#188 - ChatGPT+Search, OpenAI+AMD, SimpleQA, π0

Our 188th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news!

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In this episode:

* Meta's open-source models utilized by China's military prompt regulatory adjustments; US agencies gain access to counterbalance.

* OpenAI partners with Broadcom and AMD to develop custom AI hardware, aiming for profitability and reducing inference costs.

* Physical Intelligence unveils a generalist robot control policy with a $400M funding boost, showcasing significant advancements in zero-shot task performance.

* New U.S. regulation mandates quarterly reporting for large AI model training and computing cluster acquisitions, aiming to bolster national security.

Timestamps + Links:

• (00:00:00) Intro / Banter

• (00:02:16) News Preview

• (00:03:05) Response to listener comments / corrections

• (00:05:00) Sponsor Break

• Tools & Apps

• (00:06:28) OpenAI’s search engine is now live in ChatGPT (theverge.com/2024/10/31/24283906/openai-chatgp…)

• (00:12:18) Image Playground, ChatGPT, and more Apple Intelligence features roll out in beta (techcrunch.com/2024/10/23/image-playground-cha…)

• (00:14:34) GitHub Copilot will support models from Anthropic, Google, and OpenAI (theverge.com/2024/10/29/24282544/github-copilo…)

• (00:19:00) Introducing the analysis tool in Claude.ai (anthropic.com/news/analysis-tool?utm_source=su…)

• (00:21:34) ElevenLabs Introduces Voice Design: A New AI Feature that Generates a Unique Voice from a Text Prompt Alone (marktechpost.com/2024/10/23/elevenlabs-introdu…)

• (00:24:18) Midjourney's new web editor lets you tweak images uploaded from your PC (zdnet.com/article/midjourneys-new-web-editor-l…)

• (00:26:02) Watch out, Midjourney — Recraft just announced new AI image generator model (tomsguide.com/ai/ai-image-video/watch-out-midj…)

• Applications & Business

• (00:29:57) Meta strikes multi-year AI deal with Reuters (axios.com/2024/10/25/meta-reuters-ai-news-face…)

• (00:33:15) OpenAI will start using AMD chips and could make its own AI hardware in 2026 (theverge.com/2024/10/29/24282843/openai-custom…)

• (00:40:47) Elon Musk's xAI in talks to raise funding valuing it at $40 billion, WSJ reports (finance.yahoo.com/news/elon-musks-xai-talks-ra…)

• (00:46:07) Physical Intelligence, a Robot A.I. Specialist, Raises Millions From Bezos (nytimes.com/2024/11/04/business/dealbook/physi…)

• (00:48:32) Waymo ramps up robotaxi push with $5.6 bn in funding (techxplore.com/news/2024-10-waymo-ramps-robota…)

• (00:49:11) Alphabet's Waymo Serving Over 150,000 Paid Robotaxi Rides Every Week Now, Surging 50% In 2 Months (benzinga.com/news/24/10/41618591/alphabets-way…)

• Projects & Open Source

• (00:51:23) Meta AI Silently Releases NotebookLlama: An Open Version of Google’s NotebookLM (marktechpost.com/2024/10/27/meta-ai-silently-r…)

• (00:54:59) Meta Releases Quantized Llama 3.2 with 4x Inference Speed on Android Phones (analyticsindiamag.com/ai-news-updates/meta-rel…)

• (00:59:16) OpenAI Releases SimpleQA: A New AI Benchmark that Measures the Factuality of Language Models (marktechpost.com/2024/10/30/openai-releases-si…)

• Research & Advancements

• (01:08:19) This Is a Glimpse of the Future of AI Robot (wired.com/story/physical-intelligence-home-robot)

• (01:15:06) Can Language Models Replace Programmers? REPOCOD Says 'Not Yet' (arxiv.org/abs/2410.21647v1)

• (01:19:01) Brain-like Functional Organization within Large Language Models (arxiv.org/abs/2410.19542v1)

• (01:21:20) Decart’s AI simulates a real-time, playable version of Minecraft (techcrunch.com/2024/10/31/decarts-ai-simulates…)

• (01:25:39) Raising the bar on SWE-bench Verified with Claude 3.5 Sonnet (anthropic.com/research/swe-bench-sonnet)

• Policy & Safety

• (01:29:06) Commerce just proposed the most significant federal AI regulation to date – and no one noticed (law-ai.org/commerce-federal-ai-regulation)

• (01:35:04)Anthropic warns of AI catastrophe if governments don't regulate in 18 months (zdnet.com/article/anthropic-warns-of-ai-catast…)

• (01:39:32) Open Source Bites Back as China’s Military Makes Full Use of Meta AI (gizmodo.com/open-source-bites-back-as-chinas-m…)

• (01:46:35) Meta says it’s making its Llama models available for US national security applications (techcrunch.com/2024/11/04/meta-says-its-making…)

• (01:48:16) Outro

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