AI’s Next Frontier: Transforming Search and Safeguarding Democracy

Explore Google's ambitious plans to revolutionize Search with AI by 2025, transforming it into a sophisticated digital assistant. Delve into the rising threat of AI-driven election disinformation and its impact on global democracy. Discover insights from AI 'godfather' Yann LeCun on the next tech revolution, and learn about ByteDance's OmniHuman-1, a breakthrough in AI-driven human animation. This episode offers a comprehensive look at AI's evolving role in technology and society.

Sources:
https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/04/google-wants-search-to-be-more-like-an-ai-assistant-in-2025/
https://apnews.com/article/artificial-intelligence-elections-disinformation-chatgpt-bc283e7426402f0b4baa7df280a4c3fd
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/feb/04/ai-godfather-predicts-another-revolution-in-the-tech-in-next-five-years
https://www.marktechpost.com/2025/02/04/bytedance-proposes-omnihuman-1-an-end-to-end-multimodality-framework-generating-human-videos-based-on-a-single-human-image-and-motion-signals/

Outline:
(00:00:00) Introduction
(00:00:40) Google wants Search to be more like an AI assistant in 2025
(00:03:37) AI-created election disinformation is deceiving the world
(00:06:22) AI ‘godfather’ predicts another revolution in the tech in next five years
(00:09:43) ByteDance Proposes OmniHuman-1: An End-to-End Multimodality Framework Generating Human Videos based on a Single Human Image and Motion Signals