#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