#184 - OpenAI's Voice 2.0 + execs quitting, Llama 3.2, To CoT or not to CoT?

Our 184th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news! With hosts Andrey Kurenkov and guest host Jon Krohn. 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] In this episode: OpenAI, Meta, and Google are enhancing their AI assistants with advanced voice modes, while Meta released Llama 3.2, an open-source model capable of processing both images and text. Significant AI infrastructure developments include Grok's partnership with Aramco for a massive data center in Saudi Arabia, and Microsoft's plan to power data centers using a reopened Three Mile Island nuclear plant. Recent research shows chain-of-thought prompting is most effective for math and symbolic reasoning, while OpenAI's GPT-4 with vision capabilities is being integrated into Perplexity AI's search platform. AI is being rapidly integrated into various sectors, with examples including ChartWatch reducing unexpected hospital deaths, Snapchat and YouTube introducing AI video generation tools, and Lionsgate partnering with Runway for AI-assisted film production. Timestamps + Links: (00:00:00) Intro / Banter (00:04:45) Response to listener comments / corrections Tools & Apps(00:07:46) OpenAI rolls out Advanced Voice Mode with more voices and a new look (00:13:32) Meta’s AI can now talk to you in the voices of Awkwafina, John Cena, and Judi Dench (00:17:11) Gemini’s chatty voice mode is out now for free on Android (00:21:30) AI video rivalry intensifies as Luma announces Dream Machine API hours after Runway (00:23:35) Copilot Wave 2 supercharges productivity with AI across all your Microsoft 365 apps (00:25:56) Perplexity introduces new 'Reasoning' focus powered by OpenAI's o1 Applications & Business(00:33:47) OpenAI Execs Mass Quit as Company Removes Control From Non-Profit Board and Hands It to Sam Altman (00:41:46) Sam Altman departs OpenAI’s safety committee (00:43:04) Chip Startup Groq Backs Saudi AI Ambitions With Aramco Deal (00:46:29) Grok’s image generator, Black Forest Labs, is raising $100M at a $1B valuation, say sources (00:48:05) Pudu unveils super semi-humanoid robot with 8-hour battery, 10kg lift power  (00:50:56) Amazon introduces Amelia, an AI assistant for third-party sellers Projects & Open Source(00:52:58) Meta Releases Llama 3.2—and Gives Its AI a Voice (00:56:52) Alibaba Unveils Ovis 1.6 – A New Multimodal Language Model Research & Advancements(01:00:35) To CoT or not to CoT? Chain-of-thought helps mainly on math and symbolic reasoning (01:06:14) LLMs Still Can't Plan; Can LRMs? A Preliminary Evaluation of OpenAI's o1 on PlanBench (01:10:15) Norwegian Startup 1X Unveils AI World Model for Robot Training (01:12:44) AI tool cuts unexpected deaths in hospital by 26%, Canadian study finds Policy & Safety(01:15:47) Three Mile Island nuclear plant will reopen to power Microsoft data centers (01:18:23) Governor Newsom signs bills to combat deepfake election content (01:20:12) Governor Newsom signs bills to protect digital likeness of performers (01:22:20) Startup behind “world’s first robot lawyer” to pay $193K for false ads, FTC says Synthetic Media & Art(01:24:49) Snap is introducing an AI video generation tool for creators (01:25:57) YouTube Shorts to integrate Veo, Google’s AI video model  (01:26:56) Lionsgate Signs Deal With AI Company Runway, Hopes That AI Can Eliminate Storyboard Artists and VFX Crews (01:28:01) Outro