#119 - Open Source GPTs, X.AI, Auto-GPT, China’s Censorship of AI, Fake Drake+The Weeknd Colab

Our 118th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news! Read out our text newsletter at https://lastweekin.ai/ Check out Jeremie's new book Quantum Physics Made Me Do It Quantum Physics Made Me Do It tells the story of human self-understanding through the lens of physics. It explores what we can and can’t know about reality, and how tiny tweaks to quantum theory can reshape our entire picture of the universe. And because I couldn't resist, it explains what that story means for AI and the future of sentience    You can find it on Amazon in the UK, Canada, and the US — here are the links: UK version | Canadian version | US version    Outline: Applications & Business(04:15) Stability AI announces new open-source large language model + OpenAssistant RELEASED! The world's best open-source Chat AI! (15:00) Stability AI is on shaky ground as it burns through cash and looks at a management overhaul Lighting Round(23:12) Elon Musk Creates New Artificial Intelligence Company X.AI (28:40) Google’s big AI push will combine Brain and DeepMind into one team (30:36) Amazon AWS expands generative AI efforts with Bedrock and CodeWhisperer updates (34:00) Samsung wants to release EX1, a human assistant robot, this year Research & Advancements(36:32) The LLama Effect: How an Accidental Leak Sparked a Series of Impressive Open Source Alternatives to ChatGPT (44:00) Auto-GPT and BabyAGI: How ‘autonomous agents’ are bringing generative AI to the masses Lighting Round(52:15) Researchers used machine learning to improve the first photo of a black hole (53:42) Tennis Robot Could Pave Way for Advancement in Fast-Movement Robotics (55:16) OpenAI Surprises Open-Source Community, Unveils Consistency Models  (58:28) Model that uses machine learning methods and patient data at hospital arrival predicts strokes more accurately than current system Policy & Safety & Societal Impacts   (01:00:50) Finally, a realistic roadmap for getting AI companies in check (01:07:00) China proposes measures to manage generative AI services Lighting Round(01:13:00) A.I. could lead to a ‘nuclear-level catastrophe’ according to a third of researchers, a new Stanford report finds (01:16:00) Inside the AI talent wars: Tech companies are ransacking university AI programs at Stanford, MIT, and Cornell in search of rare talent  (01:20:00) Photographer admits prize-winning image was AI-generated Art & Fun Stuff(01:23:13) Exploring Creativity in Large Language Models: From GPT-2 to GPT-4 (01:27:32) AI-generated Drake and The Weeknd song goes viral (01:30:30) Adobe launches AI-powered text-based video editing (01:33:47) Meta has open-sourced an AI project that turns your doodles into animations  (01:35:15) Outro