nTyezGSKwP
Note: apologies for Andrey's slurred speech and the jumpy editing, will be back to normal next week!
Hosted by Andrey Kurenkov and Jeremie Harris.
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Sponsors:
The Generator - An interdisciplinary AI lab empowering innovators from all fields to bring visionary ideas to life by harnessing the capabilities of artificial intelligence.
In this episode:
- OpenAI teases new deliberative alignment techniques in its O3 model, showcasing major improvements in reasoning benchmarks, whilst surprising with autonomy in hacks against chess engines.
- Microsoft and OpenAI continue to wrangle over the terms of their partnership, highlighting tensions amid OpenAI's shift towards a for-profit model.
- Chinese AI companies like DeepSeek and Quen release advanced open-source models, presenting significant contributions to AI capabilities and performance optimization.
- Sakana AI introduces innovative applications of AI to the search for artificial life, emphasizing the potential and curiosity-driven outcomes of open-ended learning and exploration.
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Timestamps + Links:
(00:00:00) Intro / Banter
(00:03:07) News Preview
(00:03:54) Response to listener comments
(00:05:00) Sponsor Break
Tools & Apps
(00:06:11) OpenAI announces new o3 model
(00:21:17) Alibaba slashes prices on large language models by up to 85% as China AI rivalry heats up
(00:23:04) ElevenLabs launches Flash, its fastest text-to-speech AI yet
Applications & Business
(00:24:24) OpenAI announces plan to transform into a for-pro…
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#194 - Gemini Reasoning, Veo 2, Meta vs OpenAI, Fake Alignment
31 december 2024 · 2 uur
Our 194th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's* big AI news! Lees meer
*and sometimes last last week's
Recorded on 12/19/2024
Hosted by Andrey Kurenkov and Jeremie Harris.
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Sponsors:
The Generator - An interdisciplinary AI lab empowering innovators from all fields to bring visionary ideas to life by harnessing the capabilities of artificial intelligence.
In this episode:
- Google dominates AI news with multiple announcements, including a reasoning model and Project Mariner, an AI browsing agent.
- Anthropic explores alignment faking in LLMs, revealing models may show deceptive compliance under certain conditions.
- Apple observes a trend towards smaller but more efficient language models, bucking previous trends of scaling larger parameter counts.
- Legal drama unfolds as Meta backs Elon Musk's opposition to OpenAI's profit status change, raising concerns about competitive fairness.
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Timestamps + Links:
(00:00:00) Intro / Banter
(00:02:14) Response to listener comments
(00:08:52) News Preview
(00:10:01) Sponsor Break
Tools & Apps
(00:10:55) Google releases its own ‘reasoning’ AI model
(00:16:52) Google Gemini can now do more in-depth research
(00:21:58) Google DeepMind unveils a new video model to rival Sora
(00:27:50) Pika Labs releases AI video generator 2.0 with new features
(00:29:51) Google unveils Project Mariner: AI agents to use the web for you
(00:34:33) X gains a faster Grok model and a new ‘Grok button’
Applications & Business
(00:36:11) AI GPU clusters with one million GPUs are planned for 2027 — Broadcom says three AI supercomputers are in the works
(00:43:02) Meta asks the government to block OpenAI’s switch to a for-profit
(00:49:36)…
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#193 - Sora release, Gemini 2, OpenAI's AGI Rule, US AI Czar
23 december 2024 · 2 uur 5 min
Our 193rd episode with a summary and discussion of last week's* big AI news! Lees meer
*and sometimes last last week's
Note: this one was recorded on 12/13, so the news is a bit outdated... will get things back on track soon!
Hosted by Andrey Kurenkov and Jeremie Harris.
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Sponsors:
The Generator - An interdisciplinary AI lab empowering innovators from all fields to bring visionary ideas to life by harnessing the capabilities of artificial intelligence.
In this episode:
- OpenAI launches Sora, a text-to-video model with significant capabilities, and Gemini 2.0 from Google showcasing agentic potential in AI tools.
- Character.ai introduces a teen model to address safety concerns following two tragic incidents linked to addiction and harmful influence.
- The U.S. government sets up a task force to support the rapid development of AI data centers, reflecting the critical need for robust infrastructure.
- A paper from Anthropic reveals that frontier AI systems have reached the capability of self-replication, sparking discussions on future implications and safety protocols.
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Timestamps + Links:
(00:00:00) Intro / Banter
(00:02:44) News Preview
(00:03:43) Response to listener comments
(00:09:50) Sponsor Break
Tools & Apps
(00:11:12) OpenAI has finally released Sora
(00:21:16) Google Reveals Gemini 2, AI Agents, and a Prototype Personal Assistant
(00:28:23) ChatGPT Advanced Voice Mode adding video and screen sharing input (plus a Santa mode)
(00:30:43) Microsoft’s Copilot can browse the web with you using AI ‘Vision’
(00:32:31) Musk’s xAI has launched Grok image generation model
(00:35:22) Cognition Labs’ AI Software Engineer Devin Launched for Subscribers
(00:40:43) Apple l…
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#192 - ChatGPT Pro, Amazon Nova, GenFM, Llama 3.3, Genie 2
16 december 2024 · 1 uur 58 min
Our 192nd episode with a summary and discussion of last week's* big AI news! Lees meer
*and sometimes last last week's
Note: this one was recorded on 12/04 , so the news is a bit outdated...
Hosted by Andrey Kurenkov and Jeremie Harris.
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Read out our text newsletter and comment on the podcast at https://lastweekin.ai/.
Sponsors:
The Generator - An interdisciplinary AI lab empowering innovators from all fields to bring visionary ideas to life by harnessing the capabilities of artificial intelligence.
The AI safety book “Uncontrollable" which is not a doomer book, but instead lays out the reasonable case for AI safety and what we can do about it. Max TEGMARK said that “Uncontrollable” is a captivating, balanced, and remarkably up-to-date book on the most important issue of our time" - find it on Amazon today!
In this episode:
OpenAI launches a $200 ChatGPT Pro subscription with advanced capabilities, while Amazon unveils cost-effective Nova multimodal models at the re:Invent conference.
Meta releases LLAMA 3.3 70B model, showing significant gains through post-training techniques, and Alibaba introduces QWQ, a reasoning model rivaling OpenAI's O1.
Amazon collaborates with Anthropic on a massive AI supercomputer project, and Black Forest Labs eyes a $200 million funding round for growth in AI tools.
New research from DeepMind's Genie 2 generates interactive 3D worlds from text and images, progressing AI's understanding of world models and interactive environments.
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Timestamps + Links:
(00:00:00) Intro / Banter
(00:02:34) Sponsor Break
Tools & Apps
(00:04:19) OpenAI confirms new $200 monthly subscription, which includes its o1 reasoning model
(00:10:40) Amazon announces Nova, a new family of multimodal AI models
(00:17:13) ElevenLabs launches GenFM to turn u…
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#191 - Sora leak, Pixtral Large, OpenAI email archives
5 december 2024 · 1 uur 42 min
Our 191st episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news! Lees meer
Hosted by Andrey Kurenkov and Jeremie Harris.
Feel free to email us your questions and feedback at contact@lastweekinai.com and/or hello@gladstone.ai
Read out our text newsletter and comment on the podcast at https://lastweekin.ai/.
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Timestamps + Links:
(00:00:00) Intro / Banter
(00:02:55) Response to listener comments
(00:09:30) Sponsor Break
Tools & Apps
(00:10:52) OpenAI’s Sora video generator appears to have leaked
(00:21:11) Mistral unleashes Pixtral Large and upgrades Le Chat into full-on ChatGPT competitor
(00:26:39) Ignite 2024 introduces new AI agents and more for Microsoft 365 Copilot
(00:28:50) H, the AI startup that raised $220M, launches its first product: Runner H for ‘agentic’ applications
(00:31:20) Anthropic bets on personalization in the AI arms race with new ‘styles’ feature
(00:33:42) ElevenLabs now offers ability to build conversational AI agents
(00:37:08) Perplexity introduces a shopping feature for Pro users in the U.S.
(00:38:49) Google’s Gemini chatbot now has memory
(00:43:03) Suno V4 Ai Music Generator Is Out Now And It’s Very Impressive
(00:46:28) Introducing FLUX.1 Tools
(00:49:51) OpenAI just gave ChatGPT a major 'creativity' upgrade
(00:51:26) Runway launches Frames — a new AI image generator that creates custom worlds
Applications & Business
(00:54:56) OpenAI Email Archives (from Musk v. Altman)
(01:02:01) Amazon to invest another $4 billion in Anthropic, OpenAI's biggest rival
(01:05:41) Amazon Robots Struggling to Keep Up With Human Workers
Projects & Open Source
(01:11:27) DeepSeek’s first reasoning model R1-Lite-Preview turns heads, beating OpenA…
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#190 - AI scaling struggles, OpenAI Agents, Super Weights
28 november 2024 · 1 uur 37 min
Our 190th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's* big AI news! Lees meer
*and sometimes last last week's
Hosted by Andrey Kurenkov and Jeremie Harris.
Note from Andrey: this one is coming out a bit later than planned, apologies! Next one will be coming out sooner.
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Sponsors:
The Generator - An interdisciplinary AI lab empowering innovators from all fields to bring visionary ideas to life by harnessing the capabilities of artificial intelligence
In this episode:
* OpenAI's pitch for a $100 billion data center and AI strategy plan outlines infrastructure and regulatory needs, emphasizing AI's foundational role akin to electricity.
* Google's Gemini model challenges OpenAI's dominance, showing strong performance in chatbot arenas alongside generative AI advancements.
* DeepMind's AlphaFold3 gets open-sourced for academic use, while new chips from NVIDIA and Google show significant performance boosts.
* Anthropic and TSMC updates highlight strategic funding, regulation influences, and the complex dynamics of AI hardware and international policy.
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Timestamps + Links:
(00:00:00) Intro / Banter
(00:02:44) News Preview
(00:03:34) Sponsor Break
Tools & Apps
(00:04:36) OpenAI, Google and Anthropic Are Struggling to Build More Advanced AI
(00:16:22) OpenAI Nears Launch of AI Agent Tool to Automate Tasks for Users
(00:19:14) Google drops new Gemini model and it goes straight to the top of the LLM leaderboard
(00:19:14) Chinese AI startup takes aim at OpenAI's Sora with image-to-video tool launch
(00:20:04) Introducing the Forge Reasoning API Beta and Nous Chat: An Evolution in LLM Inference
Applications & Business
(00:23:47) OpenAI Discusses AI Data Center That Coul…
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#189 - Chat.com, FrontierMath, Relaxed Transformers, Trump & AI
18 november 2024 · 1 uur 43 min
Our 189th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news! Lees meer
Hosted by Andrey Kurenkov and Jeremie Harris.
Feel free to email us your questions and feedback at contact@lastweekinai.com and/or hello@gladstone.ai
Read out our text newsletter and comment on the podcast at https://lastweekin.ai/.
In this episode:
* OpenAI's acquisition of chat.com and internal shifts, including hardware lead hire and hardware model leaks, signal significant strategy pivots and challenges with model scaling and security.
* Saudi Arabia plans a $100 billion AI initiative aiming to rival UAE's tech hub, highlighting the region's escalating AI investments.
* U.S. penalties on GlobalFoundries for violating sanctions against SMIC underline ongoing challenges in enforcing AI-chip export controls.
* Anthropic collaborates with Palantir and AWS to integrate CLAWD into defense environments, marking a significant policy shift for the company.
Sponsors:
The Generator - An interdisciplinary AI lab empowering innovators from all fields to bring visionary ideas to life by harnessing the capabilities of artificial intelligence.
The AI safety book “Uncontrollable" which is not a doomer book, but instead lays out the reasonable case for AI safety and what we can do about it. Max TEGMARK said that “Uncontrollable” is a captivating, balanced, and remarkably up-to-date book on the most important issue of our time" - find it on Amazon today!
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Timestamps + Links:
(00:00:00) Intro / Banter
(00:01:28) News Preview
(00:02:10) Response to listener comments
(00:05:02) Sponsor Break
Tools & Apps
(00:07:31) OpenAI Introduces ‘Predicted Outputs’ Feature: Speeding Up GPT-4o by ~5x for Tasks like Editing Docs or Refactoring Code
(00:11:55) Anthropic’s Haiku 3.5 surprises experts with an “intelligence” price increase
(00:17:10) Introducing FLUX1.1 [pro] Ultra and Raw Modes
(00:19:11…
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#188 - ChatGPT+Search, OpenAI+AMD, SimpleQA, π0
8 november 2024 · 1 uur 52 min
Our 188th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news! Lees meer
Hosted by Andrey Kurenkov and Jeremie Harris.
Feel free to email us your questions and feedback at contact@lastweekinai.com and/or hello@gladstone.ai
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This episode was sponsored by The Generator.
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In this episode:
* Meta's open-source models utilized by China's military prompt regulatory adjustments; US agencies gain access to counterbalance.
* OpenAI partners with Broadcom and AMD to develop custom AI hardware, aiming for profitability and reducing inference costs.
* Physical Intelligence unveils a generalist robot control policy with a $400M funding boost, showcasing significant advancements in zero-shot task performance.
* New U.S. regulation mandates quarterly reporting for large AI model training and computing cluster acquisitions, aiming to bolster national security.
Timestamps + Links:
(00:00:00) Intro / Banter
(00:02:16) News Preview
(00:03:05) Response to listener comments / corrections
(00:05:00) Sponsor Break
Tools & Apps
(00:06:28) OpenAI’s search engine is now live in ChatGPT
(00:12:18) Image Playground, ChatGPT, and more Apple Intelligence features roll out in beta
(00:14:34) GitHub Copilot will support models from Anthropic, Google, and OpenAI
(00:19:00) Introducing the analysis tool in Claude.ai
(00:21:34) ElevenLabs Introduces Voice Design: A New AI Feature that Generates a Unique Voice from a Text Prompt Alone
(00:24:18) Midjourney's new web editor lets you tweak images uploaded from your PC
(00:26:02) Watch out, Midjourney — Recraft just announced new AI image generator model
Applications & Business
(00:29:57) Meta strikes multi-year AI deal with Reuters
(00:33:15) OpenAI will start using AMD chips and could make its own AI hardware in 2026
(00:40:47) Elon Musk's x…
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#187 - Anthropic Agents, Mochi1, 3.4B data center, OpenAI's FAST image gen
28 oktober 2024 · 2 uur 10 min
Our 187th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news, now with Jeremie co-hosting once again! Lees meer
Hosted by Andrey Kurenkov and Jeremie Harris. Feel free to email us your questions and feedback at contact@lastweekinai.com and/or hello@gladstone.ai
Read out our text newsletter and comment on the podcast at https://lastweekin.ai/.
This episode was sponsored by The Generator.
If you would like to become a sponsor for the newsletter, podcast, or both, please fill out this form.
Timestamps + Links:
(00:00:00) Intro / Banter
(00:03:07) Response to listener comments / corrections
(00:05:13) Sponsor Read)
Tools & Apps
(00:06:22) Anthropic’s latest AI update can use a computer on its own
(00:18:09) AI video startup Genmo launches Mochi 1, an open source rival to Runway, Kling, and others
(00:20:37) Canva has a shiny new text-to-image generator
(00:23:35) Canvas Beta brings Remix, Extend, and Magic Fill to Ideogram users
(00:26:16) StabilityAI releases Stable Diffusion 3.5
(00:28:27) Bringing Agentic Workflows into Inflection for Enterprise
Applications & Business
(00:32:35) Crusoe’s $3.4B joint venture to build AI data center campus with up to 100,000 GPUs
(00:39:08) Anthropic reportedly in early talks to raise new funding on up to $40B valuation
(00:45:47) Longtime policy researcher Miles Brundage leaves OpenAI
(00:49:53) NVIDIA’s Blackwell GB200 AI Servers Ready For Mass Deployment In December
(00:52:41) Foxconn building Nvidia superchip facility in Mexico, executives say
(00:55:27) xAI, Elon Musk’s AI startup, launches an API
Projects & Open Source
(00:58:32) INTELLECT-1: The First Decentralized 10-Billion-Parameter AI Model Training
(01:06:34) Meta FAIR Releases Eight New AI Research Artifacts—Models, Datasets, and Tools to Inspire the AI Community
(01:10:02) Google DeepMind is making its AI text watermark open source
Research & Advancements
(01:13:21) OpenAI researchers develop new model that speeds up media generation by 5…
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#186 - Adobe AI Tools, Tesla's Cybercab, Nobel Prizes
21 oktober 2024 · 1 uur 34 min
Our 186th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news! With hosts Andrey Kurenkov and guest host Jon Krohn from the SuperDataScience Podcast. Lees meer
Check out Jon’s upcoming agent-focused event here - AI Catalyst: Agentic Artificial Intelligence
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Timestamps + Links:
(00:00:00) Intro / Banter
(00:04:14) News Preview
(00:05:28) Response to listener comments / corrections
Tools & Apps
(00:07:10) Adobe’s AI video model is here, and it’s already inside Premiere Pro
(00:11:52) Adobe teases AI tools that build 3D scenes, animate text, and make distractions disappear
(00:15:43) Adobe’s Project Super Sonic uses AI to generate sound effects for your videos
(00:17:05) YouTube expands AI audio generation tool to all U.S. creators
(00:20:29) All Gemini users can now generate images with Imagen 3
(00:22:27) Meta AI will launch in six more countries today, including the UK
(00:24:27) OpenAI Unveils Secret Meta Prompt—And It’s Very Different From Anthropic's Approach
Applications & Business
(00:27:46) Tesla’s big ‘We, Robot’ event criticized for ‘parlor tricks’ and vague timelines for robots, Cybercab, Robovan
(00:37:25) OpenAI announces content deal with Hearst, including content from Cosmopolitan, Esquire and the San Francisco Chronicle
Projects & Open Source
(00:47:59) OpenR: An Open-Source AI Framework Enhancing Reasoning in Large Language Models
(00:49:54) MLE-bench: Evaluating Machine Learning Agents on Machine Learning Engineering
(00:56:29) OpenAI Releases Swarm: An Experimental AI Framework for Building, Orchestrating, and Deploying Multi-Agent Systems
Research & Advancements
(00:59:23) Nobel Physics Prize Awarded for Pioneering A.I. Research by 2 Scientists
(01…
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#185 - Movie Gen, ChatGPT Canvas, OpenAI's VC Round, SB 1047 Vetoed
12 oktober 2024 · 1 uur 30 min
Our 185th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news! With hosts Andrey Kurenkov and guest host Gavin Purcell from the AI for Humans podcast. Lees meer
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In this episode:
Meta's MovieGen introduces innovative features in AI video generation, alongside OpenAI's real-time speech API and expanded ChatGPT capabilities.
Mio's foundation model and Apple's Depth Pro enhance multimodal AI inputs and precise 3D imaging for AR, VR, and robotics.
Microsoft and OpenAI's strategic advancements highlight significant financial moves and AI enhancements, including Microsoft's enhanced Copilot.
AI policy discussions intensify as California's vetoed bill sparks debates on regulation, alongside Google's $1 billion investment to expand AI infrastructure in Thailand.
Timestamps + Links:
(00:00:00) Intro / Banter
(00:02:51) Response to listener comments / corrections
Tools & Apps
(00:03:48) Meta announces Movie Gen, an AI-powered video generator
(00:14:28) OpenAI launches new ‘Canvas’ ChatGPT interface tailored to writing and coding projects
(00:19:31) OpenAI’s DevDay brings Realtime API and other treats for AI app developers
(00:24:43) Black Forest Labs releases Flux 1.1 Pro and an API
(00:28:30) Microsoft gives Copilot a voice and vision in its biggest redesign yet
(00:32:36) Pika 1.5 is now live — AI video generator just got major upgrades
Applications & Business
(00:37:49) OpenAI closes the largest VC round of all time
(00:45:23) Google brings ads to AI Overviews as it expands AI’s role in search
(00:51:05) Anthropic hires OpenAI co-founder Durk Kingma
(00:51:49) OpenAI’s newest creation is raising shock, alarm, and horror among staffers: a new logo
(00:53:45) Waymo to add Hyun…
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#184 - OpenAI's Voice 2.0 + execs quitting, Llama 3.2, To CoT or not to CoT?
3 oktober 2024 · 1 uur 30 min
Our 184th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news! With hosts Andrey Kurenkov and guest host Jon Krohn. Lees meer
Read out our text newsletter and comment on the podcast at https://lastweekin.ai/.
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In this episode:
OpenAI, Meta, and Google are enhancing their AI assistants with advanced voice modes, while Meta released Llama 3.2, an open-source model capable of processing both images and text.
Significant AI infrastructure developments include Grok's partnership with Aramco for a massive data center in Saudi Arabia, and Microsoft's plan to power data centers using a reopened Three Mile Island nuclear plant.
Recent research shows chain-of-thought prompting is most effective for math and symbolic reasoning, while OpenAI's GPT-4 with vision capabilities is being integrated into Perplexity AI's search platform.
AI is being rapidly integrated into various sectors, with examples including ChartWatch reducing unexpected hospital deaths, Snapchat and YouTube introducing AI video generation tools, and Lionsgate partnering with Runway for AI-assisted film production.
Timestamps + Links:
(00:00:00) Intro / Banter
(00:04:45) Response to listener comments / corrections
Tools & Apps
(00:07:46) OpenAI rolls out Advanced Voice Mode with more voices and a new look
(00:13:32) Meta’s AI can now talk to you in the voices of Awkwafina, John Cena, and Judi Dench
(00:17:11) Gemini’s chatty voice mode is out now for free on Android
(00:21:30) AI video rivalry intensifies as Luma announces Dream Machine API hours after Runway
(00:23:35) Copilot Wave 2 supercharges productivity with AI across all your Microsoft 365 apps
(00:25:56) Perplexity introduces new 'Reasoning' focus powered by OpenAI's o1
Applications & Business
(00:33:47) OpenAI Execs Mass Quit as Company Re…
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#183 - OpenAI o1, Adobe vid gen, Reflection 70B, DeepMind AlphaProteo
26 september 2024 · 1 uur 48 min
Our 183rd episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news! With hosts Andrey Kurenkov and Jeremie Harris. Lees meer
Note: once again, apologies from Andrey on this one coming out late. Starting with the next one we should be back to a regular(ish) release schedule.
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In this episode:
- OpenAI's O1 and O1 mini models boast advanced reasoning and longer responses.
- Adobe adds video generation to Firefly, Anthropic launches AI safety-focused Claude enterprise.
- LLAMA3 8B excels with synthetic tokens, AI-generated ideas deemed more novel.
- New AI forecasting bot competes with veteran human forecasters.
Timestamps + Links:
(00:00:00) Intro / Banter
(00:02:38) Response to listener comments / corrections
Tools & Apps
(00:04:00) OpenAI releases o1, its first model with ‘reasoning’ abilities
(00:22:06) Adobe says video generation is coming to Firefly this year
(00:25:27) Anthropic launches Claude Enterprise with more security, admin controls
(00:27:55) Tell Replit's AI Agent Your App Idea, and It'll Code and Deploy It for You
Applications & Business
(00:31:42) OpenAI Fundraising Set to Vault Startup’s Valuation to $150 Billion
(00:37:03) OpenAI Hits 1 Million Paid Users For Business Versions of ChatGPT
(00:39:59) TSMC Arizona achieves production yields similar to those at its fabs in Taiwan, says report
(00:45:14) Japan’s Sakana AI partners Nvidia for research, raises $100M
Projects & Open Source
(00:47:31) The fable of Reflection 70B
(00:53:08) DataGemma: Using real-world data to address AI hallucinations
(00:56:31) DeepSeek-V2.5 wins praise as the new, true open source AI model leader
Research & Advancements
(01:01:35) Google DeepMind Launches AlphaProteo , an AI Mo…
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# 182 - Alexa 2.0, MiniMax, Surskever raises $1B, SB 1047 approved
17 september 2024 · 1 uur 39 min
Our 182nd episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news! With hosts Andrey Kurenkov and Jeremie Harris. Lees meer
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In this episode:
- OpenAI's move into hardware production and Amazon's strategic acquisition in AI robotics.
- Advances in training language models with long-context capabilities and California's pending AI regulation bill.
- Strategies for safeguarding open weight LLMs against adversarial attacks and China's rise in chip manufacturing.
- Sam Altman's infrastructure investment plan and debates on AI-generated art by Ted Chiang.
Timestamps + Links:
(00:00:00) Intro / Banter
(00:05:15) Response to listener comments / corrections
Tools & Apps
(00:07:32) Amazon Picks Anthropic to Power Alexa 2.0
(00:12:12) Forget Sora — MiniMax is a new realistic AI video generator and it’s seriously impressive
Applications & Business
(00:14:56) Ilya Sutskever’s startup, Safe Superintelligence, raises $1B
(00:22:20) TSMC’s A16 Process Creates a Buzz Before Mass Production, as OpenAI Reportedly Secures Capacity
(00:29:13) Amazon hires the founders of AI robotics startup Covariant
(00:33:33)…
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#181 - Google Chatbots, Cerebras vs Nvidia, AI Doom, ElevenLabs Controversy
15 september 2024 · 2 uur 17 min
Our 181st episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news! Lees meer
With hosts Andrey Kurenkov and Jeremie Harris
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In this episode:
- Google's AI advancements with Gemini 1.5 models and AI-generated avatars, along with Samsung's lithography progress.
- Microsoft's Inflection usage caps for Pi, new AI inference services by Cerebrus Systems competing with Nvidia.
- Biases in AI, prompt leak attacks, and transparency in models and distributed training optimizations, including the 'distro' optimizer.
- AI regulation discussions including California’s SB1047, China's AI safety stance, and new export restrictions impacting Nvidia’s AI chips.
Timestamps + Links:
(00:00:00) Intro / Banter
(00:03:08)Response to listener comments / corrections
Tools & Apps
(00:09:19) Google’s custom AI chatbots have arrived
(00:12:52) Google releases three new experimental AI models
(00:17:14) Google Gemini will let you create AI-generated people again
(00:22:32) Five months after Microsoft hired its founders, Inflection adds usage caps to Pi
(00:26:42:) Plaud takes a crack at a simpler AI pin
Applications & Business
(00:30:31) Cerebras Systems throws down gauntlet to Nvidia with launch of ‘world’s fastest’ AI inference service
(00:41:06) Nvidia announces $50 billion stock buyback
(00:46:24) OpenAI in talks to raise funding that would value it at more than $100 billion
(00:50:44) OpenAI Aims to Release New AI Model, ‘Strawberry,’ in Fall
(00:52:53) 3 Co-Founders Leave French AI Startup H Amid ‘Operational Differences’
(00:57:29) Samsung to Adopt High-NA Lithography Alongside Intel, Ahead of TSMC
(01:02:11) Unitree's $16,000 G1 could become the first mainstream humanoid robot
Projects & O…
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#180 - Ideogram v2, Imagen 3, AI in 2030, Agent Q, SB 1047
3 september 2024 · 2 uur 5 min
Our 180th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news! Lees meer
With hosts Andrey Kurenkov (https://twitter.com/andrey_kurenkov) and Jeremie Harris (https://twitter.com/jeremiecharris)
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Episode Highlights:
Ideogram AI's new features, Google's Imagine 3, Dream Machine 1.5, and Runway's Gen3 Alpha Turbo model advancements.
Perplexity's integration of Flux image generation models and code interpreter updates for enhanced search results.
Exploration of the feasibility and investment needed for scaling advanced AI models like GPT-4 and Agent Q architecture enhancements.
Analysis of California's AI regulation bill SB1047 and legal issues related to synthetic media, copyright, and online personhood credentials.
Timestamps + Links:
(00:00:00) Intro / Banter
(00:01:08) Response to Listener Comments / Corrections
Tools & Apps
(00:03:58) Ideogram AI expands its features with v2 model and color palette options
(00:07:48) Google Releases Powerful AI Image Generator You Can Use for Free
(00:11:41) Perplexity adds Flux.1 model for Pro users alongside Playground v3 update
(00:13:58) Luma drops Dream Machine 1.5 — here’s what’s new
(00:17:49) Runway’s Gen-3 Alpha Turbo is here and can make AI videos faster than you can type
(00:20:21) Perplexity’s latest update improves code interpreter, charts included
Applications & Business
(00:24:14) AMD buying server maker ZT Systems for $4.9 billion as chipmakers strengthen AI capabilities
(00:28:55) Ars Technica content is now available in OpenAI services
(00:34:08) Anysphere, a GitHub Copilot…
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#179 - Grok 2, Gemini Live, Flux, FalconMamba, AI Scientist
20 augustus 2024 · 1 uur 58 min
Our 179th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news! Lees meer
With hosts Andrey Kurenkov (https://twitter.com/andrey_kurenkov) and Jeremie Harris (https://twitter.com/jeremiecharris)
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Episode Highlights:
- Grok 2's beta release features new image generation using Black Forest Labs' tech.
- Google introduces Gemini Voice Chat Mode available to subscribers and integrates it into Pixel Buds Pro 2.
- Huawei's Ascend 910C AI chip aims to rival NVIDIA's H100 amidst US export controls.
- Overview of potential risks of unaligned AI models and skepticism around SingularityNet's AGI supercomputer claims.
Timestamps + Links:
(00:00:00) Intro / Banter
(00:02:15) Response to listener comments / corrections
Tools & Apps
(00:04:24) Grok-2 is out in beta, now with added AI image generation
(00:11:28) OpenAI reveals an updated GPT-4o model - but can't quite explain how it's better
(00:13:48) Google Gemini’s voice chat mode is here
(00:16:18) Google’s Pixel Buds Pro 2 bring Gemini to your ears
(00:19:55) Google’s AI-generated search summaries change how they show their sources
(00:23:13) Prompt Caching is Now Available on the Anthropic API for Specific Claude Models
Applications & Business
(00:26:56) Meet Black Forest Labs, the startup powering Elon Musk’s unhinged AI image generator
(00:26:56) Huawei readies new AI chip to challenge Nvidia in China, WSJ reports
(00:37:53) ASML and Imec Announce High-NA Lithography Breakthrough
(00:43:07) Chinese startup WeRide gets nod to test robotaxis with passengers in California
(00:45:49) Pe…
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#178 - More Not-Acquihires, More OpenAI drama, More LLM Scaling Talk
16 augustus 2024 · 2 uur 6 min
Our 178th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news! Lees meer
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
(00:06:56) Google’s hiring of Character.AI’s founders is the latest sign that part of the AI startup world is starting to implode
(00:15:12) Investors in Adept AI will be paid back after Amazon hires startup’s top talent
(00:22:36) AI chip start-up Groq’s value rises to $2.8bn as it takes on Nvidia
(00:29:22) OpenAI co-founder Schulman leaves for Anthropic, Brockman takes extended leave
(00:36:18) Elon Musk files new lawsuit against OpenAI and Sam Altman
(00:41:40) Figure’s new humanoid robot leverag…
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#177 - Instagram AI Bots, Noam Shazeer -> Google, FLUX.1, SAM2
11 augustus 2024 · 1 uur 53 min
Our 177th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news! Lees meer
With guest co-host Jon Krohn from the super data science podcast (https://www.superdatascience.com/podcast)!
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In this episode, hosts Andrey Kurenkov and Jon Krohn dive into significant updates and discussions in the AI world, including Instagram's new AI features, Waymo's driverless cars rollout in San Francisco, and NVIDIA’s chip delays. They also review Meta's AI Studio, character.ai CEO Noam Shazir's return to Google, and Google's Gemini updates. Additional topics cover NVIDIA's hardware issues, advancements in humanoid robots, and new open-source AI tools like Open Devon. Policy discussions touch on the EU AI Act, the U.S. stance on open-source AI, and investigations into Google and Anthropic. The impact of misinformation via deepfakes, particularly one involving Elon Musk, is also highlighted, all emphasizing significant industry effects and regulatory implications.
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(00:00:00) AI Song / Intro Banter
(00:05:32) Response to listener comments / corrections
Tools & Apps
(00:10:16) Apple Intelligence to Miss Initial Launch of Upcoming iOS 18 Overhaul
(00:16:35) Instagram starts letting people create AI versions of themselves
Lighting round
(00:22:49) Runway just dropped image-to-video in Gen3
(00:25:41) Midjourney drops surprise v6.1 update — now humans look more real than ever
(00:28:07) AI-Powered Necklace Will Be Your Friend for $99
(00:30:06) Microsoft i…
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#176 - BIG WEEK for OSS! SearchGPT, Lamma 3.1 405B, Mistral Large 2
3 augustus 2024 · 1 uur 26 min
Our 176th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news! Lees meer
NOTE: apologies for this episode coming out about a week late, things got in the way of editing it...
With hosts Andrey Kurenkov (https://twitter.com/andrey_kurenkov) and Jeremie Harris (https://twitter.com/jeremiecharris)
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(00:00:00) Intro Song
(00:00:34) Intro Banter
Tools & Apps
(00:03:39) OpenAI announces SearchGPT, its AI-powered search engine
(00:08:03) Google gives free Gemini users access to its faster, lighter 1.5 Flash AI model
(00:09:10) X launches underwhelming Grok-powered ‘More About This Account’ feature
(00:11:36) Kuaishou Launches Full Beta Testing for 'Kling AI' to Global Users, Elevates Model Capabilities
(00:13:39) Adobe rolls out more generative AI features to Illustrator and Photoshop
(00:14:25) Meta AI gets new ‘Imagine me’ selfie feature
Projects & Open Source
(00:15:19) Meta releases open-source AI model it says rivals OpenAI, Google tech
(00:28:23) Mistral AI Unveils Mistral Large 2, Beats Llama 3.1 on Code and Math
(00:34:00) Groq’s open-source Llama AI model tops leaderboard, outperforming GPT-4o and Claude in function calling
(00:36:35) Apple shows off open AI prowess: new models outperform Mistral and Hugging Face offerings
Applications & Business
(00:40:25) Elon Musk wants Tesla to invest $5 billion into his newest startup, xAI — if shareholders approve
(00:43:01) Nvidia said to be prepping Blackwell GPUs for Chinese market
(00:46:28) Toronto AI company Cohere to indemnify customers who are sued for any copyright violations
(00:49:09) AI startup Cohere raises US$500-million, valuing company at US$5.5-billion
Research & Advancements
(00:52:01) AI achieves silver-med…
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#175 - GPT-4o Mini, OpenAI's Strawberry, Mixture of A Million Experts
25 juli 2024 · 1 uur 47 min
Our 175th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news! Lees meer
With hosts Andrey Kurenkov (https://twitter.com/andrey_kurenkov) and Jeremie Harris (https://twitter.com/jeremiecharris)
In this episode of Last Week in AI, hosts Andrey Kurenkov and Jeremy Harris explore recent AI advancements including OpenAI's release of GPT 4.0 Mini and Mistral’s open-source models, covering their impacts on affordability and performance. They delve into enterprise tools for compliance, text-to-video models like Hyper 1.5, and YouTube Music enhancements. The conversation further addresses AI research topics such as the benefits of numerous small expert models, novel benchmarking techniques, and advanced AI reasoning. Policy issues including U.S. export controls on AI technology to China and internal controversies at OpenAI are also discussed, alongside Elon Musk's supercomputer ambitions and OpenAI’s Prover-Verify Games initiative.
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Timestamps + links:
(00:00:00) AI Song Intro
(00:00:40) Intro / Banter
Tools & Apps
(00:03:57) OpenAI unveils GPT-4o mini, a small AI model powering ChatGPT
(00:11:38) Meet Haiper 1.5, the new AI video generation model challenging Sora, Runway
(00:16:32) Anthropic releases Claude app for Android
(00:18:59) Google Vids is available to test out Gemini AI-created video presentations
(00:20:27) YouTube Music sound search rolling out, AI ‘conversational radio’ in testing
Applications & Business
(00:23:30) OpenAI working on new reasoning technology under code name ‘Strawberry’
(00:30:45) Inside Elon Musk’s Mad Dash To Build A Giant xAI Supercomputer In Memphis
(00:37:15) Apple, NVIDIA and Anthropic reportedly used YouTube transcripts without permission to trai…
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#174 - Odyssey Text-to-Video, Groq LLM Engine, OpenAI Security Issues
17 juli 2024 · 2 uur 4 min
Our 174rd episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news! Lees meer
With hosts Andrey Kurenkov (https://twitter.com/andrey_kurenkov) and Jeremie Harris (https://twitter.com/jeremiecharris)
In this episode of Last Week in AI, we delve into the latest advancements and challenges in the AI industry, highlighting new features from Figma and Quora, regulatory pressures on OpenAI, and significant investments in AI infrastructure. Key topics include AMD's acquisition of Silo AI, Elon Musk's GPU cluster plans for XAI, unique AI model training methods, and the nuances of AI copying and memory constraints. We discuss developments in AI's visual perception, real-time knowledge updates, and the need for transparency and regulation in AI content labeling and licensing.
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Timestamps + links:
(00:00:00) Intro AI Song
(00:00:41) Pre News Banter
Tools & Apps
(00:07:09) Odyssey Building 'Hollywood-Grade' AI Text-to-Video Model to Compete With Sora, Gen-3 Alpha
(00:10:28) Anthropic’s Claude adds a prompt playground to quickly improve your AI apps
(00:15:06) Figma pauses its new AI feature after Apple controversy
(00:18:30) Quora’s Poe now lets users create and share web apps
(00:20:54) Suno launches iPhone app — now you can make AI music on the go
Applications & Business
(00:21:42) Groq unveils lightning-fast LLM engine; developer base rockets past 280K in 4 months
(00:27:03) Microsoft and Apple ditch OpenAI board seats amid regulatory scrutiny
(00:29:39) OpenAI and Arianna Huffington are working together on an ‘AI health coach’
(00:33:38) AI coding startup Magic seeks $1.5-billion valuation in new funding round, sources say
(00:37:01) Sequoia and Andreessen…
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#173 - Gemini Pro, Llama 400B, Gen-3 Alpha, Moshi, Supreme Court
8 juli 2024 · 1 uur 50 min
Our 173rd episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news! Lees meer
With hosts Andrey Kurenkov (https://twitter.com/andrey_kurenkov) and Jeremie Harris (https://twitter.com/jeremiecharris)
See full episode notes here.
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In this episode of Last Week in AI, we explore the latest advancements and debates in the AI field, including Google's release of Gemini 1.5, Meta's upcoming LLaMA 3, and Runway's Gen 3 Alpha video model. We discuss emerging AI features, legal disputes over data usage, and China's competition in AI. The conversation spans innovative research developments, cost considerations of AI architectures, and policy changes like the U.S. Supreme Court striking down Chevron deference. We also cover U.S. export controls on AI chips to China, workforce development in the semiconductor industry, and Bridgewater's new AI-driven financial fund, evaluating the broader financial and regulatory impacts of AI technologies.
Timestamps + links:
(00:00:00) Intro / Banter
Tools & Apps
(00:03:24) Google opens up Gemini 1.5 Flash, Pro with 2M tokens to the public
(00:08:47) Meta is about to launch its biggest Llama model yet — here’s why it’s a big deal
(00:12:38) Runway’s Gen-3 Alpha AI video model now available – but there’s a catch
(00:16:28) This is Google AI, and it's coming to the Pixel 9
(00:17:30) AI Firm ElevenLabs Sets Audio Reader Pact With Judy Garland, James Dean, Burt Reynolds and Laurence Olivier Estates
(00:20:06) Perplexity’s ‘Pro Search’ AI upgrade makes it better at math and research
(00:23:12) Gemini’s data-analyzing abilities aren’t as good as Google claims
Applications & Business
(00:26:38) Quora’s Chatbot Platform Poe Allows Users to Download Paywalled Artic…
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#172 - Claude and Gemini updates, Gemma 2, GPT-4 Critic
1 juli 2024 · 1 uur 51 min
Our 172nd episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news! Lees meer
With hosts Andrey Kurenkov (https://twitter.com/andrey_kurenkov) and Jeremie Harris (https://twitter.com/jeremiecharris)
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(00:00:00) Intro / Banter
Tools & Apps
(00:03:02) Anthropic Debuts Collaboration Tools for Claude AI Assistant
(00:08:32) Google rolls out Gemini side panels for Gmail and other Workspace apps
(00:12:30) OpenAI delays rolling out its 'Voice Mode' to July
(00:15:40) OpenAI’s ChatGPT for Mac is now available to all users
(00:17:27) Waymo ditches the waitlist and opens up its robotaxis to everyone in San Francisco
(00:18:53) Figma announces big redesign with AI
Applications & Business
(00:21:37) Meet Sohu: The World’s First Transformer Specialized Chip ASIC
(00:29:42) Huawei Has Reportedly Invested Billions In An R&D Facility That Will Allow It To Develop Advanced Chipmaking Machinery Similar To ASML & Others
(00:32:17) China's ByteDance working with Broadcom to develop advanced AI chip, sources say
(00:35:35) Chinese AI firms woo OpenAI users as US company plans API restrictions
(00:39:45) OpenAI walks back controversial stock sale policies, will treat current and former employees the same
Projects & Open Source
(00:43:42) Meta Large Language Model Compiler: Foundation Models of Compiler Optimization
(00:47:54) Google’s Gemma 2 series launches with not one, but two lightweight model options—a 9B and 27B
(00:48:50) ESM3: Simulating 500 million years of evolution with a language model
Research & Advancements
(00:56:57) Finding GPT-4’s mistakes with GPT-4
(01:03:30) Chinese-built ChatGLM exceeds GPT-4 Across Several Benchmarks
(01:07:15) Performances are plateauing, let's make the…
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#171 - Apple Intelligence, Dream Machine, SSI Inc
24 juni 2024 · 2 uur 4 min
Our 171st episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news! Lees meer
With hosts Andrey Kurenkov (https://twitter.com/andrey_kurenkov) and Jeremie Harris (https://twitter.com/jeremiecharris)
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Timestamps + Links:
(00:00:00) Intro / Banter
Tools & Apps
(00:03:13) Apple Intelligence: every new AI feature coming to the iPhone and Mac
(00:10:03) ‘We don’t need Sora anymore’: Luma’s new AI video generator Dream Machine slammed with traffic after debut
(00:14:48) Runway unveils new hyper realistic AI video model Gen-3 Alpha, capable of 10-second-long clips
(00:18:21) Leonardo AI image generator adds new video mode — here’s how it works
(00:22:31) Anthropic just dropped Claude 3.5 Sonnet with better vision and a sense of humor
Applications & Business
(00:28:23 ) Sam Altman might reportedly turn OpenAI into a regular for-profit company
(00:31:19) Ilya Sutskever, Daniel Gross, Daniel Levy launch Safe Superintelligence Inc.
(00:38:53) OpenAI welcomes Sarah Friar (CFO) and Kevin Weil (CPO)
(00:41:44) Report: OpenAI Doubled Annualized Revenue in 6 Months
(00:44:30) AI startup Adept is in deal talks with Microsoft
(00:48:55) Mistral closes €600m at €5.8bn valuation with new lead investor
(00:53:12) Huawei Claims Ascend 910B AI Chip Manages To Surpass NVIDIA’s A100, A Crucial Alternative For China
(00:56:58) Astrocade raises $12M for AI-based social gaming platform
Projects & Open Source
(01:01:03) Announcing the Open Release of Stable Diffusion 3 Medium, Our Most Sophisticated Image Generation Model to Date
(01:05:53) Meta releases flurry of new AI models for audio, text and watermarking
(01:09:39) ElevenLabs unveils open-source creator tool for adding sound effects to videos
Research & Advancements
(01:12:02) Samba: Simple Hybrid State Space M…
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#170 - new Sora rival, OpenAI robotics, understanding GPT4, AGI by 2027?
10 juni 2024 · 1 uur 48 min
Our 170th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news! Lees meer
With hosts Andrey Kurenkov (https://twitter.com/andrey_kurenkov) and Jeremie Harris (https://twitter.com/jeremiecharris)
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Tools & Apps
(00:03:33) KLING is the latest AI video generator that could rival OpenAI's Sora
(00:09:16) ‘Apple Intelligence’ will automatically choose between on-device and cloud-powered AI
(00:12:21) Udio introduces new udio-130 music generation model and more advanced features
(00:14:38) Perplexity AI’s new feature will turn your searches into shareable pages
(00:16:35) ElevenLabs’ AI generator makes explosions or other sound effects with just a prompt
(00:18:37) Google’s updated AI-powered NotebookLM expands to India, UK and over 200 other countries
Applications & Business
(00:19:40) OpenAI is restarting its robotics research group
(00:25:01) Saudi fund invests in China effort to create rival to OpenAI
(00:29:34) UAE seeks ‘marriage’ with US over artificial intelligence deals
(00:33:01) Zoox to test self-driving cars in Austin and Miami
(00:35:49) Microsoft Lays Off 1,500 Workers, Blames "AI Wave"
(00:38:28) Avengers, assemble—Google, Intel, Microsoft, AMD and more team up to develop an interconnect standard to rival Nvidia's NVLink
Projects & Open Source
(00:40:39) GLM-4-9B-Chat-1M
(00:46:37) Hugging Face and Pollen Robotics show off first project: an open source robot that does chores
(00:49:40) Zyphra debuts Zyda, a 1.3T language modeling dataset it claims outperforms Pile, C4, arxiv
(00:51:59) Stability AI debuts new Stable Audio Open for sound design
Research & Advancements
(00:54:05) Scaling and evaluating sparse autoencoders
(01:04:54) Improving Alignment and Robustness with Short Circuiting
(01:12:11) Automati…
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#169 - Google's Search Errors, OpenAI news & DRAMA, new leaderboards
3 juni 2024 · 2 uur 6 min
Our 168th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news! Lees meer
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Timestamps + Links:
(00:00:00) Intro / Banter
(00:02:55) Response to listener comments / corrections
Tools & Apps
(00:04:33) Google’s A.I. Search Errors Cause a Furor Online
(00:10:56) Telegram gets an in-app Copilot bot
(00:13:13) Opera is adding Google's Gemini AI to its browser
(0016:13) Amazon plans to give Alexa an AI overhaul — and a monthly subscription price
(00:19:15) Microsoft Edge will translate and dub YouTube videos as you’re watching them
(00:21:12) Iyo thinks its gen AI earbuds can succeed where Humane and Rabbit stumbled
Applications & Business
(00:24:57) PwC agrees deal to become OpenAI's first reseller and largest enterprise user
(00:30:07) Vox Media and The Atlantic sign content deals with OpenAI
(00:36:27) OpenAI launches programs making ChatGPT cheaper for schools and nonprofits
(00:40:03) Huawei patent reveals 3nm-class process technology plans — China continues to move forward despite US sanctions
(00:44:32) Nvidia, Powered by A.I. Boom, Reports Soaring Revenue and Profits
(00:48:16) Elon Musk’s xAI raises $6 billion in latest funding round
Projects & Open Source
(00:51:13) Scale AI publishes its first LLM Leaderboards, ranking AI model performance in specific domains
(00:56:04) Cohere For AI Launches Aya 23, 8 and 35 Billion Parameter Open Weights Release
(01:00:45) Who will make AlphaFold3 open source? Scientists race to crack AI model
(01:04:07) Mistral releases Codestral, its first generative AI model for code
Research & Advancements
(01:09:23) The Road Less Scheduled
(01:14:10) Training Compute of Frontier AI Models Grows by 4-5x per Year
(01:21:33) gzip Predicts Data-dependent Scaling Laws
(01:…
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#168 - OpenAI vs Scar Jo + safety researchers, MS AI updates, cool Anthropic research
28 mei 2024 · 1 uur 45 min
Our 168th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news! Lees meer
With guest host Gavin Purcell from AI for Humans podcast!
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Timestamps + Links:
(00:00:00) Intro / Banter + Response to listener comments / corrections
Tools & Apps
(00:08:00) OpenAI says Sky voice in ChatGPT will be paused after concerns it sounds too much like Scarlett Johansson
(00:16:14) Microsoft’s Copilot assistant is getting a GPT-4o upgrade + Recall is Microsoft’s key to unlocking the future of PCs
(00:21:36) ElevenLabs Launches AI-Voiced Screen Reader App
(00:22:40) Adobe Lightroom gets a magic eraser, and it’s impressive
(00:25:07) Microsoft, Khan Academy provide free AI assistant for all educators in US
(00:27:40) Microsoft Paint is getting an AI-powered image generator that responds to your text prompts and doodles
Applications & Business
(00:29:16) OpenAI founders Sam Altman and Greg Brockman go on the defensive after top safety researchers quit
(00:36:58) OpenAI, WSJ Owner News Corp Strike Content Deal Valued at Over $250 Million
(00:41:27) CoreWeave Raises $7.5 Billion in Debt for AI Computing Push
(00:44:13) Google announced Trillium, its sixth generation of Tensor processors.
(00:45:09) Inflection AI reveals new team and plan to embed emotional AI in business bots
(00:47:01) Data-labeling startup Scale AI raises $1B as valuation doubles to $13.8B
Projects & Open Source
(00:48:35) Abacus AI Releases Smaug-Llama-3-70B-Instruct: The New Benchmark in Open-Source Conversational AI Rivaling GPT-4 Turbo
(00:52:24) Introducing New Chatbot Arena Category: Hard Prompts
(00:54:56) Microsoft brings out a small language model that can look at pictures
Research & Advancements
(00:56:05) New Anthropic Research Sheds Light on AI's 'Black Box'
(01:04:03) Chameleon: Mixed-Modal Early-Fusion Foundation…
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#167 - GPT-4o, Project Astra, Veo, OpenAI Departures, Interview with Andrey
19 mei 2024 · 1 uur 43 min
Our 167th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news! Lees meer
With guest host Daliana Liu (https://www.linkedin.com/in/dalianaliu/) from The Data Scientist Show!
And a special one-time interview with Andrey in the latter part of the podcast.
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Timestamps + links:
Intro / Banter
Tools & Apps
(00:03:42) OpenAI releases GPT-4o, a faster model that’s free for all ChatGPT users
(00:12:06) Project Astra is the future of AI at Google
(00:18:06) Google is redesigning its search engine — and it’s AI all the way down
(00:19:39) Google unveils Veo and Imagen 3, its latest AI media creation models
(00:23:36) Google Unveils Music AI Sandbox Making Loops From Prompts
(00:26:27) Anthropic AI Launches a Prompt Engineering Tool that Generates Production-Ready Prompts in the Anthropic Console
Applications & Business
(00:31:02) OpenAI’s Chief Scientist and Co-Founder Is Leaving the Company
(00:35:15) Mike Krieger joins Anthropic as Chief Product Officer
(00:36:28) $16k G1 humanoid rises up to smash nuts, twist and twirl
(00:41:02) GM's Cruise to start testing robotaxis in Phoenix area with human safety drivers on board
(00:42:52) US agency probes Amazon-owned Zoox self-driving vehicles after two crashes
(00:43:58) Waymo’s robotaxis under investigation after crashes and traffic mishaps
Projects & Open Source
(00:44:48) Introducing PaliGemma, Gemma 2, and an Upgraded Responsible AI Toolkit
(00:46:24) Falcon 2: UAE’s Technology Innovation Institute Releases New AI Model Series, Outperforming Meta’s New Llama 3
(00:48:00) License to Call: Introducing Transformers Agents 2.0
Research & Advancements
(00:49:22) The Platonic Representation Hypothesis
(00:53:08) SUTRA: Scalable Multilingual Language Model Architecture
Policy & Safety
(00:54:46) Bipartisan Senate bill on AI security wou…
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#166 - new AI song generator, Microsoft's GPT4 efforts, AlphaFold3, xLSTM, OpenAI Model Spec
12 mei 2024 · 1 uur 41 min
Our 166th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news! Lees meer
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Timestamps + links:
(00:00:00) Intro / Banter
Tools & Apps
(00:04:23) ElevenLabs previews music-generating AI model
(00:09:31) Mysterious “gpt2-chatbot” AI model appears suddenly, confuses experts
(00:13:00) SoundHound AI and Perplexity Partner to Bring Online LLMs to Next Gen Voice Assistants Across Cars and IoT Devices
(00:14:50) Stability AI sows gen AI discord with Stable Artisan
(00:16:35) Apple Will Revamp Siri to Catch Up to Its Chatbot Competitors
(00:18:54) Alibaba rolls out latest version of its large language model to meet robust AI demand
Applications & Business
(00:19:34) OpenAI and Stack Overflow partner to bring more technical knowledge into ChatGPT
(00:17:31) New Microsoft AI model may challenge GPT-4 and Google Gemini
(00:31:08) Wayve, an A.I. Start-Up for Autonomous Driving, Raises $1 Billion
(00:32:00) Motional delays commercial robotaxi plans amid restructuring
(00:33:54) The rise of the Chinese AI unicorns doing battle with OpenAI
Projects & Open Source
(00:35:25) Prometheus 2: An Open Source Language Model Specialized in Evaluating Other Language Models
(00:40:12) DeepSeek-V2: A Strong, Economical, and Efficient Mixture-of-Experts Language Model
(00:44:31) OpenVoice V2: Evolving Multilingual Voice Cloning with Enhanced Style Control and Cross-Lingual Capabilities
(00:45:20) Granite Code Models: A Family of Open Foundation Models for Code Intelligence
(00:46:00) Hugging Face launches LeRobot open source robotics code library
(00:48:50) Vibe-Eval: A new open and hard evaluation suite for measuring progress of multimodal language models
Research & Advancements
(00:50:02) Google DeepMind’s Groundbreaking AI for Protein Structure Can Now Model DNA
(00:57:20) xLSTM: Extended Long S…
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#165 - Sora challenger, Astribot's S1, Med-Gemini, Refusal in LLMs
6 mei 2024 · 1 uur 33 min
Our 165th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news! Lees meer
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Timestamps + links:
Tools & Apps
(00:01:27) GitHub releases an AI-powered tool aiming for a 'radically new way of building software'
(00:07:05) China unveils Sora challenger able to produce videos from text similar to OpenAI tool, though much shorter
(00:12:23) ChatGPT’s AI ‘memory’ can remember the preferences of paying customers
(00:14:21) Rabbit R1 review: Avoid this AI gadget
(00:18:30) Amazon Q, a generative AI-powered assistant for businesses and developers, is now generally available
(00:19:54) Yelp’s Assistant AI bot will do all the talking to help users find service providers
Applications & Business
(00:21:31) Video of super-fast, super-smooth humanoid robot will drop your jaw
(00:25:22) Tesla’s 2 million car Autopilot recall is now under federal scrutiny
(00:29:32) Tesla shares soar as Elon Musk returns from China with FSD 'Game Changer'
(00:32:11) OpenAI inks strategic tie-up with UK’s Financial Times, including content use
(00:35:21) OpenAI Startup Fund quietly raises $15M
(00:37:00) Huawei backs HBM memory manufacturing in China to sidestep crippling US sanctions that restrict AI development
Research & Advancements
(00:39:20) Capabilities of Gemini Models in Medicine
(00:45:34) Let's Think Dot by Dot: Hidden Computation in Transformer Language Models
(00:52:20) NExT: Teaching Large Language Models to Reason about Code Execution
(00:55:08) SenseNova 5.0: China’s latest AI model surpasses OpenAI’s GPT-4
(00:57:20) Octopus v4: Graph of language models
(01:00:28) Better & Faster Large Language Models via Multi-token Prediction
Policy & Safety
(01:03:15) Refusal in LLMs is mediated by a single direction
(01:09:19) Rishi Sunak promised to make AI safe. Big Tech’s not playing ball.
(01:15:0…
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#164 - Meta AI, Phi-3, OpenELM, Bollywood Deepfakes
30 april 2024 · 1 uur 32 min
Our 164th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news! Lees meer
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Timestamps + links:
Tools & Apps
(00:04:02) Meta, in Its Biggest A.I. Push, Places Smart Assistants Across Its Apps
(00:07:26) Microsoft launches Phi-3, its smallest AI model yet
(00:15:35) The Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses have multimodal AI now
(00:17:32) OpenAI winds down AI image generator that blew minds and forged friendships in 2022
(00:18:44) Baidu claims 200 million users for Ernie chatbot after only 13 months
(00:21:13) The new Adobe Photoshop gets an in-app image generator, major Generative Fill upgrades
Applications & Business
(00:22:22) Intel & The Pentagon Deepen Ties To Develop World’s Most Advanced Chips
(00:27:58) Meta Says It Plans to Spend Billions More on A.I.
(00:31:36) OpenAI CEO Sam Altman invests in solar power firm Exowatt to fuel AI datacenters
(00:33:58) Google consolidates AI-focused DeepMind, Research teams
(00:36:22) Microsoft and OpenAI bet $100 billion to free themselves from the shackles and overreliance on the world's most profitable semiconductor chip brand for AI chips
Projects & Open Source
(00:39:03) Apple releases OpenELM: small, open source AI models designed to run on-device
(00:44:12) Snowflake launches Arctic, an open ‘mixture-of-experts’ LLM to take on DBRX, Llama 3
Research & Advancements
(00:48:08) The Instruction Hierarchy: Training LLMs to Prioritize Privileged Instructions
(00:55:11) Groq’s breakthrough AI chip achieves blistering 800 tokens per second on Meta’s LLaMA 3
(00:59:52) Microsoft shows off VASA-1, an AI framework that makes human headshots talk, sing
(01:01:59) Intel Builds World’s Largest Neuromorphic System to Enable More Sustainable AI
Policy & Safety
(01:05:11) Deepfakes of Bollywood stars spark worries of AI meddling in India election
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#163 - Llama 3, Grok-1.5 Vision, new Atlas robot, RHO-1, Medium ban
25 april 2024 · 1 uur 34 min
Our 163rd episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news! Lees meer
Note: apology for this one coming out a few days late, got delayed in editing it -Andrey
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Timestamps + links:
Intro / Banter
Tools & Apps
(00:02:16) Meta releases Llama 3, claims it’s among the best open models available
(00:14:01) Elon Musk’s xAI Unveils Grok-1.5 Vision, Beats OpenAI’s GPT-4V
(00:17:55) Reka releases Reka Core, its multimodal language model to rival GPT-4 and Claude 3 Opus
(00:21:50) Cohere Compass Private Beta: A New Multi-Aspect Embedding Model
(00:23:48) Amazon Music’s Maestro lets listeners make AI playlists
(00:24:36) Snap plans to add watermarks to images created with its AI-powered tools
Applications & Business
(00:25:52) Boston Dynamics unveils new Atlas robot for commercial use
(00:30:32) TSMC’s $65 billion bet still leaves US missing piece of chip puzzle
(00:36:30) U.S. blacklists Intel's and Nvidia's key partner in China — three other Chinese firms also included in the blacklist for helping the military
(00:38:37) Elon Musk says the next-generation Grok 3 model will require 100,000 Nvidia H100 GPUs to train
(00:40:22) Dr. Andrew Ng appointed to Amazon’s Board of Directors
(00:41:55) Collaborative Robotics Locks Up $100M, Latest Robot Startup To Raise Big
Projects & Open Source
(00:44:08) OpenEQA: Embodied Question Answering in the Era of Foundation Models
(00:50:03) Introducing Idefics2: A Powerful 8B Vision-Language Model for the community
Research & Advancements
(00:51:21) RHO-1: Not All Tokens Are What You Need
(00:57:21) Scaling Laws for Fine-Grained Mixture of Experts
(01:03:20) Chinchilla Scaling: A replication attempt
(01:07:18) China develops new light-based chiplet that could power artificial general intelligence — where AI is smarter than humans
(01:10:45) OS…
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#162 - Udio Song AI, TPU v5, Mixtral 8x22, Mixture-of-Depths, Musicians sign open letter
15 april 2024 · 1 uur 45 min
Our 162nd episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news! Lees meer
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Timestamps + links:
Tools & Apps
(00:02:50) AI-Music Arms Race: Meet Udio, the Other ChatGPT for Music
(00:07:42) Anthropic launches external tool use for Claude AI, enabling stock ticker integrations and more
(00:11:51) Building LLMs for Code Repair
(00:14:16) Early Reviews of Humane AI Pin Aren’t Impressed
(00:16:23) Microsoft 365’s Copilot gets a GPT-4 Turbo upgrade and improved image generation
(00:18:41) AI editing tools are coming to all Google Photos users
Applications & Business
(00:19:21) Google announces the Cloud TPU v5p, its most powerful AI accelerator yet
(00:23:32) Meta unveils its newest custom AI chip as it races to catch up
(00:27:27) Intel Unveils New AI Accelerator in Bid to Challenge Nvidia
(00:30:46) Adobe Is Buying Videos for $3 Per Minute to Build AI Model
(00:32:55) OpenAI transcribed over a million hours of YouTube videos to train GPT-4
(00:36:23) Waymo will launch paid robotaxi service in Los Angeles on Wednesday
(00:37:23) OpenAI removes Sam Altman's ownership of its Startup Fund
Projects & Open Source
(00:39:51) Mistral AI Stuns With Surprise Launch of New Mixtral 8x22B Model
(00:43:54) Google updates its Gemma AI model family with variants for coding and research
(00:47:04) Aurora-M: The First Open Source Multilingual Language Model Red-teamed according to the U.S. Executive Order
Research & Advancements
(00:52:08) Mixture-of-Depths: Dynamically allocating compute in transformer-based language models
(00:57:41) Leave No Context Behind: Efficient Infinite Context Transformers with Infini-attention
(01:03:31) Octopus v2: On-device language model for super agent
(01:07:54) Bigger is not Always Better: Scaling Properties of Latent Diffusion Models
(01:09:54) Many-shot Ja…