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Beyond Uncanny Valley: Breaking Down Sora

In this episode of the a16z Podcast, a16z General Partner Anjney Midha connects with Stefano Ermon, Professor of Computer Science at Stanford and key figure at the lab behind the diffusion models now used in Sora, ChatGPT, and Midjourney. Together, they delve into the challenges of video generation, the cutting-edge mechanics of Sora, and what this all could mean for the road ahead.

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  A Big Week in AI: GPT-4o & Gemini Find Their Voice

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  Remaking the UI for AI

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  How Discord Became a Developer Platform

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  Securing the Black Box: OpenAI, Anthropic, and GDM Discuss

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  Can AI Advance Science? DeepMind's VP of Science Weighs In

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  Next-Gen Gaming: AI Souls, Real-time Culture, Personalized Avatars

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  Why America Must Lead in AI Investment with Senator Young (R-IN)

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  Game On: Marc Andreessen & Andrew Chen Talk Creative Computers

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  Inside the Department of Defense and its Vision for the Future

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  Politics & the Future of Tech with Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz

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  The Real Price of Healthcare with Mark Cuban

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  Devoting Your Life to Reinventing a Broken System

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  Bringing AI to the Masses with Adam D’Angelo

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  A Nuclear Comeback: Are New Reactors the Answer?

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  Intelligence in the Age of AI with new CTO of the CIA

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  From Silicon Valley to the Pentagon: The Future of Defense Innovation