AI’s Influence on Decisions, TANGOFLUX’s Audio Revolution, and Surgical Robots Learn from Videos

Explore the potential of AI tools to manipulate online decision-making, as revealed by a University of Cambridge study. Discover TANGOFLUX, a breakthrough in text-to-audio generation by NVIDIA and SUTD Singapore, promising high-quality audio production. Plus, delve into how robots from Johns Hopkins and Stanford are learning surgery by watching videos, marking a new era in AI-driven healthcare advancements.

Sources:
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/dec/30/ai-tools-may-soon-manipulate-peoples-online-decision-making-say-researchers
https://www.marktechpost.com/2024/12/31/this-ai-paper-from-nvidia-and-sutd-singapore-introduces-tangoflux-and-crpo-efficient-and-high-quality-text-to-audio-generation-with-flow-matching/
https://apnews.com/article/midjourney-ai-imagegenerator-biden-trump-deepfakes-bc6c254ddb20e36c5e750b4570889ce1
https://siliconangle.com/2024/12/30/john-hopkins-stanford-robots-learn-surgery-watching-videos/

Outline:
(00:00:00) Introduction
(00:00:42) AI tools may soon manipulate people’s online decision-making, say researchers
(00:02:45) This AI Paper from NVIDIA and SUTD Singapore Introduces TANGOFLUX and CRPO: Efficient and High-Quality Text-to-Audio Generation with Flow Matching
(00:05:34) AI image-generator Midjourney blocks images of Biden, Trump
(00:08:17) John Hopkins and Stanford robots learn surgery by watching videos