EP44: The Finale: Google Gemini, SimTheory, Is Ilya OK? Predictions for 2024

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In our final episode for the year, we cover the surprise announcement of Google's Gemini AI models and give our first impressions. We road test Gemini Pro on Bard and discuss the likely impact of Gemini on the market and developer ecosystems. Then it's time for our holiday gift: SimTheory. Now you can use AI agents we mention on the show including our virtual girlfriends, Sports Betting with AI and many more! You can even create your own agents to try different models using the same tools we use to prepare for the show. We then discuss if Ilya is OK and the drama at OpenAI. And finally, we make predictions for 2024 and cover some of Meta's latest announcements.

Thanks for watching, listening and all your support through 2023. We really appreciate it and will see you early next year!

CHAPTERS:
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00:00 - Google Gemini is Here? Kinda
38:48 - Our Holiday Gift: SimTheory: Virtual Girlfriend, Sports Betting with AI Agents
51:15 - Is Ilya OK? Is GPT-4 Slowness About Cost Reductions?
56:26 - NexusRaven-V2-13B for function calling: is this the future of specialized fine tune models?
1:00:14 - Our Predictions for AI in 2024
1:12:54 - Meta announces AI Alliance for AI Openness + Updates to Meta AI Characters and SeamlessExpressive
1:15:43 - Final thoughts and thank you

SOURCES:
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https://blog.google/technology/ai/google-gemini-ai/
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https://techcrunch.com/2023/12/07/early-impressions-of-googles-gemini-arent-great/
https://twitter.com/clementdelangue/status/1732138699901809042
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https://twitter.com/abemurray/status/1732723510810759369
https://ai.meta.com/blog/ai-alliance
https://techcrunch.com/2023/12/06/metas-ai-characters-are-now-live-across-its-u-s-apps-with-support-for-bing-search-and-better-memory/
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