#135 - Google AI Subscription, ChatGPT Enterprise, Nvidias Q2, Consciousness, DeepFake watermark

Published: Sept. 6, 2023, 7:59 a.m.

Our 135th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news!\nApologies for pod being late again... -Andrey\nRead out our text newsletter and comment on the podcast at https://lastweekin.ai/\nEmail us your questions and feedback at contact@lastweekin.ai\nCheck out our sponsor, the SuperDataScience podcast. You can listen to SDS across all major podcasting platforms (e.g., Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts) plus there\u2019s a video version on YouTube.\nTimestamps + links:\n(00:00) Intro / Banter\n(02:07) SuperDataScience podcast ad\n(04:00) Shout out to listener comments & reviews\n(05:43) News Preview\nTools & Apps(06:32) Google\u2019s Duet AI is now available in Gmail, Docs, and more for $30 a month\n(10:51) Poe\u2019s new desktop app lets you use all the AI chatbots in one place\n(13:47) Developers are now using AI for text-to-music apps\n(15:50) Yahoo Mail Debuts AI Enhancements for a Smarter Inbox\n(18:05) South Korea's Naver launches generative AI services\n\nApplications & Business(21:19) Introducing ChatGPT Enterprise\n(25:25) We Analyzed Millions of ChatGPT User Sessions: Visits are Down 29% since May, Programming Assistance is 30% of Use\n(29:50) Survey finds relatively few Americans actually use (or fear) ChatGPT\n(31:32) Nvidia\u2019s Q2 earnings prove it\u2019s the big winner in the generative AI boom\n(33:30) How Nvidia Built a Competitive Moat Around A.I. Chips\n(37:03) Nvidia's $25 billion buyback 'a head-scratcher' for some shareholders\n(40:25) Chinese AI Company Claims Huawei AI GPUs Are On Par With NVIDIA A100, Will Compete With GPT-4 LLM In 2024\n(44:08) AI\u2019s Share Of US Startup Funding Doubled In 2023\n(45:42) Hugging Face raises $235M from investors including Salesforce and Nvidia\n(48:13) AI21 Labs Raises $155M in Series C Funding; Valued at $1.4 Billion\n(50:32) DP Technology Raises 100 million US dollars, Achieves AI Milestones in Science\n\nProjects & Open Source(52:15) Meta releases an AI model that can transcribe and translate close to 100 languages\n(56:01) Line Open-Sources \u2018japanese-large-lm\u2019: A Japanese Language Model With 3.6 Billion Parameters\n\nResearch & Advancements(58:55) Consciousness in Artificial Intelligence: Insights from the Science of Consciousness\n(01:05:18) Reinforced Self-Training (ReST) for Language Modeling\n(01:08:27) Hoodwinked: Deception and Cooperation in a Text-Based Game for Language Models\n(01:11:47) Head-to-Tail: How Knowledgeable are Large Language Models (LLM)? A.K.A. Will LLMs Replace Knowledge Graphs?\n(01:14:14) Nvidia AI Image Generator Fits on a Floppy Disk and Takes 4 Minutes to Train\n(01:16:18) MagicEdit: High-Fidelity and Temporally Coherent Video Editing\n(01:17:44) A Survey on Large Language Model based Autonomous Agents\n\nPolicy & Safety(01:19:00) UK to spend \xa3100m in global race to produce AI chips\n(01:22:03) Meta confirms AI \u2018off-switch\u2019 incoming to Facebook, Instagram in Europe\n(01:25:44) Beijing to restrict use of generative AI in online healthcare activities\n(01:28:04) Schumer to host AI forum with CEOs including Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg\n(01:32:52) Bletchley Park to host AI safety talks in November\n(01:34:47) Spain launches AI regulation agency in bid to become industry leader\n\nSynthetic Media & Art(01:36:11) Google made a watermark for AI images that you can\u2019t edit out\n\n(01:39:20) Outro