#152 - live translation on phones, Meta aims at AGI, AlphaGeometry, political deepfakes

#152 - live translation on phones, Meta aims at AGI, AlphaGeometry, political deepfakes

Author: Skynet Today January 28, 2024 Duration: 1:27:18
Our 152nd 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 jeremie@gladstone.ai Timestamps + links: (00:00:00) Intro / Banter Tools & Apps (00:02:15) Samsung’s latest Galaxy phones offer live translation over phone calls, texts (00:06:16) The Rabbit R1 will receive live info from Perplexity’s AI ‘answer engine’ (00:10:31) Google is using AI to organize and customize your Chrome browser (00:12:10) Adobe’s new AI-powered Premiere Pro features eradicate boring audio editing tasks (00:13:16) Waymo looks to launch full fleet of robotaxis in LA (00:15:16) Tesla finally releases FSD v12, its last hope for self-driving Applications & Business (00:19:45) OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is still chasing billions to build AI chips (00:25:00) Mark Zuckerberg’s new goal is creating artificial general intelligence (00:32:43) AI voice startup ElevenLabs lands $80M round, launches marketplace of cloned voices (00:35:03) Anthropic’s Margins Raise Questions on AI Startups’ Long-Term Profitability (00:38:00) Cohere in talks to raise as much as $1bn as AI arms race heats up (00:39:40) DOJ and FTC push to investigate Microsoft's OpenAI partnership- Politico (00:41:30)  Figure announces commercial agreement with BMW Manufacturing to bring general purpose robots into automotive production Projects & Open Source (00:43:28) Stability AI unveils smaller, more efficient 1.6B language model as part of ongoing innovation Research & Advancements (00:48:58) AlphaGeometry: An Olympiad-level AI system for geometry (00:54:02) Lumiere: A Space-Time Diffusion Model for Video Generation (00:56:33) ChatQA: Building GPT-4 Level Conversational QA Models (00:59:13) Vision Mamba: Efficient Visual Representation Learning with Bidirectional State Space Model (01:01:28) VMamba: Visual State Space Model (01:03:40) Depth Anything: Unleashing the Power of Large-Scale Unlabeled Data Policy & Safety (01:04:40) OpenAI suspends developer behind Dean Phillips bot (01:06:49) Fake Joe Biden robocall tells New Hampshire Democrats not to vote Tuesday  (01:09:10)  Sharing Fake Nude Images Could Become a Federal Crime Under Proposed Law (01:11:00) San Francisco takes legal action over ‘unsafe,’ ‘disruptive’ self-driving cars (01:13:40) Slew of deepfake video adverts of Sunak on Facebook raises alarm over AI risk to election (01:15:55) AI is the buzz, the big opportunity and the risk to watch among the Davos glitterati Synthetic Media & Art (01:20:27) Test Yourself: Which Faces Were Made by A.I.? (01:23:48) AI models that don’t violate copyright are getting a new certification label 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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