AI Named This Show

This week, Tristan and Tasia zoom in on cutting-edge AI video tools Sora, LTX Studio, Morph Studio, EMO, and Augie. Also: AI chips, romantic chatbot caveats, and marrying holograms. Join us as we journey from the creative to the absurd at the speed of AI.

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• Why people are falling in love with AI chatbots
• Romantic AI Chatbots Don’t Have Your Privacy at Heart

AI HARDWARE NEWS

• Intel will make chips for Microsoft
• Apple's MacBook Air M3 might be a message to Intel — We do AI PCs, too, and you ain't seen nothing yet

AI VIDEO GENERATORS

• OpenAI just dropped new Sora videos
• Meet LTX Studio — I just saw the future of AI video tools that can help create full-length movies
• AI Powered Filmmaking | LTX Studio
• Morph Studio turns your Stability AI-generated video clips into full films - here's how to try it
• Morph Studio
• See also: AI Video Editing | Aug X Labs
• See also: Augie: AI Assisted Video Creation & Editing (beta preview)
• Alibaba’s New AI Video Generator EMO Makes Photos Talk and Sing
• EMO: Emote Portrait Alive - Generating Expressive Portrait Videos with Audio2Video Diffusion Model under Weak Conditions

Y THO

• A woman is marrying an AI hologram, ushering in a weird new era for human-robot relationships

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This week, Tristan and Tasia learn the difference between tokens and parameters, discuss whether AI could replace the apps on your phone, and discuss Google's culture war woes — and Genie, its new AI model for creating virtual worlds for gaming and more. Then we cap things off by experimenting with a mind-blowing new real-time image generation model. Join us as we boldy go where no podcast has dressed up trash pandas before.

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• The Groq LPU Inference Engine
• No, Sam Altman doesn’t actually own half a billion dollars of Reddit stock

GOOGLE GEMINI FOLLOW-UP

• Google will take a few weeks to rectify the person generation issue in Gemini
• Google CEO says Gemini AI diversity errors are ‘completely unacceptable’
• Google Gemini product lead’s resurfaced tweets may explain the chatbot’s ‘forced diversity’
• Gemini and Google’s Culture

MOBILE WORLD CONGRESS 2024 AI NEWS

• 12 things I learned about the Humane Ai Pin at MWC 2024
• Brain AI - AI could replace the apps on your phone
• AI Could Replace the Apps on Your Phone. I've Seen It With My Own Eyes

GOOGLE GENIE

• Are we close to the holodeck? Google unveils Genie — an AI model creating playable virtual worlds from a single image

SDXL LIGHTNING

• SDXL Lightning

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This week, Tasia and Tristan check in on some Samsung speculation and Google goings-on before diving into the murky depths of the legal, ethical and societal challenges posed by AI deepfakes — celebrity and otherwise — and law enforcement's in challenges pursuing the purveyors of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) in the age of AI. Then we tack toward Sam Altman's prediction of AGI's imminent arrival, his pursuit of sustainable fusion energy to power AI's future, and his in-house chip development ambitions to fortify OpenAI's competitive position. Join us as we navigate the choppy waters of AI's potential — and real-world considerations.

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• George Carlin's family files lawsuit over AI standup special
• Humans actually wrote that fake George Carlin ‘AI’ standup routine
• Samsung Confirms It's Considering Making You Pay for Galaxy AI in the Future

GOOGLE AI NEWS

• Google’s Bard chatbot gets the Gemini Pro update globally
• Google Bard now has an AI image generator — how it plans to avoid another Taylor Swift deepfake fiasco
• Google reveals another text-to-image generative AI tool, ImageFX

DEEPFAKES & AI-GENERATED CSAM

• New Senate bill would provide path for victims of nonconsensual AI deepfakes
• Cops bogged down by flood of fake AI child sex images, report says

OPENAI NEWS

• Sam Altman Says Human-Tier AI Is Coming Soon
• OpenAI’s in-house chip odyssey: Sam Altman aims for a network of fabs
• Sam Altman Says AI Using Too Much Energy, Will Require Breakthrough Energy Source
• ChatGPT’s new @-mentions bring multiple personalities into your AI convo

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This week, Tristan and Tasia celelbrate ChatGPT's birthday, recounting its historic rise, the introduction of GPT-4, DALL-E 3, and custom GPTs, and the resolution of OpenAI's recent leadership drama. With Sam Altman back as CEO, have the contentious debates over AI ethics and safety taken a back seat to relentless innovation and effective acceleration? Join us as we do a speed run through the twists and turns of AI's most transformative year yet.

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AI NEWS

• Elon Says Copyright/AI Lawsuits Don’t Matter Because ‘Digital God’ Will Arrive Before They’re Decided

AI SAFETY

• After OpenAI's Blowup, It Seems Pretty Clear That 'AI Safety' Isn't a Real Thing

CHATGPT’S YEAR

• ChatGPT & Generative AI: The Year in Review – Top 17 Moments
• ChatGPT is winning the future — but what future is that?

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This week, Tasia and Tristan touch on the public release of Nightshade, designed to protect artists' copyright, discuss the unsettling trend of deepfakes — political and otherwise, and the legal battles surrounding AI-generated content, including George Carlin's posthumous special. Then we dive into Google's latest AI exploits, from the innovative feature drops for the Pixel 8 smartphones and Google Chrome web browser to the creative realms of Lumiere, its latest in a parade of AI video generators. Be our guest for an enlightening episode as we navigate the promising yet perilous landscape of generative AI.

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FOLLOW-UP

• Google’s latest Pixel feature drop adds Circle to Search, Magic Compose, and more
• Nightshade, the free tool that ‘poisons’ AI models, is now available for artists to use

AI DEEPFAKES

• New Hampshire Officials Investigating AI Robocalls Mimicking Biden
• George Carlin Estate Threatens Legal Action Over AI Special
• Swift retaliation: Fans strike back after explicit deepfakes flood X
• Celeb Jihad - the website that posted deepfake AI porn of Taylor Swift - has been sharing explicit images of celebrities for YEARS without punishment - and was threatened by the pop star's lawyers in 2011 over fake topless photo

GOOGLE AI NEWS

• Alphabet Cuts Ties with Australian AI Firm that Helped Train Bard and Google Search
• Appen
• Google’s latest AI video generator can render cute animals in implausible situations
• Lumiere
• See also: Google Imagen Video
• See also: Google VideoPoet
• Google Chrome Adds AI Power
• Google Chrome AI Updates 2024: Hands on with Chrome's AI Features

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