Our 114th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news!

Check out our text newsletter at https://lastweekin.ai/

Stories this week:

 * Applications & Business
   * LLM/ChatGPT roundup
     * RadioGPT brings AI to the airwaves [https://www.axios.com/local/cleveland/2023/03/07/ai-radio]
     * Salesforce to add ChatGPT to Slack as part of OpenAI partnership [https://www.reuters.com/technology/salesforce-add-chatgpt-slack-part-openai-partnership-2023-03-07/]
     * Microsoft integrates AI behind ChatGPT to more developer tools [https://www.reuters.com/technology/microsoft-expands-chatgpt-integration-more-developer-tools-2023-03-06/]
     * Snapchat launches an AI chatbot powered by OpenAI’s GPT technology [https://techcrunch.com/2023/02/27/snapchat-launches-an-ai-chatbot-powered-by-openais-gpt-technology/]
     * Meet DuckAssist, DuckDuckGo's New AI Feature [https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/meet-duckassist-duckduckgos-new-ai-feature/]
     * Shortwave email app introduces AI-powered summaries [https://techcrunch.com/2023/03/01/shortwave-email-app-introduces-ai-powered-summaries/]
   * Inside Claude: The ChatGPT Competitor that Just Raised Over $1 Billion [https://thesequence.substack.com/p/inside-claure-the-chatgpt-competitor]
     * Anthropic begins supplying its text-generating AI models to select startups [https://techcrunch.com/2023/02/27/anthropic-begins-supplying-its-text-generating-ai-models-to-startups/]
   * Lighting Round
     * Microsoft now lets you change Bing’s chatbot personality to be more entertaining [https://www.theverge.com/2023/3/2/23621772/microsoft-bing-ai-chatbot-personality-toggle]
     * OpenAI announces an API for ChatGPT and its Whisper speech-to-text tech [https://www.theverge.com/2023/3/1/23620783/chatgpt-api-openai-pricing-whisper]
     * D-ID’s new web app gives a face and voice to OpenAI’s ChatGPT [https://techcrunch.com/2023/03/07/d-ids-new-web-app-gives-a-face-and-voice-to-openais-chatgpt/]
     * OpenAI rival Stable Diffusion maker seeks to raise funds at US$4 billion valuation [https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/startups-tech/openai-rival-stable-diffusion-maker-seeks-raise-funds-us4-billion-valuation]
 * Research & Advancements
   * Google’s PaLM-E is a generalist robot brain that takes commands [https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/03/embodied-ai-googles-palm-e-allows-robot-control-with-natural-commands/]
     * PaLM-E: An Embodied Multimodal Language Model [https://palm-e.github.io/]
   * What Happens If You Run A Transformer Model With An Optical Neural Network? [https://www.marktechpost.com/2023/02/26/what-happens-if-you-run-a-transformer-model-with-an-optical-neural-network/]
   * Lighting Round
     * Scientists Now Want to Create AI Using Real Human Brain Cells [https://www.vice.com/en/article/qjkgap/scientists-now-want-to-create-ai-using-real-human-brain-cells]
     * Artificial Intelligence from a psychologist's point of view [https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/03/230301101527.htm]

#114 - ChatGPT applications, Claude, PALM-E, OpenAI criticism, AI-generated spam

Our 113th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news!

Check out our text newsletter at https://lastweekin.ai/

Stories this week:

 * Applications & Business
   * Meet the $10,000 Nvidia chip powering the race for A.I. [https://www.cnbc.com/2023/02/23/nvidias-a100-is-the-10000-chip-powering-the-race-for-ai-.html]
   * Generative AI Is Coming For the Lawyers [https://www.wired.com/story/chatgpt-generative-ai-is-coming-for-the-lawyers/] 
   * Vicarious Surgical cuts 14% of staff [https://www.therobotreport.com/vicarious-surgical-cuts-14-of-staff/]
   * Alphabet Layoffs Hit Trash-Sorting Robots [https://www.wired.com/story/alphabet-layoffs-hit-trash-sorting-robots/] 
   * Spectrum uses generative AI to create TV commercials [https://adage.com/article/digital-marketing-ad-tech-news/spectrum-uses-generative-ai-create-tv-commercials/2475541]
   * Spotify’s new AI-powered DJ will build you a custom playlist and talk over the top of it [https://www.theverge.com/2023/2/23/23610362/spotify-ai-dj-beta-announcement-custom-playlist-feature-personalized]
   * Amazon’s Cloud Partners With Startup Hugging Face as AI Deals Heat Up [https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-02-21/amazon-s-aws-joins-with-ai-startup-hugging-face-as-chatgpt-competition-heats-up]
 * Research & Advancements
   * Toolformer: Language Models Can Teach Themselves to Use Tools [https://arxiv.org/pdf/2302.04761.pdf]
   * Human-Timescale Adaptation in an Open-Ended Task Space [https://sites.google.com/view/adaptive-agent/]
   * RT-1: Robotics Transformer [https://robotics-transformer.github.io/]
   * Meta heats up Big Tech's AI arms race with new language model [https://www.reuters.com/technology/meta-launch-ai-language-model-llama-2023-02-24/]
   * MIT researchers have developed a new technique that can enable a machine learning model to quantify how confident it is in its predictions [https://www.marktechpost.com/2023/02/18/mit-researchers-have-developed-a-new-technique-that-can-enable-a-machine-learning-model-to-quantify-how-confident-it-is-in-its-predictions/]
   * Machine learning makes long-term, expansive reef monitoring possible [https://news.mongabay.com/2023/02/machine-learning-makes-long-term-expansive-reef-monitoring-possible/] 
   * How AI Can Help Design Drugs to Treat Opioid Addiction [https://neurosciencenews.com/ai-opioid-addiction-22531/]
 * Policy & Societal Impacts
   * "AI alignment" and uncalibrated discourse on AI [https://robotic.substack.com/p/ai-alignment]
   * What ChatGPT means for the new future of national security [https://www.hilltimes.com/story/2023/02/27/what-chatgpt-means-for-the-new-future-of-national-security/379846/]
   * How I Broke Into a Bank Account With an AI-Generated Voice [https://www.vice.com/en/article/dy7axa/how-i-broke-into-a-bank-account-with-an-ai-generated-voice]
   * AI-Human Romances Are Flourishing—And This Is Just the Beginning [https://time.com/6257790/ai-chatbots-love/]
   * Machine learning is hel [https://theconversation.com/machine-learning-is-helping-police-work-out-what-people-on-the-run-now-look-like-198325]

#113 - Nvidia’s 10k GPU, Toolformer, AI alignment, John Oliver

Our 112th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news!

Stories this week:

 * Applications & Business
   * Microsoft's Bing AI Now Threatening Users Who Provoke It [https://futurism.com/microsoft-bing-ai-threatening]
   * Audiobook Narrators Fear Apple Used Their Voices to Train AI [https://www.wired.com/story/apple-spotify-audiobook-narrators-ai-contract/]
   * Bing’s A.I. Chat: ‘I Want to Be Alive. 😈 [https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/16/technology/bing-chatbot-transcript.html]
   * Opera’s building ChatGPT into its sidebar [https://www.theverge.com/2023/2/11/23595784/opera-browser-chatgpt-sidebar-ai]
   * Exclusive: Microsoft's Bing plans AI ads in early pitch to advertisers [https://www.reuters.com/technology/microsofts-bing-plans-ai-ads-early-pitch-advertisers-2023-02-17/]
   * GitHub Copilot update stops AI model from revealing secrets [https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/github-copilot-update-stops-ai-model-from-revealing-secrets/]
   * Roblox is working on generative AI tools [https://www.theverge.com/2023/2/17/23604241/roblox-generative-ai-tools-assets-complete-code] 
 * Research & Advancements
   * BioGPT: Generative Pre-trained Transformer for Biomedical Text Generation and Mining [https://arxiv.org/pdf/2210.10341.pdf]
   * MarioGPT [https://github.com/shyamsn97/mario-gpt] - A new way to encode and generate Super Mario Bros levels [https://techxplore.com/news/2023-02-encode-generate-super-mario-bros.html]
   * Machine learning techniques identify thousands of new cosmic objects [https://phys.org/news/2023-02-machine-techniques-thousands-cosmic.html]
   * AI analyzes cell movement under the microscope [https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/02/230216083932.htm]
   * Accelerating Prime Editing: Machine Learning Helps Design the Best Fix for a Given Genetic Flaw [https://scitechdaily.com/?p=252518]
   * Enhance! Deep learning tool boosts X-ray imaging resolution and hydrogen fuel cell performance [https://newsroom.unsw.edu.au/news/science-tech/enhance-deep-learning-tool-boosts-x-ray-imaging-resolution-and-hydrogen-fuel-cell] 
 * Policy & Societal Impacts
   * Beijing to support key firms in building ChatGPT-like AI models [https://www.reuters.com/technology/beijing-city-will-support-key-firms-build-chatgpt-like-ai-models-2023-02-13/]
   * Only you can stop an AI apocalypse [https://betterwithout.ai/only-you-can-stop-an-AI-apocalypse]
   * South Korea aims to join AI race as startup Rebellions launches new chip [https://www.reuters.com/technology/skorea-aims-join-ai-race-startup-rebellions-launches-new-chip-2023-02-12/]
   * GitHub Copilot update stops AI model from revealing secrets [https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/github-copilot-update-stops-ai-model-from-revealing-secrets/]
   * U.S., China, other nations urge 'responsible' use of military AI [https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/us-china-other-nations-urge-responsible-use-military-ai-2023-02-16/]
 * Art & Fun Stuff

#112 - Bing Chat Antics, Bio and Mario GPT, Stopping an AI Apocalypse, Stolen Voices

Our 111th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news!

Listen with transcript [https://share.descript.com/view/Q0Cai8Xya3W]

Stories this week:

 * Applications & Business
   * Chinese Search Giant Baidu to Launch ChatGPT-Style Bot [https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-01-30/chinese-search-giant-baidu-to-launch-chatgpt-style-bot-in-march]
     * Google To Release ChatGPT-like Bot Named Bard [https://www.barrons.com/news/google-to-release-chatgpt-like-bot-named-bard-01675711207]
     * Alphabet Stock Loses $100 Billion After New AI Chatbot Gives Wrong Answer In Ad [https://www.forbes.com/sites/jonathanponciano/2023/02/08/alphabet-stock-loses-100-billion-after-new-ai-chatbot-seemingly-gives-wrong-answer-in-ad/?sh=379227846210]
     * Quora opens its new AI chatbot app Poe to the general public [https://techcrunch.com/2023/02/06/quora-opens-its-new-ai-chatbot-app-poe-to-the-general-public/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email]
     * You.com’s AI-infused Google rival provides a tantalizing glimpse of the future [https://www.pcworld.com/article/1448609/is-you-com-a-better-google.html]
     * Perplexity AI Challenges ChatGPT and Google With New Conversational Search Engine [https://voicebot.ai/2023/01/23/perplexity-ai-challenges-chatgpt-and-google-with-new-conversational-search-engine/]
   * Apptronik Developing General-Purpose Humanoid Robot [https://spectrum.ieee.org/humanoid-robot-apptronik-apollo]
   * Lighting Round
     * Chatbot Startup Character Seeks $250 Million, Testing Investor Appetite for AI [https://www.theinformation.com/articles/character-seeks-250-million-in-new-funding-amid-ai-boom] 
       * AI startup Cohere in talks to raise funding at $6 bln plus valuation  [https://www.reuters.com/technology/ai-startup-cohere-talks-raise-funding-6-bln-plus-valuation-sources-2023-02-06/]
     * OpenAI to Offer New Version of ChatGPT for a $20 Monthly Fee [https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/01/technology/openai-chatgpt-plus-subscription.html] 
     * Instagram’s founders are back with a new app [https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/31/tech/artifact-instagram-founders/index.html] 
     * Google invests $300mn in artificial intelligence start-up Anthropic |… [https://archive.is/ciZPV] 
 * Research & Advancements
   * Stanford Researcher develops a simple prompting strategy that enables open-source LLMs with 30x fewer parameters to exceed the few-shot performance of GPT  [https://www.marktechpost.com/2023/02/01/researchers-at-stanford-university-introduce-the-ask-me-anything-prompting-ama-a-simple-approach-that-surprisingly-enables-open-source-llms-with-30x-fewer-parameters-to-exceed-the-few-shot-perf/]
   * A dire forecast: Scientists used AI to find planet could cross critical warming threshold sooner than expected [https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/30/world/global-warming-critical-threshold-climate-intl/index.html] 
   * Lighting Round
     * Whispers of AI’s modular future [https://www.newyorker.com/tech/annals-of-technology/whispers-of-ais-modular-future]
     * AI Spits Out Exact Copies of Tr [https://www.vice.com/en/article/m7gznn/ai-spits-out-exact-copies-of-training-images-real-people-logos-researchers-find]

#111 - Mostly ChatGPT Again, plus Google’s Bard, Climate Change, AI Seinfeld

Our 110th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news!

After a 4 month break, we're back with a new co-host, and will resume our regular weekly upload schedule.

If you are a fan, we'd appreciate your feedback on Apple Podcast.

Stories this week:

 * Applications & Business
   * BuzzFeed says it will use AI tools from OpenAI to personalize its content [https://www.theverge.com/2023/1/26/23572834/buzzfeed-using-ai-tools-personalize-generate-content-openai]
     * related : CNET Is Quietly Publishing Entire Articles Generated By AI [https://futurism.com/the-byte/cnet-publishing-articles-by-ai]
     * CNET pauses publishing AI-written stories after disclosure controversy [https://www.theverge.com/2023/1/20/23564311/cnet-pausing-ai-articles-bot-red-ventures]
     * CNET found errors in more than half of its AI-written stories [https://www.theverge.com/2023/1/25/23571082/cnet-ai-written-stories-errors-corrections-red-ventures]
   * Who owns the generative AI platform? [https://a16z.com/2023/01/19/who-owns-the-generative-ai-platform/]
   * Lighting Round
     * Here’s Why ChatGPT is just the start of the generative AI boom [https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2023/01/chatgpt-start-generate-ai-boom-work-technology/]
     * Microsoft to Invest $10 Billion in OpenAI, the Creator of ChatGPT [https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/23/business/microsoft-chatgpt-artificial-intelligence.html] 
     * Generative AI funding exploded over the past 2 years [https://www.insiderintelligence.com/content/generative-ai-funding-exploded-over-past-2-years]
     * After inking its OpenAI deal, Shutterstock rolls out a generative AI toolkit to create images based on text prompts [https://techcrunch.com/2023/01/25/after-inking-its-openai-deal-shutterstock-rolls-out-a-generative-ai-toolkit-to-create-images-based-on-text-prompts/] 
 * Research & Advancements
   * ChatGPT’s creator made a free tool for detecting AI-generated text [https://www.theverge.com/2023/1/31/23579942/chatgpt-ai-text-detection-openai-classifier]
     * New AI classifier for indicating AI-written text [https://openai.com/blog/new-ai-classifier-for-indicating-ai-written-text/]
     * Related:  Stanford introduces DetectGPT to help educators fight back against ChatGPT generated papers [https://www.neowin.net/news/stanford-introduces-detectgpt-to-help-educators-fight-back-against-chatgpt-generated-papers/]
   * Google created an AI that can generate music from text descriptions, but won’t release it [https://techcrunch.com/2023/01/27/google-created-an-ai-that-can-generate-music-from-text-descriptions-but-wont-release-it/]
   * Lighting Round
     * Versatile robo-dog runs through the sandy beach at 3 mile/sec [https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/01/230126100154.htm] 
     * AI has designed bacteria-killing proteins from scratch – and they work [https://www.newscientist.com/article/2356597-ai-has-designed-bacteria-killing-proteins-from-scratch-and-they-work/]
     * GraphGPT: Extrapolating knowledge graphs from unstructured text [https://github.com/varunshenoy/GraphGPT]

#110 - We’re back! ChatGPT, ChatGPT, ChatGPT, and some other stuff

Our 109th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news!

If you are a fan, we'd appreciate your feedback on Apple Podcast, or just via email to contact@lastweekin.ai - feel free to DM us on Twitter too!

Outline:

(00:00) Intro (03:08) Elon Musk shows off humanoid robot prototype at Tesla AI Day [https://www.cnbc.com/2022/09/30/elon-musk-shows-off-humanoid-robot-prototype-at-tesla-ai-day.html]

(07:15) It’s not just floods and fires: This AI forecasts how climate change will impact your city [https://www.fastcompany.com/90789292/its-not-just-floods-and-fires-this-ai-forecasts-how-climate-change-will-impact-your-city] 

(10:00) Artificial Intelligence Spending Grew 20.7% Worldwide in 2021, According to IDC [https://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=prUS49670122]

(10:52) Tesla is being sued over Autopilot and Elon Musk’s Full Self-Driving predictions [https://www.theverge.com/2022/9/14/23353787/elon-musk-tesla-lawsuit-autopilot-full-self-driving-promises] 

(11:50) Uber Eats and Nuro sign a 10-year deal to do robot food delivery in California and Texas [https://www.theverge.com/2022/9/8/23339830/uber-eats-nuro-robot-delivery-ten-year-deal-california-texas] 

(13:00) Announcing the PyTorch Foundation: A new era for the cutting-edge AI framework [https://ai.facebook.com/blog/pytorch-foundation/]

(13:45) Meta’s new text-to-video AI generator is like DALL-E for video [https://www.theverge.com/2022/9/29/23378210/meta-text-to-video-ai-generation-make-a-video-model-dall-e] , Google answers Meta’s video-generating AI with its own, dubbed Imagen Video [https://techcrunch.com/2022/10/05/google-answers-metas-video-generating-ai-with-its-own-dubbed-imagen-video/]

(19:05) OpenAI open-sources Whisper, a multilingual speech recognition system [https://techcrunch.com/2022/09/21/openai-open-sources-whisper-a-multilingual-speech-recognition-system/]

(23:00) Can eyes on self-driving cars reduce accidents? Cues from moving eyes could help pedestrians anticipate vehicle's intentions [https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/09/220920100807.htm]

(24:00) Why DeepMind Is Sending AI Humanoids to Soccer Camp [https://www.wired.com/story/alphabet-deepmind-ai-humanoids-soccer-camp/]

(25:00) How Transformers Seem to Mimic Parts of the Brain [https://www.quantamagazine.org/how-ai-transformers-mimic-parts-of-the-brain-20220912/] 

(25:30) NVIDIA's new AI model quickly generates objects and characters for virtual worlds [https://www.engadget.com/nvidia-ai-model-get3d-virtual-worlds-objects-130021127.html]

(26:45) Clearview AI, Used by Police to Find Criminals, Now in Public Defenders’ Hands [https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/18/technology/facial-recognition-clearview-ai.html] , House Democrats debut new bill to limit US police use of facial recognition [https://techcrunch.com/2022/09/29/house-democrats-facial-recognition-act/]

(30:30) Artist receives first known US copyright registration for generative AI art [https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2022/09/artist-receives-first-known-us-copyright-registration-for-generative-ai-art/] 

(33:14) Getty Images bans AI-generated content over fears of legal challenges [https://www.theverge.com/2022/9/21/23364696/getty-images-ai-ban-generated-artwork-illustration-copyright]

(34:00)  A.I. Is Making It Easier Than Ever for Students to Cheat [https://slate.com/technology/2022/09/ai-students-writing-cheating-sudowrite.html]

(34:50) There’s no Tiananmen Square in the new Chinese image-making AI [https://www.technologyreview.com/2022/09/14/1059481/baidu-chinese-image-ai-tiananmen/]

(35:45)

#109 - Tesla Bot, Text-to-Video, Speech-to-Text, AI Voices Darth Vader

Our 108th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news!

If you are a fan, we'd appreciate your feedback on Apple Podcast, or just via email to contact@lastweekin.ai - feel free to DM us on Twitter too!

Outline

 * (00:00) Intro
 * (03:50) Using machine learning to identify undiagnosable cancers [https://news.mit.edu/2022/using-machine-learning-identify-undiagnosable-cancers-0901] 
 * (08:30) North American companies send in the robots, even as productivity slumps [https://www.reuters.com/technology/north-american-companies-send-robots-even-productivity-slumps-2022-08-29/] 
 * (14:30) French tax officials use AI to spot 20,000 undeclared pools [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/aug/29/french-tax-officials-use-ai-to-spot-20000-undeclared-pools]
 * (15:12) AI illuminates permanently shadowed regions on the moon [https://phys.org/news/2022-08-ai-illuminates-permanently-shadowed-regions.html]
 * (15:40) Artificial intelligence can be used to better monitor Maine's forests [https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/09/220902154904.htm] 
 * (16:34) Panera Bread tests artificial intelligence technology in drive-thru lanes [https://www.cnbc.com/2022/08/29/panera-bread-tests-artificial-intelligence-technology-in-drive-thru-lanes.html] 
 * (17:45) Using AI to decode speech from brain activity [https://ai.facebook.com/blog/ai-speech-brain-activity/]
 * (23:20) Robots can be used to assess children’s mental wellbeing, study suggests [https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/robots-can-be-used-to-assess-childrens-mental-wellbeing-study-suggests]
 * (27:50) Canadian researchers using machine learning to mitigate effects of climate change [https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/ai-machine-learning-climate-change-1.6561790] 
 * (29:25) Researchers Develop ‘TiCoder’ Framework For Code Generation Using User Feedback With 90.4% Consistency To User Intent [https://www.marktechpost.com/2022/08/25/researchers-develop-ticoder-framework-for-code-generation-using-user-feedback-with-90-4-consistency-to-user-intent/] 
 * (31:12) Artificial Intelligence Improves Treatment in Women with Heart Attacks [https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/08/220829112918.htm] 
 * (31:41) MIT Researchers use Machine Learning to Expedite Research on New Battery Materials [https://www.marktechpost.com/2022/08/30/mit-researchers-use-machine-learning-to-expedite-research-on-new-battery-materials/] 
 * (32:48) Review finds ‘paucity of robust evidence’ on impact of AI clinical outcomes [https://www.healthcaredive.com/news/evidence-impact-ai-clinical-outcomes/630575/] 
 * (36:00) France puts healthcare at heart of $1.8B AI strategy [https://www.fiercebiotech.com/medtech/france-puts-healthcare-at-heart-1-8b-ai-strategy] 
 * (39:00) Clearview: Glasses With Facial Recognition Are Here—And The Air Force Is Buying [https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2022/02/03/clearview-ai-glasses-with-facial-recognition-are-here-and-the-air-force-is-using-them/?sh=57bdb55f43b2]
 * (40:00) New York City AI Bias Law Charts New Territory for Employers [https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/new-york-city-ai-bias-law-charts-new-territory-for-employers] 
 * (40:37)

#108 - Undiagnosable Cancers, Robot Sales, Decoding Brain Activity, AI Music

Our 107th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news!

Apologies for a lack of consistent episode releases lately, we've been really busy...

If you are a fan, we'd appreciate your feedback on Apple Podcast, or just via email to contact@lastweekin.ai - feel free to DM us on Twitter too!

Outline:

 * (00:00) Intro
 * (01:25) Machine-Learning Tools Predict Post-Op Complications, Surgery Duration [https://healthitanalytics.com/news/machine-learning-tools-predict-post-op-complications-surgery-duration]
 * (05:30) Sanas, the buzzy Silicon Valley startup that wants to make the world sound whiter [https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/sanas-startup-creates-american-voice-17382771.php]
 * (10:50) AI-designed camera only records objects of interest while being blind to others [https://cnsi.ucla.edu/project/august-15-2022-ai-designed-camera-only-records-objects-of-interest-while-being-blind-to-others/]
 * (14:12) AI-based method for dating archeological remains [https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/08/220823162730.htm]
 * (18:33) You just hired a deepfake. Get ready for the rise of imposter employees. [https://www.protocol.com/workplace/deepfake-imposter-employees] 
 * (22:43) Deepfakes for all: Uncensored AI art model prompts ethics questions [https://techcrunch.com/2022/08/24/deepfakes-for-all-uncensored-ai-art-model-prompts-ethics-questions/] , This AI Tool Is Being Used To Make Freaky, Machine-Generated Porn [https://www.vice.com/en/article/xgygy4/stable-diffusion-stability-ai-nsfw-ai-generated-porn]
 * (29:00) Here's how the best AI art generators compare [https://www.creativebloq.com/news/ai-art-generator-comparison]
 * (35:03) The Great FIlter Button [https://storiesby.ai/p/the-great-filter-button]
 * (39:11) Outro

#107 - Surgery Outcomes, Accent Removal, Archeological Dating, Deepfakes

Our 106th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news!

Apologies for a lack of consistent episode releases lately, we've been really busy...

If you are a fan, we'd appreciate your feedback on Apple Podcast, or just via email to contact@lastweekin.ai - feel free to DM us on Twitter too!

Outline:

(00:00) Intro (01: 32) Can artificial intelligence really help us talk to the animals? [https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/jul/31/can-artificial-intelligence-really-help-us-talk-to-the-animals] (06:13) How rangers are using AI to help protect India’s tigers [https://www.bbc.com/news/business-61824904] (09:13) Meta Starts Testing Its Latest AI Chatbot, BlenderBot 3 [https://www.pcmag.com/news/meta-starts-testing-its-latest-ai-chatbot-blenderbot-3]  (10:35) AI startup Cerebras celebrated for chip triumph where others tried and failed [https://www.zdnet.com/article/ai-startup-cerebras-celebrated-for-chip-triumph-where-others-tried-and-failed/] (11:35) You can (sort of) generate art like Dall-E with TikTok’s latest filter [https://www.digitaltrends.com/social-media/you-can-sort-of-generate-art-like-dall-e-with-tiktoks-latest-filter/] (13:10) Open-source rival for OpenAI’s DALL-E runs on your graphics card [https://mixed-news.com/en/open-source-rival-for-openais-dall-e-runs-on-your-graphics-card/]  (16:00) Wearable AI Sensor Supports Personalized Health Data Processing, Analysis [https://healthitanalytics.com/news/wearable-ai-sensor-supports-personalized-health-data-processing-analysis] (20:15) AI pilot can navigate crowded airspace [https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/08/220809101737.htm] (24:18) Hyundai announces $400M AI, robotics institute powered by Boston Dynamics [https://techcrunch.com/2022/08/12/hyundai-announces-400m-ai-robotics-institute-powered-by-boston-dynamics/](25:30) In simulation of how water freezes, artificial intelligence breaks the ice [https://phys.org/news/2022-08-simulation-artificial-intelligence-ice.html](26:26) New algorithm aces university math course questions [https://news.mit.edu/2022/machine-learning-university-math-0803] (27:28) The AI-powered swimmer is able to switch between different locomotory gaits adaptively to navigate toward any target location on its own [https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/08/220804130621.htm](28:25) Facial recognition smartwatches to be used to monitor foreign offenders in UK [https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/aug/05/facial-recognition-smartwatches-to-be-used-to-monitor-foreign-offenders-in-uk](32:30) Man Sues City of Chicago, Claiming Its AI Wrongly Imprisoned Him [https://futurism.com/the-byte/man-sues-chicago-ai-wrongly-imprisoned] (35:35) AI Contractors Eyeing Bigger Role Backed by Chips Bill Funds [https://news.bloomberglaw.com/tech-and-telecom-law/ai-contractors-eyeing-bigger-role-backed-by-chips-bill-funds] (37:26) China drafts rules on use of self-driving vehicles for public transport [https://www.reuters.com/technology/china-drafts-rules-use-self-driving-vehicles-public-transport-2022-08-08/] (38:30) Baidu's robotaxis don't need any human staff in these parts of China [https://www.cnbc.com/2022/08/08/baidus-robotaxis-dont-need-any-human-staff-in-these-parts-of-china.html] (39:35) U.S. appeals court says artificial intelligence can’t be patent inventor [https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/us-appeals-court-says-artificial-intelligence-cant-be-patent-inventor-2022-08-05/] (41:45) Robot Repeatedly Rearranges Remnants In The Round [https://hackaday.com/2022/08/07/robot-repeatedly-rearranges-remnants-in-the-round/] (44:20)

#106 - Animal Speech, AI Pilot, Wrongful Arrest, Redesigning Streets

Our 105th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news!
Note: there was again a delay in editing, so this news is from two weeks ago.
If you are a fan, we'd appreciate your feedback on Apple Podcast, or just via
email to contact@lastweekin.ai - feel free to DM us on Twitter too!
Outline:
(00:00) Intro (01:30) AI speeds sepsis detection to prevent hundreds of deaths
[https://hub.jhu.edu/2022/07/21/artificial-intelligence-sepsis-detection/]
(05:05) Inside Midjourney, The Generative Art AI That Rivals DALL-E
[https://www.vice.com/en/article/wxn5wn/inside-midjourney-the-generative-art-ai-that-rivals-dall-e] 
(09:20) OpenAI expands access to DALL-E 2, its powerful image-generating AI
system
[https://techcrunch.com/2022/07/20/openai-expands-access-to-dall-e-2-its-powerful-image-generating-ai-system/]
(10:30) Amazon-owned self driving firm Zoox seeks to test robotaxi in California
[https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/amazon-owned-self-driving-firm-zoox-seeks-test-robotaxi-california-2022-07-19/]
(12:10) Baidu unveils latest autonomous electric vehicle: Apollo RT6
[https://apnews.com/article/technology-china-electric-vehicles-artificial-intelligence-aa40645d1aac6f8348d1208a659d6c25]
(13:10) Neural Sleeve is a bionic leg wrap that uses AI to correct walking
patterns
[https://www.dezeen.com/2022/07/20/neural-sleeve-cionic-fuseproject-technology/] 
(14:05) Novel method allows robots to learn in the wild
[https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/07/220720150554.htm] (18:45)
Clinicians can build trust with machine learning through experience
[https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/healthcare-information-technology/clinicians-can-build-trust-with-machine-learning-through-experience-study-says.html]
(24:00) Machine learning identifies gun buyers at risk of suicide
[https://health.ucdavis.edu/news/headlines/machine-learning-identifies-gun-purchasers-at-risk-of-suicide/2022/07]
(24:36)  Microsoft launches simulator to train drone AI systems
[https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-62202118] (24:50)  Open source platform
enables research on privacy-preserving machine learning
[https://techxplore.com/news/2022-07-source-platform-enables-privacy-preserving-machine.html] 
(25:17) DeepMind & UCL’s Stochastic MuZero Achieves SOTA Results in Complex
Stochastic Environments
[https://medium.com/syncedreview/deepmind-ucls-stochastic-muzero-achieves-sota-results-in-complex-stochastic-environments-9bf9557651f6]
(26:15) Meet the startups using AI to help doctors fight burnout
[https://www.fastcompany.com/90766869/ai-startups-doctor-burnout-health-tech]
(30:22) Will AI Steal Submarines’ Stealth?
[https://spectrum.ieee.org/nuclear-submarine] (36:15) Absurd AI-Generated
Professional Food Photography with DALL-E 2
[https://minimaxir.com/2022/07/food-photography-ai] (40:05) If A.I. Generated
Book Jackets Based on Literary Titles…
[https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/15/books/review/ai-generated-book-covers.html]
 

#105 - Sepsis Detection, Midjourney, Submarines, DALL-E 2 Food

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