Google’s AI Breakthrough in Cancer, Protein Powders Exposed | Marc Benioff, Eiso Kant, Dante Vaisbort, Alice Bentinck, Eric Seufert, Pim de Witte

Overview

This episode dives into groundbreaking advancements in AI, including Google's cancer research breakthrough, the exposure of lead in protein powders, and the future of AI-driven advertising. It features insights from industry leaders like Marc Benioff, Eiso Kant, Dante Vaisbort, Alice Bentinck, and Eric Seufert, covering topics from autonomous underwater vehicles to enterprise AI applications and the evolving landscape of digital advertising.

Notable Quotes

- AI is not born, it's made. People want to buy from people. - Marc Benioff, on the enduring importance of human connection in sales despite AI advancements.

- Ads are the beating heart of the economy. Without Facebook ads, the DTC category wouldn’t exist. - Eric Seufert, on the transformative power of advertising in driving economic growth.

- We might actually end up finding that simulation is larger than the physical world because there's only one physical reality and many simulated ones. - Alice Bentinck, on the potential of simulation in AI development.

🧬 Google’s AI Breakthrough in Cancer Research

- Google announced a major milestone in AI-driven cancer research, using its C2S Scale 27B foundation model to generate hypotheses about cancer cell behavior.

- The model identified a drug that turns cold tumors (invisible to the immune system) into hot tumors, making them detectable and targetable by the immune system.

- John Coogan likened the process to a Call of Duty game, where killer T cells act as players hunting down cancer cells.

- Jordi Hays highlighted the significance of AI in accelerating cancer research, while John Coogan noted the challenges of scaling discoveries through FDA approvals.

📈 OpenAI’s Advertising Future

- Eric Seufert argued that OpenAI will inevitably monetize ChatGPT through advertising, comparing it to Netflix’s pivot to ads in 2022.

- He emphasized that ads are essential for the internet economy, enabling growth for businesses and driving consumer engagement.

- Seufert highlighted the importance of maintaining consumer trust by ensuring ads don’t compromise the objectivity of ChatGPT’s responses.

- He predicted that OpenAI’s App Store and Pulse feed could serve as natural ad surface areas, with ads likely to be introduced in the free tier of ChatGPT.

🌊 Autonomous Underwater Vehicles for Defense

- Dante Vaisbort discussed Albacore’s development of Ghostfin, a 6-foot-long autonomous underwater vehicle capable of patrolling over 1,000 nautical miles undetected.

- Ghostfin can carry a 250-pound explosive payload, making it a potential deterrent against maritime invasions.

- Vaisbort emphasized the importance of proximity to Washington, D.C., and Philadelphia’s shipbuilding history in fostering innovation in maritime defense.

💻 AI for Enterprise Applications

- Eiso Kant shared Poolside’s focus on developing advanced AI models for software engineering and enterprise applications.

- Poolside emphasizes reinforcement learning to enhance AI capabilities, particularly in high-consequence environments like defense and government.

- Kant highlighted the company’s strategic partnership with CoreWeave to secure 40,000 GPUs for scaling their AI models, ensuring they remain competitive at the frontier of AI development.

🎮 Gaming and AI for Real-World Applications

- Alice Bentinck discussed her company’s focus on training general agents using gaming data to solve real-world problems.

- She highlighted the potential of using gaming inputs for applications like search-and-rescue drones and robotic arms, emphasizing the transferability of gaming data to physical environments.

- Bentinck also noted the importance of combining simulation and generative world models to achieve verifiable and scalable AI solutions.