On today's episode, NLW looks at new research about LLM hallucination; Google suing AI scammers; and China and the US working towards an agreement not to use AI in nuclear device control systems. Today's Sponsor: Notion - Notion AI. Knowledge, answers, ideas. One click away. - https://notion.com/aibreakdown ABOUT THE AI BREAKDOWN The AI Breakdown helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI. Subscribe to The AI Breakdown newsletter: https://theaibreakdown.beehiiv.com/subscr...
Nov 14, 2023•20 min•Transcript available on Metacast Today on the AI Breakdown NLW looks at what GPTs are (and what they're not) and why many people are thinking about them the wrong way. Plus, OpenAI is officially training GPT-5, according to a new interview with CEO Sam Altman. Today's Sponsors: Listen to the chart-topping podcast 'web3 with a16z crypto' wherever you get your podcasts or here: https://link.chtbl.com/xz5kFVEK?sid=AIBreakdown ABOUT THE AI BREAKDOWN The AI Breakdown helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI...
Nov 13, 2023•24 min•Transcript available on Metacast A reading of Ethan Mollick's "Almost an Agent: What GPTs Can Do" https://www.oneusefulthing.org/p/almost-an-agent-what-gpts-can-do ABOUT THE AI BREAKDOWN The AI Breakdown helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI. Subscribe to The AI Breakdown newsletter: https://theaibreakdown.beehiiv.com/subscribe Subscribe to The AI Breakdown on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheAIBreakdown Join the community: bit.ly/aibreakdown Learn more: http://breakdown.network/
Nov 12, 2023•12 min•Transcript available on Metacast Humane has officially launched its Ai Pin and, if nothing else, it has stirred some serious controversy. NLW explores the community's reactions. Today's Sponsors: Listen to the chart-topping podcast 'web3 with a16z crypto' wherever you get your podcasts or here: https://link.chtbl.com/xz5kFVEK?sid=AIBreakdown ABOUT THE AI BREAKDOWN The AI Breakdown helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI. Subscribe to The AI Breakdown newsletter: https://theaibreakdown.beehiiv.com/subs...
Nov 11, 2023•16 min•Transcript available on Metacast OpenAI closed the week with yet another announcement -- this time about a new data partnerships program through which they hope to expand the data that AI models have access to. NLW explores why it matters. ABOUT THE AI BREAKDOWN The AI Breakdown helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI. Subscribe to The AI Breakdown newsletter: https://theaibreakdown.beehiiv.com/subscribe Subscribe to The AI Breakdown on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheAIBreakdown Join the communi...
Nov 10, 2023•11 min•Transcript available on Metacast Sources are suggesting that Amazon is training a 2 trillion parameter model called Olympus. NLW looks at what it means for Google Gemini, OpenAI GPT-5 and more. Today's Sponsors: Listen to the chart-topping podcast 'web3 with a16z crypto' wherever you get your podcasts or here: https://link.chtbl.com/xz5kFVEK?sid=AIBreakdown Interested in the opportunity mentioned in today's show? jobs@breakdown.network ABOUT THE AI BREAKDOWN The AI Breakdown helps you understand the most important news and disc...
Nov 09, 2023•20 min•Transcript available on Metacast Samsung announced a set of AI models they're calling Gauss as well as plans to put parts of the model on their next flagship Galaxy phone. NLW looks at what that means in the larger battle to build the AI phone of the future. On the Brief: YouTube announces new AI features plus some big AI fundraising rounds. Interested in the opportunity mentioned in today's show? jobs@breakdown.network ABOUT THE AI BREAKDOWN The AI Breakdown helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI. S...
Nov 08, 2023•19 min•Transcript available on Metacast Yesterday OpenAI announces 128k GPT-4 Turbo at 1/3rd the price; a new Text-to-Speech model; Whisper 3; and proto-agent features like the Assistants API and Custom GPTs. Today's Sponsors: Listen to the chart-topping podcast 'web3 with a16z crypto' wherever you get your podcasts or here: https://link.chtbl.com/xz5kFVEK?sid=AIBreakdown Interested in the opportunity mentioned in today's show? jobs@breakdown.network ABOUT THE AI BREAKDOWN The AI Breakdown helps you understand the most important news ...
Nov 07, 2023•24 min•Transcript available on Metacast The best AI tools for content creators -- or at least the ones I use regularly, including Descript, HeyGen, Perplexity, ChatGPT, ElevenLabs, Canva Magic Studio and more. ABOUT THE AI BREAKDOWN The AI Breakdown helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI. Subscribe to The AI Breakdown newsletter: https://theaibreakdown.beehiiv.com/subscribe Subscribe to The AI Breakdown on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheAIBreakdown Join the community: bit.ly/aibreakdown Learn more: ht...
Nov 06, 2023•14 min•Transcript available on Metacast In the lead up to November 6th's OpenAI DevDay, NLW looks at their recent launch of PDF reading and the All Tools model and explores that it suggests about the company's bigger plans. Today's Sponsor: Listen to the chart-topping podcast 'web3 with a16z crypto' wherever you get your podcasts or here: https://link.chtbl.com/xz5kFVEK?sid=AIBreakdown ABOUT THE AI BREAKDOWN The AI Breakdown helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI. Subscribe to The AI Breakdown newsletter: h...
Nov 05, 2023•17 min•Transcript available on Metacast A special, all-AI created bonus episode about Elon Musk's announcement of xAI's ChatGPT competitor Grok. ABOUT THE AI BREAKDOWN The AI Breakdown helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI. Subscribe to The AI Breakdown newsletter: https://theaibreakdown.beehiiv.com/subscribe Subscribe to The AI Breakdown on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheAIBreakdown Join the community: bit.ly/aibreakdown Learn more: http://breakdown.network/
Nov 04, 2023•7 min•Transcript available on Metacast A reading of OpenAI research scientist Richard Ngo's essay "Techno-humanism is techno-optimism for the 21st century." https://www.mindthefuture.info/p/techno-humanism-is-techno-optimism Made in part with ElevenLabs https://elevenlabs.io/ ABOUT THE AI BREAKDOWN The AI Breakdown helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI. Subscribe to The AI Breakdown newsletter: https://theaibreakdown.beehiiv.com/subscribe Subscribe to The AI Breakdown on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@...
Nov 04, 2023•25 min•Transcript available on Metacast The war of words between the AI safety advocates on the one side and the AI open source advocates on the other has gotten increasingly contentious. This week, Meta's Chief AI Scientist Yan LeCun accused the leaders of Google DeepMind, OpenAI and Anthropic of stoking fears around AI in order to provoke a response from regulators that would be beneficial to their businesses and bad for open source competitors. Today's Sponsors: Listen to the chart-topping podcast 'web3 with a16z crypto' wherever y...
Nov 03, 2023•17 min•Transcript available on Metacast A judge has dismissed many of the charges in a class action lawsuit brought against Stability AI, DeviantArt, and Midjourney. NLW explores on an extended Brief edition of The AI Breakdown. ABOUT THE AI BREAKDOWN The AI Breakdown helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI. Subscribe to The AI Breakdown newsletter: https://theaibreakdown.beehiiv.com/subscribe Subscribe to The AI Breakdown on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheAIBreakdown Join the community: bit.ly/aibreak...
Nov 02, 2023•12 min•Transcript available on Metacast With the M3 Max chip, Apple is finally pitching how they're going to compete in AI. Also on this episode, a preview of the AI Safety Summit in the UK. Today's Sponsors: Listen to the chart-topping podcast 'web3 with a16z crypto' wherever you get your podcasts or here: https://link.chtbl.com/xz5kFVEK?sid=AIBreakdown Interested in the opportunity mentioned in today's show? jobs@breakdown.network ABOUT THE AI BREAKDOWN The AI Breakdown helps you understand the most important news and discussions in...
Nov 01, 2023•20 min•Transcript available on Metacast Google joins Amazon in investing in OpenAI rival Anthropic. Also a look at the reactions, debates and controversy around Biden's AI executive order. Interested in the opportunity mentioned in today's show? jobs@breakdown.network ABOUT THE AI BREAKDOWN The AI Breakdown helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI. Subscribe to The AI Breakdown newsletter: https://theaibreakdown.beehiiv.com/subscribe Subscribe to The AI Breakdown on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheAIBrea...
Oct 31, 2023•25 min•Transcript available on Metacast The Biden White House has released its expected Executive Order on Artificial Intelligence. NLW runs through the fact sheet and gives a first interpretation. Today's Sponsors: Listen to the chart-topping podcast 'web3 with a16z crypto' wherever you get your podcasts or here: https://link.chtbl.com/xz5kFVEK?sid=AIBreakdown ABOUT THE AI BREAKDOWN The AI Breakdown helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI. Subscribe to The AI Breakdown newsletter: https://theaibreakdown.bee...
Oct 30, 2023•21 min•Transcript available on Metacast On the eve of the Biden Administration's anticipated executive order on artificial intelligence, NLW surveys the landscape of AI legislative efforts in the US. ABOUT THE AI BREAKDOWN The AI Breakdown helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI. Subscribe to The AI Breakdown newsletter: https://theaibreakdown.beehiiv.com/subscribe Subscribe to The AI Breakdown on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheAIBreakdown Join the community: bit.ly/aibreakdown Learn more: http://break...
Oct 30, 2023•15 min•Transcript available on Metacast A group of scientists, academics and researchers has released a new framework on managing AI risks. NLW explores whether we're moving to more specific policy proposals. Today's Sponsors: Listen to the chart-topping podcast 'web3 with a16z crypto' wherever you get your podcasts or here: https://link.chtbl.com/xz5kFVEK?sid=AIBreakdown ABOUT THE AI BREAKDOWN The AI Breakdown helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI. Subscribe to The AI Breakdown newsletter: https://theaibr...
Oct 28, 2023•17 min•Transcript available on Metacast OpenAI forms a team to focus on how to prepare for the biggest most catastrophic risks around AI. NLW explores as well as looking at the new UN AI advisory council ABOUT THE AI BREAKDOWN The AI Breakdown helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI. Subscribe to The AI Breakdown newsletter: https://theaibreakdown.beehiiv.com/subscribe Subscribe to The AI Breakdown on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheAIBreakdown Join the community: bit.ly/aibreakdown Learn more: http://b...
Oct 27, 2023•21 min•Transcript available on Metacast The Biden Admin's long promised AI executive order is coming Monday and it seems like it will use the power of government procurement to try and set new standards around testing and model evaluation. Before that on the Brief: AI and ads plus updated knowledge for ChatGPT. Today's Sponsors: Listen to the chart-topping podcast 'web3 with a16z crypto' wherever you get your podcasts or here: https://link.chtbl.com/xz5kFVEK?sid=AIBreakdown ABOUT THE AI BREAKDOWN The AI Breakdown helps you understand ...
Oct 26, 2023•20 min•Transcript available on Metacast Midjourney has made a number of moves recently after DALL-E-3 was integrated into ChatGPT. Those include a new upscaler, a website (finally!) and even a first app (sort of!). Plus Perplexity raises fresh capital at a $500m valuation. ABOUT THE AI BREAKDOWN The AI Breakdown helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI. Subscribe to The AI Breakdown newsletter: https://theaibreakdown.beehiiv.com/subscribe Subscribe to The AI Breakdown on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheA...
Oct 25, 2023•23 min•Transcript available on Metacast A Medium user has posted a set of screenshots that purport to show Google's forthcoming Gemini model in their recently opened Makersuite AI builder tool. NLW explores the leaks along with the broader competition for AI developers. Before that on the Brief, a new tool that allows artists to "poison" their digital images to mess with AI training models. Today's Sponsors: Listen to the chart-topping podcast 'web3 with a16z crypto' wherever you get your podcasts or here: https://link.chtbl.com/xz5kF...
Oct 24, 2023•18 min•Transcript available on Metacast NLW explores a new policy proposal from some extremely notable AI leaders around how we can continue to advance the beneficial development of AI while also preserving safety and democracy at the same time. Before that on the Brief, Apple is spending $1B to catch up on AI. ABOUT THE AI BREAKDOWN The AI Breakdown helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI. Subscribe to The AI Breakdown newsletter: https://theaibreakdown.beehiiv.com/subscribe Subscribe to The AI Breakdown on...
Oct 23, 2023•24 min•Transcript available on Metacast NLW looks at where companies fit in the competitive matrix of artificial intelligence - from OpenAI to Anthropic to the big techs in Meta, Google, Amazon and Microsoft. Today's Sponsors: Listen to the chart-topping podcast 'web3 with a16z crypto' wherever you get your podcasts or here: https://link.chtbl.com/xz5kFVEK?sid=AIBreakdown ABOUT THE AI BREAKDOWN The AI Breakdown helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI. Subscribe to The AI Breakdown newsletter: https://theaibr...
Oct 22, 2023•15 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this weekend's long read, two very different takes on the future than those we heard about in the Techno Optimist Manifesto earlier this week. First, a direct response to Andreessen from Wired's Steven Levy https://www.wired.com/story/plaintext-marc-andreessen-techno-billionaire-wrong-techno-optimism/ Then, Mustafa Suleyman and Eric Schmidt call for an International Panel on AI Safety https://www.ft.com/content/d84e91d0-ac74-4946-a21f-5f82eb4f1d2d ABOUT THE AI BREAKDOWN The AI Breakdown helps...
Oct 21, 2023•15 min•Transcript available on Metacast In a rare miss, OpenAI had to shutter their Arrakis model earlier this year. They had hoped that the model would bring GPT-4 level performance with lower cost and more efficiency, but it simply didn't. NLW also looks at rumors of Apple AI coming to iOS 18. Today's Sponsors: Listen to the chart-topping podcast 'web3 with a16z crypto' wherever you get your podcasts or here: https://link.chtbl.com/xz5kFVEK?sid=AIBreakdown ABOUT THE AI BREAKDOWN The AI Breakdown helps you understand the most importa...
Oct 20, 2023•18 min•Transcript available on Metacast A group of researchers from Stanford, MIT and Princeton have come up with a new system for determining which AI foundation models are the most transparent. Watch to figure out who scores highest. Before that on the Brief: Anthropic is sued by Universal Music Group, the FBI says AI is helping with terrorist propaganda, and more. ABOUT THE AI BREAKDOWN The AI Breakdown helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI. Subscribe to The AI Breakdown newsletter: https://theaibreakdo...
Oct 19, 2023•19 min•Transcript available on Metacast The US has once again tightened restrictions on chip exports and other AI engagements with China. NLW explores the potential consequences, as well as drama around the AI Safety Summit. Today's Sponsors: Listen to the chart-topping podcast 'web3 with a16z crypto' wherever you get your podcasts or here: https://link.chtbl.com/xz5kFVEK?sid=AIBreakdown ABOUT THE AI BREAKDOWN The AI Breakdown helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI. Subscribe to The AI Breakdown newsletter:...
Oct 18, 2023•18 min•Transcript available on Metacast NLW digs into rumors and reports around what we can expect from the OpenAI developer event coming in November, including reports that the company will introduce AI agents. Before that on the Brief, layoffs at tech companies and a million dollar AI challenge to read ancient scrolls. TAKE OUR SURVEY ON EDUCATIONAL AND LEARNING RESOURCE CONTENT: https://bit.ly/aibreakdownsurvey ABOUT THE AI BREAKDOWN The AI Breakdown helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI. Subscribe to T...
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