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Last Week in AI

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20/08/2026
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19/08/2026
#55
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19/08/2026
#69

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#180 - Ideogram v2, Imagen 3, AI in 2030, Agent Q, SB 1047

Episode 219

Tuesday, September 3, 2024 • Duration 02:05:23

Our 180th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news!

With hosts Andrey Kurenkov (https://twitter.com/andrey_kurenkov) and Jeremie Harris (https://twitter.com/jeremiecharris)

If you would like to get a sneak peek and help test Andrey's generative AI application, go to Astrocade.com to join the waitlist and the discord.

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 contact@lastweekinai.com and/or hello@gladstone.ai

Episode Highlights:

Ideogram AI's new features, Google's Imagine 3, Dream Machine 1.5, and Runway's Gen3 Alpha Turbo model advancements.
Perplexity's integration of Flux image generation models and code interpreter updates for enhanced search results.
Exploration of the feasibility and investment needed for scaling advanced AI models like GPT-4 and Agent Q architecture enhancements.
Analysis of California's AI regulation bill SB1047 and legal issues related to synthetic media, copyright, and online personhood credentials.

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(00:00:00) Intro / Banter
(00:01:08) Response to Listener Comments / Corrections
Tools & Apps
- (00:03:58) Ideogram AI expands its features with v2 model and color palette options
- (00:07:48) Google Releases Powerful AI Image Generator You Can Use for Free
- (00:11:41) Perplexity adds Flux.1 model for Pro users alongside Playground v3 update
- (00:13:58) Luma drops Dream Machine 1.5 — here’s what’s new
- (00:17:49) Runway’s Gen-3 Alpha Turbo is here and can make AI videos faster than you can type
- (00:20:21) Perplexity’s latest update improves code interpreter, charts included
Applications & Business
Projects & Open Source
Research & Advancements
- (01:12:35) Can AI Scaling Continue Through 2030?
- (01:15:35) Agent Q: Advanced Reasoning and Learning for Autonomous AI Agents
- (01:23:58) Transformers to SSMs: Distilling Quadratic Knowledge to Subquadratic Models
- (01:31:18) Loss of plasticity in deep continual learning
Policy & Safety
Synthetic Media & Art
- (01:58:33) Authors sue Claude AI chatbot creator Anthropic for copyright infringement
- (01:59:32) Artists’ lawsuit against Stability AI and Midjourney gets more punch
(02:01:43) Outro

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#179 - Grok 2, Gemini Live, Flux, FalconMamba, AI Scientist

Episode 218

Tuesday, August 20, 2024 • Duration 01:58:26

Our 179th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news!

With hosts Andrey Kurenkov (https://twitter.com/andrey_kurenkov) and Jeremie Harris (https://twitter.com/jeremiecharris)

If you would like to get a sneak peek and help test Andrey's generative AI application, go to Astrocade.com to join the waitlist and the discord.

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 contact@lastweekinai.com and/or hello@gladstone.ai

Episode Highlights:

- Grok 2's beta release features new image generation using Black Forest Labs' tech.

- Google introduces Gemini Voice Chat Mode available to subscribers and integrates it into Pixel Buds Pro 2.

- Huawei's Ascend 910C AI chip aims to rival NVIDIA's H100 amidst US export controls.

- Overview of potential risks of unaligned AI models and skepticism around SingularityNet's AGI supercomputer claims.

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(00:00:00) Intro / Banter
(00:02:15) Response to listener comments / corrections
Tools & Apps
- (00:04:24) Grok-2 is out in beta, now with added AI image generation
- (00:11:28)

#170 - new Sora rival, OpenAI robotics, understanding GPT4, AGI by 2027?

Episode 209

Sunday, June 9, 2024 • Duration 01:48:30

Our 170th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news!

With hosts Andrey Kurenkov (https://twitter.com/andrey_kurenkov) and Jeremie Harris (https://twitter.com/jeremiecharris)

Feel free to leave us feedback here.

Read out our text newsletter and comment on the podcast at https://lastweekin.ai/

Email us your questions and feedback at contact@lastweekin.ai and/or hello@gladstone.ai

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Create AI art with an app, an AI-powered game platform, the year of monster AI models, better images of AI

Episode 119

Saturday, January 1, 2022 • Duration 30:00

Happy new year!

Our last episode of 2021 is also our 82th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news!

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AI Best Friends, The Beatles + Machine Learning, Crime Prediction Bias, Transformer Quadraped Robot

Episode 118

Thursday, December 16, 2021 • Duration 38:52

Our 81th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news!

Outline:

Robots at Google Offices, AI-Powered Writing, AI Polygraph, AI Art

Episode 116

Thursday, November 25, 2021 • Duration 23:00

Our 79th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news!

Feel free to email us your thoughts or feedback at contact@lastweekinai.com

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Check our text version of this news roundup over at lastweekin.ai.

Outline:

(00:00) Intro (01:10) Alphabet is putting its prototype robots to work cleaning up around Google’s offices (04:42) Grammarly raises $200M at a $13B valuation to make you an even better writer using AI / AI-powered writing assistant Writer nabs $21M (07:03) A Leap Forward in Computer Vision: Facebook AI Says Masked Autoencoders Are Scalable Vision Learners (09:27) Research Professor Adji Bousso Dieng Is Out to Change the World With AI (11:42) A Utah company says it’s revolutionized truth-telling technology. Experts are highly skeptical (13:45) (16:00) (19:00) (21:45) Outro Music: Deliberate Thought, Inspired by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Chat about Teaching AI at Stanford with Abigail See

Episode 115

Tuesday, November 23, 2021 • Duration 52:39

A special discussion episode, where we do not cover AI news but instead chat about our experiences teaching AI classes at Stanford with Abigail See, a graduate from the Stanford AI Lab and a good friend of ours.

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Music: Deliberate Thought, Inspired by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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