#188 - ChatGPT+Search, OpenAI+AMD, SimpleQA, π0
Description
Our 188th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news!
Hosted by Andrey Kurenkov and Jeremie Harris.
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In this episode:
* Meta's open-source models utilized by China's military prompt regulatory adjustments; US agencies gain access to counterbalance.
* OpenAI partners with Broadcom and AMD to develop custom AI hardware, aiming for profitability and reducing inference costs.
* Physical Intelligence unveils a generalist robot control policy with a $400M funding boost, showcasing significant advancements in zero-shot task performance.
* New U.S. regulation mandates quarterly reporting for large AI model training and computing cluster acquisitions, aiming to bolster national security.
Timestamps + Links:
- (00:00:00 ) Intro / Banter
- (00:02:16 ) News Preview
- (00:03:05 ) Response to listener comments / corrections
- (00:05:00 ) Sponsor Break
- Tools & Apps
- (00:06:28 ) OpenAI’s search engine is now live in ChatGPT
- (00:12:18 ) Image Playground, ChatGPT, and more Apple Intelligence features roll out in beta
- (00:14:34 ) GitHub Copilot will support models from Anthropic, Google, and OpenAI
- (00:19:00 ) Introducing the analysis tool in Claude.ai
- (00:21:34 ) ElevenLabs Introduces Voice Design: A New AI Feature that Generates a Unique Voice from a Text Prompt Alone
- (00:24:18 ) Midjourney's new web editor lets you tweak images uploaded from your PC
- (00:26:02 ) Watch out, Midjourney — Recraft just announced new AI image generator model
- Applications & Business
- (00:29:57 ) Meta strikes multi-year AI deal with Reuters
- (00:33:15 ) OpenAI will start using AMD chips and could make its own AI hardware in 2026
- (00:40:47 ) Elon Musk's xAI in talks to raise funding valuing it at $40 billion, WSJ reports
- (00:46:07 ) Physical Intelligence, a Robot A.I. Specialist, Raises Millions From Bezos
- (00:48:32 ) Waymo ramps up robotaxi push with $5.6 bn in funding
- (00:49:11 ) Alphabet's Waymo Serving Over 150,000 Paid Robotaxi Rides Every Week Now, Surging 50% In 2 Months
- Projects & Open Source
- (00:51:23 ) Meta AI Silently Releases NotebookLlama: An Open Version of Google’s NotebookLM
- (00:54:59 ) Meta Releases Quantized Llama 3.2 with 4x Inference Speed on Android Phones
- (00:59:16 ) OpenAI Releases SimpleQA: A New AI Benchmark that Measures the Factuality of Language Models
- Research & Advancements
- (01:08:19 ) This Is a Glimpse of the Future of AI Robot
- (01:15:06 ) Can Language Models Replace Programmers? REPOCOD Says 'Not Yet'
- (01:19:01 ) Brain-like Functional Organization within Large Language Models
- (01:21:20 ) Decart’s AI simulates a real-time, playable version of Minecraft
- (01:25:39 ) Raising the bar on SWE-bench Verified with Claude 3.5 Sonnet
- Policy & Safety
- (01:29:06 ) Commerce just proposed the most significant federal AI regulation to date – and no one noticed
- (01:35:04 )Anthropic warns of AI catastrophe if governments don't regulate in 18 months
- (01:39:32 ) Open Source Bites Back as China’s Military Makes Full Use of Meta AI
- (01:46:35 ) Meta says it’s making its Llama models available for US national security applications
- (01:48:16 ) Outro
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