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#181 - Google Chatbots, Cerebras vs Nvidia, AI Doom, ElevenLabs Controversy

Sep 15, 2024

Summary

Hosts Andrei Kerenkov and Jerry Ares discuss Google’s new Gemini Gems, experimental models, and restored image generation capabilities. They analyze Inflection AI’s usage caps on Pi and Plod’s focused Note Pin hardware. The episode also covers Cerebras Systems’ high-speed inference service and NVIDIA’s $50 billion stock buyback amidst market scrutiny.

Topics discussed

Sponsorship and intro Housekeeping and corrections Google Gemini updates and features Google image generation controversy Inflection AI funding and Microsoft deal Note Pin hardware review Cerebras wafer-scale AI chips NVIDIA stock buyback and market OpenAI valuation and scaling Mistral AI co-founder departures Intel and TSMC chip manufacturing Unitree G1 humanoid robot Llama model download surge Anthropic system prompt transparency Distributed AI training research AI playing Doom via image generation Multi-turn jailbreak attacks AI automation in R&D survey US AI Safety Institute agreements China AI ethics and policy California AI regulation polling Decentralized GPU access and export controls ElevenLabs voice cloning lawsuit
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