#181 - Google Chatbots, Cerebras vs Nvidia, AI Doom, ElevenLabs Controversy

Our 181st episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news!

With hosts Andrey Kurenkov (twitter.com/andrey_kurenkov) and Jeremie Harris (twitter.com/jeremiecharris)

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In this episode:

- Google's AI advancements with Gemini 1.5 models and AI-generated avatars, along with Samsung's lithography progress.

- Microsoft's Inflection usage caps for Pi, new AI inference services by Cerebrus Systems competing with Nvidia.

- Biases in AI, prompt leak attacks, and transparency in models and distributed training optimizations, including the 'distro' optimizer.

- AI regulation discussions including California’s SB1047, China's AI safety stance, and new export restrictions impacting Nvidia’s AI chips.

Timestamps + Links:

• () Intro / Banter

• ()Response to listener comments / corrections

• Tools & Apps
• () Google’s custom AI chatbots have arrived (theverge.com/2024/8/28/24230490/google-custom-…)

• () Google releases three new experimental AI models (the-decoder.com/google-releases-three-new-expe…)

• () Google Gemini will let you create AI-generated people again (theverge.com/2024/8/28/24230445/google-gemini-…)

• () Five months after Microsoft hired its founders, Inflection adds usage caps to Pi (techcrunch.com/2024/08/26/five-months-after-mi…)

• (:) Plaud takes a crack at a simpler AI pin (techcrunch.com/2024/08/28/plaud-takes-a-crack-…)

• Applications & Business
• () Cerebras Systems throws down gauntlet to Nvidia with launch of ‘world’s fastest’ AI inference service (siliconangle.com/2024/08/27/cerebras-systems-t…)

• () Nvidia announces $50 billion stock buyback (cnbc.com/2024/08/28/nvidia-announces-50-billio…)

• () OpenAI in talks to raise funding that would value it at more than $100 billion (cnbc.com/2024/08/28/openai-in-talks-to-raise-f…)

• () OpenAI Aims to Release New AI Model, ‘Strawberry,’ in Fall (pymnts.com/news/artificial-intelligence/2024/o…)

• () 3 Co-Founders Leave French AI Startup H Amid ‘Operational Differences’ (pymnts.com/personnel/2024/3-co-founders-leave-…)

• () Samsung to Adopt High-NA Lithography Alongside Intel, Ahead of TSMC (extremetech.com/computing/samsung-to-adopt-hig…)

• () Unitree's $16,000 G1 could become the first mainstream humanoid robot (techspot.com/news/104472-unitree-16000-g1-coul…)

• Projects & Open Source
• () Meta leads open-source AI boom, Llama downloads surge 10x year-over-year (venturebeat.com/ai/meta-leads-open-source-ai-b…)

• () github.com/NousResearch/DisTrO/blob/main/A_Pre…

• Research & Advancements
• () Diffusion Models Are Real-Time Game Engines (arxiv.org/abs/2408.14837v1)

• () LLM Defenses Are Not Robust to Multi-Turn Human Jailbreaks Yet (scale.com/research/mhj)

• () Interviewing AI researchers on automation of AI R&D (epochai.org/blog/interviewing-ai-researchers-o…)

• () Anthropic releases AI model system prompts, winning praise for transparency (venturebeat.com/ai/anthropic-releases-ai-model…)

• Policy & Safety
• () U.S. AI Safety Institute Signs Agreements Regarding AI Safety Research, Testing and Evaluation With Anthropic and OpenAI (nist.gov/news-events/news/2024/08/us-ai-safety…)

• () China’s Views on AI Safety Are Changing—Quickly (carnegieendowment.org/research/2024/08/china-a…)

• () Poll: 7 in 10 Californians Support SB1047, Will Blame Governor Newsom for AI-Enabled Catastrophe if He Vetoes (mailchi.mp/theaipi/aipi-california-sb1047-8272…)

• () Elon Musk voices support for California bill requiring safety tests on AI models (reuters.com/technology/artificial-intelligence…)

• () Chinese Engineers Reportedly Accessing NVIDIA’s High-End AI Chips Through Decentralized “GPU Rental Services” (wccftech.com/chinese-accessing-nvidia-high-end…)

• () U.S. gov't tightens China restrictions on supercomputer component sales (tomshardware.com/tech-industry/supercomputers/…)

• Synthetic Media & Art
• () Actors Say AI Voice-Over Generator ElevenLabs Cloned Likenesses (news.bloomberglaw.com/ip-law/actors-say-ai-voi…)

• () Outro

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