1 hr 48 min
#158 - Claude 3, Elon Musk sues OpenAI, StarCoder 2, AI-Generated Spam Last Week in AI
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Our 158th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news!
Read out our text newsletter and comment on the podcast at https://lastweekin.ai/
Email us your questions and feedback at contact@lastweekin.ai and/or hello@gladstone.ai
Timestamps + links:
Tools & Apps
(00:01:05) Introducing the next generation of Claude
(00:16:05) Competition in AI video generation heats up as Deepmind alums unveil Haiper
(00:19:40) Meta AI creates ahistorical images, like Google Gemini
(00:22:12) Ideogram Is A New AI Image Generator That Obliterates the Competition, Outperforming MidJourney and Dall-E 3
(00:24:25) Wix’s new AI chatbot builds websites in seconds based on prompts
(00:26:34) I used generative AI to turn my story into a comic—and you can too
Applications & Business
(00:27:40) Elon Musk sues OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman for putting profits above humanity , OpenAI Fires Back at Musk Allegations With Trove of Emails
(00:35:42) Inside the Crisis at Google
(00:38:36) It’s official: Waymo robotaxis are now free to use freeways and leave San Francisco
(00:40:33) Nvidia's next-gen AI GPUs could draw an astounding 1000 Watts each, a 40 percent increase — Dell spills the beans on B100 and B200 in its earnings call
(00:42:43) AI chip startup Groq forms new business unit, acquires Definitive Intelligence
Projects & Open Source
(00:45:13) StarCoder 2 and The Stack v2: The Next Generation
(00:49:05) Introducing TripoSR: Fast 3D Object Generation from Single Images
(00:51:21) H2O AI releases Danube, a super-tiny LLM for mobile applications
Research & Advancements
(00:52:27) AtP*: An efficient and scalable method for localizing LLM behaviour to components
(00:58:28) Stable Diffusion 3: Research Paper
(01:02:10) Approaching Human-Level Forecasting with Language Models
(01:05:34) Here Come the AI Worms
(01:08:20) High-speed humanoid feels like a step change in robotics
(01:12:26) Functional Benchmarks for Robust Evaluation of Reasoning Performance, and the Reasoning Gap
Policy & Safety
(01:15:18) India reverses AI stance, requires government approval for model launches
(01:19:16) When Your AIs Deceive You: Challenges with Partial Observability of Human Evaluators in Reward Learning
(01:24:45) OpenAI signs open letter to build AI responsibly just days after Elon Musk sued the company for putting profit ahead of people
(01:27:37) AI-generated articles prompt Wikipedia to downgrade CNET’s reliability rating
(01:29:40) Malicious AI models on Hugging Face backdoor users’ machines
(01:32:25) China offers AI computing ‘vouchers’ to its underpowered start-ups
Synthetic Media & Art
(01:34:18) Trump supporters target black voters with faked AI images
(01:37:10) AI-Generated Kara Swisher Biographies Flood Amazon
(01:39:55) Inside the World of AI TikTok Spammers
(01:43:35) Twitter is becoming a 'ghost town' of bots as AI-generated spam content floods the internet
Fun!
(01:46:35) Man tries to steal driverless car in L.A., doesn’t get far: police
Our 158th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news!
Read out our text newsletter and comment on the podcast at https://lastweekin.ai/
Email us your questions and feedback at contact@lastweekin.ai and/or hello@gladstone.ai
Timestamps + links:
Tools & Apps
(00:01:05) Introducing the next generation of Claude
(00:16:05) Competition in AI video generation heats up as Deepmind alums unveil Haiper
(00:19:40) Meta AI creates ahistorical images, like Google Gemini
(00:22:12) Ideogram Is A New AI Image Generator That Obliterates the Competition, Outperforming MidJourney and Dall-E 3
(00:24:25) Wix’s new AI chatbot builds websites in seconds based on prompts
(00:26:34) I used generative AI to turn my story into a comic—and you can too
Applications & Business
(00:27:40) Elon Musk sues OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman for putting profits above humanity , OpenAI Fires Back at Musk Allegations With Trove of Emails
(00:35:42) Inside the Crisis at Google
(00:38:36) It’s official: Waymo robotaxis are now free to use freeways and leave San Francisco
(00:40:33) Nvidia's next-gen AI GPUs could draw an astounding 1000 Watts each, a 40 percent increase — Dell spills the beans on B100 and B200 in its earnings call
(00:42:43) AI chip startup Groq forms new business unit, acquires Definitive Intelligence
Projects & Open Source
(00:45:13) StarCoder 2 and The Stack v2: The Next Generation
(00:49:05) Introducing TripoSR: Fast 3D Object Generation from Single Images
(00:51:21) H2O AI releases Danube, a super-tiny LLM for mobile applications
Research & Advancements
(00:52:27) AtP*: An efficient and scalable method for localizing LLM behaviour to components
(00:58:28) Stable Diffusion 3: Research Paper
(01:02:10) Approaching Human-Level Forecasting with Language Models
(01:05:34) Here Come the AI Worms
(01:08:20) High-speed humanoid feels like a step change in robotics
(01:12:26) Functional Benchmarks for Robust Evaluation of Reasoning Performance, and the Reasoning Gap
Policy & Safety
(01:15:18) India reverses AI stance, requires government approval for model launches
(01:19:16) When Your AIs Deceive You: Challenges with Partial Observability of Human Evaluators in Reward Learning
(01:24:45) OpenAI signs open letter to build AI responsibly just days after Elon Musk sued the company for putting profit ahead of people
(01:27:37) AI-generated articles prompt Wikipedia to downgrade CNET’s reliability rating
(01:29:40) Malicious AI models on Hugging Face backdoor users’ machines
(01:32:25) China offers AI computing ‘vouchers’ to its underpowered start-ups
Synthetic Media & Art
(01:34:18) Trump supporters target black voters with faked AI images
(01:37:10) AI-Generated Kara Swisher Biographies Flood Amazon
(01:39:55) Inside the World of AI TikTok Spammers
(01:43:35) Twitter is becoming a 'ghost town' of bots as AI-generated spam content floods the internet
Fun!
(01:46:35) Man tries to steal driverless car in L.A., doesn’t get far: police
1 hr 48 min