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Eye On A.I.#244 Yoav Shoham on Jamba Models, Maestro and The Future of Enterprise AIThis episode is sponsored by the DFINITY Foundation. DFINITY Foundation's mission is to develop and contribute technology that enables the Internet Computer (ICP) blockchain and its ecosystem, aiming to shift cloud computing into a fully decentralized state. Find out more at https://internetcomputer.org/ In this episode of Eye on AI, Yoav Shoham, co-founder of AI21 Labs, shares his insights on the evolution of AI, touching on key advancements such as Jamba and Maestro. From the early days of his career to the latest developments in AI sy...2025-03-2752 min

Policy PromptMeasuring and Visualizing AI (grounding decisions in data with Nestor Maslej)AI is going to affect us all and everyone has opinions about it. But what does the data say?In this episode of Policy Prompt, Vass and Paul welcome Nestor Maslej from Stanford University’s Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence, where he is the research manager of the AI Index and the Global AI Vibrancy Tool. In developing tools that track the advancement of AI, Nestor hopes to make the AI space more accessible to policy makers, business leaders and the lay public. Nestor discusses the excitement and fears surrounding this fast-moving technology and the importance of qu...2025-03-241h 00

Revise and Resubmit - The Mayukh ShowArtificial Intelligence Index Report (Maslej et al., 2024)Welcome to Revise and Resubmit, where today, we embark on a journey into the ever-evolving world of artificial intelligence. In this episode, we’ll be discussing the Artificial Intelligence Index Report 2024, authored by some of the brightest minds in the AI field, including Nestor Maslej, Erik Brynjolfsson, and James Manyika, among many others. Published by Stanford University's HAI on the pre-print platform arXiv, this report is not just another dataset—it’s a panoramic view of the present and future of AI, reflecting on its profound impact across society, economics, policy, and even medicine. The 2024 edition of the AI...2024-10-1216 min

Invested by AlephInvested: After October 7On this episode of Invested, Michael looks back on the incredible and tragic stories from October 7th within the Israeli tech ecosystem, that were shared on the Invested podcast over the past year. The guests whose stories are featured on this episode, in order of appearance: Ami Daniel - CEO and co-founder of WindwardIzhar Shay - Venture Partner with Disruptive AIBeezer Clarkson - Partner at Sapphire PartnersStefan Thompson - Founder of Visegrad 24Yoav Shoham - Co-founder and Co-CEO...2024-10-071h 09

Hello SundAI - our world through the lense of AIWhere are we heading in the world of AI? Insights from the AI Index Report 2024Join us on a comprehensive journey through the AI Index Report 2024, published by Stanford University, as we explore the dynamic and rapidly evolving landscape of artificial intelligence. This episode unpacks the significant strides and nuanced challenges in AI research and development, the technical prowess and limitations of current AI systems, the critical focus on responsible AI, and the tangible impacts AI is making in science and medicine. As AI integrates into critical sectors, ensuring its responsible development and deployment has become more crucial than ever. The report underscores the importance of privacy, data governance, transparency...2024-10-0611 min

Invested by AlephYoav Shoham on What Machines Understand About Us, Leading AI in Israel & Stanford, AI21 Labs Innovations, and How We’re Wrong About AGIOn this episode of Invested, Michael hosts Yoav Shoham, Co-founder and Co-CEO at AI21 Labs.Yoav is professor emeritus of computer science at Stanford University. He is Fellow of AAAI, ACM and the Game Theory Society, and among his awards are the IJCAI Research Excellence Award, the AAAI/ACM Allen Newell Award, and the ACM/SIGAI Autonomous Agents Research Award. Prof. Shoham has co-founded several AI companies, including TradingDynamics (ARBA), Katango and Timeful (GOOG), and AI21 Labs. Prof. Shoham is the founding chair of the AI Index initiative, and chairs the Scientific Advisory Committee...2024-08-141h 09

Practical AIMamba & JambaFirst there was Mamba… now there is Jamba from AI21. This is a model that combines the best non-transformer goodness of Mamba with good ‘ol attention layers. This results in a highly performant and efficient model that AI21 has open sourced! We hear all about it (along with a variety of other LLM things) from AI21’s co-founder Yoav.Join the discussionChangelog++ members save 3 minutes on this episode because they made the ads disappear. Join today!Sponsors:Fly.io – The home of Changelog.com — Deploy your apps and databases close to your users...2024-04-2441 min

Changelog Master FeedMamba & Jamba (Practical AI #266)First there was Mamba… now there is Jamba from AI21. This is a model that combines the best non-transformer goodness of Mamba with good ‘ol attention layers. This results in a highly performant and efficient model that AI21 has open sourced! We hear all about it (along with a variety of other LLM things) from AI21’s co-founder Yoav. Leave us a comment Changelog++ members save 3 minutes on this episode because they made the ads disappear. Join today! Sponsors: Fly.io – The home of Changelog.com — Deploy your apps and databases close to yo...2024-04-2441 min

Bits and PiecesChatGPT gegen die Klimakrise?Willkommen zur neuesten Folge des Podcasts “Bits and Pieces: Stück für Stück zur nachhaltigen Softwareentwicklung”! In dieser Episode werfen Kati und Franzi unter dem Gesichtspunkt der Nachhaltigkeit einen Blick auf Chat GPT – eine Anwendung, die wahrscheinlich jeder schon einmal genutzt hat, sei es für einfache Fragen oder zum Programmieren einer Webseite. Aber was genau steckt hinter diesem Chat Bot? Wie funktioniert er und welches immense Rechenvermögen verwendet das System von OpenAI? Kann er sogar dabei helfen, den Klimawandel einzudämmen? Um uns mit diesen Fragen besser vertraut zu machen, haben wir den Experten un...2024-03-0116 min

Future of TechBeyond Experimentation: Prof. Yoav Shoham's A121’s CEO, talks on Gen AI's Future and AI21 JourneyIn this episode, Avishai sits down with AI pioneer Yoav Shoham. Yoav was a professor of computer science at Stanford for 28 years, where he was the director of the AI Lab. He is also a serial entrepreneur and has founded various companies across industries. Most recently, he co-founded AI21 labs. AI21 Labs aims to take AI to the next level and builds LLMs for enterprises that make machines thought partners. Join him and Avishai for a great discussion, and hear why Yoav doesn't believe Gen AI truly exists, AI21’s mission, and his vision for the future. 2024-01-2426 min

Invisible Machines podcast by UX MagazineYoav Shoham, Stanford Professor, AI21 Labs Co-Founder // Invisible Machines S2E15Robb and Josh welcome industry veteran Yoav Shoham for a thoughtful examination of the inner-workings of AI. As the co-founder of AI21 labs and a former professor in the Computer Science Department of Stanford University, Yoav has a rich history of working with these technologies and thinking through some of their more profound applications. This thoughtful discussion examines just how much the ways we live and work might begin to change as we become further intertwined with AI.2023-10-051h 04

Edge Of AI PodcastChatGPT Plugs into Canva, Stack Overflow Gets AI Upgrade & Google Catches AI FakesIn this episode of the Edge of AI Podcast, we explore pivotal developments in the world of artificial intelligence and cutting-edge technology. Host Ron Levy takes you on a whirlwind tour of the latest innovations. OpenAI introduces a Canva plugin for ChatGPT, transforming visual content creation. Stack Overflow unveils OverflowAI, a platform that elevates developer knowledge-sharing. Meanwhile, the United States tightens control over AI chip exports, affecting companies like Nvidia and AMD. Additionally, Google Cloud launches SynthID, a tool to detect AI-generated fake images, while X (formerly Twitter) updates its data privacy policy, reflecting the evolving landscape of AI...2023-09-0606 min

The Lindahl LetterThat one with an obligatory AI trend’s postRight now at the start of 2023, I would probably highlight 3 AI trends: generative models, automation, and legislation. Before we get into those specific topics let’s zoom out for just a second and look at two different reports you could read to get a sense of what is going on right now. One of the great places to start would be with the recently released 2023 AI Index report from the Institute for Human Centered AI. Nestor Maslej, Loredana Fattorini, Erik Brynjolfsson, John Etchemendy, Katrina Ligett, Terah Lyons, James Manyika, Helen Ngo, Juan Carlos Niebles, Vanessa Parli, Yoav Sho...2023-05-1306 min

Last Week on Earth with GARIThe Progress of AI: AI Index Report 2023 with Nestor Maslej, Stanford HAIToday’s guest is Stanford Institute of Human Centered AI’s Nestor Maslej here to chat about this year’s AI Index Report - this is the second time we’re here together and I’d highly recommend listening to last year’s episode with Nestor on the 2022 Report. What are the trends, opportunities and challenges in AI from this last year?AI is being used to tangibly increase scientific advancement in energyTricking chat gpt into building a dirty bomb or listing pirated movie websitesHumanity faces the challenge of finding a way to manage the risks associated with artificial i...2023-04-2439 min

What Next?Person Plus Machine: The Future Of Our Work?Yoav Shoham, Emeritus Professor at Stanford, artificial intelligence pioneer and co-founder of AI21Labs, AI Index, and WeCode.org.il, explains how machine and deep learning, pattern recognition and statistics will change our work. He predicts that in only a few years, most consumer interaction with brands will be via computational chatbots, software will be our copy writing and reading partner, and how much more sophisticated audience segmentation will deliver hyper-personalisation.Further reading links:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoav_Shohamhttps://www.ai21.com/http://www.aiindex.orghttps://www.wecode.org.il 2022-12-1036 min

The Pulse of AIConversation with Dr. Yoav Shoham, Co-Founder AI21 LabsDr. Yoav Shoham, computere scientist, Professor Emeritus at Stanford and Co-founder of AI21 Labs, joins host Jason Stoughton on The Pulse of AI podcast to talk about his career journey, the really powerful and neat things that his company AI21 is going using NLP, and a wide range of topics around AI and philosophy and ethics and much more. Yoav's research spans artificial intelligence, logic and game theory. He has been the co-founder of several companies, including his latest AI21 which is an Israeli company aiming to change the way people read and write using AI. He...2022-11-071h 02

20MinuteLeaders | The Human Zero DayEp867: Yoav Shoham | Co-Founder, AI21 LabsYoav Shoham is professor emeritus of computer science at Stanford University. A leading AI expert, Prof. Shoham is Fellow of AAAI, ACM and the Game Theory Society. Among his awards are the IJCAI Research Excellence Award, the AAAI/ACM Allen Newell Award, and the ACM/SIGAI Autonomous Agents Research Award. His online Game Theory course has been watched by close to a million people. Prof. Shoham has founded several AI companies, including TradingDynamics (acquired by Ariba), Katango and Timeful (both acquired by Google), and AI21 Labs. Prof. Shoham also chairs the AI Index initiative (www.AIindex.org), which tracks...2022-07-2841 min

The Data Exchange with Ben LoricaLarge Language ModelsThis episode features conversations with two experts who have helped train and release models that can recognize, predict, and generate human language on the basis of very large text-based data sets. First is an excerpt of my conversation with Connor Leahy, AI Researcher at Aleph Alpha GmbH, and founding member of EleutherAI, (pronounced “ee-luther”) a collective of researchers and engineers building resources and models for researchers who work on natural language models. Next up is an excerpt from a recent conversation with Yoav Shoham, co-founder of AI21 Labs, creators of the largest language model available to developers. Downl...2021-12-3041 min

The Nonlinear Library: Alignment Forum Top PostsIn Logical Time, All Games are Iterated Games by Abram DemskiWelcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: In Logical Time, All Games are Iterated Games, published by Abram Demski on the AI Alignment Forum. Logical Time The main purpose of this post is to introduce the concept of logical time. The idea was mentioned in Scott's post, Bayesian Probability is for things that are Space-like Separated from You. It was first coined in a conference call with, Daniel Demski, Alex Mennan, and perhaps Corey Staten and Evan Lloyd...2021-12-0408 min

The Data Exchange with Ben LoricaMaking Large Language Models SmarterThis week’s guest is Yoav Shoham, co-founder of AI21 Labs, creators of the largest language model available to developers. Yoav is also a Professor Emeritus of Computer Science at Stanford University, and a serial entrepreneur who has co-founded numerous data and AI startups. Subscribe: Apple • Android • Spotify • Stitcher • Google • AntennaPod • RSS.Detailed show notes can be found on The Data Exchange web site.Subscribe to The Gradient Flow Newsletter.2021-11-0438 min