AI Inside

Join Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis as they explore recent developments in AI, from Apple's upcoming Apple Intelligence beta to OpenAI's SearchGPT product, before sitting down with Qualcomm's Vinesh Sukumar to discuss the cutting-edge of on-device AI.

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NEWS:

• Apple's AI Features Rollout Will Miss Upcoming iPhone Software Overhaul
• Apple releases first preview of its long-awaited iPhone AI
• Apple to Adopt Voluntary AI Safeguards Established by Biden
• OpenAI announces SearchGPT, its AI-powered search engine
• AI's search quake shakes media landscape
• OpenAI starts rolling out its Her-like voice mode for ChatGPT
• Altman: Opinion Who will control the future of AI?
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• Covid-era whiz kid is back, and he brought a Friend
• AI ‘Friend’ Company Spent $1.8 Million and Most of Its Funds on Domain Name
• Then again... AI Companions Reduce Loneliness, says study
• Investors Are Suddenly Getting Very Concerned That AI Isn't Making Any Serious Money

INTERVIEW:

• Introduction of guest Vinesh Sukumar, head of Generative AI Product, from Qualcomm
• Vinesh's background and experience, including competing in the 1992 Olympics
• Discussion of AI's impact on the Olympics and sports
• Qualcomm's approach to on-device AI and edge computing
• The importance of personalized AI experiences
• Examples of AI applications in everyday life, including photo editing and creative tools
• Qualcomm's focus on multimodality in AI development
• Future directions for AI at Qualcomm, including orchestration and edge-cloud collaboration

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Jeff Jarvis and Jason Howell talk through a very consequential week in AI news, beginning with the release of the first open-source frontier AI model, the 305 billion parameter version of Llama 3.1! Also, GPT-4o attempts to plug the "ignore all previous instructions" hole, OpenAI is giving it back to the New York times, and so much more!

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NEWS

• Meta releases the biggest and best open-source AI model yet
• Zuck: Open Source AI Is the Path Forward
• Meta just took the AI fight to OpenAI in a big way — here's how Llama 3.1 beats ChatGPT
• OpenAI debuts mini version of its most powerful model yet
• OpenAI’s latest model will block the ‘ignore all previous instructions’ loophole
• “Ignore all previous instructions”
• OpenAI asks New York Times to disclose reporters’ notes in ‘vindictive’ legal move
• Jeff Jarvis post on the story OpenAI/NYT story
• A Kamala Harris Presidency Could Mean More of the Same on A.I. Regulation
• The Data That Powers A.I. Is Disappearing Fast
• Study reveals rapid increase in web domains blocking AI models from training data
• Altman experiment: The results of the biggest study on guaranteed income programs are finally in
• Available now: Stems 🥳 Pro & Premier users can now separate the vocals and instrumentals from songs, which will give you more control over how to use Suno.

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Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis dive into OpenAI's "Strawberry" project for autonomous web research, discuss Google's selective indexing practices, explore Disney's partnership with AudioShake to deconstruct its music catalog using AI, and more!

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NEWS

• Exclusive: OpenAI working on new reasoning technology under code name ‘Strawberry’
• With an OpenAI leak, the race for "agentic AI" is on
• An update to Reuters’ article detailing OpenAI’s ‘Strawberry’ revealed that an internally tested model scored over 90% on a benchmark of ‘championship math problems’
• OpenAI's AGI progress chart
• OpenAI teams with Arianna Huffington to create AI-powered ‘health coach’
• In Constant Battle With Insurers, Doctors Reach for a Cudgel: A.I.
• The Washington Post debuts AI chatbot
• Microsoft, Apple Drop OpenAI Board Plans as Scrutiny Grows
• Perplexity planning revenue sharing program with web publishers next month
• As the web is filled with AI junk, Google switches to selective indexing
• Mashable, PC Mag, and Lifehacker win unprecedented AI protections in new union contract
• Google tests out Gemini AI-created video presentations
• Disney Music Group Teams With AudioShake to Separate Stems of Classic Songs Using AI

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Jason Howell talks with Matt Post, co-creator of LocalLens, an AI-powered platform revolutionizing access to local government information by summarizing and analyzing meeting data across municipalities.

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INTERVIEW: Matt Post, thelocallens.org

• Overview of LocalLens as an AI-powered database of local government meeting summaries
• Discussion of the importance of local government transparency and participation
• Explanation of how LocalLens collects and analyzes data from various local government meetings
• Challenges of scaling LocalLens to cover more municipalities across the United States
• How LocalLens has helped uncover noteworthy local government actions
• Addressing concerns about AI accuracy and potential errors in summaries
• LocalLens' approach to correcting inaccuracies and linking to original sources
• Potential future applications of AI in government transparency, including multimodal AI
• Plans for expanding LocalLens and seeking partnerships or funding (contact Matt Post!)

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This week hosts Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis welcome Dr. Émile P. Torres, philosopher and researcher who coined the term TESCREAL to describe the complicated ideologies driving the push toward AGI, as well as explore recent news in AI disclosure and consumer tech integration.

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INTERVIEW: Dr. Émile P. Torres

• Explanation of the TESCREAL acronym and its component ideologies
• Overview of artificial general intelligence (AGI) and its relation to the TESCREAL bundle
• Discussion of the differences between AI "doomers" and "accelerationists"
• Exploration of the connection between TESCREAL ideologies and eugenics
• Analysis of recent news related to TESCREAL and AI development

NEWS:

• YouTube now lets you request removal of AI-generated content that simulates your face or voice
• Google to require disclosures for digitally altered content in election ads
• Meta changes its label from ‘Made with AI’ to ‘AI info’ to indicate use of AI in photos
• Apple’s Devices Are Lasting Longer, Making AI Strategy Even More Critical
• Exclusive: This is Google AI, and it's coming to the Pixel 9
• AI does gymnastics
• The deluge of bonkers AI art is literally surreal

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Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis talk with the creators of MindStudio.ai, a no-code AI development platform where enterprises and individuals can build custom AI solutions tailored to their needs.

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INTERVIEW TOPICS

- Introducing guests Dmitry Shapiro (CEO) and Sean Thielen (CTO) of MindStudio, their backgrounds and how they met

- The pivotal moment of ChatGPT's release and their vision for MindStudio as a model-agnostic, low-code/no-code platform for building AI applications

- Overview of MindStudio's features: creating multi-step AI workflows, comparing models, calling APIs, uploading data, publishing apps for human or programmatic use

- MindStudio's business model, pricing tiers, and monetization opportunities by selling created AI applications

- Examples of how enterprises use MindStudio for automation (resume screening, sales, customer support), building custom AI assistants, and replacing old software with tailored AI applications

- Addressing individual users, artists, and creators using MindStudio for creative projects, productivity, and efficiency

- Handling model updates, switching between models, and MindStudio's model-agnostic approach

- The value of empowering non-technical users to build AI solutions close to their work, avoiding one-size-fits-all tools

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AI continues to shake up how news is created and consumed. Guest Nikita Roy, host of the Newsroom Robots podcast, talks with Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis about the opportunities and challenges facing media companies.

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INTERVIEW TOPICS

- Welcoming guest Nikita Roy, host of Newsroom Robots podcast

- Norway's media companies like Schibsted and iTromsø leading in AI adoption for journalism

- Lack of AI literacy and experimentation in North American newsrooms compared to Europe

- Concerns around using news content to train AI models (copyright, compensation)

- Potential for new interactive AI-powered news experiences beyond traditional articles

- Examples of startups/tools for data journalism, video creation, meeting transcription etc.

- Need for better data infrastructure and talent to build advanced AI systems in newsrooms

- Importance of AI literacy training for all newsroom roles, not just technical teams

- Collaboration vs litigation approach - contrasting Schibsted making its own LLM to NY Times lawsuit

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Justin Uberti, creator of WebRTC and now Founder of Fixie.ai, shares insights into the development of AI.town, a platform for engaging with AI personalities through voice, and the potential impact of conversational AI on various industries.

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INTERVIEW TOPICS

- Introduction to Justin's background (WebRTC, Hangouts Video, Duo, Stadia)

- The shift towards conversational AI and voice interactions

- Fixie.ai and AI.town - enabling voice conversations with AI characters

- Transitioning from text-based to voice-based AI interactions, potential use cases

- Creating AI characters, enabling role-play conversations

- Ethical considerations and voice cloning technology

- The nature of human conversation (filler words, turn-taking protocols)

- Incorporating human conversational quirks into AI speech

- V1 vs V2 voice technology (speech recognition - text - speech vs. direct speech-to-speech)

- Open-source speech AI model Ultravox.ai, leaderboard for fastest AI models (thefastest.ai)

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The FBI created a fake encrypted phone company called ANOM, targeting criminal organizations worldwide in an unprecedented honeypot operation. Joseph Cox, renowned cybersecurity journalist from 404media and author of "Dark Wire," reveals how artificial intelligence drove this groundbreaking investigation, enabling the FBI to monitor criminal communications and make arrests on a historic global scale like never before.

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INTERVIEW:

• Joseph Cox's new book "Dark Wire" details the FBI's unprecedented sting operation running an encrypted phone company used by criminals.
• The role of AI in translating intercepted messages from different languages and detecting criminal content within the massive trove of 22 million messages.
• The ethical implications and potential overreach of such a large-scale operation that swept up some non-criminal users.
• The FBI developing its own AI system in-house, without help from tech companies, to analyze the intercepted data.
• The broader trend of law enforcement increasingly adopting AI for tasks like automated report writing from body cam footage.
• How the book and reporting on this story has shaped Joseph Cox's worldview and approach at his publication 404 Media.
• Netflix optioning the rights to adapt "Dark Wire" into a movie.

NEWS:

• Nvidia Unveils Next-Generation Rubin AI Platform for 2026
• This is Lunar Lake — Intel’s utterly overhauled AI laptop chip that ditches memory sticks
• Even the Raspberry Pi is getting in on AI
• Google Refines AI Search Overviews After Odd Results
• Introducing Perplexity Pages

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Jeff Jarvis and Jason Howell talk about the challenges of Google's AI search errors, the implications of OpenAI's funding and internal conflicts, Elon Musk's ambitious xAI supercomputer project, and the potential of AI for companionship and sentience.

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NEWS:

• Google’s A.I. Search Errors Cause a Furor Online
• Google AI Search getting everything wrong
• Elon Musk raises $6 billion to challenge OpenAI@ylecun
• Yann Lecun: "Join xAI if you can stand a boss who"
• Elon Musk plans xAI supercomputer, The Information reports
• OpenAI Says It Has Begun Training a New Flagship A.I. Model
• Former OpenAI board member explains why they fired Sam Altman
• Anthropic hires former OpenAI safety lead to head up new team
• AI Is a Black Box. Anthropic Figured Out a Way to Look Inside
• Apple’s AI to include transcription, photo editing, search, & “software that can create custom emojis on the fly”
• Report: Apple signs deal with OpenAI for iOS, still wants Google as an 'option'
• California Senate passes really bad AI bill with big impact on open-source
• How A.I. Made Mark Zuckerberg Popular Again in Silicon Valley
• Could AI help cure ‘downward spiral’ of human loneliness?
• No, Today’s AI Isn’t Sentient. Here’s How We Know

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Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis discuss Microsoft Recall, OpenAI GPT-4o voice sounding very similar to Scarlett Johansson, Reddit's data deal with OpenAI, and the struggles of Humane AI's product.

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NEWS

• New Windows AI feature records everything you’ve done on your PC
• Microsoft introduces Phi-Silica
• Microsoft unveils ‘Copilot + PC’ initiative
• Get ready for the AI PC
• Microsoft teams with Khan Academy
• OpenAI to Pull Johansson Soundalike Sky’s Voice From ChatGPT
• Scarlett Johansson says she was 'shocked, angered' when she heard OpenAI's voice
• OpenAI Reportedly Dissolves Its Existential AI Risk Team
• Science paper with many authors on AI risk
• Jeff's reaction
• Compare/contrast with paper on science & AI
• Ads creativity and performance at scale with Google AI
• Google Taps AI to Show Shoppers How Clothes Fit Different Bodies
• OpenAI partners with Reddit
• Humane is looking for a buyer
• Meta is reportedly working on camera-equipped AI earphones
• Remember: the Iyo One
• Facebook Parent’s Plan to Win AI Race

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Unpack the AI noise from Google I/O 2024 and OpenAI's GPT-4o reveal, with Jason Howell, Jeff Jarvis, and guest Mike Elgan analyzing the impact on search, content creation, voice interactions, and the evolving interactions between humans and AI.

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NEWS:

• Google I/O 2024: everything announced
• Google’s broken link to the web
• Google rolls out AI Overviews in US with more countries coming soon
• Google’s generative AI can now analyze hours of video
• Google's Project Astra uses your phone's camera and AI to find noise makers, misplaced items and more.
• OpenAI debuts GPT-4o ‘omni’ model now powering ChatGPT
• Mike's article: We're all talking to AI now
• The case against teaching kids to be polite to Alexa
• Meet My A.I. Friends

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Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis discuss Apple's M4 chip, OpenAI's deepfake detector, Microsoft's MAI-1 model, and the impact of AI on stock photography and audiobook professions.

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NEWS

• Apple’s new M4 chip is focused on AI
• Apple Is Developing AI Chips for Data Centers, Seeking Edge in Arms Race
• OpenAI Is Readying a Search Product to Rival Google, Perplexity
• OpenAI Releases ‘Deepfake’ Detector to Disinformation Researchers
• Fights over disclosing AI content
• Those A.I. posters in True Detective: Night Country were supposed to be a knock on A.I., apparently
• Meet Microsoft MAI-1: Microsoft Readies New AI Model to Compete With Google, OpenAI
• Gary Marcus: Microsoft and OpenAI’s increasingly complicated relationship
• The teens making friends with AI chatbots
• The Last Stock Photographers Await Their Fate Under Generative AI
• Invite-Only KDP Beta for Audiobooks
• Amazon has 40,000+ "virtual voice" audiobooks since it opened the doors last November
• HarperCollins Publishers and ElevenLabs to Bring More Stories to Life Through Audio
• AI Dungeon

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Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis dive into the ongoing debate around AI hardware devices like the Rabbit R1, licensing deals for AI training data, and a child learning study that challenges assumptions about machine intelligence.

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NEWS

• Rabbit R1, a thing that should just be an app, actually is just an Android app
• Android Faithful #42 - Down the Rabbit Hole
• Amazon expands enterprise AI play with wider availability of its Q chatbot
• Meta and Reasonable Doubt
• Microsoft’s Phi-3 shows the surprising power of small, locally run AI language models
• The Financial Times and OpenAI strike content licensing deal
• 8 Daily Newspapers Sue OpenAI and Microsoft Over A.I.
• OpenAI introduces "Memory" feature for ChatGPT Plus users
• OpenAI’s Sam Altman and Other Tech Leaders to Serve on AI Safety Board
• From Baby Talk to Baby A.I.

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In this episode, Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis discuss the Rabbit R1 AI device with guest Mark Spoonauer from Tom's Guide, delving into its capabilities, design, and potential use cases. Also, Microsoft's VASA-1 model, Meta's slew of AI announcements, the closure of Oxford's Future of Humanity Institute, and the appointment of Paul Cristiano to the US AI Safety Institute.

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INTERVIEW WITH MARK SPOONAUER, EIC OF TOM'S GUIDE

• First impressions of the Rabbit R1 AI device
• Design and form factor of the Rabbit R1
• Capabilities and limitations of the Rabbit R1
• Potential use cases for the Rabbit R1
• Comparison with other AI devices like Meta's Ray-Ban glasses
• Pricing and availability of the Rabbit R1
• Concerns about the Rabbit R1 being a companion device rather than a phone replacement
• Social implications and potential issues with the Rabbit R1

NEWS

• The Humane AI pin bad-review backlash
• AI wearables like Limitless
• Limitations of audio-only AI interfaces like the IYO One
• Closure of Oxford's Future of Humanity Institute and resignation of Nick Bostrom
• Appointment of Paul Cristiano as head of US AI Safety Institute at NIST
• Microsoft's new VASA-1 AI model for animating faces from photos and audio
• Google's restructuring, combining Android and hardware teams for AI integration
• YouTube's new "Ask" feature for premium subscribers to interact with videos using AI
• Meta's announcements: multimodal AI support for Ray-Ban glasses, AI assistant integration, and Lama 3 language model

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Join Jason Howell as he chats with the founders of Augie and Revoldiv. These two AI tools are harnessing the power of AI to transform the video production and transcription process for creators and professionals.

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Interview with Jeremy Toeman, founder of AugX Labs, and Augie

• Jeremy Toeman's background at CNET and the shift to video content
• The inspiration behind creating Augie and AugX Labs
• How Augie works and it's core functionality
• Live demo of Augie's video creation capabilities
• Challenges faced in developing AI tools like Augie
• The future of AI-generated content and its implications
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Interview with Surafel Defar, founder of Revoldiv

• Surafel's journey from software engineering to entrepreneurship
• The origins and purpose of Revoldiv
• Revoldiv's transcription capabilities and user interface
• Unexpected use cases of Revoldiv
• Balancing coding and business responsibilities as a founder
• The importance of user feedback and adaptation in the AI field

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Jeff Jarvis and Jason Howell discuss Google's AI announcements at Google Cloud Next, how AI is integrating with advertising and marketing, the ethical debates surrounding data harvesting, calls for stronger misinformation safeguards, and the impressive emotional depth of AI-generated music.

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NEWS

• Jeff Jarvis' experience speaking at the Nordic Media and AI conference
• Jony Ive and Sam Altman are DEFINITELY working on an AI device together
• Google Cloud Next 2024 announcements (Gemini 1.5 Pro, Google Vids, AI meeting notes)
• WPP's partnership with Google's Gemini AI for advertising and marketing
• Activist groups calling for stronger action against AI-generated misinformation and deepfakes
• The New York Times article on the data race to feed AI systems
• Perplexity's plans to sell ads on their platform
• Suno AI music generation service and the emotional quality of AI-generated music

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Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis dive into the $665 million Shiba Inu coin donation to the Future of Life Institute, the potential $100 billion "Stargate" supercomputer from OpenAI and Microsoft, Jason gives a hands-on demo of Stability AI's new music generation model, and more!

NEWS

- Future of Life Institute's $665 million donation from Vitalik Buterin (Ethereum co-founder) in Shiba Inu coins

- Artifact social news curation app shutting down, acquired by Yahoo

- Yum Foods has plans to go all in on generative AI

- How people are using generative AI based on Harvard Business Review report

- New York City's chatbot providing incorrect legal/business advice

- Generative AI used to create virtual persona of real person for advertising

- OpenAI and Microsoft in talks for $100 billion "Stargate" supercomputer

DEMO

- Stability AI's Stable Audio 2.0 for music generation

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Sal Khan, founder and CEO of Khan Academy and author of the new book "Brave New Words: HOW AI WILL REVOLUTIONIZE EDUCATION (AND WHY THAT'S A GOOD THING)", joins Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis to talk about the many challenges educators face as AI tools become pervasive and ever more powerful. Sal explores how teachers and administrations are embracing technology to improve the learning environment and make their own jobs easier and more effective.

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INTERVIEW with Sal Khan, founder of Khan Academy

• Sal's upcoming book "Brave New Words: How AI Will Revolutionize Education and Why That's a Good Thing"
• Challenges teachers face with AI pushing against traditional teaching methods
• Legitimate concerns about AI use in classrooms
• AI as a tool, not a replacement for teachers
• Potential of AI to mitigate cheating and provide process insights
• Impact of AI on education and the role of humanities
• Suggestions for educators to use AI in classrooms
• AI as a tutor and writing coach
• AI supporting student assignments and teacher productivity
• Managing teacher resistance and concerns about AI
• Sal's perspective on AI bias and representation
• Ethical considerations for AI in assessment and hiring

NEWS

• Stability CEO resigns from generative AI company
• United Nations adopts U.S.-led resolution to safely develop AI
• Ben Evans: The problem of AI ethics, and laws about AI
• Tennessee Adopts ELVIS Act, Protecting Artists’ Voices From AI Impersonation
• Financial Times tests an AI chatbot trained on decades of its own articles
• OpenAI is pitching Sora to Hollywood
• Sora: first impressions

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This week, Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis welcome Evan Brown to round up AI regulation efforts worldwide including Utah's disclosure law and the EU's comprehensive AI Ant. Plus, big news for Microsoft AI, Nvidia's behemoth AI chips, and more!

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INTERVIEW WITH EVAN BROWN

Utah has a brand new law that regulates generative AI

EU votes to ban riskiest forms of AI and impose restrictions on others

Journalism and AI

YouTube Introduces Mandatory Disclosure For AI-Generated Content

NEWS

Big changes at Inflection AI & Microsoft

WSJ report on Microsoft/Inflection

Reid Hoffman's tweets about it

Apple Is in Talks to Let Google Gemini Power iPhone AI Features

Nvidia reveals Blackwell B200 GPU, the ‘world’s most powerful chip’ for AI

Jeff & Mikah react to the NVIDIA keynote

xAI open sources Grok

A good video explaining generative AI

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In this episode of AI Inside, Jeff Jarvis and Jason Howell explore the tempering of expectations around generative AI, the promise and concerns of open-sourcing models, and the unique ways AI is being leveraged in journalism, elderly care, and even digital recreations of deceased celebrities.

NEWS

• OpenAI's internal investigation into Sam Altman's ouster as he returns to the board
• Google implementing safeguards restricting election-related information on its AI
• Expectations around generative AI capabilities and impact being tamped down
• Open-sourcing AI models and the debate around it
• Elon Musk's vague promise to open-source "Grok"
• The use of AI in journalism for analysis and data processing
• Midjourney's new character reference feature for consistent image generation
• AI-powered companion dolls for elderly companionship
• AI application for bereavement assistance
• Digital recreation of Marilyn Monroe's voice using AI

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Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis discuss Elon Musk's legal battle with OpenAI, Nvidia's CEO on making programming obsolete, calls for responsible AI innovation, and more!

NEWS

• Discussion about Elon Musk suing OpenAI for breaching contract over its stated mission of openness and building responsible AI
• OpenAI releasing emails from Musk revealing his desire for control and more funding
• Anthropic rolling out new versions of Claude LLM (Claude 3 Opus, Sonnet, Haiku)
• Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's statement on AI making programming unnecessary for everyone
• Americans for Responsible AI Innovation launching and calls for regulation
• Open letter from researchers for a "safe harbor" for independent AI evaluation
• Trust in AI companies dropping according to Edelman report
• Bad bots: Issues with Amazon's Rufus shopping bot and H&R Block's tax advice bot
• Amazon's $1 billion industrial innovation fund for AI and robotics
• Humanoid robot developments from companies like Figure and Magic Lab

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This week Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis talk with Dan Patterson of Blackbird.ai about their context-providing service Compass before diving into the week's top AI stories including Google's "biased" Gemini model, data sharing deals between companies like Reddit for model training, and the risks and benefits of open sourcing AI systems.

INTERVIEW

• Overview of Blackbird AI's mission to track narrative threats and attacks like misinformation and disinformation
• Introduction of Blackbird's new product Compass for providing context around claims using AI analysis
• Explanation of how Compass works to check claims and provide contextual information from authoritative sources
• Discussion around Compass being built on Blackbird's Raven Risk large language model (LLM) and related APIs
• Examples provided of using Compass for real-world claims like "Is the earth flat?"
• Intention for Compass to help provide clarity and essential context to media content
• Discussion around target users for Compass - social media companies, comms agencies, journalists
• Explanation that Compass determines authority based on how authoritative sites reference each other
• Discussion around Compass having a framework for integrating with fact-checking databases

NEWS

• Discussion around the challenges and nuances of implementing guardrails for AI
• News segment on Google's Gemini model controversy over biased image generation
• Deals emerging between tech companies to sell data for AI model training, including Reddit-Google and rumored Tumblr-OpenAI
• Tyler Perry putting his studio expansion plans on hold due to the emergence of AI like OpenAI's Sora
• Analysis of benefits and risks of open-sourcing AI models

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Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis discuss the latest AI news, including OpenAI's new Sora video generator, legal issues for an Air Canada chatbot, missteps in publishing AI art in a medical journal, and Jason gives a hands-on demo of Perplexity Pro including a solid example of why it's necessary to scrutinize the output of LLMs.

• Release of OpenAI's Sora for video generation
• Debate over whether advanced AI capabilities indicate nearing AGI
• Meta's new AI model V-JEPA learns from video like LLMs learn from text
• Effect of Sora release on Adobe stock valuation
• Air Canada chatbot provides misleading refund info, company gets sued
• Scientific journal publishes AI-generated rat diagram from Midjourney
• British painter Harold Cohen spent 40+ years refining an image-generating robot

PERPLEXITY PRO DEMONSTRATION

• Integrates multiple models like GPT-3.5 and Stable Diffusion
• Capability to search across internet sources with up-to-date results
• The need to verify its output: Got its own capabilities wrong by claiming it uses model "Sora"

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Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis discuss the week's AI news, including Sam Altman's call for $7 trillion in AI funding, Google's launch of Gemini Ultra 1.0 chatbot, proposed regulations on AI safety, dismissal of copyright claims against AI, and the need for humanities education in the AI field.

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NEWS

• Sam Altman wants $7 trillion to boost AI chip and GPU production globally
• ChatGPT gaining ability to remember user preferences and data
• OpenAI building web and device control agents
• Google's Assistant is now called Gemini on Android devices
• Google announces Gemini Ultra 1.0 model to compete with GPT-4
• California bill proposes AI safety regulations and requirements
• AI companies agree to limit election deepfakes
• Most claims dismissed in Sarah Silverman copyright lawsuit, leaving only 1 direct copyright claim
• Beijing court rules AI-generated content can be copyrighted
• NYT op-ed argues humanities education is key to developing AI leaders

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This week, Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis welcome Dr. Nirit Weiss-Blatt, author of "The Techlash and Tech Crisis Communication" and the AI Panic newsletter, to discuss how some AI safety organizations use questionable surveys, messaging, and media influence to spread fears about artificial intelligence risks, backed by hundreds of millions in funding from groups with ties to Effective Altruism.

INTERVIEW

• Introduction to guest Dr. Nirit Weiss-Blatt
• Research on how media coverage of tech shifted from optimistic to pessimistic
• AI doom predictions in media
• AI researchers predicting human extinction
• Criticism of annual AI Impacts survey
• Role of organizations like MIRI, FLI, Open Philanthropy in funding AI safety research
• Using fear to justify regulations
• Need for balanced AI coverage
• Potential for backlash against AI safety groups
• With influence comes responsibility and scrutiny
• The challenge of responsible AI exploration
• Need to take concerns seriously and explore responsibly

NEWS BITES

• Meta's AI teams are filled with female leadership
• Meta embraces labeling of GenAI content
• Google's AI Test Kitchen and image effects generator

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In this episode, Sven Størmer Thaulow, EVP/Chief Data and Technology Officer at Schibsted, joins Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis to discuss the creation of a Large Language Model (LLM) for media in Norway, the importance of aligning AI models with cultural values, and the potential for American media companies to collaborate on creating English language models. The conversation also explores the use of AI in generating article titles, providing a different user interface, and experimenting with an AI agent for tech reviews.

INTERVIEW

• Introduction to the guest, Sven Størmer Thaulow, EVP/Chief Data and Technology Officer at Schibsted.
• The work Sven and his team are doing at Schibsted.
• Background on Schibsted and its success in the news industry.
• Schibsted's successful subscriptions in Norway and their high-quality news products.
• The creation of an LLM in the Norwegian language and Schibsted's role in it.
• Different attitudes towards AI and language models in Norway and the US.
• Schibsted's AI strategy and their work with AI in the recommendation system space.
• The importance of data and language data for AI and language models.
• Efforts to build Norwegian and Northern Germanic language LLMs.
• The need to align AI models with cultural values.
• Potential for American media companies to collaborate on creating English language models.
• Sven's experiment with using their LLM to generate article titles at Schibsted.
• The use of AI to provide a different user interface and relationship with content.
• Experiment with an AI agent for tech reviews.

NEWS BITES

• Google's new Lumiere AI video generator, Video Poet, can create stunning clips by using space and time together. 
• Microsoft's changes to its AI text-to-image generation tool in response to reports of people using it to create nonconsensual sexual images of Taylor Swift.
• OpenAI and Common Sense Media have partnered to address concerns about the impacts of AI on children and teenagers.
• Keep It Shot is a tool that allows Mac users to rename, organize, and quickly find their screenshots using AI.

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On the premiere episode of the AI Inside podcast, hosts Jeff Jarvis and Jason Howell discuss AI copyright issues with Common Crawl Foundation's Rich Skrenta regarding news outlets limiting access to content they publish publicly, impacting the integrity of Common Crawl's internet archive. In recent years, the archive has been used by LLMs as AI training data, and the implications of restricting information have a dramatic impact on the data quality that survives.

INTERVIEW

• Introduction and background on AI Inside podcast
• Discussion of the recent AI oversight Senate hearing Jeff testified at
• Introduction of guest Rich Skrenta from Common Crawl Foundation
• Overview of Common Crawl and its goals to archive the open web
• Discussion of how Common Crawl data is used to train AI models
• News publishers wanting content removed from Common Crawl
• Debate around copyright, fair use, and AI’s “right to read”
• Mechanics of how Common Crawl works and what it archives
• Concerns about restricting AI access to data for training
• Risk of regulatory capture and only big companies being able to use AI
• Discussion of recent court ruling related to web scraping
• Hopes for Common Crawl's growth and evolution

NEWS BITES

• Interesting device announcement from CES - Rabbit R1 with Perplexity AI integration
• Study on actual risk of AI automating jobs away in the near future

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AI Inside is your new home for keeping up to date on what's new in the world of Artificial Intelligence. Join Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis every Wednesday as they speak with some of the world's leading minds about how AI is being used, abused, and built into the fabric of our lives. AI Inside will look at the influence of AI in the newsroom, the ongoing uncertainty around AI art and copyright, the scalability of disinformation, supercharging worker productivity, and so much more. And if a groundbreaking service grabs hold of the news cycle, AI Inside will be there to take a closer look. It's all fair game on the AI Inside podcast.

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