Generative AI News Rundown - Meta's GPU Hoard, ByteDance Models, Deceptive LLMs, Copilot, Google, 1X, and More - Ep 369

The Voicebot Podcast

Sixteen generative AI news stories from the past weeks were on the agenda for this week’s edition of GAIN. You can watch the video discussion above or click the links below to read the news.

Meta, Microsoft, Google, OpenAI, ByteDance, Anthropic, Amazon, Walmart, McKinsey, 1x, Will.i.am, and more all had news this week. Eric Schwartz, head writer of Voicebot.ai, joined me to discuss the stories behind the news in generative AI.

Generative AI News Top Stories of the Week 🔦

• Meta to Buy 350k NVIDIA GPUs to Train AI Models Like Llama 3 for AGI

• Generative AI Video Competition Heats Up --ByteDance + TikTok Will Be a Key Player

• Deceptive LLMs, Model Poisoning, and Other Little Known Generative AI Security Risks

Generative AI Product Garden 🪴

• Microsoft Copilot Mimics ChatGPT With New Copilot Pro Service and Customized ‘Copilot GPTs’

• OpenAI (Partially) Lifts Ban on Military Generative AI Projects

• Google Assistant Snips 17 Features as Shift to Generative AI and Bard Continues

• Hundreds of Google Assistant Employees Laid Off as Google Restructures Voice Assistant Around Generative AI

Generative AI Partner Parade 🥁🎉

• Microsoft and Vodafone Ink $1.5B Decade-Long Generative AI Deal

• McKinsey expands alliance with SAP to accelerate generative AI-enabled transformation

• Capgemini and AWS expand strategic collaboration to enable broad enterprise generative AI adoption

Generative AI Funding Fountain 💰⛲️

• Intel Launches Articul8, a New Company Offering a Secure On-prem Generative AI Stack

• AI-Powered Humanoid Robot Startup 1X Raises $100M

Generative AI in Retail 🛒

• Walmart Unveils Generative AI Search and In-Home Refills

• Amazon Rolls Out Generative AI Shopping Assistant

Generative AI in the World 🌎

• OpenAI Shares Strategy to Counter Generative AI Misuse During 2024 Elections

• Will.i.am Starts New SiriusXM Podcast With AI Co-Host Qd.Pi