#131 - ChatGPT+ instructions, Microsoft reveals pricing for AI, is ChatGPT getting worse over time?

Published: Aug. 1, 2023, 9:18 p.m.

Our 131th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news!\nRead out our text newsletter and comment on the podcast at https://lastweekin.ai/\nEmail us your questions and feedback at contact@lastweekin.ai\nTimestamps + links:\n(00:00) Intro / Banter\n(04:18) Listener feedback/comments\nTools & Apps\n(07:00) ChatGPT Plus gets custom instructions, allowing it to remember how you want it to behave\n(09:20) GitHub\u2019s Copilot Chat AI feature is now available in public beta\n(12:38) Wix\u2019s new tool can create entire websites from prompts\n(15:32) Google Bard is now available in the EU\n\nApplications & Business\n(17:15) An A.I. Supercomputer Whirs to Life, Powered by Giant Computer Chips\n(20:35) Microsoft closes at record after revealing pricing for new A.I. subscription\n(23:00) Elon Musk threw nine-figure promises at top AI researchers\n(26:28) Machine Learning Market to Hit $419.94 Billion by 2030: Grand View Research, Inc.\n(28:31) Jasper, Mutiny AI Startups Cut Workers As Chatbot Rivalry Grows\n(31:50) Cognaize raises $18M to build a better LLM for the finance sector, one that keeps humans in the loop\n(34:34) China\u2019s OpenAI challenger Zhipu AI gets Meituan funding\n\nProjects & Open Source\nLighting round\n\nResearch & Advancements\n(36:50) A Real-World WebAgent with Planning, Long Context Understanding, and Program Synthesis\n(43:20) Is ChatGPT getting worse over time? Study claims yes, but others aren\u2019t sure\n(48:36) A simple yet effective design, coupled with remarkable durability and low cost, make this robotic gripper a promising option for many industries\n(51:24) Deepfake videos prompt false memories of films in half of participants\n(55:16) Researchers From Tsinghua University Introduce A Novel Machine Learning Algorithm Under The Meta-Learning Paradigm\n(58:47) MLCommons launches a new platform to benchmark AI medical models\n\nPolicy & Safety\n(01:02:20) Our Oppenheimer Moment: The Creation of A.I. Weapons\n(01:11:55) Frontier Model Security\n(01:17:15) The $1 billion gamble to ensure AI doesn\u2019t destroy humanity\n(01:22:32) 7 A.I. Companies Agree to Safeguards After Pressure From the White House\n(01:27:35) The Illusion Of AI\u2019s Existential Risk\n(01:35:05) Large majority of Americans have strong reservations about A.I. emergence, CNBC survey shows\n\nSynthetic Media & Art\n(01:38:12) You\u2019re going to see more AI-written articles whether you like it or not\n(01:41:13) \u2018World Of Warcraft\u2019 Players Trick AI-Scraping Games Website Into Publishing Nonsense\n(01:41:49) Google says AI tools meant to help journalists and not to replace them\n(01:45:12) Actors decry 'existential crisis' over AI-generated \u2018synthetic\u2019 actors\n(01:47:49) AI tool creates South Park episodes with user in starring role\n\n(01:50:51) Outro