November 29, 2024

Clones, commerce & campaigns (Practical AI #297)

53 minutes

Chris and Daniel dive into what Trump’s impending second term could mean for AI companies, model developers, and regulators, unpacking the potential shifts in policy and innovation. Next, they discuss the latest models, like Qwen, that blur the performance gap between open and closed systems. Finally, they explore new AI tools for meeting clones and AI-driven commerce, sparking a conversation about the balance between digital convenience and fostering genuine human connections.

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Featuring:

Chris Benson – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Bluesky, X
Daniel Whitenack – Website, GitHub, X

Show Notes:

New Models

Qwen2.5

Alibaba’s Qwen AI Model

Qwen2.5 Turbo Reads Ten Novels in One Minute

DeepSeek

DeepSeek API Docs Update

FLUX

Black Forest Labs’ FLUX.1-dev on Hugging Face

OuteTTS

OuteTTS 0.1 - 350M Blog

OuteTTS 0.2 - 500M Blog

Smol TTS Update on LinkedIn

SmolLVM

SmolLVM Updates on LinkedIn

What Donald Trump’s Win Means for AI

Practical AI Podcast: Episode 244

GetPickle.ai

Docling

Docling Paper on arXiv

Docling GitHub Repository

Red Hat Blog on Docling

LinkedIn Post on PDF Table Extraction

Hugging Face Blog on Observers SDK

AI and Commerce

Stripe Blog: Adding Payments to Agentic Workflows

LinkedIn Announcement: Payments Integration SDK

Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!

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