Our 143rd episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news, now back with the usual hosts!

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Timestamps + links:

• Applications & Business
  • (02:53) Sam Altman fired as CEO of OpenAI
  • (12:00) Everything announced at OpenAI’s first developer event
  • (16:05) GM's Cruise suspends supervised and manual car trips, expands probes
  • (18:30) Under Fire Over Robotaxi Safety, GM Halts Production Of Cruise Driverless Van
  • (20:55) Microsoft unveils first AI chip, Maia 100, and Cobalt CPU
  • (21:35) AV Startup May Mobility Locks Up Another $105M From NTT, Toyota
  • (22:38) Aleph Alpha raises $500m Series B in Europe’s third-largest AI round ever
  • (23:22) AI startup Twelve Labs attracts US$10 mln from Nvidia, Intel, others
  • (24:16) Defense Tech Startup Shield AI Raises $200M At $2.7B Valuation
• Tools & Apps
  • (25:00) Elon Musk debuts 'Grok' AI bot to rival ChatGPT, others
  • (27:38) Brave responds to Bing and ChatGPT with a new ‘anonymous and secure’ AI chatbot
  • (30:03) ChatGPT is combining its different abilities into a single ‘Voltron-style’ chat
  • (31:01) LinkedIn's new AI chatbot wants to help you get a job
  • (32:07) Meet Samsung's Answer to ChatGPT: A New AI Model Called Gauss
  • (33:33) Humane’s AI Pin: all the news about the new AI-powered wearable
• Projects & Open Source