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May 2023
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Demoing Google’s MusicLM, AssemblyAI, an...

Jason Calacanis
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Today’s show:

Sunny joins Jason to discuss the latest in AI. They chat about the launch of ChatGPT’s new iOS app and demo Google’s MusicLM (1:24). Then, Sunny tests AssemblyAI’s LeMUR and Wondercraft AI before wrapping with a look at Stable Diffusion’s deep fake capabilities (29:38).

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Time stamps:

(0:00) Sunny joins Jason

(1:24) ChatGPT launches its IOS app

(4:59) Sunny demos Google’s MusicLM

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(22:09) The legal issues with training MusicLM

(29:38) Sunny demos AssemblyAI’s LeMur

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(39:58) Sunny demos Wondercraft AI

(47:18) Stable Diffusion’s deep fake technology

(51:36) Creating more content with AI

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