
EP37: Fun With PlayHT 2.0, Will Open Source Be Unbeatable? The Future of AI Models + Meta MEG
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This week's podcast is an electric shock - new open source AI models like Zephyr are generating content at lightning speed. We dive into the implications of AI on everything from gambling to parenting as new tech lets you clone voices in seconds. Meta can now read your mind and turn brain waves into images, while AI judges sports better than humans ever could. Don't miss our demo of using AI to simulate a full-on financial phishing scam call!
CHAPTERS:
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00:00 - AI Chris with PlayHT 2.0 Turbo Cold Open
11:11 - Experience with PlayHT 2.0 Turbo & Thoughts
12:45 - Will Open Source Be Unbeatable? Zephyr 7B Alpha Road Tested
27:54 - OpenAI's Arrakis Failure: Is the Focus Now Small Models? Is Open Source Catching Up?
35:18 - GPT-4V Now Widely Available: Queue the Visual Prompt Injections!
41:03 - DALL-E Prompt Leaks & Yelling at AI in ALL CAPS to Make it Work
44:49 - Stack Overflow Layoffs & Future Disruption from AI: Are we Prepared for What is Coming?
57:12 - Meta's MEG: Reading Our Thoughts & Improve AI Neural Nets by Copying the Human Brain
1:00:16 - Are We Now Desensitized to AI Progress?
1:01:53 - AI Sports Analysis: Will it Change Sport?
SOURCES:
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https://news.play.ht/post/introducing-playht-2-0-turbo-the-fastest-generative-ai-text-to-speech-api
https://twitter.com/ylecun/status/1713342883925790952?s=46
https://twitter.com/victormustar/status/1713307274888810521?s=46
https://huggingface.co/HuggingFaceH4/zephyr-7b-alpha
https://huggingface.co/spaces/HuggingFaceH4/zephyr-chat
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/openai-dropped-work-on-new-arrakis-ai-model-in-rare-setback?rc=kvsmhw
https://devday.openai.com/
https://twitter.com/fabianstelzer/status/1712790589853352436?s=20
https://simonwillison.net/2023/Oct/14/multi-modal-prompt-injection/
https://twitter.com/wunderwuzzi23/status/1712996819246957036
https://openai.com/blog/dall-e-3-is-now-available-in-chatgpt-plus-and-enterprise
https://twitter.com/javilopen/status/1714748189482381653?s=46
https://www.theverge.com/2023/10/16/23919004/stack-overflow-layoff-ai-profitability
https://twitter.com/sergeykarayev/status/1714725576223977808?s=46
https://ai.meta.com/blog/brain-ai-image-decoding-meg-magnetoencephalography
https://www.froedtert.com/epilepsy/diagnostics/magnetoencephalography
https://twitter.com/BrianRoemmele/status/1714060169490124899/video/1
https://www.reddit.com/r/StableDiffusion/comments/17b4dfc/my_first_try_with_video/
PAPERS:
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https://arxiv.org/pdf/2310.11441.pdf
https://ai.meta.com/static-resource/image-decoding
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