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Today’s show:
Sunny Madra joins Jason to discuss Sunny’s All-In Summit experience (1:34), OpenAI’s race to beat Google in launching the first multimodal LLM (9:07), whether generative AI needs a UI shift (33:00), and much more!
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Time stamps:
(0:00) Sunny Madra joins Jason
(1:34) All-In Summit 2023 recap and Sunny’s experience
(7:44) Squarespace - Use offer code TWIST to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain at https://Squarespace.com/TWIST
(9:07) OpenAI’s race to beat Google in launching the first multimodal LLM
(14:42) Experiences with image-generating AI and Midjourney's interface
(19:23) The culture at Apple and where risk aversion sets them back
(22:32) OpenPhone - Get 20% off your first six months at https://openphone.com/twist
(24:03) Google’s advantages and chances against OpenAI in multimodal LLMs
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(33:00) UI developments and what sets multimodal LLMs apart
(44:22) ChatGPT Enterprise
(45:37) Sunny demos Canva’s ChatGPT plugin
(55:00) Code LLaMa's potential and Falcon 180B’s unique features
(59:41) Sunny demos Headshots AI
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