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Our 178th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news!NOTE: this is a re-upload with fixed audio, my bad on the last one! - AndreyWith hosts Andrey Kurenkov (https://twitter.com/andrey_kurenkov) and Jeremie Harris (https://twitter.com/jeremiecharris)If you would like to get a sneak peek and help test Andrey's generative AI application, go to Astrocade.com to join the waitlist and the discord.Read out our text newsletter and comment on the podcast at https://lastweekin.ai/If you would like to become a sponsor for the newsletter, podcast, or both, please fill out this form.Email us your questions and feedback at [email protected] and/or [email protected]In this episode:- Notable personnel movements and product updates, such as Character.ai leaders joining Google and new AI features in Reddit and Audible.- OpenAI's dramatic changes with co-founder exits, extended leaves, and new lawsuits from Elon Musk.- Rapid advancements in humanoid robotics exemplified by new models from companies like Figure in partnership with OpenAI, achieving amateur-level human performance in tasks like table tennis.- Research advancements such as Google's compute-efficient inference models and self-compressing neural networks, showcasing significant reductions in compute requirements while maintaining performance.Timestamps + Links:(00:00:00) Intro / Banter(00:03:14) Response to listener comments / correctionsApplications & Business(00:06:56) Google’s hiring of Character.AI’s founders is the latest sign that part of the AI startup world is starting to implode(00:15:12) Investors in Adept AI will be paid back after Amazon hires startup’s top talent(00:22:36) AI chip start-up Groq’s value rises to $2.8bn as it takes on Nvidia(00:29:22) OpenAI co-founder Schulman leaves for Anthropic, Brockman takes extended leave(00:36:18) Elon Musk files new lawsuit against OpenAI and Sam Altman(00:41:40) Figure’s new humanoid robot leverages OpenAI for natural speech conversations(00:47:01) ASML, Tokyo Electron dodge new US chip export rules, for now(00:53:10) OpenAI reportedly leads $60M round for webcam startup OpalTools & Apps(00:55:40) OpenAI cuts GPT-4o prices, launches Structured Outputs amidst price war with Google(01:02:08) Apple Intelligence could get a $20 Plus version(01:04:05) Audible is testing an AI-powered search feature (01:05:53) Reddit to test AI-powered search result pagesResearch & Advancements(01:06:35) Scaling LLM Test-Time Compute Optimally can be More Effective than Scaling Model Parameters(01:16:27) Achieving Human Level Competitive Robot Table Tennis(01:20:19) Self-Compressing Neural Networks(01:28:30) Let Me Speak Freely? A Study on the Impact of Format Restrictions on Performance of Large Language Models(01:32:43) Berkeley Humanoid: A Research Platform for Learning-based ControlPolicy & Safety(01:33:35) METR announces results of study on comparative capabilities of humans and agents(01:39:35) ‘The Godmother of AI’ says California’s well-intended AI bill will harm the U.S. ecosystem(01:49:13) Google Monopolized Search Through Illegal Deals, Judge Rules(01:54:56) Amazon faces UK merger probe over $4B Anthropic AI investment(01:55:44) GPT-4o System Card(02:03:09) Outro
