Last Week in AI24 Dec 2023

#148 - Imagen 2, Midjourney on web, FunSearch, OpenAI ‘Preparedness Framework’, campaigning voice clone

Our 148th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news!

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Timestamps + links:

(00:00:00) Intro / Banter

Tools & Apps
Applications & Business
Projects & Open Source
- (00:52:20) Introducing DeciLM-7B: The Fastest and Most Accurate 7 Billion-Parameter LLM to Date
- (00:57:27) Introducing Stable Zero123: Quality 3D Object Generation from Single Images
Research & Advancements
- (01:00:42) FunSearch: Making new discoveries in mathematical sciences using Large Language Models
- (01:09:12) OpenAI Demos a Control Method for Superintelligent AI
- (01:16:41) Cheating Fears Over Chatbots Were Overblown, New Research Suggests
- (01:18:13) SwitchHead: Accelerating Transformers with Mixture-of-Experts Attention
- (01:20:04) CogAgent: A Visual Language Model for GUI Agents
- (01:21:10) Limits to the Energy Efficiency of CMOS Microprocessors
Policy & Safety
- (01:24:24) OpenAI announces ‘Preparedness Framework’ to track and mitigate AI risks
- (01:32:08) Pro-China YouTube Network Used A.I. to Malign U.S., Report Finds
- (01:37:07) AI is a danger to the financial system, regulators warn for the first time
- (01:38:42) Anonymous Sudan hacking group sets sights on ChatGPT
- (01:40:33) Scenario planning for an AGI future
- (01:42:51) The widening web of effective altruism in AI security
Synthetic Media & Art
- (01:49:22) Facebook Is Being Overrun With Stolen, AI-Generated Images That People Think Are Real
- (01:52:34) Pakistan’s former prime minister is using an AI voice clone to campaign from prison

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