#150 - GPT Store, new Nvidia chips, DeepMind’s robotics progress, bad uses of AI

2024-01-14

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Our 150th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news! Read out our text newsletter and comment on the podcast at https://lastweekin.ai/ Email us your questions and feedback at contact@lastweekin.ai Timestamps + links: (00:00:00) Intro / Banter Tools & Apps(00:02:49) OpenAI’s custom GPT Store is now open for business (00:06:52) OpenAI debuts ChatGPT subscription aimed at small teams Lighting round(00:09:18) The Rabbit R1 is an AI-powered gadget that can use your apps for you

Our 150th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news!

Read out our text newsletter and comment on the podcast at https://lastweekin.ai/

Email us your questions and feedback at contact@lastweekin.ai

Timestamps + links:

(00:00:00) Intro / Banter
Tools & Apps
- (00:02:49) OpenAI’s custom GPT Store is now open for business
- (00:06:52) OpenAI debuts ChatGPT subscription aimed at small teams
- Lighting round
  - (00:09:18) The Rabbit R1 is an AI-powered gadget that can use your apps for you
  - (00:11:18) Amazon’s Alexa gets new generative AI-powered experiences
  - (00:12:55) Google appears to be working on an ‘advanced’ version of Bard that you have to pay for
Applications & Business
- (00:14:24) Nvidia's newest chips are designed to run AI at home as competition from Intel, AMD looms
- (00:16:52) Valve opens the door to more Steam games developed with AI
- Lighting round
  - (00:19:16) AI-powered search engine Perplexity AI, now valued at $520M, raises $73.6M
  - (00:21:33) Waymo will start testing robotaxis on Phoenix highways
  - (00:23:24) Getty and Nvidia bring generative AI to stock photos
Research & Advancements
- (00:25:10) DeepMind is trying to train robots for real-world activities
- (00:29:03) MoE-Mamba: Efficient Selective State Space Models with Mixture of Experts
- Lighting round
  - (00:33:18) PIXART-δ: Fast and Controllable Image Generation with Latent Consistency Models
  - (00:35:20) InseRF: Text-Driven Generative Object Insertion in Neural 3D Scenes
  - (00:37:06) The Impact of Reasoning Step Length on Large Language Models
  - (00:39:33) Mixtral of Experts
Policy & Safety
- (00:40:38) Meta and OpenAI have spawned a wave of AI sex companions—and some of them are children
- (00:46:30) ‘Impossible’ to create AI tools like ChatGPT without copyrighted material, OpenAI says
- Lighting round
  - (00:49:52) Judges in England and Wales are given cautious approval to use AI in writing legal opinions
  - (00:51:43) Hallucinating Law: Legal Mistakes with Large Language Models are Pervasive
Synthetic Media & Art
- (00:55:09) A list going viral reveals famous artists whose work was used to train AI generator
- (00:58:28) YouTube is cracking down on AI-generated true crime deepfakes
- Lighting round
  - (01:00:27) AI-Generated George Carlin Comedy Special Slammed by Comedian’s Daughter
  - (01:01:56) SAG-AFTRA Signs Deal With Voiceover Studio for AI Use in Video Games
  - (01:03:26) Early Mickey Mouse is now in the public domain—and AI is already on the case