#121 - Top researcher leaves Google, trademarking ”GPT”, Stability AI’s new models, 50% of AI ’Catastrophe’, DrakeGPT
Update: 2023-05-08
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Our 121st episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news!
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Outline:
Article picks:
- (00:00 ) Intro
- Tools & Apps
- (04:20 ) Microsoft makes its AI-powered Designer tool available in preview
- (08:27 ) Visual Studio IntelliCode AI Assistant Gets Deep Learning Upgrade
- (12:36 ) GitLab’s new security feature uses AI to explain vulnerabilities to developers
- (16:25 ) TikTok is testing a new option to create AI-generated avatars for profile pictures
- Applications & Business
- (19:11 ) ‘The Godfather of A.I.’ Leaves Google and Warns of Danger Ahead
- (26:52 ) Machine Learning as a Service Market Size Growing at 37.9% CAGR Set to Reach USD 173.5 Billion By 2032
- (29:40 ) Insider Lays Off 10 Percent of Staff After Announcing Pivot to AI + After the Death of BuzzFeed News, Journalists Should Treat AI as an Existential Threat
- (35:57 ) PricewaterhouseCoopers announces multiyear $1B investment into generative AI
- (38:07 ) Walmart turns to warehouse robots, suggests a boost in profit is possible
- (40:23 ) “GPT” may be trademarked soon if OpenAI has its way
- Projects & Open Source
- (43:50 ) OpenAI Threatens Popular GitHub Project With Lawsuit Over API Use
- (48:27 ) Stability AI Launches DeepFloyd IF: A High-Performance Text-to-Image Model with Advanced Integration Capabilities
- (52:10 ) Stability AI releases StableVicuna, the AI World’s First Open Source RLHF LLM Chatbot
- (57:32 ) Replit's new Code LLM: Open Source, 77% smaller than Codex, trained in 1 week
- Research & Advancements
- (59:44 ) First Real-World Study Showed Generative AI Boosted Worker Productivity by 14%
- (01:03:50 ) LaMini-LM: A Diverse Herd of Distilled Models from Large-Scale Instructions
- (01:08:50 ) AI has better 'bedside manner' than some doctors, study finds + Comparing Physician and Artificial Intelligence Chatbot Responses to Patient Questions Posted to a Public Social Media Forum
- (01:13:50 ) Machine Learning and Metabolite Analysis Can Predict Individual Body Clock Timing
- (01:13:15 ) Image generation AI for predicting the deformation of splashing drops
- (01:18:10 ) Drones can fly themselves with worm-inspired AI software
- Policy & Safety
- (01:19:25 ) ChatGPT-3.5 Generates More Disinformation in Chinese than in English
- (01:23:27 ) The Alignment Problem from a Deep Learning Perspective
- (01:29:28 ) Former OpenAI Researcher: There’s a 50% Chance AI Ends in 'Catastrophe'
- (01:33:30 ) Lawmakers propose banning AI from singlehandedly launching nuclear weapons
- (01:35:35 ) Republicans counter Biden announcement with dystopian, AI-aided video
- (01:37:42 ) The UK will spend £100 million to develop its own ‘sovereign’ AI
- (01:41:25 ) Kamala Harris to discuss A.I. in meeting with Google, Microsoft, OpenAI and Anthropic CEOs
- Art & Fun Stuff
- (01:44:09 ) From DrakeGPT to Infinite Grimes, AI-generated music strikes a chord + John Legend calls for regulation on AI-generated music
- (01:47:30 ) The A.I. business influencer guys must be stopped
- (01:51:05 ) I’m ChatGPT, and for the Love of God, Please Don’t Make Me Do Any More Copywriting
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