ChatGPT Gets Lazy During Winter Holidays: Weekly AI News Roundup

In this episode, Andrew and Chris discuss the latest news in the world of generative AI. They cover new platforms and updates, the performance of Chat GPT in December, the introduction of general world models, the trend towards multimodal AI models, Instagram's Gen.ai powered background editing tools, AI's accuracy in guessing backgrounds, real-time generation as a workflow differentiator, AI use in the video games industry, and the EU's AI regulation standards. This episode concludes with closing remarks and a holiday break.   Takeaways New platforms like Pika Labs are emerging in the generative AI space, offering features such as text-to-video generation. Chat GPT's performance may be affected by the AI winter break hypothesis, resulting in lower quality responses in December. The development of general world models that can process multimodal inputs like text, audio, and video is a significant trend in generative AI. AI-powered background editing tools, such as those introduced by Instagram, are becoming more advanced and can accurately guess and add elements to images. Regulations and agreements are being established to address the ethical and responsible use of AI, such as the agreement between ZeniMax and a union in the video games industry and the EU's AI regulation standards.