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We’ve got a juicy issue today, with no sign of slowing down on the AI development front. Meta is chomping at the bit, Google is making silly claims, and AI can interpret your dreams.
In today’s newsletter:
Top News: Meta’s new AI model, Meta clawing into AI market, and Google’s new supercomputer
The Rundown: Google moves forward, $350 million for personal injury law firm, and tech companies are powered by hope
Tips, Tricks & Tools: Dream interpretation, YouTube short maker, and analyze smart contracts
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Meme: Ignorance or blinkers?
Top News 🔝
Three biggest stories if you’re in a rush
With Google and Microsoft holding the AI spotlight over the last few months, Zuckerberg seemed to take a step backwards. True to form, though, and never to be outdone, Meta has just crashed onto the AI scene with their newest release SAM, “Segment Anything Model”. Meta describes their revolutionary AI software as:
“A promotable segmentation system with zero-shot generalization to unfamiliar objects and images, without the need for additional training”.
This basically means it can identify and “cut out“ (segment) any object, in any image, without previous training on what that specific object is. You can try the demo here.
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Meta’s CEO (Mark Zuckerberg), CTO (Andrew Bosworth) and CPO (Chris Cox) are spending “most of their time working on a newly-formed A.I. team.” The main focus of Meta’s AI technology is to improve its advertising offering and will allow companies to “make images that work for different audiences”, instead of only using one image per campaign. As Meta’s main profit generator, advertising is expected to bring in 122 billion in 2023 - but more is needed.
Meta’s continued development of advanced AI systems continues despite calls to halt such projects, with Bosworth explaining:
“It’s very hard to stop progress and make the right decisions on what changes you would make…we have to understand how technology evolves before you can know how to protect and make it safe.”
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Nvidia’s semiconductor chips are the workhorses powering the AI revolution, particularly the A100 chip. With global spending on semiconductor chips being more than $570 billion in 2022, it’s a lucrative industry to be #1. Which is no doubt why Google’s latest research paper claims their new 4th generation TPU chip is “1.7 times faster than Nvidia’s A100, and uses 1.5 times less power.”
That’s all well and good, if Nvidia hadn’t already launched a new chip of their own, which is far superior to their A100 - the H100 “Hopper”, which is:
“9 times faster for training AI models and up to 30 times faster for using the models after they’ve been trained.”
Back to the drawing board for Google.
The Rundown 🐂
Deeper dive into trending stories
Sundar Pichai, Google’s CEO, says; “the opportunity space is bigger than before,”, as he explains Google’s intention to integrate conversational AI into its search engine. (link)
EvenUp, a San Francisco startup that uses AI to help personal injury lawyers compile claims from medical documents and case files, secures a $350 million valuation led by Bessemer Venture Partners. (link)
Doctors need more time with patients and less time dealing with paperwork. AI can make this happen. (link)
Public relations company Muck Rack releases PressPal, an AI-powered tool for automating journalistic outreach. (link)
“It’s magic,” not AI. In response to user fears and push-back against AI, Canva is using different terminology, calling their new features “magic” (but really, it’s AI…) (link)
Microsoft’s Copilot now helps you write your notes, expand your ideas and drafts, organize information, and much, much more. (link)
“Tech companies are powered by hype.” Not news, but an amusing watch for anyone who needs a break from AI doom-and-gloom. (link)
India makes its stance on AI clear; “we will not consider bringing a law or regulations to the growth of artificial intelligence.” (link)
Solar maximum is coming, and this AI-powered model can predict dangerous solar storms. (link)
Video memes push AI-video making from prompt closer to a tipping point. (link)
Tips, Tricks & Tools ⚒️
Discounts, trials and productivity-boosting hacks
Merlin - ChatGPT+ extension for ALL WEBSITES. Use GPT anywhere you search, write or read. (link)
2short - Take your Youtube content to the next level with AI-generated shorts. (link)
Cody - Train GPT on your business, your team, your processes and optimize everything. (link)
Promptitude - An effortless way to integrate GPT into your apps, delivering outstanding customer experience. (link)
ContractReader - Analyze and summarize smart contracts with AI, and know exactly what you’re signing. (link)
Dream Interpreter - Ask an AI-trained database what your dreams mean! (link)
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With so many leading AI experts saying we need to slow down AI development, it should be pretty clear that something less than desirable is around the corner.
But with entire nations saying they will not regulate AI development (ahem, India), and Meta releasing more advanced systems by the day, the relationship between humanity and AI is clear.
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