Researcher and Lanfrica founder Chris Emezue joins the season finale of the podcast to discuss the potential for AI to improve translation across low-resource languages — especially in Africa.

Brian and Sarah talk about what’s next for the podcast, as well as where AI has been showing up in earnings reports for GAMMA companies over the past week. Listen for more on those stories and a content-themed edition of "Two truths and l’AI" in this week’s episode.

Timestamps for this episode:

[0:00] Intro

[0:16] Welcome

[0:35] What’s next for the podcast

[4:42] Tech earnings reports

[7:48] Amazon’s new AI shopping assistant Rufus

[13:02] Google adds text-to-image functionality to Bard

[16:58] Meta’s increased spending on AI

[19:58] "Two truths and l’AI"

[28:15] Chris Emezue interview

[30:27] How he began working with the Bambara language

[33:49] His experience in Nigeria and working with other African languages

[40:00] Meeting collaborators through Masakhane

[44:58] Founding Lanfrica

[50:40] What a focus on data farming means

[52:57] What constitutes good data when working with languages?

[1:04:46] How other people can get involved with AI and language projects

Links for topics referenced in this episode:

Lanfrica: https://lanfrica.com/

Data farming vs. data mining (Lanfrica): https://lanfrica.com/blog/data-farming-in-the-global-south/

Lanfrica Talks: https://lanfrica.com/blog/lanfrica-talks/

Masakhane website:

https://www.masakhane.io/

Microsoft and Alphabet’s recent earnings (The Byte): https://futurism.com/the-byte/ai-companies-lose-190-billion-dismal-google-report

Amazon’s new AI shopping assistant (TechCrunch): https://techcrunch.com/2024/02/01/amazon-debuts-rufus-an-ai-shopping-assistant-in-its-mobile-app/

Google adds functionality to Bard (The Verge): https://www.theverge.com/2024/2/1/24057438/bard-gemini-imagen-google-ai-image-generation

Zuckerberg’s plan to beat Google and Microsoft in AI (Fortune): https://finance.yahoo.com/news/mark-zuckerberg-explained-meta-crush-004732591.html

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Music used in this podcast comes from "Vanishing Horizon" by Jason Shaw and is licensed under an Attribution 3.0 United States License.

Sarah Jaquette Ray, a professor at Cal Poly Humboldt, joins Sarah and Brian to talk about dealing with anxiety. As the author of "A Field Guide to Climate Anxiety: How to Keep Your Cool on a Warming Planet,” she discusses some takeaways from her work that can be useful in other contexts, including AI, where major changes are already in progress across industries and careers.

In news, several follow-up stories show up as the Federal Trade Commission takes a look at OpenAI and Anthopric’s deals with big tech companies, and Satya Nadella gets asked to weigh in on a wave of Taylor Swift deepfakes on social media. All of this and a new, suspenseful round of "Two truths and l’AI" are in this week’s episode.

Timestamps for this episode:

[0:00] Intro

[0:16] Welcome

[1:44] FTC investigation into OpenAI and Anthropic deals

[07:16] Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella on Taylor Swift deepfakes

[14:30] George Carlin’s estate sues over AI-created comedy special

[16:55] AI-created news articles appearing in Google News

[24:55] GitHub Copilot study

[25:35] "Two truth and l’AI"

[36:21] Interview with Sarah Jaquette Ray

[40:00] The role of anxiety in climate change and risk

[43:30] Moving past fear

[51:00] Dealing with burnout and identifying goals

[55:04] How to focus attention on specific problems

[1:00:00] Confronting negativity bias

[1:02:05] Taking a systems thinking approach to mindset

Links for topics referenced in this episode:

"A Field Guide to Climate Anxiety: How to Keep Your Cool on a Warming Planet" by Sarah Jaquette Ray (University of California Press): https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520343306/a-field-guide-to-climate-anxiety

"The Existential Toolkit for Climate Justice Educators" edited by by Jennifer Atkinson and Sarah Jaquette Ray (University of California Press): https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520397125/the-existential-toolkit-for-climate-justice-educators

FTC investigates OpenAI and Anthropic deals (The New York Times): https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/25/technology/ftc-ai-microsoft-amazon-google.html

Satya Nadella on implications of Taylor Swift deepfakes (NBC News): https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/taylor-swift-nude-deepfake-ai-photos-images-rcna135913

The Liar’s Dividend (Georgia Tech University): https://gvu.gatech.edu/research/projects/liars-dividend-impact-deepfakes-and-fake-news-politician-support-and-trust-media

George Carlin’s estate sues over AI comedy special (ABC News): https://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory/george-carlin-estate-sues-fake-comedy-special-purportedly-106700248

AI content appearing in Google News (New York Post): https://nypost.com/2024/01/22/business/google-news-searches-ranked-ai-generated-ripoffs-above-real-articles-including-a-post-exclusive/

GitHub Copilot study (Visual Studio Magazine): https://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2024/01/25/copilot-research.aspx

AI-generated horse calendar (Bored Panda): https://www.boredpanda.com/ai-generated-horse-calendar/

Volar dating app feature (Wired): https://www.wired.com/story/volar-dating-app-chatbot-screen-matches/

The rise of AI anxiety (Scientific American): https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/ai-anxiety-is-on-the-rise-heres-how-to-manage-it/

Ways the UN believes AI can have a positive impacted on climate change (United Nations): https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/11/1143187

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Music used in this podcast comes from "Vanishing Horizon" by Jason Shaw and is licensed under an Attribution 3.0 United States License.

Alphabet, Amazon, Meta, Apple, and Microsoft each entered 2024 with their own AI strategies, strengths, and weaknesses. In this special episode, Brian and Sarah break down why each company is in a unique position and discuss which of the former GAFAM — now GAMMA (or GAMAM) — is in the strongest place.

In news, attention turns to Samsung’s Galaxy S24 announcements, controversy about AI-generated content in Google News results, and a debate between the Justice Department and Federal Trade Commission over where the authority lies to investigate OpenAI. Dive in for all of this an intense crime-themed round of "Two truths and l’AI."

Timestamps for this episode:

[0:00] Intro

[00:16] Welcome and news

[1:18] GAMMA adopted to our podcast style guide

[2:00] AI-generated face challenge

[4:18] Samsung adds AI features to new Galaxy S24 phone

[17:43] AI content in Google News results

[21:21] Justice Department and FTC discuss jurisdiction over OpenAI

[27:28] "Two truths and l’AI"

[38:29] 10,000 hours of language recordings to train an AI model

[40:14] GAMMA special: What’s going on in AI across the five big tech companies

[42:26] Alphabet/Google

[50:05] Amazon

[54:11] Meta/Facebook

[1:02:50] Apple

[1:11:48] Microsoft

[1:17:56] Who is best positioned, and who is most vulnerable in 2024?

Links for topics referenced in this episode:

AI-generated face quiz (The New York Times): https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/01/19/technology/artificial-intelligence-image-generators-faces-quiz.html

Samsung’s new Galaxy S24 AI features (Wall Street Journal): https://www.wsj.com/tech/samsung-galaxy-s24-artificial-intelligence-features-dc37e134

Samsung’s Galaxy S24 demo video (Samsung): https://www.sammobile.com/news/galaxy-ai-features-video-galaxy-s24-ultra/

Apple passes Samsung as top seller of phones globally (The Guardian): https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/jan/17/apple-samsung-worlds-top-smartphone-seller-iphone-honor-google-divide-android

Former top seller of 2010, Nokia (Statista): https://www.statista.com/statistics/268877/worldwide-market-share-of-leading-cell-phone-manufacturers/

Assertion that AI-generated content is appearing in Google News results (404 Media): https://www.404media.co/google-news-is-boosting-garbage-ai-generated-articles/

Google’s response to 404 Media story (Search Engine Roundtable): https://www.seroundtable.com/google-responds-garbage-ai-content-in-google-news-36757.html

DOJ and FTC meet over jurisdiction to investigate OpenAI (Politico): https://www.politico.com/news/2024/01/19/doj-ftc-microsoft-openai-antitrust-00136624

The AI Taylor Swift-impersonation Le Creuset scam (Creative Bloq): https://www.creativebloq.com/news/taylor-swift-le-creuset-ai

Criminals hacking children’s social media accounts (Daily Mail): https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12859675/Warning-criminals-hacking-childrens-social-media-using-just-three-seconds-voice-turning-terrifying-AI-scam-trick-parents.html

How many hours of language recording it takes to train an AI model (LinkedIn): https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7153882887723884546/

Google anticipates more layoffs in 2024 (CBS News): https://www.cbsnews.com/news/google-layoffs-2024-sundar-pichai/

Microsoft gain cloud share in Q3 2023 (Reuters): https://www.reuters.com/technology/microsofts-ai-bets-boost-cloud-business-alphabet-yet-find-silver-lining-2023-10-24/

Amazon losing $10 billion on Alex in 2022 (Fox Business): https://www.foxbusiness.com/technology/amazon-alexa-track-lose-10-billion-year-described-colossal-failure-new-report#

Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook video about AI (Facebook): https://www.facebook.com/zuck/posts/pfbid02Uf3JSi5xzYqbpEcgfCSmFhwJS3VfrSH5RRxN5C6psFVUWCJADDic8VEADJwPFkVNl

Apple’s AI initiatives (Mac Rumors): https://www.macrumors.com/guide/apple-gpt/

Microsoft overtakes Apple as most valuable company (Reuters): https://www.reuters.com/technology/microsoft-overtakes-apple-worlds-most-valuable-company-2024-01-11/

Microsoft alleges spying by state-sponsored Russian group (Reuters): https://www.reuters.com/technology/cybersecurity/microsoft-says-it-was-hacked-by-russian-state-sponsored-group-2024-01-19/

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Brian and Sarah talk to David Talbot, part of the founding team at the startup Inceptive, which is using artificial intelligence to synthesize RNA molecules. It’s a fascinating discussion about AI’s use in biotech and how these two important fields are coming together to introduce new possibilities.

In news, enterprise AI use comes up again, as we get some new numbers from OpenAI detailing how many business seats it is serving. In addition, the recap addresses state action on AI regulation and a reaction from the late George Carlin’s daughter to an AI-generated comedy special that used a synthetic voice likeness of her father.

Timestamps for this episode:

[0:00] Intro

[00:17] Welcome and news recap

[00:33] OpenAI’s enterprise clients

[1:44] State-level action on AI

[3:00] AI-generated George Carlin comedy special

[6:10] Interview with David Talbot of Inceptive

[7:11] David’s career leading up to Inceptive

[9:27] AI’s role in designing RNA molecules at Inceptive

[11:44] AI’s strengths in this field

[14:58] The problems Inceptive is trying to solve

[20:18] What kinds of data Inceptive generates

[22:54] How machine learning can be used in science

[28:00] Watermarking and issues with navigating synthetic data when training AI

[30:53] Finding/generating the best data for training

[32:34] How biotech has changed how he views AI

[34:53] Applying natural language processing competencies in biotech

[36:33] What “biological software” means

[40:16] Additional details about Inceptive

Links for topics referenced in this episode:

David Talbot (LinkedIn): https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-t-271a9139/

Inceptive: https://inceptive.life/

OpenAI reveals volume of enterprise clients (Venture Beat): https://venturebeat.com/ai/openai-reveals-how-many-chatgpt-for-enterprise-customers-it-has-so-far/

State-level AI legislation in the U.S. (The New York Times): https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/11/us/ai-election-ads-state-legislators.html

George Carlin’s daughter criticizes AI-generated comedy special (Polygon): https://www.polygon.com/24034625/george-carlin-i-wish-i-was-dead-ai-comedy-special-kelly-carlin-dudes

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Music used in this podcast comes from "Vanishing Horizon" by Jason Shaw and is licensed under an Attribution 3.0 United States License.

To kick off 2024, Brian and Sarah welcome guest Karin Golde, the founder of West Valley AI and an AWS alum to talk about how she advises companies getting started when they deploy artificial intelligence. What are best practices? What should be avoided? And what needs to be defined going in?

In this week’s news, funding gets the spotlight as Perplexity raises $73.6 million and Anthropic’s reported $18.4 billion valuation raises some eyebrows. Then, the conversation turns to U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts’ opinions on AI and how it should be treated in the legal world.

Tune in for all of this, along with a CES 2024 edition of "Two truths and ‘AI."

Timestamps for this episode:

[0:00] Intro

[00:17] Welcome

[0:58] The FTC’s prize for fighting voice-cloning fraud

[3:02] Perplexity raising $73.6 million

[10:18] Anthropic reportedly raising $750 million

[17:46] Chief Justice Roberts on AI

[24:37] "Two truths and l’AI"

[33:03] Interview with Karin Golde

[34:29] Karin’s experience starting a company

[35:48] What to watch out for with AI and data implementations

[37:51] Chevrolet of Watsonville’s ChatGPT-powered chatbot incident

[43:30] Having a strategy vs. throwing things at the wall to see what sticks

[51:32] What types of questions do companies working with Karin ask?

[53:40] What should big tech companies know about these non-tech companies adopting AI?

[55:15] How to tell if a product is going to solve a problem

[1:02:38] What should companies consider when it comes to regulation and long-term thinking?

[1:14:40] Most interesting questions about AI going into 2024

Links for topics referenced in this episode:

Karin Golde (LinkedIn): https://www.linkedin.com/in/karin-golde/

West Valley AI:

https://www.westvalley.ai/

FTC offering $25,000 for solution to fighting voice-cloning fraud (The Register): https://www.theregister.com/2024/01/05/ftc_voice_cloning_solution/

Context page for entries open until January 12 (FTC): https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/contests/ftc-voice-cloning-challenge

Perplexity raising $73.6M values it at $520M (Reuters): https://www.reuters.com/technology/perplexity-ai-valued-520-mln-funding-bezos-nvidia-2024-01-04/

Why Anthropic doesn’t want a higher valuation (Semafor): https://www.semafor.com/article/01/05/2024/why-hot-ai-startup-anthropic-wanted-a-lower-valuation

Previous reporting on Anthropic’s valuation (Reuters): https://www.reuters.com/markets/deals/anthropic-raise-750-mln-menlo-ventures-led-funding-round-information-2023-12-21/

Chief Justice Roberts weights in on AI (NPR): https://www.npr.org/2024/01/01/1222378766/chief-justice-roberts-casts-a-wary-eye-on-artificial-intelligence-in-the-courts

Machine bias in sentencing (ProPublica): https://www.propublica.org/article/machine-bias-risk-assessments-in-criminal-sentencing

Problems with predictive algorithms in policing (MIT Technology Review): https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/07/17/1005396/predictive-policing-algorithms-racist-dismantled-machine-learning-bias-criminal-justice/

Wehead’s ChatGPT edition (Creative Bloq): https://www.creativebloq.com/news/chatgpt-face-wehead

LG’s new robot (Yahoo! Finance): https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/lg-releases-robot-hopes-lead-170753978.html

"Never Too Small" series (YouTube):

LG’s StanbyME (LG): https://www.lg.com/us/lifestyle-products/lg-27art10akpl-lifestyle-screen

The Chevrolet of Watsonville AI chatbot goes viral (GM Authority): https://gmauthority.com/blog/2023/12/gm-dealer-chat-bot-agrees-to-sell-2024-chevy-tahoe-for-1/

Human labeling being done by domain experts (The New York Times): https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/25/technology/chatgpt-rlhf-human-tutors.html

Kenya workers training AI (The Guardian): https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/aug/02/ai-chatbot-training-human-toll-content-moderator-meta-openai

The nature of data labeling complexity (The Verge): https://www.theverge.com/features/23764584/ai-artificial-intelligence-data-notation-labor-scale-surge-remotasks-openai-chatbots

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Music used in this podcast comes from "Vanishing Horizon" by Jason Shaw and is licensed under an Attribution 3.0 United States License.

In the final episode of 2023, Brian and Sarah go into forecast mode, laying out their AI predictions for 2024. Will the hype keep growing? What will the next phase of adoption look like? This New Year’s episode gets into all of it.

Meanwhile, in the week’s biggest news, the discussion looks at The New York Times lawsuit against OpenAI, Jony Ive’s latest hire for some ChatGPT-powered hardware, and Michael Cohen’s AI-powered legal mistake.

Timestamps for this episode:

[0:00] Intro

[00:16] Welcome

[1:32] AI predictions for 2024

[4:47] Sarah’s big prediction

[10:04] Brian’s big prediction

[17:57] The New York Times suing OpenAI

[27:04] Jony Ive’s design firm adds Tang Tan, an iPhone designer from Apple

[32:14] Michael Cohen’s trouble with Bard

[37:52] "Two truths and l’AI"

Links for topics referenced in this episode:

Skift’s AI-powered chatbot (Skift): https://ask.skift.com/

The New York Times sues OpenAI (Associated Press): https://apnews.com/article/nyt-new-york-times-openai-microsoft-6ea53a8ad3efa06ee4643b697df0ba57

Potential risks for The New York Times (Techdirt): https://www.techdirt.com/2023/12/28/the-ny-times-lawsuit-against-openai-would-open-up-the-ny-times-to-all-sorts-of-lawsuits-should-it-win/

OpenAI’s negotiations with media companies (The New York Times): https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/29/business/media/media-openai-chatgpt.html

Looks at generation AI output that raise copyright concerns (Marcus on AI):

Tang Tan from Apple joins Jony Ive (Engadget): https://www.engadget.com/apples-iphone-designer-is-leaving-to-work-with-jony-ive-and-sam-altman-on-ai-hardware-093028794.html

Michael Cohen gets caught using AI citing non-existent legal cases (The New York Times): https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/29/nyregion/michael-cohen-ai-fake-cases.html

Champagne at risk, based on ClimateAI data (Fox News): https://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/new-years-eve-beverage-could-extinct-climate-change-ai-company-predicts

Burger King’s facial recognition use for hangover identification (RetailWire): https://retailwire.com/discussion/burger-king-taps-facial-recognition-for-hangover-promotion/

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Music used in this podcast comes from "Vanishing Horizon" by Jason Shaw and is licensed under an Attribution 3.0 United States License.

This week’s episode brings another startup founder to the show with Pulze.ai CEO Fabian Baier. He talks with Brian and Sarah about creating a product for enterprise companies and what he has learned about working with multiple large language models in a year when so many debuted.

In news, the discussion turns to Rite Aid’s issues using facial recognition technology, Apple’s reported talks with media companies about its own AI, and some potential new valuations for OpenAI and Anthropic.

Plus, don’t miss this week’s holiday edition of "Two truths and l’AI."

Timestamps for this episode:

[0:00] Intro

[00:16] Holiday welcome

[1:10] Rite Aid’s five-year ban on facial recognition tech

[11:18] Apple reportedly discussing deals with news publishers to use content for AI training

[15:10] OpenAI and Anthropic reportedly seeking additional funding at new valuations

[25:31] "Two truths and l’AI" (Sarah was 5-2 before this episode.)

[31:50] Interview with Fabian Baier

[33:00] Why he started Pulze.ai

[37:07] Figuring out what kind of company he wanted to build

[57:13] Choosing early use cases and sectors to focus on

[59:15] What enterprise companies are asking for

[1:03:30] What’s ahead for Pulze.ai

Links for topics referenced in this episode:

Fabian Baier (LinkedIn): https://www.linkedin.com/in/fbaier/

Fabian’s email: [email protected]

Pulse.ai: https://www.pulze.ai/

Listeners can use "exclusiveoffer1k" to get 1,000 credits until end of 2023 on: platform.pulze.ai

Rite Aid’s settlement with the Federal Trade Commission over AI us (CNN): https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/20/tech/rite-aid-ai-ftc-settlement/index.html

Clearview AI reaches settlement in class-action privacy lawsuit (The Record): https://therecord.media/clearview-ai-class-action-privacy-suit-settles-bipa-illinois

Apple’s reported talks with Condé Nast, NBC News, and IAC (The New York Times): https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/22/technology/apple-ai-news-publishers.html

OpenAI trying to raise at $100 billion valuation (Bloomberg): https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-12-22/openai-in-talks-to-raise-new-funding-at-100-billion-valuation

Anthropic looking to raise $750 million at an $18.4 billion valuation (CNBC): https://www.cnbc.com/2023/12/21/openai-rival-anthropic-in-talks-to-raise-750-million-funding-round.html

2023’s big rounds for AI startups (TechCrunch): https://techcrunch.com/2023/12/05/mega-deals-ai-funding-q3/

Airbnb’s use of AI to combat New Year’s Eve parties (Airbnb): https://news.airbnb.com/en-uk/airbnb-using-ai-to-help-clampdown-on-new-years-eve-parties-globally/

AI for saving deer (Andover Advertiser): https://www.andoveradvertiser.co.uk/news/national/24001665.saving-rudolph-ai-used-deter-deer-railway-tracks-christmas/

Andrej Karpathy’s intro to large language models (YouTube):

 Pulze.ai’s community (Pulze.ai): https://www.pulze.ai/community

Pulze.ai webinar (YouTube):

GPT-4 as Rater (Arxiv.org): https://arxiv.org/abs/2308.02575

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Music used in this podcast comes from "Vanishing Horizon" by Jason Shaw and is licensed under an Attribution 3.0 United States License.

The podcast returns this week as Brian and Sarah interview Kurt Bollacker, a director of engineering at MLCommons. Ever wonder how to begin testing an AI model? What standards matter? The discussion spans history and model types, with a quick look at recent work out of Stanford.

In this week’s news, we get into OpenAI’s relevance for media and wearables with its new Axel Springer deal and reported talks about working with Snap. Listen in, and play along with this week’s festive game of “Two truths and l’AI.”

Plus, thanks and full credit to Cory Skaaren at Skaaren Design for our new visual branding.

Timestamps for this episode:

[0:00] Intro

[0:20] Welcome

[0:50] OpenAI developments recap

[2:23] Axel Springer deal with OpenAI

[15:40] Snap’s reported talks with OpenAI to use its object recognition software for smart glasses

[17:49] “Two truths and l’AI”

[25:59] Interview with Kurt Bollacker

[27:50] Kurt’s journey to working on AI data sets and system evaluation

[32:14] What are the best standards for evaluating AI?

[38:00] Establishing what level of trust to put in AI output

[43:00] AI and machine learning history

[46:16] Predictions about the future of large language models

[50:05] The future of general-purpose AI

[53:35] The value of transparency and explainability

[55:30] Reviewing the Foundation Model Transparency Index from the Center for Research of Foundation Models at Stanford University

[1:00:46] MLCommons work on AI safety testing

[1:05:06] LLMs as “plausibility machines,” not “truth machines”

[1:07:42] How should the average person use this information?

[1:14:26] How the general public views data use for training AI

[1:15:58] Likelihood of a new AI winter soon

[1:21:49] The AI Safety working group

Links for topics referenced in this episode:

Axel Springer reaches deal with OpenAI for ChatGPT to use its news content (Axios): https://www.axios.com/2023/12/13/openai-chatgpt-axel-springer-news-deal

OpenAI talking to Snap about object recognition software use in smart glasses (The Information): https://www.theinformation.com/articles/tech-giants-chase-wearable-ai

The AI-powered Curio and Grimes toy called “Grok” (New York Post): https://nypost.com/2023/12/15/business/grimes-says-grok-toy-has-nothing-to-do-with-elon-musks-ai-bot/

AI-enabled robot pets helping vets (PetFoodIndustry.com): https://www.petfoodindustry.com/pet-ownership-statistics/article/15660175/aianimated-robot-pets-dont-eat-pet-food-or-want-treats

MLCommons: https://mlcommons.org/

Internet Archive: https://archive.org/

Water use when training AI models (Brian Warmoth): https://warmoth.org/2023/09/10/how-much-water-ai-is-going-to-drink/

The Foundation Model Transparency Index (Stanford University): https://crfm.stanford.edu/fmti/

The Holistic Evaluation of Language Models (HELM) paper (arxiv.org): https://arxiv.org/abs/2211.09110

MLCommons announcement about the formation of the AI Safety Working Group (MLCommons): https://mlcommons.org/2023/10/mlcommons-announces-the-formation-of-ai-safety-working-group/

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Music used in this podcast comes from "Vanishing Horizon" by Jason Shaw and is licensed under an Attribution 3.0 United States License.

ChatGPT marked its first birthday on Nov. 30 with OpenAI entering a whole new era filled with familiar faces and few new ones. Brian and Sarah keep things casual on this episode, welcoming friend of (and off) the pod Mason Del Rio, a data scientist and analyst with media production experience, to discuss ChatGPT's impact in its first year. [Editor’s note: Mason also helped us with editing this episode, which we greatly appreciate.]

For coders, creatives, and writers, the online world is increasingly saturated with AI-powered content. What’s going to happen next in 2024, and what will it mean for the workforce? All of this and more are on the table, along with a suspenseful edition of "Two truths and l’AI." Find out if Sarah finally cracked Brian’s strategy once and for all.

Timestamps for this episode:

[0:00] Intro

[0:18] Welcome

[1:35] Introduction of Mason Del Rio

[2:47] What the changes at OpenAI mean

[6:48] What OpenAI’s changes mean for Microsoft

[10:16] OpenAI’s new board

[11:25] What Pika Labs is doing for text-to-video tech

[14:55] Increased quality of generative AI output in less than a year

[16:05] HeyGen’s AI-generated video avatars

[18:17] "Two truths and l’AI"

[27:06] One year of ChatGPT: What has changed?

[31:40] ChatGPT relevance for Github and Microsoft

[33:25] Practical applications for professionals outside of computer science

[36:57] Impact on persuasion for politics, sales, and customer service teams

[42:32] Generating images for product design and textiles

[44:50] Generative AI for video

[46:07] Expectations for AI in 2024

[53:20] Most impressive generative AI capabilities so far

Links for topics referenced in this episode:

ChatGPT’s birthday (CNBC): https://www.cnbc.com/2023/11/30/chatgpts-one-year-anniversary-how-the-viral-ai-chatbot-has-changed.html

Inside look at Microsoft’s relationship with the board at OpenAI (The New Yorker): https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/12/11/the-inside-story-of-microsofts-partnership-with-openai

Reactions from prominent women in tech to OpenAI’s all-male (so far) board (Wired): https://www.wired.com/story/women-in-tech-openai-board/

AI-powered video-editing platform Pika raises $55 million (TechCrunch): https://techcrunch.com/2023/11/28/pika-labs-which-is-building-ai-tools-to-generate-and-edit-videos-raises-55m/

HeyGen raises $5.6 million for its AI-powered video tools (Forbes): https://www.forbes.com/sites/kenrickcai/2023/11/29/ai-video-startup-heygen-launches-near-instant-avatar-generator-adds-56-million-in-funding/

"Avengers Wes Anderson Trailer" (YouTube):

"Star Wars by Balenciaga" (YouTube):

Making $200,000/year to talk to chatbots (Wall Street Journal): https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/talking-to-chatbots-is-now-a-200k-job-so-i-applied-258bd5f0

Using AI to complete a Sophoclean play (The Tribune-Democrat): https://www.tribdem.com/news/ai-completed-sophoclean-play-presented-at-upj/article_fabc8d3a-8fd8-11ee-9b2b-1b8f63ccbc8b.html

Chris Onstand’s use of AI to replicate voices from his webcomic "Achewood" (Polygon): https://www.polygon.com/entertainment/23712969/achewood-2023-ai-chris-onstad

More links to news that didn’t make the show:

ChatGPT-written legislation for a city in Brazil (Associated Press): https://apnews.com/article/brazil-artificial-intelligence-porto-alegre-5afd1240afe7b6ac202bb0bbc45e08d4

Yann LeCun’s near-term AI superintelligence skepticism at Meta: (CNBC): https://www.cnbc.com/2023/12/03/meta-ai-chief-yann-lecun-skeptical-about-agi-quantum-computing.html

Meta’s global ban of AI-made political ads (ZDNet): https://www.zdnet.com/article/meta-will-enforce-ban-on-ai-powered-political-ads-in-every-nation-no-exceptions/

Amazon announces Q chatbot for businesses (CNBC): https://www.cnbc.com/2023/11/28/amazon-announces-q-an-ai-chatbot-for-businesses.html

Music used in this podcast comes from "Vanishing Horizon" by Jason Shaw and is licensed under an Attribution 3.0 United States License.

Rob Salkowitz joins Brian and Sarah to talk about the expectations and limitations of AI tools in entertainment and comic books. In the interview, he explains what he has seen in his work as a consultant in technology and digital media, as well as covering AI at Forbes and ICv2.

This week’s news returns to OpenAI (where it was reported late Tuesday that Sam Altman will return as CEO). The conversation turns to how the media is covering this story before this week’s round of "Two truths and l’AI," featuring a Thanksgiving selection of real and AI-generated holiday news.

Timestamps for this episode:

[0:00] Intro

[0:22] OpenAI developments and why the story has captured so much attention

[6:30] How the media is covering the board vs. Sam Altman

[14:12] The Cambridge Dictionary’s selection of hallucinate as its word of the year

[18:19] "Two truths and l’AI: Thanksgiving edition"

[26:20] Interview with Rob Salkowitz

[31:12] Early reactions to AI implications for the creative industry

[33:05] Interviewing the founder of Midjourney

[38:12] Best roles for AI tools

[40:12] Webtoons and DC Comics

[47:55] Limitations

[53:42] Fair use and copyright issues

[1:05:15] Best ethical priorities on display right now

Links for topics referenced in this episode:

Microsoft’s overtures to Sam Altman and OpenAI employees (CNBC): https://www.cnbc.com/2023/11/21/microsoft-exec-says-openai-employees-can-join-with-same-compensation.html

More than 95% of OpenAI employees prepared to quit (FT): https://www.ft.com/content/7215167b-b3dc-4a09-b8db-b6b20b79239e

Puck’s Teddy Schleifer on Sam Altman’s relationships with journalists (X):

https://twitter.com/teddyschleifer/status/1726644226006700522

Eric Newcomer on the case for the OpenAI board’s position (Substack):

Hallucinate updated as 2023’s word of the year by Cambridge Dictionary (BBC): https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-67424335

The AI Human Generator for creating fake people (The Creative Bloq): https://www.creativebloq.com/news/ai-human-generator

A guide for using AI in Thanksgiving plans (Fast Company): https://www.fastcompany.com/90984948/ai-guide-to-thanksgiving-chatgpt

"AI is coming to comics whether we like it or not. Are there ways it could help?" (ICv2): https://icv2.com/articles/columns/view/55521/ai-coming-comics-whether-we-like-it-not-are-there-ways-it-could-help

"AI is coming for commercial art jobs. Can it be stopped?" (Forbes): https://www.forbes.com/sites/robsalkowitz/2022/09/16/ai-is-coming-for-commercial-art-jobs-can-it-be-stopped/

Interview with Midjourney founder David Holz (Forbes): https://www.forbes.com/sites/robsalkowitz/2022/09/16/midjourney-founder-david-holz-on-the-impact-of-ai-on-art-imagination-and-the-creative-economy/

Rob Salkowitz’s website:

https://robsalkowitz.com/

Rob Salkowitz on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robsalkowitz/

More links to news that didn’t make the show:

Board reinstates Sam Altman as CEO at OpenAI (The New York Times): https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/22/technology/openai-sam-altman-returns.html

Meta eliminates its responsible AI team (Decrypt): https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-67424335