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
(01:17:23) Outro
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