Generative AI Weekly - Feb. 22, 2024

February 22, 2024

From Elag Gil - author of the High Growth Handbook - on "Things I don't know about AI markets - a list of questions about our ever changing world…"
Google is bringing Gemini into Gmail, Docs, Slides, Sheets et al…
New YC Demo with an insane demo for a conversational speech engine. Worth checking out. Low latency, realistic voices, and "an intelligent mechanism [that] recognizes when a speaker's turn ends and when interruptions occur, ensuring a smooth transition between speakers." Wouldn't it be nice if humans did this!
Google is launching open-source models "built from the research and technology used to create Gemini models". I just tried running them locally and it works!
"Welcome Groq® Prompter! Are you ready to experience the world's fastest Large Language Model (LLM)?"
Adobe has created a new 50-person AI research org called CAVA (Co-Creation for Audio, Video, & Animation). Unofficial..
Working paper "We create a firm-level ChatGPT investment score, based on conference calls, that measures managers' anticipated changes in capital expenditures."
Years ago, folks referenced "freestyle chess" or human/machine combos as a model for the future. Humans would choose which models to use given certain circumstances. Google's new work may have hints for another route for AI advancement… "They built the new, diversified version of AlphaZero, which includes multiple AI systems that trained independently and on a variety of situations. The algorithm that governs the overall system acts as a kind of virtual matchmaker, Zahavy said: one designed to identify which agent has the best chance of succeeding when it’s time to make a move."