Our 198th episode with a summary and discussion of last week’s big AI news!
Recorded on 01/31/2024
Hosted by Andrey Kurenkov and Jeremie Harris.
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In this episode:
– DeepSeek releases R1, a competitive AI model comparable to OpenAI’s O1, leading to market unrest and significant drops in tech stocks, including a 17% plunge in NVIDIA’s stock.
– OpenAI launches Operator to facilitate agentic computer use, while facing competition from new releases by DeepSeek and Quen, with applications seeing rapid adoption.
– President Trump revokes the Biden administration’s executive order on AI, signaling a shift in AI policy and deregulation efforts.
– Taiwanese government clears TSMC to produce advanced 2-nanometer chip technology abroad, aiming to strengthen global semiconductor supply amidst geopolitical tensions.
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Timestamps + Links:
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(00:00:00) Intro / Banter
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(00:03:01) Response to listener comments
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Projects & Open Source
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Tools & Apps
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(00:42:09) OpenAI launches Operator, an AI agent that performs tasks autonomously
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(00:47:37) DeepSeek reaches No. 1 on US Play Store
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(00:52:17) Alibaba rolled out Qwen Chat v0.2 and Qwen2.5-1M model
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(00:53:50) Perplexity launches US-hosted DeepSeek R1, hints at EU hosting soon
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(00:55:31) Apple is pulling its AI-generated notifications for news after generating fake headlines
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(00:59:00) French AI ‘Lucie’ looks très chic, but keeps getting answers wrong
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Applications & Business
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(01:02:09) DeepSeek’s New AI Model Sparks Shock, Awe, and Questions From US Competitors
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(01:07:49) Microsoft loses OpenAI exclusive cloud provider status to $500 billion Stargate project
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(01:13:00) OpenAI adds BlackRock exec Adebayo Ogunlesi to board of directors
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(01:15:00) ElevenLabs has raised a new round at $3B+ valuation led by ICONIQ Growth, sources say
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Policy & Safety
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(01:33:01) Outro
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