The Daily AI Show

AI In the News: Week of October 18, 2023

Listen Later

In this episode, the DAS crew covered several interesting AI developments and news items from the week of October 18, 2023, spanning new product features, business impacts, and academic research applications.

Key news stories discussed:

  • Adobe Premiere Pro added text-based video editing capabilities similar to Descript. The hosts debated whether the new audio dubbing feature sounds natural enough for professional use.
  • Descript announced new overdub feature to generate audio clips in a user's voice. But the demo clip highlighted limitations in accurately emulating real vocal dynamics.
  • Baidu claimed its new AI model is on par with Google's BARD and Anthropic's Claude models. But hosts were skeptical of putting BARD in the same league.
  • Coding platform GitHub is losing money due to AI's impact. StackOverflow also laid off staff amid the AI coding boom.
  • Video editing app CapCut launched a business version for TikTok advertisers. Nvidia and Foxconn are teaming up to build "AI factories".
  • Researchers used AI to help decipher an ancient burned scroll from Pompeii, identifying one translated word.
  • The virtual assistant app Pi can now search the internet, but faces stiff competition from Alexa, Siri and Google Assistant.

    • Overall, an exciting week of product updates, business impacts and novel AI applications across industries. The rapid pace of AI advancement leads to continuous waves of new developments.

    ...more
    View all episodesView all episodes
    Download on the App Store
    The Daily AI ShowBy The Daily AI Show Crew - Brian, Beth, Jyunmi, Andy, Karl, and Eran
    • 2.3
    • 2.3
    • 2.3
    • 2.3
    • 2.3

    2.3

    3 ratings

    More shows like The Daily AI Show

    View all
    a16z Podcast by Andreessen Horowitz

    a16z Podcast

    1,034 Listeners

    The TWIML AI Podcast (formerly This Week in Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence) by Sam Charrington

    The TWIML AI Podcast (formerly This Week in Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence)

    441 Listeners

    NVIDIA AI Podcast by NVIDIA

    NVIDIA AI Podcast

    331 Listeners

    AI Today Podcast by AI & Data Today

    AI Today Podcast

    156 Listeners

    Last Week in AI by Skynet Today

    Last Week in AI

    287 Listeners

    Me, Myself, and AI by MIT Sloan Management Review and Boston Consulting Group (BCG)

    Me, Myself, and AI

    106 Listeners

    The Artificial Intelligence Show by Paul Roetzer and Mike Kaput

    The Artificial Intelligence Show

    173 Listeners

    AI Chat: ChatGPT & AI News, Artificial Intelligence, OpenAI, Machine Learning by Jaeden Schafer

    AI Chat: ChatGPT & AI News, Artificial Intelligence, OpenAI, Machine Learning

    141 Listeners

    This Day in AI Podcast by Michael Sharkey, Chris Sharkey

    This Day in AI Podcast

    201 Listeners

    Latent Space: The AI Engineer Podcast by swyx + Alessio

    Latent Space: The AI Engineer Podcast

    75 Listeners

    The AI Daily Brief (Formerly The AI Breakdown): Artificial Intelligence News and Analysis by Nathaniel Whittemore

    The AI Daily Brief (Formerly The AI Breakdown): Artificial Intelligence News and Analysis

    479 Listeners

    Everyday AI Podcast – An AI and ChatGPT Podcast by Everyday AI

    Everyday AI Podcast – An AI and ChatGPT Podcast

    94 Listeners

    Beyond The Prompt - How to use AI in your company by Jeremy Utley & Henrik Werdelin

    Beyond The Prompt - How to use AI in your company

    39 Listeners

    The Next Wave - AI and The Future of Technology by Hubspot Media

    The Next Wave - AI and The Future of Technology

    61 Listeners