Our 137th episode with a summary and discussion of last week’s big AI news!

With guest host Jessica Dai. Check out her Reboot publication!

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Timestamps + links:

(00:00) Intro 

(01:37) SuperDataScience podcast ad

Tools & Apps

(02:32) Salesforce launches AI assistant across its apps including Slack and Tableau

(06:06) Roblox’s new AI chatbot will help you build virtual worlds

(09:22) Bybit debuts AI-powered ‘TradeGPT’ for market analysis and data driven Q&A

(11:14) China’s Ant Group unveils finance AI model as race heats up

Applications & Business

(13:24) TSMC warns AI chip crunch will last another 18 months

(16:50) Even AI Hasn’t Helped Microsoft’s Bing Chip Away at Google’s Search Dominance

(20:05) OpenAI will host its first developer conference on November 6

(22:54) AI reading coach startup Ello raises $15M to bolster child literacy

(25:71) Nasdaq gets SEC nod for first exchange AI-driven order type

(27:17) NVIDIA Adds New Software That Can Double H100 Inference Performance

Projects & Open Source

(30:10) Meta Platforms reportedly building open-source generative AI system to rival OpenAI’s ChatGPT

(34:13) Indian Developers Top Hugging Face Leaderboard with GenZ 70B

(38:31) Supporting the Open Source AI Community

Research & Advancements

(40:31) Artificial intelligence allows paralysis patient to speak for first time in 18 years

(45:42) Efficient Benchmarking (of Language Models)

(49:31) Online AI-based test for Parkinson’s disease severity shows promising results

(52:52) Scientists used machine learning to perform quantum error correction

Policy & Safety

(56:18) Tech leaders including Musk, Zuckerberg call for government action on AI

(01:01:32) US court rules that artificial intelligence generated artwork cannot be copyrighted

(01:04:00) 2 Senators Propose Bipartisan Framework for A.I. Laws

(01:05:47) Transcript: US Senate Judiciary Hearing on Oversight of A.I.

(01:06:02) U.S. Copyright Office Invites Public To Comment On AI

Synthetic Media & Art

(01:09:10) Venice Film Festival 2023 Is Cinematic AI’s Coming Out Party

(01:13:52) Revolution Software is using their own AI technology to remake Broken Sword

(01:16:24) As his Kickstarter passes $1.3M, publisher defends Terraforming Mars’ generative AI art: ‘It’s too powerful a technology’

(01:17:23) Outro

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