Wednesday Nov 27, 2024

#190 - AI scaling struggles, OpenAI Agents, Super Weights

Our 190th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's* big AI news!
*and sometimes last last week's

Hosted by Andrey Kurenkov and Jeremie Harris.

Note from Andrey: this one is coming out a bit later than planned, apologies! Next one will be coming out sooner.
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In this episode:
* OpenAI's pitch for a $100 billion data center and AI strategy plan outlines infrastructure and regulatory needs, emphasizing AI's foundational role akin to electricity. 
* Google's Gemini model challenges OpenAI's dominance, showing strong performance in chatbot arenas alongside generative AI advancements. 
* DeepMind's AlphaFold3 gets open-sourced for academic use, while new chips from NVIDIA and Google show significant performance boosts. 
* Anthropic and TSMC updates highlight strategic funding, regulation influences, and the complex dynamics of AI hardware and international policy.

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