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#122 - AI for Word and Excel, leaked Google memo, ImageBind, LLAva, robot soccer, Midjourney 5.1
Episode 160
Our 122nd episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news!
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Outline:
- (00:00) Intro
- (05:20) Response to listener comments / corrections
- (07:20) News Preview
- Tools & Apps
- (07:50) Microsoft 365’s AI-powered Copilot is getting more features and paid access
- (11:26) Informatica goes all in on generative AI with Claire GPT
- (15:11) LinkedIn’s new AI will write messages to hiring managers
- (17:30) Waymo One doubles service area in Phoenix and continues growing in San Francisco
- Applications & Business
- (20:58) "We Have No Moat, And Neither Does OpenAI"
- (27:30) AI will create ‘a serious number of losers’, DeepMind co-founder warns
- (31:37) IBM takes another shot at Watson as A.I. boom picks up steam
- (34:11) IBM to Pause Hiring for Jobs That AI Could Do
- (36:30) Peter Thiel’s Palantir is seeing ‘unprecedented’ demand for its military A.I. that its CEO calls ‘a weapon that will allow you to win’
- (38:42) Palantir Demos AI to Fight Wars But Says It Will Be Totally Ethical Don’t Worry About It
- (40:42) Chegg CEO calls 48% stock plunge over ChatGPT fears 'extraordinarily overblown'
- (43:03) Microsoft Working With AMD on Expansion Into AI Processors
- (45:35) Generative AI startup Runway just raised $100 million at a $1.5 billion valuation from a cloud service provider
- (47:50) Published on 2 years, 7 months ago