#140 - Yasa vs ChatGPT, Waymo expands, scaling robot learning, AI watermarks
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Our 140th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news!

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Note: the CEO of GitHub disputes "Report: GitHub Copilot Loses an Average of $20 Per User Per Month)"

Timestamps + Links:

(00:00)  Intro / Banter

Tools & Apps

(03:00) Reka launches Yasa-1, a multimodal AI assistant to take on ChatGPT)

(06:48) Arc browser’s new AI-powered features combine OpenAI and Anthropic’s models)

(11:00) ElevenLabs Launches Voice Translation Tool to Break Down Language Barriers for Content)

(13:11) Canva’s new AI tools automate boring, labor-intensive design tasks)

(16:32) Adobe previews AI upscaling to make old, fuzzy videos and GIFs look fresh)

(20:45) Google Bard is gaining a new 'Memory' toggle to remember key details)

(22:22) Assistant with Bard: A step toward a more personal assistant)

(24:14) Android 14’s AI-generated wallpapers might be its coolest new feature)

Applications & Business

(24:50) Waymo’s robotaxi service is now available to tens of thousands of people in San Francisco)

(28:54) Report: GitHub Copilot Loses an Average of $20 Per User Per Month)

(32:34) TSMC Sales Fell Less Than Feared as AI Demand Offsets Slump)

(34:54) Microsoft could debut its AI chip next month: Report)

(37:06) Exclusive: ChatGPT-owner OpenAI is exploring making its own AI chips)

(39:08) Google announces new generative AI search capabilities for doctors)

Projects & Open Source

(40:05) Replit’s new AI Model now available on Hugging Face)

(43:46) Introducing Stable LM 3B: Bringing Sustainable, High-Performance Language Models to Smart Devices)

(46:30)  Protesters Decry Meta’s “Irreversible Proliferation” of AI)

Research & Advancements

(52:10) Scaling up learning across many different robot types)

(59:35) Decomposing Language Models Into Understandable Components)

(01:06:54) Promptbreeder: Self-Referential Self-Improvement Via Prompt Evolution)

(01:11:45) China's First 28nm Lithography Tool to Be Delivered This Year)

(01:15:03) LLMs can’t self-correct in reasoning tasks, DeepMind study finds)

(01:18:07) Fine-tuning Aligned Language Models Compromises Safety, Even When Users Do Not Intend To!)

Policy & Safety

(01:22:08) RISC-V technology emerges as battleground in US-China tech war)

(01:26:48) Meta and X questioned by lawmakers over lack of rules against AI-generated political deepfakes)

(01:33:44) Five Takeaways From Bellwether AI Copyright Case)

(01:36:19) A.I. Could Soon Need as Much Electricity as an Entire Country)

(01:38:12) Governments race to regulate AI tools)

(01:40:09) US curbs on chip tools to China nearly finalized, government posting shows)

Synthetic Media & Art

(01:45:35) WGA Ratifies Three-Year Deal With Studios, Officially Ending Hollywood Strike)

(01:47:50)  AI Watermarks Are No Match for Attackers)

(01:50:00) Stable Signature: A new method for watermarking images created by open source generative AI)

(01:51:36) How an AI deepfake ad of MrBeast ended up on TikTok)

(01:53:53) Disney’s Loki faces backlash over reported use of generative AI)