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#114 - ChatGPT applications, Claude, PALM-E, OpenAI criticism, AI-generated spam

Mar 10, 2023

Summary

Hosts Andrei Krenkov and Jeremy Harris discuss the surge of AI integrations in apps like Slack and Snapchat, alongside Anthropic’s $1 billion raise and its novel Constitutional AI safety approach. They analyze OpenAI’s cheap new API, Microsoft’s Bing updates, and Stability AI’s valuation. The episode also covers Google’s PaLM-E robot brain and research into energy-efficient optical neural networks for transformers.

Topics discussed

Sponsors: OutShift by Cisco and Box AI App Roundup: MyAI, ShortWave, and the 'Technology Overhang' Anthropic's Claude and Constitutional AI Safety Research OpenAI Price Cuts, Whisper, and Bing Chat Tone Controls Stability AI Raises $101M at $1B Valuation Google's PaLM-E and DeepMind's Gato Multimodal Models Optical Computing, Neuromorphic Chips, and Biological AI Scaling Laws, Atari Learning, and AI Reasoning Flaws OpenAI's Shift to Capped-For-Profit Structure EU AI Act, Regulation Challenges, and AI Patent Rights AI Voice Scams and Beauty Filters on Social Media AI Spam in Publishing, Filmmaking, and AI Seinfeld Spoof
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