#133 - ChatGPT multi-document chat, CoreWeave raises $2.3B, AudioCraft, ToolLLM, Autonomous Warfare

Our 133rd episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news!

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Timestamps + links:

• (00:00)  Intro / Banter
• Response to listener comments / corrections
• Tools & Apps
  • (05:05) ChatGPT gets several new features, including multi-document chat
  • (09:02) Tinder tests AI photo selection feature to help users build profiles
  • (12:35) GitHub Copilot can now tell developers when its suggestions match code in a public repository
• Applications & Business
  • (15:55) CoreWeave raises $2.3 billion in debt collateralized by Nvidia chips
  • (20:25) Nvidia GPU shortage is ‘top gossip’ of Silicon Valley
  • (23:30) NVIDIA: GPU Supply Issues Involve Packaging, Not Chip Wafers
  • (27:06) Nvidia's AI GPUs Are Selling for up to $70,000 in China
  • (30:00) AMD considers making a specific A.I. chip for China to comply with export controls
  • (31:10) AI chip firm Tenstorrent raises $100 mln from Hyundai, Samsung
  • (33:22) Cruise begins testing self-driving vehicles in Atlanta
  • (35:45) Toyota, Pony.ai plan to mass produce robotaxis in China
• Projects & Open Source
  • (38:08) Alibaba rolls out open-sourced AI model to take on Meta's Llama 2
• Research & Advancements
  • (42:00) Introducing AudioCraft: A Generative AI Tool For Audio and Music
  • (46:25) ToolLLM: Facilitating Large Language Models to Master 16000+ Real-world APIs
  • (52:03) Tool Documentation Enables Zero-Shot Tool-Usage with Large Language Models
  • (54:54) Open Problems and Fundamental Limitations of Reinforcement Learning from Human Feedback
  • (01:00:05) Towards Generalist Biomedical AI
  • (01:03:53) Studying Large Language Model Generalization with Influence Functions

• Policy & Safety 

  • (01:05:55) The AI-Powered, Totally Autonomous Future of War Is Here
  • (01:12:37)  ‘So important’: UK minister endorses Google’s training drive in AI arms race
  • (01:15:10) Generative AI services pulled from Apple App Store in China ahead of new regulations
  • (01:16:40) Experience: scammers used AI to fake my daughter’s kidnap
  • (01:19:22) The Stanford University ‘boot camp’ teaching Congress about AI
  • (01:22:23) Eight Months Pregnant and Arrested After False Facial Recognition Match

• Synthetic Media & Art

  • (01:24:37)  Greg Rutkowski Was Removed From Stable Diffusion, But AI Artists Brought Him Back
  • (01:25:48)  An Asian MIT student asked AI to turn an image of her into a professional headshot. It made her white, with lighter skin and blue eyes.
• (01:26:47) Outro