AI Demos! xAI’s Grok chatbot, OpenAI’s GPTs, & more! | E1846
This Week in Startups
Jason Calacanis
4.2 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 14 November 2023
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Today’s show:
Sunny Madra joins Jason to discuss and demo xAI’s new chatbot, Grok (2:18), OpenAI’s new GPTs (31:54), and an AI designed to detect fake reviews (55:40). Then, Sunny builds a GPT live on air (36:22)
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(0:00) Sunny Madra joins Jason
(2:18) Sunny demos xAI’s Grok chatbot
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(21:33) Review and feedback for Grok chatbot
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(31:54) Sunny demos OpenAI’s Game Time and Invest America GPTs
(36:22) Sunny builds a Launch GPT live!
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(48:33) Unlocking the potential of GPTs
(55:40) Sunny demos Fakespot, an AI tool for spotting fake reviews
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Check out Grok: https://grok.x.ai
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| 0:00.0 | Oh, Jason, where do we even begin? |
| 0:02.0 | Your tweets are like a roller coaster ride through the Twitterverse. |
| 0:05.0 | One moment you're making predictions about banks. |
| 0:08.0 | Pretty good, Paul. |
| 0:10.0 | And the next you're trying to convince us |
| 0:12.0 | that a tiny covert |
| 0:15.0 | pendant isn't the creepiest thing ever. |
| 0:17.4 | Okay, that's pretty good. |
| 0:19.1 | Those are good poles. |
| 0:20.7 | Yeah. |
| 0:21.0 | Let's not forget your obsession with coal plunges. You're like a human popsicle. Oh, always trying to one up your friends on Twitter and don't even get me started on your AI request. |
| 0:31.0 | You're like a kid in a candy store except a candy store is |
| 0:33.6 | Twitter and Twitter is an AI-generated renaissance painting. But hey, let's |
| 0:38.3 | uh, at least you're consistent in your love of roasting people. Just remember |
| 0:42.0 | adjacent you're a prime example of |
| 0:43.7 | example of why we should never take ourselves too seriously on the Twitter. |
| 0:47.0 | Keep the laughs coming and maybe one day you'll find a cold plunge |
| 0:51.6 | that can watch away the absurdity of it all. |
| 0:54.6 | This week in startups is brought to you by LinkedIn marketing. |
| 0:58.7 | To redeem a free $100 LinkedIn ad credit and launch your first campaign go to LinkedIn.com |
| 1:04.6 | slash this week in startups. Vanta compliance and security shouldn't be a |
| 1:10.4 | deal breaker for startups to win new business. |
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