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Our 178th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news!\nNOTE: this is a re-upload with fixed audio, my bad on the last one! - Andrey\nWith hosts Andrey Kurenkov (https://twitter.com/andrey_kurenkov) and Jeremie Harris (https://twitter.com/jeremiecharris)\nIf you would like to get a sneak peek and help test Andrey's generative AI application, go to Astrocade.com to join the waitlist and the discord.\nRead out our text newsletter and comment on the podcast at https://lastweekin.ai/\nIf you would like to become a sponsor for the newsletter, podcast, or both, please fill out this form.\nEmail us your questions and feedback at contact@lastweekinai.com and/or\xa0hello@gladstone.ai\nIn this episode:- Notable personnel movements and product updates, such as Character.ai leaders joining Google and new AI features in Reddit and Audible.- OpenAI's dramatic changes with co-founder exits, extended leaves, and new lawsuits from Elon Musk.- Rapid advancements in humanoid robotics exemplified by new models from companies like Figure in partnership with OpenAI, achieving amateur-level human performance in tasks like table tennis.- Research advancements such as Google's compute-efficient inference models and self-compressing neural networks, showcasing significant reductions in compute requirements while maintaining performance.\nTimestamps + Links:\n(00:00:00) Intro / Banter\n(00:03:14) Response to listener comments / corrections\nApplications & Business(00:06:56) Google\u2019s hiring of Character.AI\u2019s founders is the latest sign that part of the AI startup world is starting to implode\n(00:15:12) Investors in Adept AI will be paid back after Amazon hires startup\u2019s top talent\n(00:22:36) AI chip start-up Groq\u2019s value rises to $2.8bn as it takes on Nvidia\n(00:29:22) OpenAI co-founder Schulman leaves for Anthropic, Brockman takes extended leave\n(00:36:18) Elon Musk files new lawsuit against OpenAI and Sam Altman\n(00:41:40) Figure\u2019s new humanoid robot leverages OpenAI for natural speech conversations\n(00:47:01) ASML, Tokyo Electron dodge new US chip export rules, for now\n(00:53:10) OpenAI reportedly leads $60M round for webcam startup Opal\n\nTools & Apps(00:55:40) OpenAI cuts GPT-4o prices, launches Structured Outputs amidst price war with Google\n(01:02:08) Apple Intelligence could get a $20 Plus version\n(01:04:05) Audible is testing an AI-powered search feature\xa0\n(01:05:53) Reddit to test AI-powered search result pages\n\nResearch & Advancements(01:06:35) Scaling LLM Test-Time Compute Optimally can be More Effective than Scaling Model Parameters\n(01:16:27) Achieving Human Level Competitive Robot Table Tennis\n(01:20:19) Self-Compressing Neural Networks\n(01:28:30) Let Me Speak Freely? A Study on the Impact of Format Restrictions on Performance of Large Language Models\n(01:32:43) Berkeley Humanoid: A Research Platform for Learning-based Control\n\nPolicy & Safety(01:33:35) METR announces results of study on comparative capabilities of humans and agents\n(01:39:35) \u2018The Godmother of AI\u2019 says California\u2019s well-intended AI bill will harm the U.S. ecosystem\n(01:49:13) Google Monopolized Search Through Illegal Deals, Judge Rules\n(01:54:56) Amazon faces UK merger probe over $4B Anthropic AI investment\n(01:55:44) GPT-4o System Card\n\n(02:03:09) Outro