Last Week in AI

#133 - ChatGPT multi-document chat, CoreWeave raises $2.3B, AudioCraft, ToolLLM, Autonomous Warfare

08.18.2023 - By Skynet TodayPlay

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Our 133rd episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news!

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Timestamps + links:

(00:00)  Intro / Banter

Response to listener comments / corrections

Tools & Apps(05:05) ChatGPT gets several new features, including multi-document chat

(09:02) Tinder tests AI photo selection feature to help users build profiles

(12:35) GitHub Copilot can now tell developers when its suggestions match code in a public repository

Applications & Business(15:55) CoreWeave raises $2.3 billion in debt collateralized by Nvidia chips

(20:25) Nvidia GPU shortage is ‘top gossip’ of Silicon Valley

(23:30) NVIDIA: GPU Supply Issues Involve Packaging, Not Chip Wafers

(27:06) Nvidia's AI GPUs Are Selling for up to $70,000 in China

(30:00) AMD considers making a specific A.I. chip for China to comply with export controls

(31:10) AI chip firm Tenstorrent raises $100 mln from Hyundai, Samsung

(33:22) Cruise begins testing self-driving vehicles in Atlanta

(35:45) Toyota, Pony.ai plan to mass produce robotaxis in China

Projects & Open Source(38:08) Alibaba rolls out open-sourced AI model to take on Meta's Llama 2

Research & Advancements(42:00) Introducing AudioCraft: A Generative AI Tool For Audio and Music

(46:25) ToolLLM: Facilitating Large Language Models to Master 16000+ Real-world APIs

(52:03) Tool Documentation Enables Zero-Shot Tool-Usage with Large Language Models

(54:54) Open Problems and Fundamental Limitations of Reinforcement Learning from Human Feedback

(01:00:05) Towards Generalist Biomedical AI

(01:03:53) Studying Large Language Model Generalization with Influence Functions

Policy & Safety 

(01:05:55) The AI-Powered, Totally Autonomous Future of War Is Here

(01:12:37)  ‘So important’: UK minister endorses Google’s training drive in AI arms race

(01:15:10) Generative AI services pulled from Apple App Store in China ahead of new regulations

(01:16:40) Experience: scammers used AI to fake my daughter’s kidnap

(01:19:22) The Stanford University ‘boot camp’ teaching Congress about AI

(01:22:23) Eight Months Pregnant and Arrested After False Facial Recognition Match

Synthetic Media & Art

(01:24:37)  Greg Rutkowski Was Removed From Stable Diffusion, But AI Artists Brought Him Back

(01:25:48)  An Asian MIT student asked AI to turn an image of her into a professional headshot. It made her white, with lighter skin and blue eyes.

(01:26:47) Outro

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