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In this year-end review, Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis examine the importance of AI to the tech story of 2024. From the biggest trends, to the ongoing fight over copyright and training data, to safety and regulation, and the moving goalposts of AGI.
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CHAPTERS:
0:05:52 - Trends
0:06:07 - Multimodality
0:14:17 - RAG (Retrieval Augmented Generation)
0:24:38 - From chatbots to Agents
0:29:48 - From summary to creation
0:35:38 - Creativity and quality
0:39:05 - Search
0:43:33 - Copyright and the ongoing fight over training data and fair use
0:50:50 - AGI: Around the corner or BS?
0:56:43 - Regulation
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Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis call OpenAI's 1-800-CHATGPT service, Google's Imagen 3 and Veo 2 updates, the anthropomorphization of Claude, MindStudio's workflow demo, and the implications of AI copyright exemptions.
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NEWS
0:09:38 - ChatGPT’s AI search engine is rolling out to everyone
0:13:13 - OpenAI launches ChatGPT Projects, letting you organize files, chats in groups
0:14:32 - Breaking today: 1-800-ChatGPT
0:19:33 - State-of-the-art video and image generation with Veo 2 and Imagen 3
0:23:32 - Sutskever says we've reached peak data and the way AI is built is about to change
0:26:40 - NotebookLM gets a new look, audio interactivity and a premium version
0:31:35 - UK proposes letting tech firms use copyrighted work to train AI
0:34:00 - YouTube creators can now opt into third-party AI training
0:41:10 - Nvidia's $249 Jetson Nano supercomputer
0:43:43 - How Claude Became Tech Insiders’ Chatbot of Choice
0:51:20 - Mindstudio & how to make a worker
COMMUNITY
0:57:08 - DJ Rout points out how US-centric "guardrails" are
1:01:02 - Len share how you can get Perplexity Pro free for one year. Jeff shares another way.
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Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis discuss Jason's exclusive look at Google's Project Astra glasses, the new $200/month ChatGPT Pro tier, OpenAI's Sora and Canvas tools, Reddit's AI data licensing revenue, and more!
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NEWS
0:02:40 - I tried out Android XR, Google’s latest attempt to take on Meta and Apple
0:18:02 - Introducing Gemini 2.0: our new AI model for the agentic era
0:32:46 - 12 days of OpenAI
0:33:13 - OpenAI's o1 lies more than any major AI model. Why that matters
0:40:22 - OpenAI makes canvas, its editing tool, available to everyone
0:44:29 - Today, day 6: Advanced voice with video & Santa mode
0:50:44 - Meet Willow, our state-of-the-art quantum chip
0:54:34 - How Years of Reddit Posts Have Made the Company an AI Darling
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Jason Howell and Joe Braidwood, co-founder and CEO of Yara AI, explore the creation of Yara, the challenges in current mental health services, AI's potential in making mental wellness accessible, ethical AI design, and the importance of safety in AI healthcare applications.
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Yara AI
0:03:00 - Introduction of guest Joe Braidwood, co-founder and CEO of Yara AI
0:05:14 - Exploration of the connection between SwiftKey and Yara AI
0:09:06 - The evolution of ELIZA to where we are now with AI chatbots
0:11:50 - Joe's drive to develop Yara came out of personal experience
0:15:26 - Using a GPT as a replacement for a therapist
0:20:50- How to tackle the amnesic quality of LLMs in a therapeutic application
0:27:10- Jason's experience with the open beta of Yara
0:29:06 - Joe's live demo of Yara
0:32:14 - What is emotional intelligence and empathy when an AI provides it?
0:37:42 - The accessibility and inequality problem with mental health services
0:40:34 - How does Yara manage the problem of hallucinations?
0:50:20 - Peter Hames hired by Microsoft AI
0:55:55 - Closing the loop to the SwiftKey days
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Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis discuss newly released documents from the Elon Musk-OpenAI lawsuit, a surprising study on AI poetry, Microsoft's latest AI innovations at Ignite 2024, the potential of collaborative AI agents, and more!
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NEWS
0:03:50 - Inside Elon Musk’s messy breakup with OpenAI
0:16:40 - ChatGPT is a poet. A new study shows people prefer its verses.
0:23:01 - Introducing Copilot Actions, new agents, and tools to empower IT teams
0:28:48 - A.I. Chatbots Defeated Doctors at Diagnosing Illness
0:33:33 - Arc Institute releases ‘ChatGPT for DNA’
0:36:00 - DrDew sent in a video walkthrough of Particle News on iOS
0:47:00 - Coca-Cola causes controversy with AI-made ad
The Coca-Cola Christmas AI video
Coca Cola has done this before in 2023: Masterpiece
0:56:15 - Google AI chatbot responds with a threatening message: "Human … Please die."
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Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis discuss Sam Altman's AGI predictions, challenges faced by AI companies in advancing their models, Anthropic's defense sector partnership, the release of Google DeepMind's AlphaFold 3 for non-commercial use, and more.
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NEWS
0:06:01 - Altman's latest AGI BS prediction: a year
0:08:32 - More AGI BS predictions, and one dissent
0:11:36 - OpenAI Shifts Strategy as Rate of ‘GPT’ AI Improvements Slows
0:12:03 - OpenAI, Google and Anthropic Are Struggling to Build More Advanced AI
0:17:26 - Microsoft, A16Z AI manifesto: AI for startups
0:20:13 - Claude AI to process secret government data through new Palantir deal
0:24:59 - AI protein-prediction tool AlphaFold3 is now open source
0:28:51 - AI-powered tool may offer quick, no-contact blood pressure and diabetes screening
0:32:37 - Google’s AI ‘learning companion’ takes chatbot answers a step further
0:40:01 - Particle launches an AI news app to help publishers, instead of just stealing their work
0:48:10 - AI artwork of Alan Turing sells for $1m
0:51:40 - The Beatles’ ‘Now and Then’ Makes History As First AI-Assisted Song to Earn Grammy Nomination
0:57:19 - Randy Travis’s beautiful baritone was lost. AI helped him sing again.
0:57:36 - YouTube is testing music remixes made by AI
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Jason Howell and guest Mike Elgan analyze the post-election tech landscape for AI, OpenAI's new ChatGPT Search capabilities, the democratization of robotics programming, and more.
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NEWS
0:03:15 - What will the AI industry look like over the next four years of a Trump presidency?
0:05:58 - Introducing ChatGPT search
0:17:25 - OpenAI Swarm
0:23:15 - A faster, better way to train general-purpose robots
0:29:48 - Humanoid robots are a bad idea
0:34:30 - Who needs a humanoid robot when everything is already robotic?
0:39:20 - Anthropic: The case for targeted regulation
0:43:43 - Meta says it’s making its Llama models available for US national security applications
0:45:20 - Exclusive: EU AI Act checker reveals Big Tech's compliance pitfalls
0:49:39 - Alexa’s New AI Brain Is Stuck in the Lab
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Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis discuss Google's Project Jarvis browser control AI, GitHub's expansion of Copilot to multiple AI models, Meta's development of its own AI search engine, and Apple's rollout of Apple Intelligence features for select devices.
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NEWS
0:03:33 - Project Jarvis: Google Preps AI That Takes Over Computers
0:15:55 - More than a quarter of new code at Google is generated by AI
0:20:42 - GitHub Copilot will support models from Anthropic, Google, and OpenAI
0:29:38 - Meta builds AI search engine to cut Google, Bing reliance
0:30:50 - Meta AI gains access to Reuters news content in multi-year deal
0:33:50 - Meta is in fact the most well-placed company to take advantage of generative AI
0:38:25 - Meta takes on Google’s NotebookLM with new NotebookLlama
0:42:59 - Apple Intelligence is available today
0:45:38 - Humane bets others need its AIOS
0:49:55 - UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP ENTERS INTO A STRATEGIC COLLABORATION WITH ETHICAL AI MUSIC COMPANY, KLAY
0:53:25 - LIGHTNING ROUND
Hospitals use a transcription tool powered by an error-prone OpenAI model
LeCun blasts Musk as the biggest threat to democracy today
Linus Torvalds slams AI as ‘90% marketing and 10% reality’
Stability AI Is No Longer Controlled by Former CEO Emad Mostaque
Arcade, a new AI product creation platform, designed this necklace
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Jeff Jarvis and Jason Howell examine the shifting landscape of AI partnerships as Microsoft and OpenAI negotiate their future, while discussing Meta's latest language model and NVIDIA's entry into the "Open-ISH" AI arena.
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NEWS
0:02:22 - Meta under fire for ‘polluting’ open-source
0:07:46 - Meta Introduces Spirit LM open source model that combines text and speech inputs/outputs
0:12:47 - Nvidia just dropped a new AI model that crushes OpenAI’s GPT-4—no big launch, just big results
0:21:58 - Microsoft introduces ‘AI employees’ that can handle client queries
0:23:00 - Marc Benioff says Microsoft rebranding Copilot as AI 'agents' shows they're in 'panic mode'
0:26:00 - Anthropic’s new AI model can control your PC
0:29:44 - Motorola reveals ambitious upcoming Moto AI features for its phones
0:31:34 - On-device AI could make apps obsolete
0:37:28 - The $14 Billion Question Dividing OpenAI and Microsoft
0:40:45 - Elon Musk, Tesla and WBD sued over alleged ‘Blade Runner 2049’ AI ripoff for Cybercab promotion
0:45:56 - Runway Act-One
0:51:00 - Sotheby's to auction its first artwork made by a humanoid robot
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Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis dive into the limitations of AI reasoning, Tesla's latest We, Robot event, and interview Sarah Bird from Microsoft about responsible AI engineering in the company and beyond.
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NEWS
0:02:13 - Hype-puncturing paper: LLMs can't reason; they mimic; changing a name throws them
0:09:30 - On topic: Mims on LeCun: This AI Pioneer Thinks AI Is Dumber Than a Cat
0:14:23 - Silicon Valley is debating if AI weapons should be allowed to decide to kill
0:19:05 - Elon Musk’s Beer-Pouring Optimus Robots Are Not Autonomous
0:25:26 - Adobe starts roll-out of AI video tools, challenging OpenAI and Meta
0:28:35 - Interview with Sarah Bird, Microsoft’s Global Lead for Responsible AI Engineering
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Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis discuss Meta's new Movie Gen tool for AI video creation, Jason demos OpenAI's new Canvas interface, the controversial I-XRAY facial recognition demo and Zillow's AI staging acquisition.
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NEWS
Meta Unveils Instant A.I. Video Generator That Adds Sounds
How Meta Movie Gen could usher in a new AI-enabled era for content creators
Amazon Ads AI adds motion to still images for ads
OpenAI launches new ‘Canvas’ ChatGPT interface tailored to writing and coding projects
OpenAI Leaders Say Microsoft Isn't Moving Fact Enough to Supply Servers
Let's debunk confused techno-panic over "doxing glasses"
Zillow Group acquires AI company offering virtual staging
Google’s AI search summaries officially have ads
Google Exec Says Data Gives It an Edge in AI Search
Godfather of AI' shares Nobel Physics Prize
Google DeepMind boss wins Nobel for proteins breakthrough
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Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis dive into OpenAI's leadership changes, Meta's AR glasses prototype, Google DeepMind's AI chip design breakthrough, and more.
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NEWS
OpenAI’s Complex Path to Becoming a For-Profit Company
SoftBank to Invest $500 Million in OpenAI
Apple No Longer in Talks to Join OpenAI Investment Round
Behind OpenAI’s Staff Churn: Turf Wars, Burnout, Compensation Demands
OpenAI’s DevDay brings Realtime API and other treats for AI app developers
Meta Connect 2024: Quest 3S, Llama 3.2, & More
Introducing Orion, Our First True Augmented Reality Glasses
Microsoft gives Copilot a voice and vision in its biggest redesign yet
Samsung's latest premium Chromebook has a big screen and a dedicated AI key
California Governor Vetoes Sweeping A.I. Legislation
Gavin Newsom Vetoes Terrible AI Bill 1047, But Brace For Something Worse
How AlphaChip transformed computer chip designPollsters are turning to AI this election season
Exponential growth brews 1 million AI models on Hugging Face
MIT spinoff Liquid debuts non-transformer AI models and they’re already state-of-the-art
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Jeff Jarvis and Jason Howell talk about how Hollywood is embracing AI with Lionsgate partnering with Runway ML, Electronic Arts showcases AI-driven gameplay concepts and Jason gives a live demo of ChatGPT's Advanced Voice mode.
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NEWS
@OpenAI: Advanced Voice is rolling out to all Plus and Team users in the ChatGPT app over the course of the week.
After Apple, Jony Ive Is Building an Empire of His Own
Sam Altman catapults past founder mode into ‘god mode’ with latest AI post
Speaking of AI hype: a paper on it from a conference JJ watched
Google Paid $2.7 Billion to Bring Back an AI Genius Who Quit in Frustration
Google Quantum AI demonstrates a quantum memory system that greatly reduces error rates
An AI can beat CAPTCHA tests 100 percent of the time
How Google Trains AI with Your Help through CAPTCHA@geoffkeighley
EA Chief Strategy Officer Mihir Vaidya demonstrates how EA plans to super-charge user-created game content with AI in this concept video
Related: Super Mario 64 Re-Imagined
Andy Serkis Teases New Project Featuring “AI Characters”
Runway Partners with LionsgateJames Cameron Joins Board of Stability AI in Coup for Tech Firm
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Jeff Jarvis and Jason Howell analyze the hype surrounding OpenAI's o1 model, experiment with NotebookLM's Audio Overview feature, and examine the potential impacts of AI on surveillance and creative industries.
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NEWS
OpenAI Unveils New ChatGPT That Can Reason Through Math and Science
OpenAI is launching an ‘independent’ safety board that can stop its model releases
I just built a fully functional 2D FlappyBird game in 3-4 minutes using OpenAI o1
NotebookLM now lets you listen to a conversation about your sources
Listening To The Algorithm
Google is now rolling out Gemini Live to free users on Android
Ellison declares Oracle all-in on AI mass surveillance, says it'll keep everyone in line
The 'godmother of AI' just raised $230 million for her AI startup
Tencent’s new AI can create open-world video games from text
Google’s GameNGen: AI breaks new ground by simulating Doom without a game engine
Runway launches new video-to-video AI tool — here's what it can do
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Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis discuss Apple's AI-infused iPhone 16 launch, Google's enhancement of Photos with broader AI search capabilities, Waymo's report on autonomous vehicle safety, and more!
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NEWS
Apple Intelligence has an official release date – but it won't be on your new iPhone 16 or iPhone 16 Pro at launch
Visual Intelligence: AI-powered visual search comes to the iPhone
Improved search in Google Photos — plus early access to Ask Photos
Google AI Overviews rollout hits news publisher search visibility
US, EU, UK, and others sign legally enforceable AI treaty
WayMo safety data
Audible to Start Generating AI Voice Replicas of Select Audiobook Narrators
AI to multiply influencer videos
ESPN AI recap of Alex Morgan’s final professional match fails to mention Alex Morgan
Isaac by Weave Robots
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Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis dive into Amazon's AI plans for Alexa, Elon Musk's Colossus announcement, the cultural implications of AI in entertainment and elections, and more!
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NEWS
Ask Claude: Amazon turns to Anthropic's AI for Alexa revamp
@elonmusk: This weekend, the @xAI team brought our Colossus 100k H100 training cluster online.
Why Musk’s AI Rivals Are Alarmed by His New GPU Cluster
OpenAI plans to build its own AI chips on TSMC's forthcoming 1.6 nm A16 process node
NaNoWriMo is in disarray after organizers defend AI writing tools
AI’s impact on elections is being overblown
Jeff summary: This is excellent on the overblown fears about AI and elections and the results of #MoralPanic over technology.
Yuval Noah Harari: What Happens When the Bots Compete for Your Love?
The Next Generation Pixar: How AI will Merge Film & Games
Why killer AI is such an alluring horror villain
@1x_tech: Introducing NEO Beta. Designed for humans. Built for the home.
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Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis explore OpenAI's Orion and Strawberry advancements, the impact of AI on the music creation process, how AI saved Amazon an estimated 4,500 developer years of work in application upgrades, and more.
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NEWS
OpenAI Shows ‘Strawberry’ AI to the Feds and Uses It to Develop ‘Orion’
No one’s ready for this
Hello, you’re here because you said AI image editing was just like Photoshop
See also: NYTimes from 1990
Gannett is shuttering site accused of publishing AI product reviews
Chinese and US scientists create AI model to help develop new drugs
Apple Explores Robotics in Search of Life Beyond the iPhone
This robot from Disney Research can imitate human facial movements
Why musicians are smart to embrace AITop 100 GenAI consumer apps
Jassey: Ave time to upgrade application plummeted from 50 developer-days to hours
‘Megalopolis’ Cuts Ties With Marketing Consultant Behind Trailer Debacle; Fabricated Critic Quotes Were Generated By AI
Perplexity AI plans to start running ads in fourth quarter as AI-assisted search gains popularity
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Jeff Jarvis and Jason Howell showcase the AI features of the new Google Pixel 9 phone, discuss updates to California's SB 1047 bill Eric Schmidt's retracted comments on AI startups, and Taylor Swift deepfakes used as political propaganda.
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HANDS ON
Hands on With Pixel 9 AI features (Gemini Live, Pixel Screenshots, etc)
NEWS
California weakens bill to prevent AI disasters before final vote, taking advice from Anthropic
Pelosi Statement in Opposition to California Senate Bill 1047
Trump posts deepfakes of Swift, Harris and Musk in effort to shore up support
Ex-Google CEO says successful AI startups can steal IP and hire lawyers to ‘clean up the mess’
Former Google boss bets on NVIDIA in the AI race: "When Microsoft did the OpenAI deal, it was the stupidest idea I’d ever heard"
AI poses no existential threat to humanity – new study finds
New AI algorithm can predict the 'tipping points' for future disasters, scientists say
Artists Score Major Win in Copyright Case Against AI Art Generators
Runway’s Gen-3 Alpha Turbo is here and can make AI videos faster than you can type
Gen 3 alpha turbo
Google’s upgraded AI image generator is now available
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Jason Howell shares his firsthand experience from Google's hardware event, highlighting new AI features in Pixel devices like the "Add Me" photo tool and AI-powered screenshot organization. Jeff Jarvis and Jason also discuss California's controversial AI safety bill and its potential impact on innovation, and examining Meta's new VFusion3D AI tool for creating 3D imagery.
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NEWS
Gemini Live is the best AI feature I've seen so far from Google
Gemini is replacing Google Assistant on Pixel phones, and it’s a trainwreck
Google’s Gemini Live AI Sounds So Human, I Almost Forgot It Was a Bot
OpenAI is worried that ChatGPT-4o users are developing feelings for the chatbot
Replika CEO Eugenia Kuyda says it’s okay if we end up marrying AI chatbots
The brewing storm over California’s AI bill
California AI bill SB 1047 aims to prevent AI disasters, but Silicon Valley warns it will cause one
VFusion3D: Learning Scalable 3D Generative Models from Video Diffusion Models
Brands should avoid this popular term: AI. It’s turning off customers
Here’s how much tech companies are spending to tell you AI is amazing
Humane's returns outpace sales
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In this episode of AI Inside, hosts Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis dive into the latest AI industry developments, including Character.ai's CEO returning to Google, NVIDIA's chip delay, OpenAI's text detection tool, and (gasp) autonomous dental robots.
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NEWS:
Character.AI CEO Noam Shazeer returns to Google
Struggling AI Startups Look for a Bailout from Big Tech
Nvidia reportedly delays its next AI chip due to a design flaw
As Regulators Close In, Nvidia Scrambles for a Response
White House says no need to restrict ‘open-source’ artificial intelligence — at least for now
Judge rules that Google ‘is a monopolist’ in US antitrust case
‘A magazine made by humans’: Atlantic writers push back on AI
Prorata.ai
There’s a Tool to Catch Students Cheating With ChatGPT. OpenAI Hasn’t Released It.
Gary Marcus: OpenAI’s Sam Altman is becoming one of the most powerful people on Earth. We should be very afraid
WaPost runs letter from doomer Future of Life Institute against Altman's op-ed
Dental AI startup raises $30 million, including from Mark Zuckerberg’s dad
Perceptive.io
AI music startup Suno hits back at record labels
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