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Vijay Balasubramaniyan is the CEO and co-founder of Pindrop. He first joined me on the podcast way back in 2019 for episode 86. I still recommend people listen to that episode. You will learn a lot about voice authentication. In 2021, Vijay returned for episode 193. We now have him three years later and the topic is new.
 
Deepfakes and voice clones are common topics of discussion now, but Pindrop has been working on this for more than seven years. As a leading voice authentication solution, the team was intent to understand how voice clones could be used to impersonate a trusted user. Fast forward to 2023 and 2024 and they have a commercial product called Pindrop Pulse for deepfake detection.
 
It is state of the art deepfake detection that is already being used by several large financial institutions. Results from customers deployed in 2023 show a 99% identification rate for voice clones created by the leading synthetic voice providers, 90% for zero-day voice clones from unknown providers, and both metrics come with a sub-1% false positive rate. These stats are essential as you will see lots of claims, but most are identifying a small subset of voice clone types or carry an impractically high false positive rate.
 

Joanna Czajka joined me to discuss how her team integrated OpenAI technology into the Opera browser to provide more value to users. She goes into the journey that started with rethinking the browsing experience and being midstream in that process when ChatGPT launched. That led to more rethinking of the experience and the introduction of several generative AI features.

We have 16 generative AI news stories from the first two weeks in February. The evolution of assistants topped the news with ChatGPT, Gemini (aka Google Bard), and Hugging Chat. We break that down in depth and how memory and how generative AI personal assistants are attempting to fill in the gaps where their predecessors fell short. There is more funding news, and a number of new products from Slack, AirBnB, and Otter. We talk about smart glasses, a new product in the category that is not from Apple, and the unglorious history of the category. And, we also do a breakdown of the new USPTO guidelines on AI-assistant patent applications.
Generative AI News Top Stories of the Week 🔦 OpenAI is Testing a Memory Feature with ChatGPT
OpenAI Gives ChatGPT a Customizable Memory
Bard Becomes Gemini, Ultra is Here, and Other Ways Google is Mirroring OpenAI's Strategy
Google Bard (and Duet and Assistant Mobile App) No More – Gemini Now The Star of Generative AI Show
Google Warns Gemini Users Automatically Saves Conversations
Hugging Face Introduces Assistants (GPTs) for HuggingChat
Generative AI Product Garden 🪴 Frame Smart Glasses from Brilliant Labs Are a Vehicle for an Always-There AI Assistant
Slack New Generative AI Features Help Navigate Endless Message Flood
Otter Invites Generative AI to Your Conference Room With New ‘Meeting GenAI’ Chatbot and Tools
Airbnb CEO Hints at Generative AI Plans Around Acquisition of Adam Cheyer-Founded Startup GamePlanner.AI
Bumble Adds Generative AI Scam and Catfish Detective to Dating App
Generative AI Funding Fountain 💰⛲️ Generative AI Video Platform Colossyan Raises $22M
Jua AI Raises $16M for Climate and Weather Generative AI Model
Clinical Generative AI Startup Ambience Healthcare Raises $70M
Generative AI in the World 🌎 Deepfake of Jailed Pakistani Ex-Prime Minister Imran Khan Declares Victory in Election
No! An AI Cannot Be a Patent Inventor. However, USPTO Adds an Important Caveat
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Here are fifteen generative AI news stories from the past week. Links to the articles are below, or you can watch the GAIN Rundown via YouTube above.
Deepfakes and momentum by Microsoft topped the news this week, while positive moves by Google may have gone unnoticed. Plus, we have another deep dive into new retail-oriented solutions, new funding rounds, and more.
Generative AI News Top Stories of the Week 🔦 Sex and Politics: Deepfakes Make a Big Splash to Kick Off 2024
Microsoft Azure AI Users Base Rose by 50%, Half of Fortune 500 Adopt OpenAI Service
Generative AI Product Garden 🪴 Google Chrome Embeds Generative AI to Write Text, Organize Tabs, and Design Browser Experience
OpenAI is Rolling Out ‘GPT Mentions’ in ChatGPT to Invoke Custom GPTs
Meta’s New Code Llama 70B Rivals GitHub Copilot for Generative AI Programming Models
IBM’s Generative AI Will Scout Soccer Players for Sevilla FC
Brave Installs Mistral’s Mixtral as Default LLM for Generative AI Browser Assistant Leo
Google Bard Gets Gemini Pro in 40 Languages and Hits #2 on Popular Benchmark Leaderboard
Google Adds Imagen2 and GeminiPro To Bard
Generative AI Funding Fountain 💰⛲️ Indian Generative AI Startup Krutrim Raises $50M to Hit $1B Valuation
Kore ai Raises $150M to Scale Enterprise Generative AI Platform
Generative AI in Retail & Commerce 🛒 Shopify Expands Generative AI Features with Synthetic Image Editor for Product Backgrounds and More
Yelp Rolls Out Generative AI Features to Summarize Business Reviews
Etsy Launches Generative AI ‘Gift Mode’ to Suggest Personalized Presents
Generative AI in the World 🌎 Washington State Issues Generative AI Ethics Guidelines
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We have sixteen generative AI news stories again for you this week on the Generative AI News Rundown (GAIN). Watch the video discussion above or click the links below to read the news.
ChatGPT went to college this week as Arizona State University announced a partnership with OpenAI, while Washington State adopts new generative AI guidelines encouraging public school systems to “embrace AI.” Those two stories reflect a very different attitude from what the rise of generative AI faced in education circles in early 2023.
Beyond that, we have a spotlight on Google relating to a new study showing a decline in search results quality and a thesis from Michael Spencer at AI Supremacy
about the company’s last moonshot attempt. Plus, the U.S. FTC is conducting an inquiry into generative AI competition, we have some new funding announcements, and a few product updates. Enjoy!
Generative AI News Top Stories of the Week 🔦 ChatGPT Goes to College -- ASU Embraces Generative AI But Won't Pay $100M
The State of Washington Embraces AI for Public Schools
Google Showcases New Generative AI Education Tools
US antitrust inquiry targets OpenAI and Anthropic's deals with Big Tech
Study Shows Decline in Google Search Quality and Reveals Path for Generative AI Adoption
Google's Last and Final Moonshot is AGI
Generative AI Product Garden 🪴 Google Chrome Embeds Generative AI to Write Text, Organize Tabs, and Design Browser Experience
Google's Lumiere Shows More Momentum in AI Text-to-Video Innovation
New Nightshade Tool Makes Art into ‘Poison’ for Generative AI Image Engines
OpenAI Signs Up 260 Businesses for Corporate Version of ChatGPT
Rabbit R1 Generative AI Device Taps Perplexity for Real-Time Answers
Generative AI Funding Fountain 💰⛲️ ElevenLabs Closes $80M in New Funding and Releases New Voice Library for VO Artists
Legal Generative AI Assistant Spellbook Raises $20M
Generative AI in Retail & QSR 🛒 Amazon Pharmacy Embeds Generative AI Models to Enhance Medication Distribution and Stocking
SoundHound’s Voice AI Starts Taking Phone Orders at 50 Jersey Mike’s Subs
Generative AI in the World 🌎 OpenAI Bans Custom GPT Dean.bot for Violating Political Generative AI Chatbot Rules

Sixteen generative AI news stories from the past weeks were on the agenda for this week’s edition of GAIN. You can watch the video discussion above or click the links below to read the news.
Meta, Microsoft, Google, OpenAI, ByteDance, Anthropic, Amazon, Walmart, McKinsey, 1x, Will.i.am, and more all had news this week. Eric Schwartz, head writer of Voicebot.ai, joined me to discuss the stories behind the news in generative AI.
Generative AI News Top Stories of the Week 🔦 Meta to Buy 350k NVIDIA GPUs to Train AI Models Like Llama 3 for AGI
Generative AI Video Competition Heats Up --ByteDance + TikTok Will Be a Key Player
Deceptive LLMs, Model Poisoning, and Other Little Known Generative AI Security Risks
Generative AI Product Garden 🪴 Microsoft Copilot Mimics ChatGPT With New Copilot Pro Service and Customized ‘Copilot GPTs’
OpenAI (Partially) Lifts Ban on Military Generative AI Projects
Google Assistant Snips 17 Features as Shift to Generative AI and Bard Continues
Hundreds of Google Assistant Employees Laid Off as Google Restructures Voice Assistant Around Generative AI
Generative AI Partner Parade 🥁🎉 Microsoft and Vodafone Ink $1.5B Decade-Long Generative AI Deal
McKinsey expands alliance with SAP to accelerate generative AI-enabled transformation
Capgemini and AWS expand strategic collaboration to enable broad enterprise generative AI adoption
Generative AI Funding Fountain 💰⛲️ Intel Launches Articul8, a New Company Offering a Secure On-prem Generative AI Stack
AI-Powered Humanoid Robot Startup 1X Raises $100M
Generative AI in Retail 🛒 Walmart Unveils Generative AI Search and In-Home Refills
Amazon Rolls Out Generative AI Shopping Assistant
Generative AI in the World 🌎 OpenAI Shares Strategy to Counter Generative AI Misuse During 2024 Elections
Will.i.am Starts New SiriusXM Podcast With AI Co-Host Qd.Pi