#148 - Imagen 2, Midjourney on web, FunSearch, OpenAI ‘Preparedness Framework’, campaigning voice clone

#148 - Imagen 2, Midjourney on web, FunSearch, OpenAI ‘Preparedness Framework’, campaigning voice clone

Author: Skynet Today December 24, 2023 Duration: 1:55:47
Our 148th 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 Timestamps + links: (00:00:00) Intro / Banter Tools & Apps (00:02:43) Google Deepmind unveils its most advanced AI image generator, Imagen 2 (00:08:21) Anthropic will help users if they get sued for copyright infringement (00:13:50) Midjourney Alpha is here with AI image generations on the web (00:16:34) Instagram introduces gen-AI powered background editing tool (00:17:09) Microsoft drastically expands Azure AI Studio to include Llama 2 Model-as-a-Service, GPT-4 Turbo with Vision (00:18:54) ChatGPT Is Apparently Becoming Lazy as It Has Started Asking Users to Solve Their Own Problems (00:22:17) You can create your own AI songs with this new Copilot extension (00:23:57) Stability AI announces paid membership for commercial use of its models Applications & Business (00:25:42) ByteDance is secretly using OpenAI’s tech to build a competitor (00:31:55) Intel unveils new AI chip to compete with Nvidia and AMD (00:36:36) Chinese chip-related companies shutting down with record speed — 10,900, or around 30 per day, shut down in 2023 (00:40:11) TSMC mentions 1.4nm process tech for the first time, says 2nm remains on track (00:42:57) Meta has done something that will get Nvidia and AMD very, very worried — it gave up on GPU and CPU to take a RISC-y route for AI training and inference acceleration (00:46:17) Nvidia rushes to deliver modified AI GPU chips to China customers, allegedly places 'Super Hot Run' priority order with TSMC (00:49:17) Sam Altman’s OpenAI agrees to pay German media giant Axel Springer for using its content to train AI models Projects & Open Source (00:52:20) Introducing DeciLM-7B: The Fastest and Most Accurate 7 Billion-Parameter LLM to Date (00:57:27) Introducing Stable Zero123: Quality 3D Object Generation from Single Images Research & Advancements (01:00:42) FunSearch: Making new discoveries in mathematical sciences using Large Language Models (01:09:12) OpenAI Demos a Control Method for Superintelligent AI (01:16:41) Cheating Fears Over Chatbots Were Overblown, New Research Suggests (01:18:13) SwitchHead: Accelerating Transformers with Mixture-of-Experts Attention (01:20:04) CogAgent: A Visual Language Model for GUI Agents (01:21:10) Limits to the Energy Efficiency of CMOS Microprocessors Policy & Safety (01:24:24) OpenAI announces ‘Preparedness Framework’ to track and mitigate AI risks (01:32:08) Pro-China YouTube Network Used A.I. to Malign U.S., Report Finds (01:37:07) AI is a danger to the financial system, regulators warn for the first time (01:38:42) Anonymous Sudan hacking group sets sights on ChatGPT (01:40:33) Scenario planning for an AGI future (01:42:51) The widening web of effective altruism in AI security Synthetic Media & Art (01:49:22) Facebook Is Being Overrun With Stolen, AI-Generated Images That People Think Are Real (01:52:34) Pakistan’s former prime minister is using an AI voice clone to campaign from prison See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Keeping up with artificial intelligence can feel like drinking from a firehose. Every week brings a new breakthrough, a surprising application, or an urgent ethical debate. Last Week in AI, from the team at Skynet Today, is here to turn that torrent into a clear, digestible stream. Instead of getting lost in the noise, you'll get a thoughtful rundown of the developments that actually have impact, explained without unnecessary jargon. Each episode feels like a conversation with well-informed friends who have done the homework for you, sifting through research papers, product launches, and industry announcements to highlight what's substantive. You'll hear nuanced discussions that go beyond the headlines, considering the real-world implications of new models, policy shifts, and corporate moves in the tech landscape. This podcast doesn't just tell you what happened; it provides context on why it matters for developers, businesses, and society at large. It’s an efficient way to stay informed and critically engaged with a field that is reshaping our world at a breathtaking pace. Tune in for a consistently insightful analysis that makes the complex world of AI feel accessible and relevant, week after week.
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