Our 133rd episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news!
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(00:00) Intro / Banter
Response to listener comments / corrections
Tools & Apps (05:05) ChatGPT gets several new features, including multi-document chat)
(09:02) Tinder tests AI photo selection feature to help users build profiles)
(12:35) GitHub Copilot can now tell developers when its suggestions match code in a public repository)
Applications & Business (15:55) CoreWeave raises $2.3 billion in debt collateralized by Nvidia chips)
(20:25) Nvidia GPU shortage is ‘top gossip’ of Silicon Valley)
(23:30) NVIDIA: GPU Supply Issues Involve Packaging, Not Chip Wafers)
(27:06) Nvidia's AI GPUs Are Selling for up to $70,000 in China)
(30:00) AMD considers making a specific A.I. chip for China to comply with export controls)
(31:10) AI chip firm Tenstorrent raises $100 mln from Hyundai, Samsung)
(33:22) Cruise begins testing self-driving vehicles in Atlanta)
(35:45) Toyota, Pony.ai plan to mass produce robotaxis in China)
Projects & Open Source (38:08) Alibaba rolls out open-sourced AI model to take on Meta's Llama 2)
Research & Advancements (42:00) Introducing AudioCraft: A Generative AI Tool For Audio and Music)
(46:25) ToolLLM: Facilitating Large Language Models to Master 16000+ Real-world APIs)
(52:03) Tool Documentation Enables Zero-Shot Tool-Usage with Large Language Models)
(54:54) Open Problems and Fundamental Limitations of Reinforcement Learning from Human Feedback)
(01:00:05) Towards Generalist Biomedical AI)
(01:03:53) Studying Large Language Model Generalization with Influence Functions)
Policy & Safety
(01:05:55) The AI-Powered, Totally Autonomous Future of War Is Here)
(01:12:37) ‘So important’: UK minister endorses Google’s training drive in AI arms race)
(01:15:10) Generative AI services pulled from Apple App Store in China ahead of new regulations)
(01:16:40) Experience: scammers used AI to fake my daughter’s kidnap)
(01:19:22) The Stanford University ‘boot camp’ teaching Congress about AI)
(01:22:23) Eight Months Pregnant and Arrested After False Facial Recognition Match)
Synthetic Media & Art
(01:24:37) Greg Rutkowski Was Removed From Stable Diffusion, But AI Artists Brought Him Back)
(01:25:48) 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.)
(01:26:47) Outro