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This week, Tristan and Tasia catch up on Microsoft's public preview of AI agents in Copilot Studio, the latest delay of their Recall feature, and Anthropic's new desktop app for Claude AI. Then we explore the search engine wars heating up as Meta reportedly develops its own AI-powered search engine and OpenAI launches ChatGPT with Search, both taking aim at Google's long-standing dominance in the field. Join us as we stay up late — and never sleep again.

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This week, Tristan and Tasia recap the latest Google AI news, look at an AI chatbot tragedy, and review Runway's stunning motion capture smartphone tech. Then we examine Anthropic's groundbreaking "Computer Use" feature, which allows its Claude AI to interact with computers just like humans do, potentially revolutionizing how we interact with AI in the stark reality of our daily lives. Join us as we drop the doomerism and let JARVIS take the wheel.

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This week Tristan and Tasia explore the world of electronic tongues, deepfake romance scams, and AI-powered check fraud recovery. Then we explore the nuclear-powered future of AI as Microsoft, Google, and Amazon make bold moves to fuel their data centers with small modular reactors and revived nuclear plants, signaling a seismic shift in the energy landscape. Join us as we light up a new atomic age.

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This week Tristan and Tasia totally recall Amazon's latest AI-powered shopping, delivery, and Ring doorbell features, Google's Nobel Prize winners, Microsoft's healthcare announcements, Zoom's AI avatars, OpenAI's bad actors report, and more. Then we get up to speed on Tesla's "We, Robot" event, where Elon Musk unveiled the long-awaited Cybercab robotaxi, the Robovan people mover surprise, and significant upgrades to the Optimus humanoid robot. Join us for a wild ride through the week in AI. Steering wheel not included.

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This week, Tristan and Tasia go (ever so slightly) back in time to recap the latest Google AI updates, Microsoft Copilot developments, OpenAI's DevDay event announcements, and NVIDIA's NVLM family of large multimodal language models. Then we explore Liquid AI's revolutionary Liquid Foundation Models, which promise state-of-the-art performance without relying on traditional transformer architecture. Will they reshape the future of AI? Join us as we go with the flow — or fight to avoid Judgment Day.

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This week, Tristan and Tasia dive into Meta's AI extravaganza, from celebrity-voiced chatbots to its updated Ray-Bans that can now remember things for you, while Mark Zuckerberg teases the future of AI-powered augmented reality glasses.Then we ride through OpenAI's rollercoaster week, with Sam Altman working on an AI device venture and pitching the White House on a massive data center buildout while OpenAI pivots to profits and executives exit. Join us as we steer into the skid to end another wild week in the life of AI.

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This week, your hosts Tristan and Tasia walk you through the latest AI news, including LinkedIn's AI training initiative (and how to opt out of it), Amazon's AI tools for shoppers, sellers and advertisers, Alibaba's new generative AI models, YouTube's latest AI tools for creators, Lionsgate's controversial partnership with Runway, and California's flurry of AI legislation. Then we dig into the uncanny world of SocialAI and the resurgence of Dead Internet Theory. Join us as we blur the line between human and bot.

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This week, Tristan and Tasia bite into Apple's juicy new iPhone 16 lineup and watch as their AI efforts get a bit mushy in certain markets, while Google's Gemini sprouts on Android and OpenAI's "Strawberry" model tries to sweeten the deal with self-fact-checking. Then we peel back the layers on some spicy AI security concerns, from ChatGPT's illicit recipes mishap to Meta's data-hungry AI models, and explore how AI might be changing the flavor of our beliefs. Join us as we cook up an explosive smorgasbord of AI news.

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This week, Tristan and Tasia get into some of the details about OpenAI's and Anthropic’s enterprise AI efforts, the drama regarding Oprah's upcoming AI special (that no one's actually seen yet), and the possible futility and/or self-defeating nature of the Council of Europe's AI safety treaty. Then we marvel once again, this time at xAI's Memphis Supercluster, its energy requirements, and how it helps — and possibly hurts — NVIDIA. Join us as we fire up some diesel generators in our pursuit of general artificial intelligence. What's the worst that could happen?

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• Exclusive: OpenAI co-founder Sutskever's new safety-focused AI startup SSI raises $1 billion
• OpenAI hits 1 million paid corporate users.
• See also: Anthropic launches Claude Enterprise to compete with AI chatbot rivals
• Google’s AI-powered Ask Photos feature begins US rollout
• YouTube is developing AI detection tools for music and faces, plus creator controls for AI training
• Marques Brownlee should be absolutely ashamed of himself. What a disgraceful thing to be associated with.
• See also: Apple, Anthropic, and other companies used YouTube videos to train AI
• See also: Oprah Winfrey is hosting a prime-time TV special on AI

AI NEWS

• The US, UK, EU and other major nations have signed a landmark global AI treaty
• Council of Europe opens first ever global treaty on AI for signature
• CERN for AI may be the EU’s ‘last chance’ to gain on foreign competition
• See also: Most of America’s AI engineers are in Silicon Valley and Seattle
• Elon Musk claims he is training “the world’s most powerful AI by every metric”
• xAI Colossus supercomputer with 100K H100 GPUs comes online — Musk lays out plans to double GPU count to 200K with 50K H100 and 50K H200
• DOJ subpoenas Nvidia in deepening AI antitrust probe, report says

FURTHER READING

• Hello, you’re here because you said AI image editing was just like Photoshop

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This week, Tristan and Tasia get the latest from Google, as it continues to deliver — or re-deliver — on previously announced AI features. Then we marvel at the continued growth of consumer AI, despite increased scrutiny from regulators and resistance from some website publishers. Turns out there are some strings on it, after all. Join us as we update our robots.txt and pursue shiny gems.

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• Gemini Advanced Tip: Gemini Gems | How to Use Gems in Gemini
• Google’s AI chatbot for your Gmail inbox is rolling out on Android
• Google AI reintroduces human image generation after historical accuracy outcry

AI NEWS

• Major Sites Are Saying NO to Apple's AI Scraping
• See also: YouTube creators surprised to find Apple and others trained AI on their videos
• Apple is reportedly investing in OpenAI — Microsoft’s rival wants in on the ChatGPT maker, too
• California Advances AI Bill
• See also: Elon Musk backs California AI safety bill
• OpenAI vows to provide the US government early access to its next AI model
• OpenAI and Anthropic Agree to Let US AI Safety Institue Test and Evaluate New Models
• OpenAI and Anthropic will share their models with the US government
• ChatGPT’s weekly users have doubled in less than a year
• Meta says Llama's usage grew tremendously due to the power of open source
• Oprah to Host 'AI and the Future of Us' special with Bill Gates and Sam Altman

STUPID AI TRICKS

• Stupid but useful AI tricks: Creating calendar entries from an image using Anthropic Claude 3.5

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