Last Week in AI

#121 - Top researcher leaves Google, trademarking ”GPT”, Stability AI’s new models, 50% of AI ’Catastrophe’, DrakeGPT

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Our 121st episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news!

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Outline:

Article picks:

  • (00:00) Intro
  • Tools & Apps
    • (04:20) Microsoft makes its AI-powered Designer tool available in preview
    • (08:27) Visual Studio IntelliCode AI Assistant Gets Deep Learning Upgrade
    • (12:36) GitLab’s new security feature uses AI to explain vulnerabilities to developers
    • (16:25) TikTok is testing a new option to create AI-generated avatars for profile pictures
    • Applications & Business 
      • (19:11) ‘The Godfather of A.I.’ Leaves Google and Warns of Danger Ahead
      • (26:52) Machine Learning as a Service Market Size Growing at 37.9% CAGR Set to Reach USD 173.5 Billion By 2032
      • (29:40) Insider Lays Off 10 Percent of Staff After Announcing Pivot to AI + After the Death of BuzzFeed News, Journalists Should Treat AI as an Existential Threat
      • (35:57) PricewaterhouseCoopers announces multiyear $1B investment into generative AI
      • (38:07) Walmart turns to warehouse robots, suggests a boost in profit is possible
      • (40:23) “GPT” may be trademarked soon if OpenAI has its way
      • Projects & Open Source
        • (43:50) OpenAI Threatens Popular GitHub Project With Lawsuit Over API Use 
        • (48:27) Stability AI Launches DeepFloyd IF: A High-Performance Text-to-Image Model with Advanced Integration Capabilities
        • (52:10) Stability AI releases StableVicuna, the AI World’s First Open Source RLHF LLM Chatbot
        • (57:32) Replit's new Code LLM: Open Source, 77% smaller than Codex, trained in 1 week
        • Research & Advancements
          • (59:44) First Real-World Study Showed Generative AI Boosted Worker Productivity by 14%
          • (01:03:50) LaMini-LM: A Diverse Herd of Distilled Models from Large-Scale Instructions
          • (01:08:50) AI has better 'bedside manner' than some doctors, study finds + Comparing Physician and Artificial Intelligence Chatbot Responses to Patient Questions Posted to a Public Social Media Forum
          • (01:13:50) Machine Learning and Metabolite Analysis Can Predict Individual Body Clock Timing 
          • (01:13:15) Image generation AI for predicting the deformation of splashing drops
          • (01:18:10) Drones can fly themselves with worm-inspired AI software
          • Policy & Safety 
            • (01:19:25) ChatGPT-3.5 Generates More Disinformation in Chinese than in English
            • (01:23:27) The Alignment Problem from a Deep Learning Perspective
            • (01:29:28) Former OpenAI Researcher: There’s a 50% Chance AI Ends in 'Catastrophe'
            • (01:33:30) Lawmakers propose banning AI from singlehandedly launching nuclear weapons
            • (01:35:35) Republicans counter Biden announcement with dystopian, AI-aided video
            • (01:37:42) The UK will spend £100 million to develop its own ‘sovereign’ AI
            • (01:41:25) Kamala Harris to discuss A.I. in meeting with Google, Microsoft, OpenAI and Anthropic CEOs
            • Art & Fun Stuff
              • (01:44:09) From DrakeGPT to Infinite Grimes, AI-generated music strikes a chord + John Legend calls for regulation on AI-generated music
              • (01:47:30) The A.I. business influencer guys must be stopped
              • (01:51:05) I’m ChatGPT, and for the Love of God, Please Don’t Make Me Do Any More Copywriting

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