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Our 179th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news!

With hosts Andrey Kurenkov (https://twitter.com/andrey_kurenkov) and Jeremie Harris (https://twitter.com/jeremiecharris)

Episode Highlights:

- Grok 2's beta release features new image generation using Black Forest Labs' tech.

- Google introduces Gemini Voice Chat Mode available to subscribers and integrates it into Pixel Buds Pro 2.

- Huawei's Ascend 910C AI chip aims to rival NVIDIA's H100 amidst US export controls.

- Overview of potential risks of unaligned AI models and skepticism around SingularityNet's AGI supercomputer claims.

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Timestamps + Links:

• (00:00:00) Intro / Banter

• (00:02:15) Response to listener comments / corrections

• Tools & Apps

  • (00:04:24) Grok-2 is out in beta, now with added AI image generation

  • (00:11:28) OpenAI reveals an updated GPT-4o model - but can't quite explain how it's better

  • (00:13:48) Google Gemini’s voice chat mode is here

  • (00:16:18) Google’s Pixel Buds Pro 2 bring Gemini to your ears

  • (00:19:55) Google’s AI-generated search summaries change how they show their sources

  • (00:23:13) Prompt Caching is Now Available on the Anthropic API for Specific Claude Models

• Applications & Business

  • (00:26:56) Meet Black Forest Labs, the startup powering Elon Musk’s unhinged AI image generator

  • (00:26:56) Huawei readies new AI chip to challenge Nvidia in China, WSJ reports

  • (00:37:53) ASML and Imec Announce High-NA Lithography Breakthrough

  • (00:43:07) Chinese startup WeRide gets nod to test robotaxis with passengers in California

  • (00:45:49) Perplexity’s popularity surges as AI search start-up takes on Google

  • (00:51:55) Lisa Su formally welcomes Silo AI team to AMD after completing $665 million acquisition

• Projects & Open Source

  • (00:54:31) FalconMamba 7B Released: The World’s First Attention-Free AI Model with 5500GT Training Data and 7 Billion Parameters

  • (00:59:25) OpenAI has introduced SWE-bench Verified to evaluate AI performance

  • (01:04:21) Nous Research presents Hermes 3
    

  • (01:11:07) New supercomputing network could lead to AGI, scientists hope, with 1st node coming online within weeks

• Research & Advancements

  • (01:14:40) The AI Scientist: Towards Fully Automated Open-Ended Scientific Discovery

  • (01:30:24) Imagen 3

  • (01:32:48) The Data Addition Dilemma

  • (01:37:35) LongWriter: Unleashing 10,000+ Word Generation from Long Context LLMs

• Policy & Safety

  • (01:40:55) MIT researchers release a repository of AI risks

  • (01:44:14) Elon Musk addresses power issues at xAI supercomputer facility in Memphis

  • (01:46:52) FCC Proposes New Rules on AI-Powered Robocalls

  • Governments Adjust Policies Amid Flood of AI Record Requests

• Synthetic Media & Art

  • (01:48:21) SAG-AFTRA Strikes Groundbreaking AI Digital Voice Replica Pact With Startup Firm Narrativ

  • (01:51:52) How ‘Deepfake Elon Musk’ Became the Internet’s Biggest Scammer

• (01:56:21) AI Song Outro