Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis discuss Sam Altman's AGI predictions, challenges faced by AI companies in advancing their models, Anthropic's defense sector partnership, the release of Google DeepMind's AlphaFold 3 for non-commercial use, and more. 🔔 Support the show on Patreon! Note: Time codes subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor. NEWS 0:06:01 - Altman's latest AGI BS prediction: a year 0:08:32 - More AGI BS predictions, and one dissent 0:11:36 - OpenAI Shifts Strategy as Rate of ‘GPT’ AI Improvements Slows 0:12:03 - OpenAI, Google and Anthropic Are Struggling to Build More Advanced AI 0:17:26 - Microsoft, A16Z AI manifesto: AI for startups 0:20:13 - Claude AI to process secret government data through new Palantir deal 0:24:59 - AI protein-prediction tool AlphaFold3 is now open source 0:28:51 - AI-powered tool may offer quick, no-contact blood pressure and diabetes screening 0:32:37 - Google’s AI ‘learning companion’ takes chatbot answers a step further 0:40:01 - Particle launches an AI news app to help publishers, instead of just stealing their work 0:48:10 - AI artwork of Alan Turing sells for $1m 0:51:40 - The Beatles’ ‘Now and Then’ Makes History As First AI-Assisted Song to Earn Grammy Nomination 0:57:19 - Randy Travis’s beautiful baritone was lost. AI helped him sing again. 0:57:36 - YouTube is testing music remixes made by AI Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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