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#179 - Grok 2, Gemini Live, Flux, FalconMamba, AI Scientist
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- Last Week in AI
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- Aug 20, 2024
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Summary
Our 179th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news! With hosts Andrey Kurenkov (https://twitter.com/andrey_kurenkov) and Jeremie Harris (https://twitter.com/jeremiecharris) 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. 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 [email protected] and/or [email protected] Episode Highlights: - Grok 2's beta release features new image generation using Black Forest Labs' tech. - Google introduces Gemini Voice Chat Mode available to subscribers and integrates it into Pixel Buds Pro 2. - Huawei's Ascend 910C AI chip aims to rival NVIDIA's H100 amidst US export controls. - Overview of potential risks of unaligned AI models and skepticism around SingularityNet's AGI supercomputer claims. Timestamps + Links: (00:00:00) Intro / Banter (00:02:15) Response to listener comments / corrections Tools & Apps (00:04:24) Grok-2 is out in beta, now with added AI image generation (00:11:28) OpenAI reveals an updated GPT-4o model - but can't quite explain how it's better (00:13:48) Google Gemini’s voice chat mode is here (00:16:18) Google’s Pixel Buds Pro 2 bring Gemini to your ears (00:19:55) Google’s AI-generated search summaries change how they show their sources (00:23:13) Prompt Caching is Now Available on the Anthropic API for Specific Claude Models Applications & Business (00:26:56) Meet Black Forest Labs, the startup powering Elon Musk’s unhinged AI image generator (00:26:56) Huawei readies new AI chip to challenge Nvidia in China,…