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April 17, 2024AI Tools For Creators
Join Jason Howell as he chats with the founders of Augie and Revoldiv. These two AI tools are harnessing the power of AI to transform the video production and transcription process for creators and professionals.

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Interview with Jeremy Toeman, founder of AugX Labs, and Augie
Jeremy Toeman's background at CNET and the shift to video content
The inspiration behind creating Augie and AugX Labs
How Augie works and it's core functionality
Live demo of Augie's video creation capabilities
Challenges faced in developing AI tools like Augie
The future of AI-generated content and its implications
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Interview with Surafel Defar, founder of Revoldiv
Surafel's journey from software engineering to entrepreneurship
The origins and purpose of Revoldiv
Revoldiv's transcription capabilities and user interface
Unexpected use cases of Revoldiv
Balancing coding and business responsibilities as a founder
The importance of user feedback and adaptation in the AI field

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1 hr 2 min
April 10, 2024Suno AI: A Robot... With Soul
Jeff Jarvis and Jason Howell discuss Google's AI announcements at Google Cloud Next, how AI is integrating with advertising and marketing, the ethical debates surrounding data harvesting, calls for stronger misinformation safeguards, and the impressive emotional depth of AI-generated music.

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NEWS
Jeff Jarvis' experience speaking at the Nordic Media and AI conference
Jony Ive and Sam Altman are DEFINITELY working on an AI device together
Google Cloud Next 2024 announcements (Gemini 1.5 Pro, Google Vids, AI meeting notes)
WPP's partnership with Google's Gemini AI for advertising and marketing
Activist groups calling for stronger action against AI-generated misinformation and deepfakes
The New York Times article on the data race to feed AI systems
Perplexity's plans to sell ads on their platform
Suno AI music generation service and the emotional quality of AI-generated music

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1 hr 7 min
April 03, 2024 OpenAI and Microsoft's $100 Billion Stargate Supercomputer
Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis dive into the $665 million Shiba Inu coin donation to the Future of Life Institute, the potential $100 billion "Stargate" supercomputer from OpenAI and Microsoft, Jason gives a hands-on demo of Stability AI's new music generation model, and more!

NEWS
- Future of Life Institute's $665 million donation from Vitalik Buterin (Ethereum co-founder) in Shiba Inu coins
- Artifact social news curation app shutting down, acquired by Yahoo
- Yum Foods has plans to go all in on generative AI
- How people are using generative AI based on Harvard Business Review report
- New York City's chatbot providing incorrect legal/business advice
- Generative AI used to create virtual persona of real person for advertising
- OpenAI and Microsoft in talks for $100 billion "Stargate" supercomputer

DEMO
- Stability AI's Stable Audio 2.0 for music generation

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1 hr 10 min
March 28, 2024Sal Khan: How AI Will Revolutionize the Classroom
Sal Khan, founder and CEO of Khan Academy and author of the new book "Brave New Words: HOW AI WILL REVOLUTIONIZE EDUCATION (AND WHY THAT'S A GOOD THING)", joins Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis to talk about the many challenges educators face as AI tools become pervasive and ever more powerful. Sal explores how teachers and administrations are embracing technology to improve the learning environment and make their own jobs easier and more effective.

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INTERVIEW with Sal Khan, founder of Khan Academy
Sal's upcoming book "Brave New Words: How AI Will Revolutionize Education and Why That's a Good Thing"
Challenges teachers face with AI pushing against traditional teaching methods
Legitimate concerns about AI use in classrooms
AI as a tool, not a replacement for teachers
Potential of AI to mitigate cheating and provide process insights
Impact of AI on education and the role of humanities
Suggestions for educators to use AI in classrooms
AI as a tutor and writing coach
AI supporting student assignments and teacher productivity
Managing teacher resistance and concerns about AI
Sal's perspective on AI bias and representation
Ethical considerations for AI in assessment and hiring
NEWS
Stability CEO resigns from generative AI company
United Nations adopts U.S.-led resolution to safely develop AI
Ben Evans: The problem of AI ethics, and laws about AI
Tennessee Adopts ELVIS Act, Protecting Artists’ Voices From AI Impersonation
Financial Times tests an AI chatbot trained on decades of its own articles
OpenAI is pitching Sora to Hollywood
Sora: first impressions

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1 hr 6 min
March 20, 2024 Microsoft's Inflection Point
This week, Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis welcome Evan Brown to round up AI regulation efforts worldwide including Utah's disclosure law and the EU's comprehensive AI Ant. Plus, big news for Microsoft AI, Nvidia's behemoth AI chips, and more!

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INTERVIEW WITH EVAN BROWN
Utah has a brand new law that regulates generative AI
EU votes to ban riskiest forms of AI and impose restrictions on others
Journalism and AI
YouTube Introduces Mandatory Disclosure For AI-Generated Content

NEWS
Big changes at Inflection AI & Microsoft
WSJ report on Microsoft/Inflection
Reid Hoffman's tweets about it
Apple Is in Talks to Let Google Gemini Power iPhone AI Features
Nvidia reveals Blackwell B200 GPU, the ‘world’s most powerful chip’ for AI
Jeff & Mikah react to the NVIDIA keynote
xAI open sources Grok
A good video explaining generative AI

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59 min
March 13, 2024The Value of Open Source AI
In this episode of AI Inside, Jeff Jarvis and Jason Howell explore the tempering of expectations around generative AI, the promise and concerns of open-sourcing models, and the unique ways AI is being leveraged in journalism, elderly care, and even digital recreations of deceased celebrities.

NEWS
OpenAI's internal investigation into Sam Altman's ouster as he returns to the board
Google implementing safeguards restricting election-related information on its AI
Expectations around generative AI capabilities and impact being tamped down
Open-sourcing AI models and the debate around it
Elon Musk's vague promise to open-source "Grok"
The use of AI in journalism for analysis and data processing
Midjourney's new character reference feature for consistent image generation
AI-powered companion dolls for elderly companionship
AI application for bereavement assistance
Digital recreation of Marilyn Monroe's voice using AI

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1 hr 5 min
March 06, 2024The AI Chicken and Egg Problem
Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis discuss Elon Musk's legal battle with OpenAI, Nvidia's CEO on making programming obsolete, calls for responsible AI innovation, and more!

NEWS
Discussion about Elon Musk suing OpenAI for breaching contract over its stated mission of openness and building responsible AI
OpenAI releasing emails from Musk revealing his desire for control and more funding
Anthropic rolling out new versions of Claude LLM (Claude 3 Opus, Sonnet, Haiku)
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's statement on AI making programming unnecessary for everyone
Americans for Responsible AI Innovation launching and calls for regulation
Open letter from researchers for a "safe harbor" for independent AI evaluation
Trust in AI companies dropping according to Edelman report
Bad bots: Issues with Amazon's Rufus shopping bot and H&R Block's tax advice bot
Amazon's $1 billion industrial innovation fund for AI and robotics
Humanoid robot developments from companies like Figure and Magic Lab

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58 min
February 28, 2024Contextualizing Noise with Blackbird's Compass
This week Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis talk with Dan Patterson of Blackbird.ai about their context-providing service Compass before diving into the week's top AI stories including Google's "biased" Gemini model, data sharing deals between companies like Reddit for model training, and the risks and benefits of open sourcing AI systems.

INTERVIEW
Overview of Blackbird AI's mission to track narrative threats and attacks like misinformation and disinformation
Introduction of Blackbird's new product Compass for providing context around claims using AI analysis
Explanation of how Compass works to check claims and provide contextual information from authoritative sources
Discussion around Compass being built on Blackbird's Raven Risk large language model (LLM) and related APIs
Examples provided of using Compass for real-world claims like "Is the earth flat?"
Intention for Compass to help provide clarity and essential context to media content
Discussion around target users for Compass - social media companies, comms agencies, journalists
Explanation that Compass determines authority based on how authoritative sites reference each other
Discussion around Compass having a framework for integrating with fact-checking databases
NEWS
Discussion around the challenges and nuances of implementing guardrails for AI
News segment on Google's Gemini model controversy over biased image generation
Deals emerging between tech companies to sell data for AI model training, including Reddit-Google and rumored Tumblr-OpenAI
Tyler Perry putting his studio expansion plans on hold due to the emergence of AI like OpenAI's Sora
Analysis of benefits and risks of open-sourcing AI models

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1 hr
February 21, 2024The Chatbot Effect
Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis discuss the latest AI news, including OpenAI's new Sora video generator, legal issues for an Air Canada chatbot, missteps in publishing AI art in a medical journal, and Jason gives a hands-on demo of Perplexity Pro including a solid example of why it's necessary to scrutinize the output of LLMs.
Release of OpenAI's Sora for video generation
Debate over whether advanced AI capabilities indicate nearing AGI
Meta's new AI model V-JEPA learns from video like LLMs learn from text
Effect of Sora release on Adobe stock valuation
Air Canada chatbot provides misleading refund info, company gets sued
Scientific journal publishes AI-generated rat diagram from Midjourney
British painter Harold Cohen spent 40+ years refining an image-generating robot
PERPLEXITY PRO DEMONSTRATION
Integrates multiple models like GPT-3.5 and Stable Diffusion
Capability to search across internet sources with up-to-date results
The need to verify its output: Got its own capabilities wrong by claiming it uses model "Sora"

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51 min
February 15, 2024Altman's $7 Trillion Dream
Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis discuss the week's AI news, including Sam Altman's call for $7 trillion in AI funding, Google's launch of Gemini Ultra 1.0 chatbot, proposed regulations on AI safety, dismissal of copyright claims against AI, and the need for humanities education in the AI field.

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NEWS
Sam Altman wants $7 trillion to boost AI chip and GPU production globally
ChatGPT gaining ability to remember user preferences and data
OpenAI building web and device control agents
Google's Assistant is now called Gemini on Android devices
Google announces Gemini Ultra 1.0 model to compete with GPT-4
California bill proposes AI safety regulations and requirements
AI companies agree to limit election deepfakes
Most claims dismissed in Sarah Silverman copyright lawsuit, leaving only 1 direct copyright claim
Beijing court rules AI-generated content can be copyrighted
NYT op-ed argues humanities education is key to developing AI leaders

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53 min

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