#137 - Salesforce Copilot, Chip Crunch, Meta Rival to ChatGPT, AI for paralysis patients

Published: Sept. 20, 2023, 11:30 a.m.

Our 137th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news!\nWith guest host Jessica Dai. Check out her Reboot publication!\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\xa0\n(01:37) SuperDataScience podcast ad\nTools & Apps\n(02:32) Salesforce launches AI assistant across its apps including Slack and Tableau\n(06:06) Roblox\u2019s new AI chatbot will help you build virtual worlds\n(09:22) Bybit debuts AI-powered \u2018TradeGPT\u2019 for market analysis and data driven Q&A\n(11:14) China\u2019s Ant Group unveils finance AI model as race heats up\n\nApplications & Business\n(13:24) TSMC warns AI chip crunch will last another 18 months\n(16:50) Even AI Hasn\u2019t Helped Microsoft\u2019s Bing Chip Away at Google\u2019s Search Dominance\n(20:05) OpenAI will host its first developer conference on November 6\n(22:54) AI reading coach startup Ello raises $15M to bolster child literacy\n(25:71) Nasdaq gets SEC nod for first exchange AI-driven order type\n(27:17) NVIDIA Adds New Software That Can Double H100 Inference Performance\n\nProjects & Open Source\n(30:10) Meta Platforms reportedly building open-source generative AI system to rival OpenAI\u2019s ChatGPT\n(34:13) Indian Developers Top Hugging Face Leaderboard with GenZ 70B\n(38:31) Supporting the Open Source AI Community\n\nResearch & Advancements\n(40:31) Artificial intelligence allows paralysis patient to speak for first time in 18 years\n(45:42) Efficient Benchmarking (of Language Models)\n(49:31) Online AI-based test for Parkinson\u2019s disease severity shows promising results\n(52:52) Scientists used machine learning to perform quantum error correction\n\nPolicy & Safety\n(56:18) Tech leaders including Musk, Zuckerberg call for government action on AI\n(01:01:32) US court rules that artificial intelligence generated artwork cannot be copyrighted\n(01:04:00) 2 Senators Propose Bipartisan Framework for A.I. Laws\n(01:05:47) Transcript: US Senate Judiciary Hearing on Oversight of A.I.\n(01:06:02) U.S. Copyright Office Invites Public To Comment On AI\n\nSynthetic Media & Art\n(01:09:10) Venice Film Festival 2023 Is Cinematic AI\u2019s Coming Out Party\n(01:13:52) Revolution Software is using their own AI technology to remake Broken Sword\n(01:16:24) As his Kickstarter passes $1.3M, publisher defends Terraforming Mars\u2019 generative AI art: \u2018It\u2019s too powerful a technology\u2019\n\n(01:17:23) Outro