Our 136th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news!
With guest host Daniel Bashir. Check out his AI interview podcast!
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Timestamps + links:
(00:00) Intro
(01:15) SuperDataScience Ad
(01:51) Response to listeners
Tools & Apps
Applications & Business
(08:47) China lets Baidu, others launch ChatGPT-like bots to public, tech shares jump
(11:23) Tencent releases AI model for businesses as competition in China heats up
(12:00) Microsoft says it will take the heat if Copilot AI users get sued
(14:52) How We Chose the TIME100 Most Influential People in AI
(17:30) ChatGPT creator OpenAI is reportedly earning $80M a month
(19:16) AI chip startup d-Matrix raises $110 mln with backing from Microsoft
(21:00) ThetaRay nabs $57M for AI tools to ID and fight money laundering
(22:18) Sapeon raises $46m for AI chips
(23:20) Imbue raises $200M to build AI models that can ‘robustly reason’
Projects & Open Source
Research & Advancements
Policy & Safety
Synthetic Media & Art
(51:55) AI Took the Stage at the World's Largest Arts Festival. Here's What Happened
(54:12) Ghostwriter Returns With an A.I. Travis Scott Song, and Industry Allies
(56:17) Artists sign open letter saying generative AI is good, actually
(58:57) The latest canvas for Refik Anadol’s AI-generated art? The new Sphere in Las Vegas
(01:01:20) Outro
LWiAI Podcast #136 - Claude Pro, Ideogram, Chinese ChatGPT bots, Falcon 180B, RLAIF, export restrictions, Ghostwriter