Last Week in AI

#188 - ChatGPT+Search, OpenAI+AMD, SimpleQA, π0

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Our 188th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news!

Hosted by Andrey Kurenkov and Jeremie Harris.

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In this episode:
* Meta's open-source models utilized by China's military prompt regulatory adjustments; US agencies gain access to counterbalance. 
* OpenAI partners with Broadcom and AMD to develop custom AI hardware, aiming for profitability and reducing inference costs. 
* Physical Intelligence unveils a generalist robot control policy with a $400M funding boost, showcasing significant advancements in zero-shot task performance. 
* New U.S. regulation mandates quarterly reporting for large AI model training and computing cluster acquisitions, aiming to bolster national security.

Timestamps + Links:

  • (00:00:00) Intro / Banter
  • (00:02:16) News Preview
  • (00:03:05) Response to listener comments / corrections
  • (00:05:00) Sponsor Break
  • Tools & Apps
    • (00:06:28) OpenAI’s search engine is now live in ChatGPT
  • (00:12:18) Image Playground, ChatGPT, and more Apple Intelligence features roll out in beta
  • (00:14:34) GitHub Copilot will support models from Anthropic, Google, and OpenAI
  • (00:19:00) Introducing the analysis tool in Claude.ai
  • (00:21:34) ElevenLabs Introduces Voice Design: A New AI Feature that Generates a Unique Voice from a Text Prompt Alone
  • (00:24:18) Midjourney's new web editor lets you tweak images uploaded from your PC
  • (00:26:02) Watch out, Midjourney — Recraft just announced new AI image generator model
  • Applications & Business
    • (00:29:57) Meta strikes multi-year AI deal with Reuters
  • (00:33:15) OpenAI will start using AMD chips and could make its own AI hardware in 2026
  • (00:40:47) Elon Musk's xAI in talks to raise funding valuing it at $40 billion, WSJ reports
  • (00:46:07) Physical Intelligence, a Robot A.I. Specialist, Raises Millions From Bezos
  • (00:48:32) Waymo ramps up robotaxi push with $5.6 bn in funding
  • (00:49:11) Alphabet's Waymo Serving Over 150,000 Paid Robotaxi Rides Every Week Now, Surging 50% In 2 Months
  • Projects & Open Source
    • (00:51:23) Meta AI Silently Releases NotebookLlama: An Open Version of Google’s NotebookLM
  • (00:54:59) Meta Releases Quantized Llama 3.2 with 4x Inference Speed on Android Phones
  • (00:59:16) OpenAI Releases SimpleQA: A New AI Benchmark that Measures the Factuality of Language Models
  • Research & Advancements
    • (01:08:19) This Is a Glimpse of the Future of AI Robot
  • (01:15:06) Can Language Models Replace Programmers? REPOCOD Says 'Not Yet'
  • (01:19:01) Brain-like Functional Organization within Large Language Models
  • (01:21:20) Decart’s AI simulates a real-time, playable version of Minecraft
  • (01:25:39) Raising the bar on SWE-bench Verified with Claude 3.5 Sonnet
  • Policy & Safety
    • (01:29:06) Commerce just proposed the most significant federal AI regulation to date – and no one noticed
  • (01:35:04)Anthropic warns of AI catastrophe if governments don't regulate in 18 months
  • (01:39:32) Open Source Bites Back as China’s Military Makes Full Use of Meta AI
  • (01:46:35) Meta says it’s making its Llama models available for US national security applications
  • (01:48:16) Outro
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