Last Week in AI

#181 - Google Chatbots, Cerebras vs Nvidia, AI Doom, ElevenLabs Controversy

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Our 181st episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news!

With hosts Andrey Kurenkov and Jeremie Harris

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In this episode:

- Google's AI advancements with Gemini 1.5 models and AI-generated avatars, along with Samsung's lithography progress. 

- Microsoft's Inflection usage caps for Pi, new AI inference services by Cerebrus Systems competing with Nvidia. 
- Biases in AI, prompt leak attacks, and transparency in models and distributed training optimizations, including the 'distro' optimizer. 
- AI regulation discussions including California’s SB1047, China's AI safety stance, and new export restrictions impacting Nvidia’s AI chips.

Timestamps + Links:

  • (00:00:00) Intro / Banter
  • (00:03:08)Response to listener comments / corrections
  • Tools & Apps
    • (00:09:19) Google’s custom AI chatbots have arrived
    • (00:12:52) Google releases three new experimental AI models
    • (00:17:14) Google Gemini will let you create AI-generated people again
    • (00:22:32) Five months after Microsoft hired its founders, Inflection adds usage caps to Pi
    • (00:26:42:) Plaud takes a crack at a simpler AI pin
    • Applications & Business
      • (00:30:31) Cerebras Systems throws down gauntlet to Nvidia with launch of ‘world’s fastest’ AI inference service
      • (00:41:06) Nvidia announces $50 billion stock buyback
      • (00:46:24) OpenAI in talks to raise funding that would value it at more than $100 billion
      • (00:50:44) OpenAI Aims to Release New AI Model, ‘Strawberry,’ in Fall
      • (00:52:53) 3 Co-Founders Leave French AI Startup H Amid ‘Operational Differences’
      • (00:57:29) Samsung to Adopt High-NA Lithography Alongside Intel, Ahead of TSMC
      • (01:02:11) Unitree's $16,000 G1 could become the first mainstream humanoid robot
      • Projects & Open Source
        • (01:04:59) Meta leads open-source AI boom, Llama downloads surge 10x year-over-year
        • (01:09:08) A_Preliminary_Report_on_DisTrO.
        • Research & Advancements
          • (01:13:56) Diffusion Models Are Real-Time Game Engines
          • (01:23:18) LLM Defenses Are Not Robust to Multi-Turn Human Jailbreaks Yet
          • (01:32:21) Interviewing AI researchers on automation of AI R&D
          • (01:40:33) Anthropic releases AI model system prompts, winning praise for transparency
          • Policy & Safety
            • (01:47:12) U.S. AI Safety Institute Signs Agreements Regarding AI Safety Research, Testing and Evaluation With Anthropic and OpenAI
            • (01:50:46) China’s Views on AI Safety Are Changing—Quickly
            • (01:56:27) Poll: 7 in 10 Californians Support SB1047, Will Blame Governor Newsom for AI-Enabled Catastrophe if He Vetoes
            • (02:01:31) Elon Musk voices support for California bill requiring safety tests on AI models
            • (02:03:55) Chinese Engineers Reportedly Accessing NVIDIA’s High-End AI Chips Through Decentralized “GPU Rental Services”
            • (02:08:25) U.S. gov't tightens China restrictions on supercomputer component sales
            • Synthetic Media & Art
              • (02:11:13) Actors Say AI Voice-Over Generator ElevenLabs Cloned Likenesses
              • (02:14:06) Outro

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