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Our 181st episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news!\nWith hosts Andrey Kurenkov and Jeremie Harris \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:\n- Google's AI advancements with Gemini 1.5 models and AI-generated avatars, along with Samsung's lithography progress.\xa0- Microsoft's Inflection usage caps for Pi, new AI inference services by Cerebrus Systems competing with Nvidia.\xa0- Biases in AI, prompt leak attacks, and transparency in models and distributed training optimizations, including the 'distro' optimizer.\xa0- AI regulation discussions including California\u2019s SB1047, China's AI safety stance, and new export restrictions impacting Nvidia\u2019s AI chips.\nTimestamps + Links:\n(00:00:00) Intro / Banter\n(00:03:08)Response to listener comments / corrections\nTools & Apps(00:09:19) Google\u2019s custom AI chatbots have arrived\n(00:12:52) Google releases three new experimental AI models\n(00:17:14) Google Gemini will let you create AI-generated people again\n(00:22:32) Five months after Microsoft hired its founders, Inflection adds usage caps to Pi\n(00:26:42:) Plaud takes a crack at a simpler AI pin\n\nApplications & Business(00:30:31) Cerebras Systems throws down gauntlet to Nvidia with launch of \u2018world\u2019s fastest\u2019 AI inference service\n(00:41:06) Nvidia announces $50 billion stock buyback\n(00:46:24) OpenAI in talks to raise funding that would value it at more than $100 billion\n(00:50:44) OpenAI Aims to Release New AI Model, \u2018Strawberry,\u2019 in Fall\n(00:52:53) 3 Co-Founders Leave French AI Startup H Amid \u2018Operational Differences\u2019\n(00:57:29) Samsung to Adopt High-NA Lithography Alongside Intel, Ahead of TSMC\n(01:02:11) Unitree's $16,000 G1 could become the first mainstream humanoid robot\n\nProjects & Open Source(01:04:59) Meta leads open-source AI boom, Llama downloads surge 10x year-over-year\n(01:09:08) A_Preliminary_Report_on_DisTrO.\n\nResearch & Advancements(01:13:56) Diffusion Models Are Real-Time Game Engines\n(01:23:18) LLM Defenses Are Not Robust to Multi-Turn Human Jailbreaks Yet\n(01:32:21) Interviewing AI researchers on automation of AI R&D\n(01:40:33) Anthropic releases AI model system prompts, winning praise for transparency\n\nPolicy & Safety(01:47:12) U.S. AI Safety Institute Signs Agreements Regarding AI Safety Research, Testing and Evaluation With Anthropic and OpenAI\n(01:50:46) China\u2019s Views on AI Safety Are Changing\u2014Quickly\n(01:56:27) Poll: 7 in 10 Californians Support SB1047, Will Blame Governor Newsom for AI-Enabled Catastrophe if He Vetoes\n(02:01:31) Elon Musk voices support for California bill requiring safety tests on AI models\n(02:03:55) Chinese Engineers Reportedly Accessing NVIDIA\u2019s High-End AI Chips Through Decentralized \u201cGPU Rental Services\u201d\n(02:08:25) U.S. gov't tightens China restrictions on supercomputer component sales\n\nSynthetic Media & Art(02:11:13) Actors Say AI Voice-Over Generator ElevenLabs Cloned Likenesses\n\n(02:14:06) Outro