Our 191st episode with a summary and discussion of last week's* big AI news!
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In this episode:
OpenAI's leaked Sora video generator demonstrates advanced capabilities, while Mistral updates Let’s Chat with new features like image generation and web search integration.
Microsoft's Ignite 2024 reveals AI agents for various applications, and Paris-based startup H introduces its AI runner for agentic applications.
Deep Seek's new R1 Light preview model replicates OpenAI's reasoning abilities and Cerebrus releases a high-performance chip for LLMs, significantly faster than GPU-based alternatives.
Anthropic introduces new styles feature in Claude, and Amazon invests an additional $4 billion in the AI startup, signaling stronger industry ties.
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Timestamps + Links:
(00:00:00) Intro / Banter
(00:02:55) Response to listener comments
(00:09:30) Sponsor Break
Tools & Apps
(00:10:52) OpenAI’s Sora video generator appears to have leaked
(00:21:11) Mistral unleashes Pixtral Large and upgrades Le Chat into full-on ChatGPT competitor
(00:26:39) Ignite 2024 introduces new AI agents and more for Microsoft 365 Copilot
(00:28:50) H, the AI startup that raised $220M, launches its first product: Runner H for ‘agentic’ applications
(00:31:20) Anthropic bets on personalization in the AI arms race with new ‘styles’ feature
(00:33:42) ElevenLabs now offers ability to build conversational AI agents
(00:37:08) Perplexity introduces a shopping feature for Pro users in the U.S.
(00:38:49) Google’s Gemini chatbot now has memory
(00:43:03) Suno V4 Ai Music Generator Is Out Now And It’s Very Impressive
(00:46:28) Introducing FLUX.1 Tools
(00:49:51) OpenAI just gave ChatGPT a major 'creativity' upgrade
(00:51:26) Runway launches Frames — a new AI image generator that creates custom worlds
Applications & Business
(00:54:56) OpenAI Email Archives (from Musk v. Altman)
(01:02:01) Amazon to invest another $4 billion in Anthropic, OpenAI's biggest rival
(01:05:41) Amazon Robots Struggling to Keep Up With Human Workers
Projects & Open Source
(01:11:27) DeepSeek’s first reasoning model R1-Lite-Preview turns heads, beating OpenAI o1 performance
(01:15:30) OpenScholar: The open-source A.I. that’s outperforming GPT-4o in scientific research
Research & Advancements
(01:18:02) A statistical approach to model evaluations
(01:22:08) Scaling Laws for Precision
(01:25:10) Cerebras Delivers Record-Breaking Performance with Meta’s Llama 3.1 405B Model
Policy & Safety
(01:28:01) Sam Altman will co-chair San Francisco mayor-elect Daniel Lurie’s transition team
(01:32:21) Biden’s final meeting with Xi Jinping reaps agreement on AI and nukes
Synthetic Media & Art
(01:33:07) How Did You Do On The AI Art Turing Test?
(01:38:27) Outro
