AI For Humans: Making Artificial Intelligence Fun & Practical
Kevin Pereira & Gavin Purcell
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Three Biggest AI Trends for 2025 & We Answer Your AI Questions
AI Agents, Inference Compute like OpenAI’s o1 and the maturation of the AI Video & AI Audio space (Runway, Sora & oh so much more-ah) are the three biggest trends coming for 2025 and we walk you through them all. Then, we answer a ton of your questions about AI in a not-at-all-boring way in this very special (and taped *slightly* ahead of time) episode of AI For Humans. Plus, the return of a very special AI Co-Host. That’s right, it’s GASH! Happy Thanksgiving Everyone! Join the discord: https://discord.gg/muD2TYgC8f AI For Humans Newsletter: https://aiforhumans.beehiiv.com/ Follow us for more on X @AIForHumansShow Join our TikTok @aiforhumansshow To book us for speaking, please visit our website: https://www.aiforhumans.show/ // Show Links // Stripe AI Agents https://docs.stripe.com/agents Agents in Co-Pilot studio https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/oct/21/microsoft-launches-ai-employees-that-can-perform-some-business-tasks Microsoft’s Tiny Troupe https://github.com/microsoft/TinyTroupe Runway Generative Expand https://x.com/runwayml/status/1860074950167818617 Runway Frames https://x.com/runwayml/status/1861047681163857924 New Dream Machine https://youtu.be/olf2yCA1BTQ?si=we_XI99H_vLJHUwy Scale AI Keynote (AI Catch-up) https://youtu.be/eRYP2arKkk0?si=c5TdFIjGi2PW9LGc
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New AI Studios in Hollywood, DeepSeek's AI Reasoning Model, Perplexity Disrupts Shopping & More AI News
AI News: Deepseek’s AI reasoning model takes on OpenAI’s o1, Perplexity takes on shopping and new AI studio Promise & *checks notes* Ben Affleck take on traditional Hollywood? It’s a deep dive on AI vs Hollywood as we also talk about the controversial AI Coca-Cola commercial & how media jobs are being shed at record numbers. Plus, Gemini’s new voice mode, AI’s Manhattan Project, Kevin gives us a look at a free AI upscaler called Clarity Refiners, Gavin spends more time with Suno V4, new robots, new Sora videos and a visit from an AI career coach. IT’S A GOOD ONE Y’ALL. Join the discord: https://discord.gg/muD2TYgC8f AI For Humans Newsletter: https://aiforhumans.beehiiv.com/ Follow us for more on X @AIForHumansShow Join our TikTok @aiforhumansshow To book us for speaking, please visit our website: https://www.aiforhumans.show/ // Show Links // DeepThink Reasoning Engine Released https://www.deepseek.com/ https://x.com/AndrewCurran_/status/1859235248632123763 Perplexity Shopping https://x.com/perplexity_ai/status/1858556244891758991 New Gemini Voice Mode https://x.com/GeminiApp/status/1858556217205170296 Mustafa Suleyman Talks MSFT Memory Prototypes with Infinite Memory https://x.com/tsarnick/status/1857927928690127079 AI Manhattan Project https://www.reuters.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/us-government-commission-pushes-manhattan-project-style-ai-initiative-2024-11-19/ Generative AI Studio “Promise” Gets VC Funding https://x.com/promise_ai/status/185889037568936769 Ben Affleck Talks AI Movies https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypURoMU3P3U Coca-Cola AI Ad https://youtu.be/BtD4fHgkrqI?si=E0PrD1a8W4BL7xxp NewsProducer Out of a Job Due To AI https://www.reddit.com/r/ChatGPT/comments/1guhsm4/well_this_is_it_boys_i_was_just_informed_from_my/ Waffle Flipping Robot https://www.reddit.com/r/singularity/comments/1guc53o/astribot_s1_no_teleoperation_1x_speed Nespresso Robot https://youtu.be/LPlNZmJzuhU Cowboy Pile Up https://x.com/BengtTibert/status/1858961965596446770 Clarity Refiners UI https://x.com/cocktailpeanut/status/1858938348955443475
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OpenAI & Google Struggle on Model Training, Suno's New AI Music Model & More AI News
AI NEWS: OpenAI, Google & other AI companies face potential struggles to advance their frontier AI models like Orion, but Anthropic's CEO still predicts AGI by 2027. What gives? We discuss the growing fear that AI scaling has peaked and what’s causing the slowdown. Meanwhile, Apple makes strides in AI tech, we got our hands on Suno V4 which is *great* and China’s Deep Robotics showcases an off-road robot that scared the pants off us. Plus, NVIDIA’s new robotic advancements and Xpeng's humanoid robot reveal, and we explore how Meta’s AI chatbot gave foragers deadly advice. IT’S NOT OVER… IT’S ONLY JUST BEGUN Join the discord: https://discord.gg/muD2TYgC8f AI For Humans Newsletter: https://aiforhumans.beehiiv.com/ Follow us for more on X @AIForHumansShow Join our TikTok @aiforhumansshow To book us for speaking, please visit our website: https://www.aiforhumans.show/ #ai #aitools #openai // SHOW LINKS // Ilya Says Scaling Is Plateau-ing https://www.reuters.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/openai-rivals-seek-new-path-smarter-ai-current-methods-hit-limitations-2024-11-11/ OpenAI sources say training scaling is slowing down… https://www.theinformation.com/articles/openai-shifts-strategy-as-rate-of-gpt-ai-improvements-slows?rc=c3oojq&shared=cee45715e080388f Noam Brown on Inference Training https://www.reddit.com/r/singularity/comments/1gqc24w/openais_noam_brown_says_scaling_skeptics_are/ OpenAI To Launch o1 by “end of year” https://www.theinformation.com/articles/ex-openai-cto-muratis-new-team-takes-shape?rc=c3oojq&shared=166c84764e6700e7 OpenAI’s Plan To Make Gov’t Work For Them (against China) https://www.cnbc.com/2024/11/13/openai-to-present-plans-for-us-ai-strategy-and-an-alliance-to-compete-with-china.html Dario Amodei on Lex Fridman says AGI 2025 / 2026 https://youtu.be/ugvHCXCOmm4?si=IKvG7BXjXVFhyFhN Suno v4.0 https://x.com/sunomusic/status/1856108854066413785 Apple Coming For Alexa - New AI-powered Smart Home Device https://x.com/markgurman/status/1856439194807349657 https://www.theverge.com/2024/11/12/24294975/apple-smart-home-display-march-2025-rumors Apple AI WTF https://www.theverge.com/2024/11/12/24289939/apple-intelligence-ai-notification-summaries-awkward-funny-bad Deep Robotics Off-Roading Robot https://x.com/breadli428/status/1856335825522311611 Project gr00t update https://x.com/adcock_brett/status/1855657450604523970?s=46&t=w0Q4PuG9XdwnJWsovr5M2g Xpeng Robot https://x.com/adcock_brett/status/1855657472934977879?s=46&t=w0Q4PuG9XdwnJWsovr5M2g Meta AI Mushroom Controversey https://www.404media.co/ai-chatbot-added-to-mushroom-foraging-facebook-group-immediately-gives-tips-for-cooking-dangerous-mushroom/ Teacher Show Kids AI Future https://x.com/venturetwins/status/1856394679379735004?s=46&t=w0Q4PuG9XdwnJWsovr5M2g X-Portrait 2 https://byteaigc.github.io/X-Portrait2/ Remaking The Polar Express with AI Video https://x.com/kaigani/status/1856198885841973271 Recapture video model https://www.reddit.com/r/singularity/s/3TU3FvGyVg Vidu 1.5 New Multi-modal AI Video Model https://x.com/Viduforhuman/status/1855222897679188255 Suno AI (V4 Coming Soon) https://suno.com/
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Sam Altman's AI Optimism, New Presidential AI Policy & Defense, Endless AI Video Games & More AI News
AI News: OpenAI’s Sam Altman says AI is accelerating to AGI and NVIDIA is the world’s most valuable company just as other billionaires say we’re slowing down. What gives? Plus, the US election shakes up the world of open-source AI as Meta’s LLAMA model is being used both by other governments and our own for defense purposes. Plus, the Oasis generative AI video game making people mad, a bunch of AI Video updates & we check in with AI Guy Fieri who’s mad now that AI Gordo Ramsay has taken over for him. IT’S A TWO BOOM WORLD AND WE’RE JUST LIVING IN IT Join the discord: https://discord.gg/muD2TYgC8f Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/AIForHumansShow AI For Humans Newsletter: https://aiforhumans.beehiiv.com/ Follow us for more on X @AIForHumansShow Join our TikTok @aiforhumansshow To book us for speaking, please visit our website: https://www.aiforhumans.show/ // Show Links // Sam Altman At London Dev Day Talking About The Speed of AI Development https://x.com/tsarnick/status/1853548119021248560 NVIDIA Passes Apple As Most Valuable Company https://www.cnbc.com/2024/11/05/nvidia-passes-apple-as-worlds-most-valuable-company-.html Marc Andreesen & Ben Horowitz Say AI Models Are Hitting a Ceiling (24m in) https://youtu.be/hookUj3vkE4?si=12BuF-f6Ma-UvksV Claude Haiku 3.5 is out but… price go up? https://techcrunch.com/2024/11/04/anthropic-hikes-the-price-of-its-haiku-model/ Anthropic Opus run failed rumors https://x.com/apples_jimmy/status/1853528564525826180 New Administration On AI https://www.theinformation.com/articles/the-battle-over-open-source-ai-will-be-settled-in-trumps-presidency?rc=c3oojq Meta Allows US to use Llama https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/06/meta_weaponizing_llama_us/ Chinese researches were already using https://www.reuters.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/chinese-researchers-develop-ai-model-military-use-back-metas-llama-2024-11-01/ Scale AI’s Defense LLAMA https://x.com/alexandr_wang/status/1853853829336559790 Oasis Generative AI Game Engine https://x.com/DecartAI/status/1852091173420294291 Kling Custom Face Models https://x.com/CharaspowerAI/status/1853488598605316256 Runway Gen-3 Camera Control https://x.com/runwayml/status/1852720539707564162 Zemeckis and Hanks using GenAI for “HERE” https://x.com/TrungTPhan/status/1853120945097199730 Ethan Mollick Invites HeyGen Avatar To Zoom Call https://x.com/emollick/status/1853887499266838762 Pets Floating in Zero G https://x.com/fofrAI/status/1853193897373233241 How Gordon Ramsay Built The Pyramids https://www.reddit.com/r/aivideo/comments/1gjson1/i_asked_ai_how_gordon_ramsay_built_the_pyramids/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button
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OpenAI Says AGI Not Far Off, Apple Intelligence is Just OK, Meta AI Search & More AI News
AI News: OpenAI says AGI is incoming… James Cameron says that might not be good, even though OAI is building new chips AND has a new frontier model (GPT-5) on the way. Plus, Apple Intelligence is here and it’s just ok, Meta is taking on Google Search, Mircosoft’s Github takes on Cursor with Spark that can write code, Red Panda is a mysterious new AI image model, MuVi brings automatic soundtracks to video using AI & we’re visited by the future ghost of Robert Downey, Jr who has something to say about current RDJ, Jr’s current stance on AI. IT’S ALL MOVING FAST Y’ALL Join the discord: https://discord.gg/muD2TYgC8f Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/AIForHumansShow AI For Humans Newsletter: https://aiforhumans.beehiiv.com/ Follow us for more on X @AIForHumansShow Join our TikTok @aiforhumansshow To book us for speaking, please visit our website: https://www.aiforhumans.show/ // Show Links // OpenAI CFO on AGI https://x.com/tsarnick/status/1850999598032306569 OpenAI Builds It’s Own Chips https://www.reuters.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/openai-builds-first-chip-with-broadcom-tsmc-scales-back-foundry-ambition-2024-10-29/ Next OpenAI Model Coming By December https://x.com/kyliebytes/status/1849625175354233184 Sam Altman Says Fake News But Prob Just Cuz Not Called Orion https://x.com/sama/status/1849661093083480123 New o1 Full Features Revealed at DevDay in London https://x.com/stevenheidel/status/1851574257819562195 James Cameron on AGI https://youtu.be/e6Uq_5JemrI?si=nmrZPwACepoJ3ikN Apple Intelligence is…fine? https://www.tomsguide.com/phones/iphones/i-tried-all-new-apple-intelligence-features-in-ios-18-1-heres-the-best-and-worst Meta’s AI Search Plans https://www.theverge.com/2024/10/28/24282017/meta-ai-powered-search-engine-report Notebook Llama Open Source Podcast Model https://x.com/reach_vb/status/1850522281681813862 GitHub Spark Kills Cursor? https://techcrunch.com/2024/10/29/github-spark-lets-you-build-web-apps-in-plain-english/ VIDEO: https://x.com/ashtom/status/1851333075374051725 Microsoft Owned GitHub Co-Pilot Will Support Anthropic, Google & OAI https://www.theverge.com/2024/10/29/24282544/github-copilot-multi-model-anthropic-google-open-ai-github-spark-announcement Google Says 25% of All New Code is AI Generated https://x.com/AndrewCurran_/status/1851374530998256126 Canva Integrates Leonardo https://www.theverge.com/2024/10/22/24276662/canva-ai-update-new-text-to-image-generator-leonardo Robert Downey Jr Will Sue From The Grave If You Use Him For AI https://gizmodo.com/robert-downey-jr-will-sue-from-the-grave-if-hollywood-ever-recreates-his-likeness-with-ai-2000517884 Then & Now Flux Lora https://x.com/andrew_n_carr/status/1851031004070424672 https://glif.app/glifs/cm2swpljc0000yqd7v20vtskv PDF to Brain Rot https://x.com/kimmonismus/status/1850635739312042086 https://www.memenome.gg/ LLM Pictionary https://x.com/paul_cal/status/1850262678712856764 MuVi Generates Music Based on Visuals https://x.com/dreamingtulpa/status/1850588949514756274 Arthur Morgan (Thick of It) https://youtu.be/uai4Y_-FRtY?si=zP0FkJOORDN8V9Ne Gavin’s Act-One Video https://youtu.be/W_L2bEKJBSc?si=up3JBi9Hsas1AzNA
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