#140 - Yasa vs ChatGPT, Waymo expands, scaling robot learning, AI watermarks

Our 140th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news!

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Note: the CEO of GitHub disputes "Report: GitHub Copilot Loses an Average of $20 Per User Per Month"

Timestamps + Links:

• (00:00) Intro / Banter

• Tools & Apps • (03:00) Reka launches Yasa-1, a multimodal AI assistant to take on ChatGPT • (06:48) Arc browser’s new AI-powered features combine OpenAI and Anthropic’s models • (11:00) ElevenLabs Launches Voice Translation Tool to Break Down Language Barriers for Content • (13:11) Canva’s new AI tools automate boring, labor-intensive design tasks • (16:32) Adobe previews AI upscaling to make old, fuzzy videos and GIFs look fresh • (20:45) Google Bard is gaining a new 'Memory' toggle to remember key details • (22:22) Assistant with Bard: A step toward a more personal assistant • (24:14) Android 14’s AI-generated wallpapers might be its coolest new feature •

• Applications & Business • (24:50) Waymo’s robotaxi service is now available to tens of thousands of people in San Francisco • (28:54) Report: GitHub Copilot Loses an Average of $20 Per User Per Month • (32:34) TSMC Sales Fell Less Than Feared as AI Demand Offsets Slump • (34:54) Microsoft could debut its AI chip next month: Report • (37:06) Exclusive: ChatGPT-owner OpenAI is exploring making its own AI chips • (39:08) Google announces new generative AI search capabilities for doctors •

• Projects & Open Source • (40:05) Replit’s new AI Model now available on Hugging Face • (43:46) Introducing Stable LM 3B: Bringing Sustainable, High-Performance Language Models to Smart Devices • (46:30) Protesters Decry Meta’s “Irreversible Proliferation” of AI •

• Research & Advancements • (52:10) Scaling up learning across many different robot types • (59:35) Decomposing Language Models Into Understandable Components • (01:06:54) Promptbreeder: Self-Referential Self-Improvement Via Prompt Evolution • (01:11:45) China's First 28nm Lithography Tool to Be Delivered This Year • (01:15:03) LLMs can’t self-correct in reasoning tasks, DeepMind study finds • (01:18:07) Fine-tuning Aligned Language Models Compromises Safety, Even When Users Do Not Intend To! •

• Policy & Safety • (01:22:08) RISC-V technology emerges as battleground in US-China tech war • (01:26:48) Meta and X questioned by lawmakers over lack of rules against AI-generated political deepfakes • (01:33:44) Five Takeaways From Bellwether AI Copyright Case • (01:36:19) A.I. Could Soon Need as Much Electricity as an Entire Country • (01:38:12) Governments race to regulate AI tools • (01:40:09) US curbs on chip tools to China nearly finalized, government posting shows •

• Synthetic Media & Art • (01:45:35) WGA Ratifies Three-Year Deal With Studios, Officially Ending Hollywood Strike • (01:47:50) AI Watermarks Are No Match for Attackers • (01:50:00) Stable Signature: A new method for watermarking images created by open source generative AI • (01:51:36) How an AI deepfake ad of MrBeast ended up on TikTok • (01:53:53) Disney’s Loki faces backlash over reported use of generative AI •

Release date

Lydbog: 17. oktober 2023