#138 - DALLE-3, YouAgent, Gemini, NExT-GPT, AI book labeling

Our 138th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news, with guest host John Kron of the <a href="https://www.superdatascience.com/podcast">the SuperDataScience podcast!!</a></p> Note: this one is coming out a week late, but we'll be back on schedule going forward!</p> Read out our text newsletter and comment on the podcast at <a href="https://lastweekin.ai/">https://lastweekin.ai/</a></p> Email us your questions and feedback at <a href="mailto:contact@lastweekin.ai">contact@lastweekin.ai</a></p> Timestamps + Links:</p> <ul><li style="font-weight: 400;">(00:00) Intro / Banter</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(04:30) Preview of news</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Tools & Apps <ul><li style="font-weight: 400;">(05:40) <a href="https://openai.com/dall-e-3">DALLE-3</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(12:47) <a href="https://twitter.com/RichardSocher/status/1704595735730327972">YouAgent (Richard Socher thread)</a></li> </ul> </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Applications & Business <ul><li style="font-weight: 400;">(20:03) <a href="https://www.dailysabah.com/life/googles-gemini-ai-surpasses-chat-gpt-4-fivefold-report/news">Google's Gemini AI surpasses Chat GPT-4 fivefold: Report</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(25:16) <a href="https://the-decoder.com/google-begins-external-testing-of-its-gpt-4-competitor-gemini/">Google begins external testing of its GPT-4 competitor "Gemini"</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(26:30) <a href="https://www.power-technology.com/comment/from-sanctions-to-silicon-chinas-semiconductor-breakthrough/">From sanctions to silicon: China’s semiconductor breakthrough</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(35:41) <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2023/09/11/ai-app-character-ai-is-catching-up-to-chatgpt-in-the-u-s/">AI app Character.ai is catching up to ChatGPT in the U.S.</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(41:19) <a href="https://finance.yahoo.com/video/softbank-planning-openai-investment-financial-171641775.html">SoftBank planning OpenAI investment: Financial Times</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(44:30) <a href="https://www.theinformation.com/articles/openai-hustles-to-beat-google-to-launch-multimodal-llm">OpenAI Hustles to Beat Google to Launch ‘Multimodal’ LLM</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(46:40) <a href="https://www.wired.com/story/ai-detection-chat-gpt-college-students/">The AI Detection Arms Race Is On</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(51:30) <a href="https://www.reuters.com/technology/nvidias-dominance-ai-chips-deters-funding-startups-2023-09-11/">Nvidia's dominance in AI chips deters funding for startups</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(55:15) <a href="https://www.reuters.com/technology/ai-chip-startup-enfabrica-raises-125-mln-with-backing-nvidia-2023-09-12/">AI chip startup Enfabrica raises $125 mln, with backing from Nvidia</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(56:41) <a href="https://www.reuters.com/technology/databricks-raises-over-500-mln-43-bln-valuation-2023-09-14/">Databricks raises over $500 mln at $43 bln valuation</a></li> </ul> </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Projects & Open Source <ul><li style="font-weight: 400;">(01:01:15) <a href="https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/meta-is-developing-a-new-more-powerful-ai-system-as-technology-race-escalates-decf9451">Meta Is Developing a New, More Powerful AI System as Technology Race Escalates</a></li> </ul> </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Research & Advancements <ul><li style="font-weight: 400;">(01:10:19) <a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2309.05519v2">NExT-GPT: Any-to-Any Multimodal LLM</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(01:15:35) <a href="https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/mLfPHv4QjmeQrsSva/paper-on-measuring-situational-awareness-in-llms">On measuring situational awareness in LLMs</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(01:22:50) <a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/2309.10668.pdf">Language Modeling Is Compression</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(01:26:22) <a href="https://www.economist.com/leaders/2023/09/14/how-artificial-intelligence-can-revolutionise-science">How AI can Revolutionize Science</a>  (<a href="https://econ.st/45ZaGVv">Jeremie’s gift link</a>)</li> </ul> </li> </ul> <ul><li style="font-weight: 400;">Policy & Safety <ul><li style="font-weight: 400;">(01:33:33) <a href="https://www.wired.com/story/senate-ai-forum-musk-zuckerberg/">Inside the Senate’s Private AI Meeting With Tech’s Billionaire Elites</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(01:36:08) <a href="https://www.anthropic.com/index/anthropics-responsible-scaling-policy">Anthropic's Responsible Scaling Policy</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(01:41:45) <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/sep/15/rishi-sunak-considers-banning-chinese-officials-from-half-of-ai-summit">Rishi Sunak considers banning Chinese officials from half of AI summit</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(01:43:48) <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2023/09/13/eu-supercomputers-for-ai/">EU to let ‘responsible’ AI startups train models on its supercomputers</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(01:44:26)<a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/09/12/fact-sheet-biden-harris-administration-secures-voluntary-commitments-from-eight-additional-artificial-intelligence-companies-to-manage-the-risks-posed-by-ai/"> Biden-⁠Harris Administration Secures Voluntary Commitments from Eight Additional Artificial Intelligence Companies to Manage the Risks Posed by AI    </a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(01:45:23) <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/sep/12/us-senate-ai-hearings-microsoft-nvidia">Microsoft president and Nvidia chief scientist to testify in Senate AI hearings</a><a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/09/12/fact-sheet-biden-harris-administration-secures-voluntary-commitments-from-eight-additional-artificial-intelligence-companies-to-manage-the-risks-posed-by-ai/"> </a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(01:46:40) <a href="https://www.wired.com/story/local-governments-generative-ai/">AI Chatbots Are Invading Your Local Government—and Making Everyone Nervous</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(01:47:27) <a href="https://time.com/6310076/elon-musk-ai-walter-isaacson-biography/">Inside Elon Musk's Struggle for the Future of AI</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(01:50:18) <a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/gary-gensler-confirms-sec-ai-financial-surveillance">Gary Gensler confirms SEC’s use of AI for financial surveillance</a></li> </ul> </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Synthetic Media & Art <ul><li style="font-weight: 400;">(01:50:55) <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/sep/11/self-publishers-must-declare-if-content-sold-on-amazons-site-is-ai-generated">Self-publishers must declare if content sold on Amazon’s site is AI-generated</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul>  </p>

01:55:54

#137 - Salesforce Copilot, Chip Crunch, Meta Rival to ChatGPT, AI for paralysis patients

Our 137th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news!</p> With guest host <a href="https://www.jessicad.ai/">Jessica Da</a>i. Check out her <a href="https://joinreboot.org/">Reboot publication</a>!</p> Read out our text newsletter and comment on the podcast at <a href="https://lastweekin.ai/">https://lastweekin.ai/</a></p> Email us your questions and feedback at <a href="mailto:contact@lastweekin.ai">contact@lastweekin.ai</a></p> Check out our sponsor, <a href="https://www.superdatascience.com/podcast">the SuperDataScience podcas</a>t. You can listen to SDS across all major podcasting platforms (e.g., Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts) plus there’s a video version on YouTube.</p> Timestamps + Links:</p> <ul><li style="font-weight: 400;">(00:00) Intro </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(01:37) SuperDataScience podcast ad</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Tools & Apps <ul><li style="font-weight: 400;">(02:32) <a href="https://www.reuters.com/technology/salesforce-launches-ai-assistant-across-its-apps-including-slack-tableau-2023-09-12/">Salesforce launches AI assistant across its apps including Slack and Tableau</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(06:06) <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2023/9/8/23863943/roblox-ai-chatbot-assistant-ai-rdc-2023">Roblox’s new AI chatbot will help you build virtual worlds</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(09:22) <a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/bybit-launches-ai-trade-gpt-for-market-analysis">Bybit debuts AI-powered ‘TradeGPT’ for market analysis and data driven Q&A</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(11:14) <a href="https://www.reuters.com/technology/chinas-ant-group-unveils-finance-ai-model-race-heats-up-2023-09-08/">China’s Ant Group unveils finance AI model as race heats up</a></li> </ul> </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Applications & Business <ul><li style="font-weight: 400;">(13:24) <a href="https://www.theregister.com/2023/09/08/tsmc_ai_chip_crunch/">TSMC warns AI chip crunch will last another 18 months</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(16:50) <a href="https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/microsoft-bing-search-artificial-intelligence-google-competition-6e51ec04">Even AI Hasn’t Helped Microsoft’s Bing Chip Away at Google’s Search Dominance</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(20:05) <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2023/09/06/openai-will-host-its-first-developer-conference-on-november-6/">OpenAI will host its first developer conference on November 6</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(22:54) <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2023/09/07/ai-reading-coach-startup-ello-raises-15-million-to-bolster-child-literacy/">AI reading coach startup Ello raises $15M to bolster child literacy</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(25:71) <a href="https://www.reuters.com/technology/nasdaq-gets-sec-nod-first-exchange-ai-driven-order-type-2023-09-08/">Nasdaq gets SEC nod for first exchange AI-driven order type</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(27:17) <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/karlfreund/2023/09/08/nvidia-adds-new-software-that-can-double-h100-inference-performance/?sh=147aeb36395e">NVIDIA Adds New Software That Can Double H100 Inference Performance</a></li> </ul> </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Projects & Open Source <ul><li style="font-weight: 400;">(30:10) <a href="https://siliconangle.com/2023/09/10/meta-platforms-reportedly-building-open-source-generative-ai-system-rival-openais-chatgpt/">Meta Platforms reportedly building open-source generative AI system to rival OpenAI’s ChatGPT</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(34:13) <a href="https://analyticsindiamag.com/indian-developers-top-hugging-face-leaderboard-with-genz-70b/">Indian Developers Top Hugging Face Leaderboard with GenZ 70B</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(38:31) <a href="https://a16z.com/supporting-the-open-source-ai-community/">Supporting the Open Source AI Community</a></li> </ul> </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Research & Advancements <ul><li style="font-weight: 400;">(40:31) <a href="https://theticker.org/11747/science/artificial-intelligence-allows-paralysis-patient-to-speak-for-first-time-in-18-years/">Artificial intelligence allows paralysis patient to speak for first time in 18 years</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(45:42) <a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2308.11696v1">Efficient Benchmarking (of Language Models)</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(49:31) <a href="https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/09/230907130356.htm">Online AI-based test for Parkinson’s disease severity shows promising results</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(52:52) <a href="https://www.techexplorist.com/machine-learning-perform-quantum-error-correction/69318/">Scientists used machine learning to perform quantum error correction</a></li> </ul> </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Policy & Safety <ul><li style="font-weight: 400;">(56:18) <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/09/13/senate-ai-hearing-musk-zuckerburg-schumer/">Tech leaders including Musk, Zuckerberg call for government action on AI</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(01:01:32) <a href="https://theticker.org/11750/science/us-court-rules-that-artificial-intelligence-generated-artwork-cannot-be-copyrighted/">US court rules that artificial intelligence generated artwork cannot be copyrighted</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(01:04:00) <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/07/technology/artificial-intelligence-framework-senate.html">2 Senators Propose Bipartisan Framework for A.I. Laws</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(01:05:47) <a href="https://techpolicy.press/transcript-us-senate-judiciary-hearing-on-oversight-of-a-i/">Transcript: US Senate Judiciary Hearing on Oversight of A.I.</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(01:06:02) <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/us-copyright-office-to-investigate-ai/495542/">U.S. Copyright Office Invites Public To Comment On AI</a></li> </ul> </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Synthetic Media & Art <ul><li style="font-weight: 400;">(01:09:10) <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/charliefink/2023/09/03/venice-film-festival-2023-is-ais-coming-out-party-for-hollywood/">Venice Film Festival 2023 Is Cinematic AI’s Coming Out Party</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(01:13:52) <a href="https://www.techradar.com/gaming/revolution-software-is-using-their-own-ai-technology-to-remake-broken-sword">Revolution Software is using their own AI technology to remake Broken Sword</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(01:16:24) <a href="https://www.polygon.com/tabletop-games/23873453/kickstarters-ai-disclosure-terraforming-mars-release-date-price">As his Kickstarter passes $1.3M, publisher defends Terraforming Mars’ generative AI art: ‘It’s too powerful a technology’</a></li> </ul> </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(01:17:23) Outro</li> </ul>

01:18:30

#136 - Claude Pro, Ideogram, Chinese ChatGPT bots, Falcon 180B, RLAIF, export restrictions, Ghostwriter

Our 136th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news!</p> With guest host Daniel Bashir. Check out <a href="https://thegradientpub.substack.com/s/podcast">his AI interview podcast</a>!</p> Read out our text newsletter and comment on the podcast at <a href="https://lastweekin.ai/">https://lastweekin.ai/</a></p> Email us your questions and feedback at <a href="mailto:contact@lastweekin.ai">contact@lastweekin.ai</a></p> Check out our sponsor, <a href="https://www.superdatascience.com/podcast">the SuperDataScience podcas</a>t. You can listen to SDS across all major podcasting platforms (e.g., Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts) plus there’s a video version on YouTube.</p> Timestamps + links:</p> <ul><li style="font-weight: 400;">(00:00) Intro </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(01:15) SuperDataScience Ad</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(01:51) Response to listeners</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Tools & Apps<ul><li style="font-weight: 400;">(02:47) <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2023/9/7/23862848/anthropic-claude-pro-ai-chatbot-paid-plan-google">Anthropic’s Claude AI chatbot gets a paid plan for heavy users</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(04:36) <a href="https://venturebeat.com/ai/watch-out-midjourney-ideogram-launches-ai-image-generator-with-impressive-typography/">Watch out, Midjourney! Ideogram launches AI image generator with impressive typography</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(06:37) <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2023/09/06/intuit-assist-generative-ai-assistant/">Intuit launches generative AI–powered digital assistant for small businesses and consumers</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(07:17) <a href="https://gizmodo.com/zoom-will-add-ai-companion-chatbot-1850804528">Zoom Is Jumping on the AI Chatbot Bandwagon</a></li> </ul> </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Applications & Business<ul><li style="font-weight: 400;">(08:47) <a href="https://www.reuters.com/technology/baidu-among-first-win-china-approval-ai-models-bloomberg-news-2023-08-30/">China lets Baidu, others launch ChatGPT-like bots to public, tech shares jump</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(11:23) <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2023/09/07/tencent-releases-ai-model-hunyuan-for-businesses-amid-china-competition.html">Tencent releases AI model for businesses as competition in China heats up</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(12:00) <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2023/9/7/23863349/microsoft-ai-assume-responsibility-copyright-lawsuit">Microsoft says it will take the heat if Copilot AI users get sued</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(14:52) <a href="https://time.com/6311323/how-we-chose-time100-ai/">How We Chose the TIME100 Most Influential People in AI</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(17:30) <a href="https://fortune.com/2023/08/30/chatgpt-creator-openai-earnings-80-million-a-month-1-billion-annual-revenue-540-million-loss-sam-altman/">ChatGPT creator OpenAI is reportedly earning $80M a month</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(19:16) <a href="https://www.reuters.com/technology/ai-chip-startup-d-matrix-raises-110-mln-with-backing-microsoft-2023-09-06/">AI chip startup d-Matrix raises $110 mln with backing from Microsoft</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(21:00) <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2023/09/05/thetaray-nabs-57m-for-ai-tools-to-id-and-fight-money-laundering/">ThetaRay nabs $57M for AI tools to ID and fight money laundering</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(22:18) <a href="https://www.eenewseurope.com/en/sapeon-raises-46m-for-ai-chips/">Sapeon raises $46m for AI chips</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(23:20) <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2023/09/07/imbue-raises-200m-to-build-ai-models-that-can-robustly-reason/">Imbue raises $200M to build AI models that can ‘robustly reason’</a></li> </ul> </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Projects & Open Source<ul><li style="font-weight: 400;">(25:48) <a href="https://ai.meta.com/blog/dinov2-facet-computer-vision-fairness-evaluation/">Announcing the commercial relicensing and expansion of DINOv2, plus the introduction of FACET</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(27:02) <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/ab36d481-9e7c-4d18-855d-7d313db0db0d">UAE launches Arabic large language model in Gulf push into generative AI</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(29:23) <a href="https://decrypt.co/155209/falcon-large-language-model-llm-ai-training-data-set">New Open-Source ‘Falcon’ AI Language Model Overtakes Meta and Google</a></li> </ul> </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Research & Advancements<ul><li style="font-weight: 400;">(31:01) <a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2308.12966v1">Qwen-VL: A Frontier Large Vision-Language Model with Versatile Abilities</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(33:57) <a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2309.00267v1">RLAIF: Scaling Reinforcement Learning from Human Feedback with AI Feedback</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(36:22) <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-38964-3">Perception, performance, and detectability of conversational artificial intelligence across 32 university courses</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(39:28) <a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2309.03453v1">SyncDreamer: Generating Multiview-consistent Images from a Single-view Image</a></li> </ul> </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Policy & Safety<ul><li style="font-weight: 400;">(41:00) <a href="https://www.reuters.com/technology/us-restricts-exports-some-nvidia-chips-middle-east-countries-filing-2023-08-30/">US curbs AI chip exports from Nvidia and AMD to some Middle East countries</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(42:55) <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/china-may-be-behind-social-media-accounts-seeking-sway-us-voters-microsoft-says-2023-09-07/">China suspected of using AI on social media to sway US voters, Microsoft says</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(46:37) <a href="https://fortune.com/2023/09/03/ai-written-mushroom-hunting-guides-sold-on-amazon-potentially-deadly/">Trusting A.I.-written mushroom hunting guides sold on Amazon could get you killed. But like deadly fungi, identifying them is tricky</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(48:25) <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/ai-girlfriend-ads-instagram-tiktok-chat-pics-chatgpt-dose-rcna97547">Ads for AI sex workers are flooding Instagram and TikTok</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(50:30) <a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/uk-releases-ambitions-for-global-ai-summit">The UK releases key ambitions for global AI summit</a></li> </ul> </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Synthetic Media & Art<ul><li style="font-weight: 400;">(51:55) <a href="https://www.cnet.com/tech/ai-took-the-stage-at-the-worlds-largest-arts-festival-heres-what-happened/">AI Took the Stage at the World's Largest Arts Festival. Here's What Happened</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(54:12) <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/05/arts/music/ghostwriter-whiplash-travis-scott-21-savage.html">Ghostwriter Returns With an A.I. Travis Scott Song, and Industry Allies</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(56:17) <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2023/09/07/artists-sign-open-letter-saying-generative-ai-is-good-actually/">Artists sign open letter saying generative AI is good, actually</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(58:57) <a href="https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2023-08-31/refik-anadol-ai-generated-art-las-vegas-sphere-opening">The latest canvas for Refik Anadol’s AI-generated art? The new Sphere in Las Vegas</a></li> </ul> </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(01:01:20) Outro</li> </ul>

01:02:44

#135 - Google AI Subscription, ChatGPT Enterprise, Nvidia’s Q2, Consciousness, DeepFake watermark

Our 135th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news!</p> Apologies for pod being late again... -Andrey</p> Read out our text newsletter and comment on the podcast at <a href="https://lastweekin.ai/">https://lastweekin.ai/</a></p> Email us your questions and feedback at <a href="mailto:contact@lastweekin.ai">contact@lastweekin.ai</a></p> Check out our sponsor, <a href="https://www.superdatascience.com/podcast">the SuperDataScience podcas</a>t. You can listen to SDS across all major podcasting platforms (e.g., Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts) plus there’s a video version on YouTube.</p> Timestamps + links:</p> <ul><li style="font-weight: 400;">(00:00) Intro / Banter</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(02:07) SuperDataScience podcast ad</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(04:00) Shout out to listener comments & reviews</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(05:43) News Preview</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Tools & Apps<ul><li style="font-weight: 400;">(06:32) <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/29/23849457/google-duet-ai-docs-slides-gmail">Google’s Duet AI is now available in Gmail, Docs, and more for $30 a month</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(10:51) <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/28/23849161/poe-ai-chatbot-platform-mac-app-llama-2-enterprise-tier">Poe’s new desktop app lets you use all the AI chatbots in one place</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(13:47) <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2023/08/21/developers-are-now-using-ai-for-text-to-music-apps/">Developers are now using AI for text-to-music apps</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(15:50) <a href="https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230828869333/en/Yahoo-Mail-Debuts-AI-Enhancements-for-a-Smarter-Inbox">Yahoo Mail Debuts AI Enhancements for a Smarter Inbox</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(18:05) <a href="https://www.reuters.com/technology/south-koreas-naver-launches-generative-ai-services-2023-08-24/">South Korea's Naver launches generative AI services</a></li> </ul> </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Applications & Business<ul><li style="font-weight: 400;">(21:19) <a href="https://openai.com/blog/introducing-chatgpt-enterprise">Introducing ChatGPT Enterprise</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(25:25) <a href="https://sparktoro.com/blog/we-analyzed-millions-of-chatgpt-user-sessions-visits-are-down-29-since-may-programming-assistance-is-30-of-use/">We Analyzed Millions of ChatGPT User Sessions: Visits are Down 29% since May, Programming Assistance is 30% of Use</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(29:50) <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2023/08/28/survey-finds-relatively-few-americans-actually-use-or-fear-chatgpt/">Survey finds relatively few Americans actually use (or fear) ChatGPT</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(31:32) <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2023/08/23/nvidias-q2-earnings-prove-its-the-big-winner-in-the-generative-ai-boom/">Nvidia’s Q2 earnings prove it’s the big winner in the generative AI boom</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(33:30) <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/21/technology/nvidia-ai-chips-gpu.html">How Nvidia Built a Competitive Moat Around A.I. Chips</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(37:03) <a href="https://www.reuters.com/technology/nvidias-25-billion-buyback-a-head-scratcher-some-shareholders-2023-08-25/">Nvidia's $25 billion buyback 'a head-scratcher' for some shareholders</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(40:25) <a href="https://wccftech.com/chinese-ai-company-claims-huawei-ai-gpus-on-par-nvidia-a100-compete-gpt-4-2024/">Chinese AI Company Claims Huawei AI GPUs Are On Par With NVIDIA A100, Will Compete With GPT-4 LLM In 2024</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(44:08) <a href="https://news.crunchbase.com/ai-robotics/us-startup-funding-doubled-openai-anthropic-2023/">AI’s Share Of US Startup Funding Doubled In 2023</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(45:42) <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2023/08/24/hugging-face-raises-235m-from-investors-including-salesforce-and-nvidia/">Hugging Face raises $235M from investors including Salesforce and Nvidia</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(48:13) <a href="https://www.finsmes.com/2023/08/ai21-labs-raises-155m-in-series-c-funding-valued-at-1-4-billion.html">AI21 Labs Raises $155M in Series C Funding; Valued at $1.4 Billion</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(50:32) <a href="https://pandaily.com/dp-technology-raises-100-million-us-dollars-achieves-ai-milestones-in-science/">DP Technology Raises 100 million US dollars, Achieves AI Milestones in Science</a></li> </ul> </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Projects & Open Source<ul><li style="font-weight: 400;">(52:15) <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2023/08/22/meta-releases-an-ai-model-that-can-transcribe-and-translate-close-to-100-languages/">Meta releases an AI model that can transcribe and translate close to 100 languages</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(56:01) <a href="https://www.marktechpost.com/2023/08/20/line-open-sources-japanese-large-lm-a-japanese-language-model-with-3-6-billion-parameters/">Line Open-Sources ‘japanese-large-lm’: A Japanese Language Model With 3.6 Billion Parameters</a></li> </ul> </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Research & Advancements<ul><li style="font-weight: 400;">(58:55) <a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2308.08708v1">Consciousness in Artificial Intelligence: Insights from the Science of Consciousness</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(01:05:18) <a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2308.08998v2">Reinforced Self-Training (ReST) for Language Modeling</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(01:08:27) <a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2308.01404">Hoodwinked: Deception and Cooperation in a Text-Based Game for Language Models</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(01:11:47) <a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2308.10168v1">Head-to-Tail: How Knowledgeable are Large Language Models (LLM)? A.K.A. Will LLMs Replace Knowledge Graphs?</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(01:14:14) <a href="https://decrypt.co/150861/nvidia-ai-image-generator-floppy-disk-4-minutes">Nvidia AI Image Generator Fits on a Floppy Disk and Takes 4 Minutes to Train</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(01:16:18) <a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2308.14749v1">MagicEdit: High-Fidelity and Temporally Coherent Video Editing</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(01:17:44) <a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2308.11432v1">A Survey on Large Language Model based Autonomous Agents</a></li> </ul> </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Policy & Safety<ul><li style="font-weight: 400;">(01:19:00) <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/aug/20/uk-global-race-produce-ai-chips">UK to spend £100m in global race to produce AI chips</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(01:22:03) <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2023/08/22/meta-confirms-ai-off-switch-incoming-to-facebook-instagram-in-europe/">Meta confirms AI ‘off-switch’ incoming to Facebook, Instagram in Europe</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(01:25:44) <a href="https://www.scmp.com/tech/policy/article/3231828/beijing-limit-use-generative-ai-online-healthcare-activities-including-medical-diagnosis-amid">Beijing to restrict use of generative AI in online healthcare activities</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(01:28:04) <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/08/28/schumer-musk-zuckerberg-altman-ai/">Schumer to host AI forum with CEOs including Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(01:32:52) <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-66604123">Bletchley Park to host AI safety talks in November</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(01:34:47) <a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/ai-spain-launches-ai-regulation-agency-in-bid-to-become-industry-leader">Spain launches AI regulation agency in bid to become industry leader</a></li> </ul> </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Synthetic Media & Art<ul><li style="font-weight: 400;">(01:36:11) <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/29/23849107/synthid-google-deepmind-ai-image-detector">Google made a watermark for AI images that you can’t edit out</a></li> </ul> </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(01:39:20) Outro </li> </ul>

01:40:10

AI and Existential Risk - Overview and Discussion

A special non-news episode in which Andrey and Jeremie discussion AI X-Risk!</p> Please let us know if you'd like use to record more of this sort of thing by emailing <a href="mailto:contact@lastweekin.ai">contact@lastweekin.ai</a> or commenting whether you listen.</p> Outline:</p> (00:00) Intro<br /> (03:55) Topic overview<br /> (10:22) Definitions of terms<br /> (35:25) AI X-Risk scenarios<br /> (41:00) Pathways to Extinction<br /> (52:48) Relevant assumptions<br /> (58:45) Our positions on AI X-Risk<br /> (01:08:10) General Debate<br /> (01:31:25) Positive/Negative transfer<br /> (01:37:40) X-Risk within 5 years <br /> (01:46:50) Can we control an AGI<br /> (01:55:22) AI Safety Aesthetics<br /> (02:00:53) Recap<br /> (02:02:20) Outer vs inner alignment<br /> (02:06:45) AI safety and policy today<br /> (02:15:35) Outro</p> Links</p> <a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/1511.03246">Taxonomy of Pathways to Dangerous AI</a></p> <a href="https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/GctJD5oCDRxCspEaZ/clarifying-ai-x-risk">Clarifying AI X-risk</a></p> <a href="https://www.rstreet.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Final-Study-No.-291.pdf">Existential Risks and Global Governance Issues Around AI and Robotics</a></p> <a href="https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/3514094.3534146">Current and Near-Term AI as a Potential Existential Risk Factor</a></p> <a href="https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/mSF4KTxAGRG3EHmhb/ai-x-risk-approximately-ordered-by-embarrassment#Paths_to_catastrophe_">AI x-risk, approximately ordered by embarrassment</a></p> <a href="https://philarchive.org/rec/TURCOG-2">Classification of Global Catastrophic Risks Connected with Artificial Intelligence</a></p> <a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/2206.05862.pdf">X-Risk Analysis for AI Research</a></p> <a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/2209.00626.pdf">The Alignment Problem from a Deep Learning Perspective</a></p>

02:16:28

#134 - Text-to-Speech, Gartner Hype Cycle, AI2 OLMo, AlphaStar Unplugged, China Regulations, AI Porn Marketplace

Our 134th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news!</p> Apologies for pod being a bit late this week!</p> Read out our text newsletter and comment on the podcast at <a href="https://lastweekin.ai/">https://lastweekin.ai/</a></p> Email us your questions and feedback at <a href="mailto:contact@lastweekin.ai">contact@lastweekin.ai</a></p> Timestamps + links:</p> <ul><li style="font-weight: 400;">(00:00) Intro / Banter</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(02:30) Response to listener comments / corrections</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Tools & Apps<ul><li style="font-weight: 400;">(03:53) <a href="https://elevenlabs.io/blog/multilingualv2/">ElevenLabs Comes Out of Beta and Releases Eleven Multilingual v2 - a Foundational AI Speech Model for Nearly 30 Languages</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(07:20) <a href="https://www.mckinsey.com/about-us/new-at-mckinsey-blog/meet-lilli-our-generative-ai-tool">Meet Lilli, our generative AI tool that’s a researcher, a time saver, and an inspiration</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(09:55) <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/16/technology/google-ai-life-advice.html">Google Tests an A.I. Assistant That Offers Life Advice</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(11:42) <a href="https://venturebeat.com/ai/runway-launches-new-watch-feature-as-ceo-says-hollywood-ai-discourse-needs-to-be-more-nuanced/">Runway launches new ‘Watch’ feature as CEO says Hollywood AI discourse ‘needs to be more nuanced’ </a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(12:45) <a href="https://www.zdnet.com/article/the-ai-powered-adobe-express-is-now-generally-available/">The AI-powered Adobe Express is now generally available</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(14:30) <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2023/08/21/snapchat-is-expanding-further-into-generative-ai-with-dreams/">Snapchat is expanding further into generative AI with ‘Dreams’</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(17:35) <a href="https://www.engadget.com/ncsofts-new-ai-suite-is-trained-to-streamline-game-production-141653946.html">NCSoft's new AI suite is trained to streamline game production</a></li> </ul> </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Applications & Business<ul><li style="font-weight: 400;">(19:45) <a href="https://www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2023-08-16-gartner-places-generative-ai-on-the-peak-of-inflated-expectations-on-the-2023-hype-cycle-for-emerging-technologies">Gartner Places Generative AI on the Peak of Inflated Expectations on the 2023 Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(28:52) <a href="https://www.cbinsights.com/research/report/ai-trends-q2-2023/">State of AI Q2'23 Report</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(35:45) <a href="https://decrypt.co/152815/china-tencent-ai-big-tech-chatgpt">China GPT? Tencent to Unleash Homegrown AI as Big Tech Races for Supremacy</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(38:23) <a href="https://venturebeat.com/ai/what-you-need-to-know-about-sakana-ai-the-new-startup-from-a-transformer-paper-co-author/">What you need to know about Sakana AI, the new startup from a transformer paper co-author</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(43:00 )<a href="https://techcrunch.com/2023/08/14/ai-startup-anthropic-raises-100m-from-korean-telco-giant-sk-telecom/">AI startup Anthropic raises $100M from Korean telco giant SK Telecom</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(45:58) <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2023/08/16/openai-acquires-ai-design-studio-global-illumination/">OpenAI acquires AI design studio Global Illumination</a></li> </ul> </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Projects & Open Source<ul><li style="font-weight: 400;">(48:13) <a href="https://blog.allenai.org/announcing-ai2-olmo-an-open-language-model-made-by-scientists-for-scientists-ab761e4e9b76">Announcing AI2 OLMo, an open language model made by scientists, for scientists</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(51:50) <a href="https://huggingface.co/blog/idefics">Introducing IDEFICS : An Open Reproduction of State-of-the-art Visual Langage Model</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(55:45) <a href="https://www.arthur.ai/blog/introducing-arthur-bench">Introducing Arthur Bench: The Most Robust Way to Evaluate LLMs</a></li> </ul> </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Research & Advancements<ul><li style="font-weight: 400;">(58:45) <a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2308.06259v2">Self-Alignment with Instruction Backtranslation</a><ul><li style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2308.03188v1">Automatically Correcting Large Language Models: Surveying the landscape of diverse self-correction strategies</a></li> </ul> </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(01:07:00) <a href="https://medium.com/syncedreview/deepminds-alphastar-benchmark-improves-rl-offline-agent-with-90-win-rate-against-sota-alphastar-bb2f306aa58a">DeepMind’s AlphaStar Benchmark Improves RL Offline Agent With 90% Win Rate Against SOTA AlphaStar Supervised Agent</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(01:12:12) <a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2308.07922v1">RAVEN: In-Context Learning with Retrieval Augmented Encoder-Decoder Language Models</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(01:14:16) <a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2308.05960v1">BOLAA: Benchmarking and Orchestrating LLM-augmented Autonomous Agents</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(01:21:40) <a href="https://www.quantamagazine.org/risky-giant-steps-can-solve-optimization-problems-faster-20230811/">Risky Giant Steps Can Solve Optimization Problems Faster</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2308.09687v2">Graph of Thoughts: Solving Elaborate Problems with Large Language Models</a></li> </ul> </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Policy & Safety<ul><li style="font-weight: 400;">(01:24:08) <a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/china-s-new-ai-regulations-begin-to-take-effect">China’s new AI regulations begin to take effect</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(01:28:08) <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/16/23834586/associated-press-ai-guidelines-journalists-openai">The Associated Press sets AI guidelines for journalists</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(01:30:45) <a href="https://themarkup.org/machine-learning/2023/08/14/ai-detection-tools-falsely-accuse-international-students-of-cheating">AI Detection Tools Falsely Accuse International Students of Cheating – The Markup</a></li> </ul> </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"> Synthetic Media & Art <ul><li style="font-weight: 400;">(01:32:08) <a href="https://www.404media.co/inside-the-ai-porn-marketplace-where-everything-and-everyone-is-for-sale/">Inside the AI Porn Marketplace Where Everything and Everyone Is for Sale</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(01:35:10) <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/generative-ai-photos-race-women-headshots-e60a8a3">AI Botched Their Headshots</a></li> </ul> </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(01:37:52) Outro</li> </ul>

01:38:31

#133 - ChatGPT multi-document chat, CoreWeave raises $2.3B, AudioCraft, ToolLLM, Autonomous Warfare

Our 133rd episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news!</p> Apologies for pod being a bit late this week!</p> Read out our text newsletter and comment on the podcast at <a href="https://lastweekin.ai/">https://lastweekin.ai/</a></p> Email us your questions and feedback at <a href="mailto:contact@lastweekin.ai">contact@lastweekin.ai</a></p> Timestamps + links:</p> <ul><li style="font-weight: 400;">(00:00)  Intro / Banter</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Response to listener comments / corrections</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Tools & Apps<ul><li style="font-weight: 400;">(05:05) <a href="https://the-decoder.com/chatgpt-gets-several-new-features-including-multi-document-chat/">ChatGPT gets several new features, including multi-document chat</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(09:02) <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2023/08/02/tinder-tests-new-ai-photo-selection-feature/">Tinder tests AI photo selection feature to help users build profiles</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(12:35) <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2023/08/03/github-copilot-now-shows-developers-when-its-code-suggestions-match-code-in-a-public-repository/">GitHub Copilot can now tell developers when its suggestions match code in a public repository</a></li> </ul> </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Applications & Business<ul><li style="font-weight: 400;">(15:55) <a href="https://www.reuters.com/technology/coreweave-raises-23-billion-debt-collateralized-by-nvidia-chips-2023-08-03/">CoreWeave raises $2.3 billion in debt collateralized by Nvidia chips</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(20:25) <a href="https://venturebeat.com/ai/nvidia-gpu-shortage-is-top-gossip-of-silicon-valley/">Nvidia GPU shortage is ‘top gossip’ of Silicon Valley</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(23:30) <a href="https://www.tomshardware.com/news/nvidia-gpu-supply-packaging-chip-wafers">NVIDIA: GPU Supply Issues Involve Packaging, Not Chip Wafers</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(27:06) <a href="https://www.tomshardware.com/news/price-of-nvidia-compute-gpu-can-hit-70000-in-china">Nvidia's AI GPUs Are Selling for up to $70,000 in China</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(30:00) <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2023/08/02/amd-considers-specific-china-ai-chip-to-comply-with-us-export-curbs.html">AMD considers making a specific A.I. chip for China to comply with export controls</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(31:10) <a href="https://www.reuters.com/technology/ai-chip-firm-tenstorrent-raises-100-mln-hyundai-samsung-2023-08-02/">AI chip firm Tenstorrent raises $100 mln from Hyundai, Samsung</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(33:22) <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2023/08/07/cruise-begins-testing-self-driving-vehicles-in-atlanta/">Cruise begins testing self-driving vehicles in Atlanta</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(35:45) <a href="https://www.reuters.com/technology/toyota-chinas-ponyai-set-up-jv-with-139-mln-investment-2023-08-04/">Toyota, Pony.ai plan to mass produce robotaxis in China</a></li> </ul> </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Projects & Open Source<ul><li style="font-weight: 400;">(38:08) <a href="https://www.reuters.com/technology/alibaba-unveils-open-sourced-ai-model-similar-metas-llama-2-2023-08-03/">Alibaba rolls out open-sourced AI model to take on Meta's Llama 2</a></li> </ul> </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Research & Advancements<ul><li style="font-weight: 400;">(42:00) <a href="https://about.fb.com/news/2023/08/audiocraft-generative-ai-for-music-and-audio/">Introducing AudioCraft: A Generative AI Tool For Audio and Music</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(46:25) <a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2307.16789v1">ToolLLM: Facilitating Large Language Models to Master 16000+ Real-world APIs</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(52:03) <a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2308.00675v1">Tool Documentation Enables Zero-Shot Tool-Usage with Large Language Models</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(54:54) <a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2307.15217v1">Open Problems and Fundamental Limitations of Reinforcement Learning from Human Feedback</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(01:00:05) <a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2307.14334v1">Towards Generalist Biomedical AI</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(01:03:53) <a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2308.03296v1">Studying Large Language Model Generalization with Influence Functions</a></li> </ul> </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"> Policy & Safety  <ul><li style="font-weight: 400;">(01:05:55) <a href="https://www.wired.com/story/ai-powered-totally-autonomous-future-of-war-is-here/">The AI-Powered, Totally Autonomous Future of War Is Here</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(01:12:37)  <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/aug/03/so-important-uk-minister-endorses-googles-training-drive-in-ai-arms-race">‘So important’: UK minister endorses Google’s training drive in AI arms race</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(01:15:10) <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2023/08/01/generative-ai-services-pulled-from-apple-app-store-in-china-ahead-of-new-regulations/">Generative AI services pulled from Apple App Store in China ahead of new regulations</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(01:16:40) <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/aug/04/experience-scammers-used-ai-to-fake-my-daughters-kidnap">Experience: scammers used AI to fake my daughter’s kidnap</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(01:19:22) <a href="https://venturebeat.com/ai/the-stanford-university-boot-camp-teaching-congress-about-ai/">The Stanford University ‘boot camp’ teaching Congress about AI</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(01:22:23) <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/06/technology/facial-recognition-false-arrest.html">Eight Months Pregnant and Arrested After False Facial Recognition Match</a></li> </ul> </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"> Synthetic Media & Art <ul><li style="font-weight: 400;">(01:24:37)  <a href="https://decrypt.co/150575/greg-rutkowski-removed-from-stable-diffusion-but-brought-back-by-ai-artists">Greg Rutkowski Was Removed From Stable Diffusion, But AI Artists Brought Him Back</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(01:25:48)  <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/student-uses-playrgound-ai-for-professional-headshot-turned-white-2023-8">An Asian MIT student asked AI to turn an image of her into a professional headshot. It made her white, with lighter skin and blue eyes.</a></li> </ul> </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(01:26:47) Outro</li> </ul>

01:28:19

#132 - FraudGPT, Apple GPT, unlimited jailbreaks, RT-2, Frontier Model Forum, PhotoGuard

Our 132nd episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news!</p> Read out our text newsletter and comment on the podcast at <a href="https://lastweekin.ai/">https://lastweekin.ai/</a></p> Email us your questions and feedback at <a href="mailto:contact@lastweekin.ai">contact@lastweekin.ai</a></p> Timestamps + links:</p> <ul><li style="font-weight: 400;">(00:00) Intro / Banter</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(01:36) Response to listener comments / corrections</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Tools & Apps<ul><li style="font-weight: 400;">(05:05) <a href="https://decrypt.co/149826/openai-quietly-shutters-its-ai-detection-tool">OpenAI Quietly Shuts Down Its AI Detection Tool</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(07:45) <a href="https://thehackernews.com/2023/07/new-ai-tool-fraudgpt-emerges-tailored.html">New AI Tool 'FraudGPT' Emerges, Tailored for Sophisticated Attacks</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(10:55) <a href="https://devclass.com/2023/07/25/jetbrains-ide-update-previews-deeply-integrated-ai-assistant/">JetBrains IDE update previews “deeply integrated” AI Assistant</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(14:35) <a href="https://me.pcmag.com/en/ai/18449/no-more-paperwork-amazon-ai-tool-transcribes-patient-visits-for-doctors">No More Paperwork? Amazon AI Tool Transcribes Patient Visits for Doctors</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(16:11) <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2023/07/27/photoshops-new-generative-ai-feature-lets-you-uncrop-images/">Photoshop’s new generative AI feature lets you ‘uncrop’ images</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(19:11) <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2023/7/25/23806083/generative-ai-wayfair-decorify-home-personalization">Wayfair’s AI tool can redraw your living room and sell you furniture</a></li> </ul> </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Applications & Business<ul><li style="font-weight: 400;">(21:25) <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-07-19/apple-preps-ajax-generative-ai-apple-gpt-to-rival-openai-and-google?sref=b0SdE1lu&tpcc=NL_Marketing">Apple Tests ‘Apple GPT,’ Develops Generative AI Tools to Catch OpenAI</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(28:10) <a href="https://www.semafor.com/article/07/26/2023/facing-more-nimble-rivals-openai-wont-bend-yet">Facing more nimble rivals, OpenAI won’t bend … yet</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(32:00) <a href="https://www.reuters.com/technology/openais-head-trust-safety-steps-down-2023-07-21/">OpenAI's head of trust and safety steps down</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(33:15) <a href="https://restofworld.org/2023/youtube-ai-dubbing-automated-translation/">Google turns to AI in the race to dub YouTube</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(35:28) <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2023/07/27/samsung-extends-cut-in-memory-chip-production-will-focus-on-high-end-ai-chips-instead/">Samsung extends cut in memory chip production, will focus on high-end AI chips instead</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(36:50) <a href="https://www.reuters.com/technology/microsoft-supply-ai-tech-japan-government-nikkei-2023-07-26/">Microsoft to supply AI tech to Japan government, Nikkei reports</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(38:20) <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2023/07/26/protect-ai-raises-35m-to-build-a-suite-of-ai-defending-tools/">Protect AI raises $35M to build a suite of AI-defending tools</a></li> </ul> </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Projects & Open Source<ul><li style="font-weight: 400;">(41:56) <a href="https://www.vox.com/technology/2023/7/28/23809028/ai-artificial-intelligence-open-closed-meta-mark-zuckerberg-sam-altman-open-ai">Why Meta is giving away its extremely powerful AI model</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(49:25) <a href="https://spectrum.ieee.org/openai-not-open">Llama and ChatGPT Are Not Open-Source</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(52:15) <a href="https://venturebeat.com/ai/hugging-face-github-and-more-unite-to-defend-open-source-in-eu-ai-legislation/">Hugging Face, GitHub and more unite to defend open source in EU AI legislation</a></li> </ul> </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Research & Advancements<ul><li style="font-weight: 400;">(55:45) <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/ai-researchers-jailbreak-bard-chatgpt-safety-rules-2023-7">AI researchers say they've found 'virtually unlimited' ways to bypass Bard and ChatGPT's safety rules</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(01:03:48) <a href="https://www.deepmind.com/blog/rt-2-new-model-translates-vision-and-language-into-action?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=rt2">RT-2: New model translates vision and language into action</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(01:09:50) <a href="https://huggingface.co/papers/2307.10490">(Ab)using Images and Sounds for Indirect Instruction Injection in Multi-Modal LLMs</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(01:13:26) <a href="https://huggingface.co/papers/2307.08621">Retentive Network: A Successor to Transformer for Large Language Models</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(01:18:50) <a href="https://sites.google.com/view/steve-1">STEVE-1: A Generative Model for Text-to-Behavior in Minecraft</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(01:20:42) <a href="https://google-research.github.io/seanet/brain2music/">Brain2Music: Reconstructing Music from Human Brain Activity</a></li> </ul> </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Policy & Safety<ul><li style="font-weight: 400;">(01:23:48) <a href="https://www.computerworld.com/article/3703509/major-generative-ai-players-join-to-create-the-frontier-model-forum.html">Major generative AI players join to create the Frontier Model Forum</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(01:29:14) <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/chatgpt-openai-content-abusive-sexually-explicit-harassment-kenya-workers-on-human-workers-cf191483">Cleaning Up ChatGPT Takes Heavy Toll on Human Workers</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(01:32:46) <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2023/07/ai-chatbot-human-evaluator-feedback/674805/">America Already Has an AI Underclass</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(01:35:04) <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2023/07/25/ai-leaders-warn-senate-of-twin-risks-moving-too-slow-and-moving-too-fast/">AI leaders warn Senate of twin risks: moving too slow and moving too fast</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(01:38:35) <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/29/business/robots-workers-future.html">The Robots We Were Afraid of Are Already Here</a> </li> </ul> </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Synthetic Media & Art<ul><li style="font-weight: 400;">(01:42:30) <a href="https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/07/26/1076764/this-new-tool-could-protect-your-pictures-from-ai-manipulation/">This new tool could protect your pictures from AI manipulation</a></li> </ul> </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(01:44:16) Outro</li> </ul>

01:44:55

#131 - ChatGPT+ instructions, Microsoft reveals pricing for AI, is ChatGPT getting worse over time?

Our 131th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news!</p> Read out our text newsletter and comment on the podcast at <a href="https://lastweekin.ai/">https://lastweekin.ai/</a></p> Email us your questions and feedback at <a href="mailto:contact@lastweekin.ai">contact@lastweekin.ai</a></p> Timestamps + links:</p> <ul><li style="font-weight: 400;">(00:00) Intro / Banter</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(04:18) Listener feedback/comments</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Tools & Apps <ul><li style="font-weight: 400;">(07:00) <a href="https://venturebeat.com/ai/chatgpt-plus-gets-custom-instructions-allowing-it-to-remember-how-you-want-it-to-behave/">ChatGPT Plus gets custom instructions, allowing it to remember how you want it to behave</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(09:20) <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2023/7/20/23801498/github-copilot-x-chat-code-chatbot-public-beta">GitHub’s Copilot Chat AI feature is now available in public beta</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(12:38) <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2023/07/17/wixs-new-tool-can-create-entire-websites-from-prompts/">Wix’s new tool can create entire websites from prompts</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(15:32) <a href="https://thenextweb.com/news/google-bard-available-eu">Google Bard is now available in the EU</a></li> </ul> </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Applications & Business <ul><li style="font-weight: 400;">(17:15) <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/20/technology/an-ai-supercomputer-whirs-to-life-powered-by-giant-computer-chips.html">An A.I. Supercomputer Whirs to Life, Powered by Giant Computer Chips</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(20:35) <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2023/07/18/microsoft-stock-hits-all-time-high-on-new-copilot-ai-subscription.html">Microsoft </a><a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2023/07/18/microsoft-stock-hits-all-time-high-on-new-copilot-ai-subscription.html">closes at record after revealing pricing for new A.I. subscription</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(23:00) <a href="https://www.semafor.com/article/07/14/2023/elon-musk-threw-nine-figure-promises-at-top-ai-researchers">Elon Musk threw nine-figure promises at top AI researchers</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(26:28) <a href="https://finance.yahoo.com/news/machine-learning-market-hit-419-104000471.html">Machine Learning Market to Hit $419.94 Billion by 2030: Grand View Research, Inc.</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(28:31) <a href="https://www.theinformation.com/briefings/jasper-mutiny-ai-startups-cut-workers-as-chatbot-rivalry-grows">Jasper, Mutiny AI Startups Cut Workers As Chatbot Rivalry Grows</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(31:50) <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2023/07/18/cognaize-raises-18m-to-build-a-better-llm-for-the-finance-sector-one-that-keeps-humans-in-the-loop/">Cognaize raises $18M to build a better LLM for the finance sector, one that keeps humans in the loop</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(34:34) <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2023/07/19/chinas-openai-challenger-zhipu-ai-gets-meituan-funding/">China’s OpenAI challenger Zhipu AI gets Meituan funding</a></li> </ul> </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Projects & Open Source <ul><li style="font-weight: 400;">Lighting round</li> </ul> </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Research & Advancements <ul><li style="font-weight: 400;">(36:50) <a href="https://huggingface.co/papers/2307.12856">A Real-World WebAgent with Planning, Long Context Understanding, and Program Synthesis</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(43:20) <a href="https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/07/is-chatgpt-getting-worse-over-time-study-claims-yes-but-others-arent-sure/">Is ChatGPT getting worse over time? Study claims yes, but others aren’t sure</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(48:36) <a href="https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/07/230714114801.htm">A simple yet effective design, coupled with remarkable durability and low cost, make this robotic gripper a promising option for many industries</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(51:24) <a href="https://techxplore.com/news/2023-07-deepfake-videos-prompt-false-memories.html">Deepfake videos prompt false memories of films in half of participants</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(55:16) <a href="https://www.marktechpost.com/2023/07/22/researchers-from-tsinghua-university-introduce-a-novel-machine-learning-algorithm-under-the-meta-learning-paradigm/">Researchers From Tsinghua University Introduce A Novel Machine Learning Algorithm Under The Meta-Learning Paradigm</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(58:47) <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2023/07/17/mlcommons-launches-a-new-platform-to-benchmark-ai-medical-models/">MLCommons launches a new platform to benchmark AI medical models</a></li> </ul> </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Policy & Safety <ul><li style="font-weight: 400;">(01:02:20) <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/25/opinion/karp-palantir-artificial-intelligence.html">Our Oppenheimer Moment: The Creation of A.I. Weapons</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(01:11:55) <a href="https://www.anthropic.com/index/frontier-model-security">Frontier Model Security</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(01:17:15) <a href="https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/23794855/anthropic-ai-openai-claude-2">The $1 billion gamble to ensure AI doesn’t destroy humanity</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(01:22:32) <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/21/us/politics/ai-regulation-biden.html">7 A.I. Companies Agree to Safeguards After Pressure From the White House</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(01:27:35) <a href="https://www.noemamag.com/the-illusion-of-ais-existential-risk">The Illusion Of AI’s Existential Risk</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(01:35:05) <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2023/07/21/large-majority-of-americans-have-strong-reservations-about-ai-emergence-cnbc-survey-shows.html">Large majority of Americans have strong reservations about A.I. emergence, CNBC survey shows</a></li> </ul> </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Synthetic Media & Art <ul><li style="font-weight: 400;">(01:38:12) <a href="https://www.vox.com/technology/2023/7/18/23798164/gizmodo-ai-g-o-bot-stories-jalopnik-av-club-peter-kafka-media-column">You’re going to see more AI-written articles whether you like it or not</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(01:41:13) <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/paultassi/2023/07/21/world-of-warcraft-players-trick-ai-scraping-games-website-into-publishing-nonsense/">‘World Of Warcraft’ Players Trick AI-Scraping Games Website Into Publishing Nonsense</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(01:41:49) <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/google-says-ai-tools-meant-help-journalists-not-replace-rcna95346">Google says AI tools meant to help journalists and not to replace them</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(01:45:12) <a href="https://www.reuters.com/technology/actors-decry-existential-crisis-over-ai-generated-synthetic-actors-2023-07-21/">Actors decry 'existential crisis' over AI-generated ‘synthetic’ actors</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(01:47:49) <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/jul/20/ai-tool-creates-south-park-episodes-with-user-in-starring-role">AI tool creates South Park episodes with user in starring role</a></li> </ul> </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(01:50:51) Outro </li> </ul>

01:51:43

#130 - Llama 2, Elon Musk’s xAI, WormGPT, LongLLaMA, AI apocalypse, actors on strike

Our 130th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news!</p> Co-hosted this week by Jon Krohn of the <a href="https://www.superdatascience.com/podcast">Super Data Science Podcast podcast</a>.</p> Correction: Elon Musk's company is named xAI, not x.AI.</p> Read out our text newsletter and comment on the podcast at <a href="https://lastweekin.ai/">https://lastweekin.ai/</a></p> Email us your questions and feedback at <a href="mailto:contact@lastweekin.ai">contact@lastweekin.ai</a></p> Timestamps + links:</p> <ul><li style="font-weight: 400;">(00:00) Intro / Banter</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(07:30) Response to listener comments / corrections</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Tools & Apps <ul><li style="font-weight: 400;">(08:30) <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2023/07/12/googles-ai-assisted-note-taking-app-gets-limited-launch-as-notebooklm/">Google’s AI-assisted note-taking app gets limited launch as NotebookLM</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(14:38) <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/glaze-artificial-intelligence-artists-intellectual-property-midjourney-openai-stability-2023-7">Artists are losing the battle against AI. Glaze, a tool that's found a way to trick algorithms, is giving them a fighting chance.</a></li> </ul> </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Applications & Business <ul><li style="font-weight: 400;">(18:20) <a href="https://www.engadget.com/meta-and-microsoft-release-llama-2-an-ai-language-model-for-commercial-use-163615807.html">Meta and Microsoft release Llama 2, an AI language model for commercial use</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(33:24) <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2023/07/13/us-companies-are-on-a-hiring-spree-for-ai-jobs-that-pay-an-average-of-146000.html">U.S. companies are on a hiring spree for A.I. jobs—and they pay an average of $146,000</a> +  <a href="https://sfstandard.com/2023/07/10/san-francisco-companies-got-half-the-worlds-ai-funding-so-far-this-year/">San Francisco Companies Got Half the World’s AI Funding So Far This Year</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(35:42) <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/stuartanderson/2023/07/09/65-of-top-ai-companies-have-immigrant-founders/">65% Of Top AI Companies Have Immigrant Founders</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(36:50) <a href="https://mashable.com/article/elon-musk-x-ai-announcement">Elon Musk unveils his AI company, X.AI</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="https://thenextweb.com/news/spotify-ceo-ai-powered-preventive-healthcare-startup-raises-60m">Spotify CEO’s startup for AI-powered preventive healthcare raises €60M</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(44:25) <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/07/13/openai-chatgpt-pay-ap-news-ai/">OpenAI strikes deal with AP to pay for using its news in training AI</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(46:03) <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2023/07/11/shutterstock-expands-deal-with-openai-to-build-generative-ai-tools/">Shutterstock expands deal with OpenAI to build generative AI tools</a></li> </ul> </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Projects & Open Source <ul><li style="font-weight: 400;">(47:20) <a href="https://slashnext.com/blog/wormgpt-the-generative-ai-tool-cybercriminals-are-using-to-launch-business-email-compromise-attacks/">WormGPT – The Generative AI Tool Cybercriminals Are Using to Launch Business Email Compromise Attacks</a></li> </ul> </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Research & Advancements <ul><li style="font-weight: 400;">(50:53) <a href="https://www.marktechpost.com/2023/07/10/meet-longllama-a-large-language-model-capable-of-handling-long-contexts-of-256k-tokens/">Meet LongLLaMA: A Large Language Model Capable of Handling Long Contexts of 256k Tokens</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(56:37) <a href="https://huggingface.co/papers/2305.14705">Mixture-of-Experts Meets Instruction Tuning:A Winning Combination for Large Language Models</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(01:03:50) <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02227-y">AI tools are designing entirely new proteins that could transform medicine</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(01:08:25) <a href="https://huggingface.co/papers/2307.03869">Sketch-A-Shape: Zero-Shot Sketch-to-3D Shape Generation</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(01:12:57) <a href="https://huggingface.co/papers/2307.06304">Patch n' Pack: NaViT, a Vision Transformer for any Aspect Ratio and Resolution</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(01:14:20) <a href="https://fortune.com/2023/07/08/ai-neural-map-fruit-fly-connectome-brain-turning-point-neuroscience/">Scientists just used A.I. to map a fruit fly’s brain. Here’s why it’s a ‘turning point in neuroscience’</a></li> </ul> </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Policy & Safety <ul><li style="font-weight: 400;">(01:25:40) <a href="https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2023/07/10/what-are-the-chances-of-an-ai-apocalypse">What are the chances of an AI apocalypse?</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(01:35:40) <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2023/07/13/china-introduces-rules-governing-generative-ai-services-like-chatgpt.html">China finalizes first-of-its-kind rules governing generative A.I. services like ChatGPT</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(01:38:57) <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-senators-get-classified-white-house-ai-briefing-tuesday-2023-07-10/">US senators to get classified White House AI briefing Tuesday</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(01:40:08) <a href="https://www.reuters.com/technology/us-ftc-opens-investigation-into-openai-washington-post-2023-07-13/">US FTC opens investigation into OpenAI</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(01:41:55) <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/jul/04/uk-universities-draw-up-guiding-principles-on-generative-ai">UK universities draw up guiding principles on generative AI</a></li> </ul> </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Synthetic Media & Art <ul><li style="font-weight: 400;">(01:42:57) <a href="https://www.theregister.com/2023/07/14/actors_strike_gen_ai/">Producers allegedly sought rights to replicate extras using AI, forever, for just $200</a> + <a href="https://gizmodo.com/sag-aftra-ai-actors-strike-amptp-ceos-likeness-image-1850638409">Hollywood's 'Groundbreaking' AI Proposal for Actors Sounds Like a Nightmare</a></li> </ul> </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">(01:44:20) Outro</li> </ul>

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