# #177 - Instagram AI Bots, Noam Shazeer -> Google, FLUX.1, SAM2

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Published: 2024-08-11T18:43:56+00:00
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Our 177th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news! With guest co-host Jon Krohn from the super data science podcast ( https://www.superdatascience.com/podc ast)! If you'd like to listen to the interview with Andrey, check out https://www.superdatascience.com/podcast If you would like to get a sneak peek and help test Andrey's generative AI application, go to Astrocade.com to join the waitlist and the discord. In this episode, hosts Andrey Kurenkov and Jon Krohn dive into significant updates and discussions in the AI world, including Instagram's new AI features, Waymo's driverless cars rollout in San Francisco, and NVIDIA’s chip delays. They also review Meta's AI Studio, character.ai CEO Noam Shazir's return to Google, and Google's Gemini updates. Additional topics cover NVIDIA's hardware issues, advancements in humanoid robots, and new open-source AI tools like Open Devon. Policy discussions touch on the EU AI Act, the U.S. stance on open-source AI, and investigations into Google and Anthropic. The impact of misinformation via deepfakes, particularly one involving Elon Musk, is also highlighted, all emphasizing significant industry effects and regulatory implications. Read out our text newsletter and comment on the podcast at https://lastweekin.ai/ If you would like to become a sponsor for the newsletter, podcast, or both, please fill out this form . Email us your questions and feedback at contact@lastweekinai.com and/or hello@gladstone.ai (00:00:00) AI Song / Intro Banter (00:05:32) Response to listener comments / corrections Tools & Apps (00:10:16) Apple Intelligence to Miss Initial Launch of Upcoming iOS 18 Overhaul (00:16:35) Instagram starts letting people create AI versions of themselves Lighting round (00:22:49) Runway just dropped i…

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