AI Named This Show

AI Named This Show

AI Named This Show is a weekly AI-focused tech show. Join longtime friends and tech media veterans Tasia Custode and Tristan Jutras as they dive into the AI abyss, unraveling the complexities of artificial intelligence. They cover everything from groundbreaking AI news to the practical applications — and societal implications — of large language models, machine learning, deep learning, generative AI and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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May 10, 2024 51 mins

This week, Tristan and Tasia start off with a bit of good Google / bad Google and good Apple / bad Apple. Then we explore this week's rich vein of news from OpenAI. Join us as we dig into the top platforms to bring home some shiny AI nuggets. There's gold in them thar hills!


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This week, Tristan and Tasia dive into the R1 rabbithole, find out who's suing OpenAI now, learn about a mysterious new chatbot, and discuss AI news from Yelp. Then we check in with new initiatives from Anthropic's Claude AI for mobile and enterprise. Join us as we get to work. There’s no time like the present!


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This week, Tristan and Tasia admire Adobe's AI moves, chase the Rabbit R1 as it pops out of its hole, and ponder people's pushback against AI from Meta and Snapchat. Then we put small AI language models from Microsoft and Apple under the microscope. Join us as we get real small. Hold on to your Pym particles!


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This week, Tristan and Tasia discuss the Humane Ai Pin's disappointing reviews, other AI devices coming soon, and AI model developments from OpenAI, Grok and Microsoft. Then we look at Meta's update to its Llama model and infusing its AI magic into Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and more. Join us as we grab some potion and some food and watch as another tech champion harnesses the forces of open source to battle for AI dominance.

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This week, Tristan and Tasia survey a host of LLM and chatbot updates from OpenAI, Mistral AI, Apple, Microsoft and others, before discussing a few ways people are using and abusing chatbots. Lastly, we learn how to talk to human language models, or HLMs. Join us as we learn the ins and outs of talking to AI — and people.


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This week, Tristan and Tasia check out generative AI updates from OpenAI and Stability AI, and discuss concerns from at least one creative community. Then we look at some of Google's recent moves to disrupt its own search business with AI before someone else does it for them. Join us as we watch a tech titan search for a business model that relies less on advertising and more on subscriptions. Hold on to your wallet!


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This week, Tristan and Tasia revisit Humane's Ai Pin before its impending launch, marvel at Google's latest AI updates, and check out the White House's new AI guidelines for federal government agencies. Then we look into Microsoft's colloboration with Intel for PCs to run Copilot locally and its efforts to make AI safer in its Azure cloud. Join us as we get grounded and trade in our FLOPS for TOPS. (Tune in to figure out what that ...

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This week, Tristan and Tasia discuss a potential Google-Apple AI courtship, Microsoft’s Surface AI event, NVIDIA’s GTC 2024 event, a mind-blowing OpenAI robot mashup, and more. Then we explore Extropic’s revolutionary new chip designs that claim to be “many orders of magnitude faster and more energy efficient than digital processors.” Join us as we defy Moore’s Law to power the future of AI.


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This week, Tristan and Tasia zoom in on cutting-edge AI video tools Sora, LTX Studio, Morph Studio, EMO, and Augie. Also: AI chips, romantic chatbot caveats, and marrying holograms. Join us as we journey from the creative to the absurd at the speed of AI.


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This week, Tristan and Tasia discuss the latest LLM and chatbot updates from OpenAI, Microsoft, Google, Mistral, Anthropic — and even Amazon — and try to figure out which ones can actually fit into our already crowded AI toolkits. Join us as we bribe and threaten ChatGPT, Gemini, et al. to do our bidding. Who's in charge now?


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This week, Tristan and Tasia learn the difference between tokens and parameters, discuss whether AI could replace the apps on your phone, and discuss Google's culture war woes — and Genie, its new AI model for creating virtual worlds for gaming and more. Then we cap things off by experimenting with a mind-blowing new real-time image generation model. Join us as we boldy go where no podcast has dressed up trash pandas before.


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This week, Tristan and Tasia bring you bunch of Google AI news, a couple of whoopsie-doopsies from ChatGPT and Google Gemini, and more! Plus Groq (yes, with a “q”) introduces its new LPU chips to speed up LLM performance. Join us as we put their claims to a highly unscientific test.


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This week, Tristan and Tasia check in on Sarah Silverman's copyright infringement suit before taking in some little news from Apple, some big news from Google and NVIDIA, and some huge news from OpenAI. Join us for an appropriately sized mega-sode as we try to figure out what is even real anymore.


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This week, Tristan and Tasia do a quick update on CSAM, robocalls, and the Arc browser's new AI features. Then we look at what's fixing to be the AI battle of the century: Microsoft Copilot vs. Google Gemini — now with consistent branding! Join us as we try to figure out who'll be reign supreme in the AI-powered digital assistant and productivity arena!


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This week, Tasia and Tristan check in on some Samsung speculation and Google goings-on before diving into the murky depths of the legal, ethical and societal challenges posed by AI deepfakes — celebrity and otherwise — and law enforcement's in challenges pursuing the purveyors of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) in the age of AI. Then we tack toward Sam Altman's prediction of AGI's imminent arrival, his pursuit of sustainable fus...

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January 26, 2024 52 mins

This week, Tasia and Tristan touch on the public release of Nightshade, designed to protect artists' copyright, discuss the unsettling trend of deepfakes — political and otherwise, and the legal battles surrounding AI-generated content, including George Carlin's posthumous special. Then we dive into Google's latest AI exploits, from the innovative feature drops for the Pixel 8 smartphones and Google Chrome web browser to the c...

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January 19, 2024 62 mins

This week, Tasia and Tristan kick things off with the auto industry's shift towards AI-infused, connected vehicles, the surge in AI girlfriend bots on OpenAI's GPT Store, and Microsoft's unveiling of Copilot Pro. They we pivot to some of the intriguing AI-powered gadgets from CES 2024, including Samsung's bowling ball-sized home robot called Ballie, the pocket-sized Rabbit R1 AI assistant, and the Oro pet-sitting robot. We round th...

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This week, Tasia and Tristan touch on OpenAI's GPT Store debut, provide an update on its copyright skirmish with the New York Times, and dish additional details on Apple's AI aspirations. Then we unveil some of the AI announcements at CES 2024, from ChatGPT-equipped cars and AI-powered exoskeletons to quirky tech like AI cat doors and baby cry translators. Join us for a glimpse into our AI-augmented future — as envisioned by consum...

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This week, Tristan and Tasia take a quick peek at The New York Times' copyright lawsuit against OpenAI, and OpenAI's ambitions for a mysterious AI device (with the help of a former Apple exec). Then we take a long, hard look at the year ahead, which could usher in a new era of AI capability and commercialization while the industry grapples with the opportunities and inherent limitations of increasingly powerful AI models — along wi...

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December 22, 2023 49 mins

This week, Tristan and Tasia look into the new open-source AI alliance led by Meta and IBM, and the growing concern over privacy as certain AI models can now identify locations from photos. Then we explore the latest in chatbots being integrated into automobiles, interactive holographic kiosks, online garage sales, and [checks notes] romantic relationships. Join us as we figure out which chatbots will actually help us and which wil...

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