The AI Files

#35 - Policy Agentforce O3 Ray Ban v11 Gemini Flash Thinking

In this episode, we delve into the latest advancements and news in the world of AI and technology. We start with President-elect Donald Trump's recent appointments to his administration's technology policy team, highlighting key figures like David Sacks, Michael Kratsios, Dr. Lynne Parker, and Bo Hines, who will play pivotal roles in shaping AI and cryptocurrency policies12345. Next, we explore Salesforce's upcoming launch of Agentforce 2.0, an AI-powered sales agent with Slack integration, set to enhance sales team productivity with pre-built skills for various tasks We also discuss OpenAI's breakthrough with their latest AI model, o3, which excels in complex reasoning tasks and sets new benchmarks in AI problem-solving capabilities. Additionally, we cover Meta's significant enhancements to their Ray-Ban smart glasses, introducing advanced AI features like real-time translation and Shazam integration. Finally, we highlight Google's unveiling of Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking, a multimodal reasoning model designed to tackle complex problems with speed and transparency. Tune in to stay updated on these exciting developments and more!

#34 - Sora, Real Time Vision, Phi 4, Gemini 2.0, Llama 3.3, ChatGPt in Apple Intelligence etc

Sora shows up along with O1, Real Time Vision and other announcements at OpenAI's Shipmas event; Google impresses with project Mariner, Gemini 2.0, Jules etc; Microsoft launches Phi 4.0; Apple rolls out ChatGPT in Apple Intelligence; Meta releases Llama 3.3 model. Jaime Basilico and I covered these and other news in another action packed week of AI. Please check out our next episode 34!
 

#33 - O1, PaliGemma 2, Nova, announcements from Ignite etc

In this episode, we covered OpenAI's O-1, Chat GPT Pro, Google's PaliGemma 2, AWS Nova family of LLMs and a several AI announcements from Microsoft Ignite and a few other news 

#32 - Claude's personal style, DeepSeek R1, AI investments etc

In this short episode, I discuss the Claude's personal style, DeepSeek R1, Quen, OpenAI's ambitious plans but legal fight from Musk and bunch of other news

#31 - 'Training data wall', AI lawsuits, Google's 'LearnAbout' etc

In this episode, we talked about quote of the week 'There is no wall' by Sam Altman on AI scaling hitting the data wall. We covered launches of Google's LearnAbout and Gemini Live in the app on iPhone. Additionally, we talked about relevant AI news around several lawsuits from Musk etc.
Shownotes:
OpenAI Nears Launch of AI Agents to Automate Tasks For Users - Bloomberg
What if AI doesn’t just keep getting better forever? - Ars Technica
Elon Musk's xAI raising up to $6 billion to purchase 100,000 Nvidia chips for Memphis data center
Particle launches an AI news app to help publishers, instead of just stealing their work | TechCrunch
Google’s Learn About
Google Gemini on the App Store
Download the Gemini app for iPhone today
Elon Musk Sues Microsoft as Part of His Case Against OpenAI — The Information
OpenAI Shifts Strategy as Rate of ‘GPT’ AI Improvements Slows — The Information
https://www.businessinsider.com/eric-schmidt-google-ceo-ai-scaling-laws-openai-slowdown-2024-11

#30 - US elections and its projected impact on AI, Apple Intelligence, Mistral APIs etc

In this episode, we lamented about US president elect Donald Trump and his stance on AI along with Perplexity CEO's opportunistic offer to New York Times, Mistral APIs, Apple Intelligence and AI in Tennis app SwingVision etc

#29 - A talk with Dr. Harvey Castro - ER physician, AI proponent, author & entrepreneur

In this episode, we sat with Dr Harvey Castro to hear his fascinating vision and refreshing methods to use AI to increase efficiency, efficacy and empathy in interactions between Physicians and Patients. This is a must watch for anyone trying to understand nuances of AI in healthcare as well as art of the possible.
 
Don't forget to check Harvey's recent talk at TEDx How AI and humans can revolutionize medicine together | Harvey Castro MD, MBA | TEDxWarrenton
 
Follow Harvey at
linkedin.com/in/harveycastromd (LinkedIn)
harveycastromd.com (Personal)
thegptpodcast.com/ (Blog)
convowithGPT.com (Company)

#28 - Search in ChatGPT, Google JARVIS, GitHub Spark, future of coding etc

In this episode, we discussed launches of Search feature in OpenAI ChatGPT and agents from LinkedIn and Google along with GitHub's Spark and inclusion of other models. Also, covered impressive earnings from Microsoft, Alphabet, and Meta, driven by AI advancements as well as several other news, launches, company, trivia and concepts.
Show notes:
Gen AI adoption: The next inflection point | McKinsey
The Open Source AI Definition — by The Open Source Initiative
Meta Develops AI Search Engine to Lessen Reliance on Google, Microsoft — The Information
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/microsoft-strikes-deals-with-openais-top-rivals-for-ai-coding-assistant?utm_term=popular-articles&utm_campaign=article_email&utm_content=article-13881&utm_medium=email&utm_source=sg&rc=zzu24f
Accelerate scale with Azure OpenAI Service Provisioned offering | Microsoft Azure Blog
Accelerate cloud adoption with Microsoft Cloud for Sovereignty - Microsoft Industry Blogs
The Startup Fueling OpenAI and Anthropic’s Coding Race — The Information
AI-Driven Cataclysm Could Rock the Job Market: Top Economist - Business Insider
Introducing ChatGPT search | OpenAI

#27 - Computer use, NotebookLM, Copilot Agents, Suki etc

In this episode, we covered Anthropic's Computer use, Google's NotebookLM, Microsoft's Copilot Agents, essay from Dario Amodei, AI company Suki and a bunch of AI related news.
 
Shownotes:
Thom Yorke, Julianne Moore join letter protesting unauthorized AI training - The Washington Post
OpenAI hires its first chief economist | TechCrunch
Home - Suki AI
AI-Driven Cataclysm Could Rock the Job Market: Top Economist - Business Insider
New autonomous agents scale your team like never before - The Official Microsoft Blog
Developing a computer use model \ Anthropic
Introducing computer use, a new Claude 3.5 Sonnet, and Claude 3.5 Haiku \ Anthropic
Claude 3.5 Sonnet \ Anthropic
Claude 3.5 Haiku \ Anthropic
NotebookLM update: Audio Overview controls and team collaborations (blog.google)

#26 - Ministral, GPT-4o-audio, ScaleAI, AI at Feds etc

We discussed news of the week, Yann LeCun's comment about AI not smarter than a house cat, Scale AI's business model, Feds using AI, and launches from Mistral, Meta and Nvidia along with other items
 
Show Notes:
AI helped Uncle Sam catch $1 billion of fraud in one year. And it’s just getting started | CNN Business
This AI Pioneer Thinks AI Is Dumber Than a Cat - WSJ
Google replaces executive in charge of Search and advertising | TechCrunch
Using the ChatGPT Windows app | OpenAI Help Center
Parents sue son’s high school history teacher over AI ‘cheating’ punishment (nbcnews.com)
Nvidia just dropped a new AI model that crushes OpenAI’s GPT-4—no big launch, just big results | VentureBeat
lmarena/arena-hard-auto: Arena-Hard-Auto: An automatic LLM benchmark. (github.com)