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Episode 261 - Generative AI's Grand Entrance

Episode 261 - Generative AI's Grand Entrance

As Generative AI has captured the imagination, Max thinks about it from many different angles. How does it actually work under the hood? What does it mean for media creators, investors, and job seekers? And what does it mean for humans and their comparative advantage with respect to this new technology? All the big questions of our time!

Links

Eventbrite: Soho Forum Debate: Lawrence White vs. Frederic Mishkin
Fast Company: AI is having a moment—here’s how businesses can lean in
The New York Times: With $1 Billion From Microsoft, an A.I. Lab Wants to Mimic the Brain
YouTube: LIVE: Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella Speaks At Microsoft's Future Ready Summit In Bengaluru
Financial Times: Investors seek to profit from groundbreaking ‘generative AI’ start-ups
Forbes: Generative AI: The New Frontier For VC Investment
Yahoo Finance: 90% of online content could be ‘generated by AI by 2025,’ expert says
Tech Crunch: Stability AI, the startup behind Stable Diffusion, raises $101M
PR Newswire: Jasper Announces $125M Series A Funding Round, Bringing Total Valuation to $1.5B and Launches New Browser Extension
The Register: Microsoft said to be in talks to invest more in OpenAI
Seeking Alpha: Google in talks to invest $200M in AI start-up Cohere; Nvidia may invest - WSJ

Twitter:

Grow into Gods: Chat GPT and AI will change everything.
I asked AI to turn 28 countries into villains and these are the wild results.....

Sam Altman: ChatGPT launched on wednesday. today it crossed 1 million users!

Crypto Tea: I asked AI to turn countries into women 👇🧵

Helpful Tools

Stability.ai
Lensa
ChatGPT
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