
Shoring up the fate of OpenAI 🔴 AINTS 023
02/02/24 • 64 min
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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- Tristan & Tasia
- AI Named This Show podcast
FOLLOW-UP
- 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, 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.
FOLLOW
- AI Named This Show on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and X (Twitter)
- Tristan & Tasia
- AI Named This Show podcast
FOLLOW-UP
- 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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Lighting up generative AI 🔴 AINTS 022
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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Next Episode

Multimodal AI: Copilot vs. Gemini 🔴 AINTS 024
This week, Tristan and Tasia do a quick update on CSAM, robocalls, and the Arc browser's new AI features. Then we look at what's fixing to be the AI battle of the century: Microsoft Copilot vs. Google Gemini — now with consistent branding! Join us as we try to figure out who'll be reign supreme in the AI-powered digital assistant and productivity arena!
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- Tristan & Tasia
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FOLLOW-UP
- EU proposes criminalizing AI-generated child sexual abuse and deepfakes
- AI-generated Biden calls came through shady telecom and Texan front ‘Life Corporation’
- FCC made AI-generated voices in robocalls illegal under existing law
AI NEWS
MICROSOFT COPILOT & GOOGLE GEMINI
- Microsoft’s Copilot AI can explain stuff to you in Notepad.
- Microsoft’s next big AI push is here after a year of Bing
- Google’s AI now goes by a new name: Gemini
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