LWiAI Podcast #181 – Google Chatbots, Cerebras vs Nvidia, AI Doom

Our 181st episode with a summary and discussion of last week’s big AI news!

With hosts Andrey Kurenkov (https://twitter.com/andrey_kurenkov) and Jeremie Harris (https://twitter.com/jeremiecharris)

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In this episode:

– Google’s AI advancements with Gemini 1.5 models and AI-generated avatars, along with Samsung’s lithography progress.
– Microsoft’s Inflection usage caps for Pi, new AI inference services by Cerebrus Systems competing with Nvidia.
– Biases in AI, prompt leak attacks, and transparency in models and distributed training optimizations, including the ‘distro’ optimizer.
– AI regulation discussions including California’s SB1047, China’s AI safety stance, and new export restrictions impacting Nvidia’s AI chips.

Timestamps + Links:

(00:00:00) Intro / Banter

(00:03:08)Response to listener comments / corrections

Tools & Apps

(00:09:19) Google’s custom AI chatbots have arrived

(00:12:52) Google releases three new experimental AI models

(00:17:14) Google Gemini will let you create AI-generated people again

(00:22:32) Five months after Microsoft hired its founders, Inflection adds usage caps to Pi

(00:26:42:) Plaud takes a crack at a simpler AI pin

Applications & Business

(00:30:31) Cerebras Systems throws down gauntlet to Nvidia with launch of ‘world’s fastest’ AI inference service

(00:41:06) Nvidia announces $50 billion stock buyback