AI-Weekly for Tuesday, April 2, 2024 – Volume 106

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News

1.) Top 5 Most Clicked News Articles From Last Week

A.) Microsoft Unveils AI-Powered Surface Devices And Copilot For Windows | Microsoft.com | March 21, 2024

Advancing the new era of work with Copilot, Windows, and Surface.

B.) Open Interpreter’s 01 Lite — World’s First Fully Open-Source Personal AI Agent Device | Matthew Berman | YouTube | March 22, 2024

01 Lite by Open Interpreter is a 100% open-source personal AI assistant that can control your computer. Let’s review it and I’ll show you how to install open-interpreter.

C.) Unveiling the O1 Lite: The Future of Open Source AI Devices( | FutureTools.io | March 22, 2024

The O1 Lite, a groundbreaking open-source AI device, allows voice-controlled interaction with your home computer.

D.) Almost Timely News: A Guided Tour of the Most Powerful Generative AI Model Google Offers | Christopher Penn | YouTube | March 23, 2024

In today’s episode, I’ll take you on a guided tour of the most powerful AI model Google has to offer. You’ll learn how to harness this incredibly advanced technology to summarize huge amounts of information and turn it into actionable insights. If you’re trying to master a new topic like Instagram marketing, this tool is a game-changer.

E.) Sora: First Impressions | OpenAI.com | March 23, 2024

We have gained valuable feedback from the creative community, helping us to improve our model.

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5.) Your Favorite LLMs Battle In Street Fighter — New Benchmark! (Tutorial) | Matt Berman | YouTube | April 1, 2024

LLM Colosseum is a new way to think about AI benchmarks: let them battle it out in Street Fighter! Which LLM will win?

6.) Mastering Ad Copy Optimization with AI: Your Ultimate Guide | TechBullion.com | April 1, 2024

In the realm of advertising, mastering ad copy optimization with AI has become a game-changer for brands looking to enhance their campaigns. By leveraging data-driven insights and sophisticated algorithms, AI tools can help generate targeted, compelling content that resonates with the desired audience.

7.) Google’s AI Still Giving Idiotic Answers Nearly A Year After Launch | Futurism.com | April 1, 2024

Despite having been in public beta mode for nearly a year, Google’s search AI is still spitting out confusing and often incorrect answers.

8.) Microsoft, OpenAI Plan $100 Billion Data-Center Project, Media Report Says | Reuters.com | April 1, 2024

Microsoft and OpenAI are working on plans for a data center project that could cost as much as $100 billion and include an artificial intelligence supercomputer called “Stargate” set to launch in 2028.

9.) Start using ChatGPT instantly | OpenAI.com | April 1, 2024

OpenAI has introduced a new feature allowing people to use ChatGPT instantly without the need for signing up. This change aims to make AI more accessible globally. Over 100 million users in 185 countries already use ChatGPT weekly. Users can opt to share their interactions with ChatGPT to help improve the model, but this can be turned off in settings. The update includes enhanced content safeguards. While using ChatGPT without an account offers immediate access, account creation provides additional benefits like saving chat history, sharing chats, and unlocking more features.

10.) Women In AI: Urvashi Aneja Is Researching The Social Impact Of AI In India | TechCrunch.com | April 1, 2024

Urvashi Aneja is the founding director of Digital Futures Lab, an interdisciplinary research effort that seeks to examine the interaction between technology and society in the Global South. She’s also an associate fellow at the Asia Pacific program at Chatham House, an independent policy institute based in London.

11.) New $10M Open-Source Foundational LLM Is Amazing! (DBRX by Databricks) | Matt Berman | YouTube | March 31, 2024

Databricks just dropped DBRX, a brand new Mixture of Experts foundational model with 132b parameters. It’s really impressive, let’s test it.

12.) Almost Timely News: Step By Step Building an Ideal Customer Profile From Scratch With Generative AI | Christopher Penn | YouTube | March 30, 2024

In today’s episode, I show you how to build an ideal customer profile with minimal data. You’ll learn how to generate customer insights using publicly available sources. Using generative AI, you’ll gain a deeper understanding of your ideal customer’s characteristics and needs. You’ll benefit from the ability to craft more targeted pitches and marketing messages for maximum engagement and success.

13.) OpenDevin Tutorial (Open-Source Devin) — Build Entire Apps From a Single Prompt | Matt Berman | YouTube | March 30, 2024

Open Devin is a 100% open-sourced version of the massively popular demo of Devin we saw a few weeks ago. I’ll show you how to install it and how to use it.

14.) Can Demis Hassabis Save Google? | BigTechnology.com | March 30, 2024

The DeepMind founder has a track record of insane AI breakthroughs. Can he do it within the Google mothership?

15.) Women In AI: Kate Devlin Of King’s College Is Researching AI And Intimacy | TechCrunch.com | March 30, 2024

To give AI-focused women academics and others their well-deserved — and overdue — time in the spotlight, TechCrunch is launching a series of interviews focusing on remarkable women who’ve contributed to the AI revolution. We’ll publish several pieces throughout the year as the AI boom continues, highlighting key work that often goes unrecognized.

16.) Greater Scope: Doctors Get Inside Look at Gut Health With AI-Powered Endoscopy | Blogs.Nvidia.com | March 30, 2024

Odin Vision, now part of global medtech company Olympus, is building cloud-connected AI models for polyp characterization and cancer detection during colonoscopy.

17.) This Week In AI: Let Us Not Forget The Humble Data Annotator | TechCrunch.com | March 30, 2024

Keeping up with an industry as fast-moving as AI is a tall order. So until an AI can do it for you, here’s a handy roundup of recent stories in the world of machine learning, along with notable research and experiments we didn’t cover on their own.

18.) Think, Then Speak: How Researchers Gave AI an Inner Monologue | Salvatore Raieli | Medium.com | March 30, 2024

QuietStar is a new promising approach for LLM reasoning.

19.) AI Pioneer Shows The Power of AI AGENTS — “The Future Is Agentic” | Matt Berman | YouTube | March 29, 2024

Andrew Ng, Google Brain, and Coursera founder discusses agents’ power and how to use them.

20.) AI News: The ChatBot That Finally Beats ChatGPT | Matt Wolfe | YouTube | March 29, 2024

Here’s the AI News you might have missed this week.

21.) Good News For Pixel 8 Users: Gemini Nano Will Be Available On Device | GizmoChina.com | March 29, 2024

Google Pixel 8 owners have something to rejoice. The search giant’s LLM AI model is confirmed to be available on the device. Initially, the company had revealed that the mobile-friendly and smallest version of Gemini Nano would be limited to the Pixel 8 Pro. Google’s vague response to the lack of support for AI model also enraged Pixel 8 owners.

22.) OpenAI Built A Voice Cloning Tool, But You Can’t Use It… Yet | TechCrunch.com | March 29, 2024

As deepfakes proliferate, OpenAI is refining the tech used to clone voices — but the company insists it’s doing so responsibly.

23.) Every US Federal Agency Must Hire A Chief AI Officer | TheVerge.com | March 29, 2024

New guidance from the Office of Management and Budget also requires a yearly inventory of all AI systems used by federal agencies.

24.) Microsoft Copilot AI Will Soon Run Locally On PCs | Engadget.com | March 29, 2024

According to Intel, it could require a specific level of AI processing power.

25.) Announcing Grok-1.5 | X.ai | March 29, 2024

Introducing Grok-1.5, our latest model capable of long context understanding and advanced reasoning. Grok-1.5 will be available to our early testers and existing Grok users on the X platform in the coming days. By releasing the model weights and network architecture of Grok-1 two weeks ago, we presented a glimpse into the progress xAI had made up until last November. Since then, we have improved reasoning and problem-solving capabilities in our latest model, Grok-1.5.

26.) NYC Will Test AI Gun Detectors On The Subway | TheVerge.com | March 29, 2024

Evolv, the company supplying the scanners, is being investigated by both the FTC and SEC.

27.) Navigating the Challenges and Opportunities of Synthetic Voices | OpenAI.com | March 29, 2024

We’re sharing lessons from a small scale preview of Voice Engine, a model for creating custom voices.

28.) Answer Engine Tutorial: The Open-Source Perplexity Search Replacement | Matt Berman | YouTube | March 28, 2024

Answer Engine install tutorial, which aims to be an open-source version of Perplexity, a new way to get answers to your questions, replacing traditional search.

29.) AI Guide Dogs in China May Become a Reality Very Soon, Research Suggests | GizmoChina.com | March 28, 2024

Researchers from Northwestern Polytechnical University in China have made a huge breakthrough in assisting the country’s 17 million visually impaired people. Their development of an AI guide dog using an artificial intelligence language model holds a lot of promise for providing navigation and companionship.

30.) Google.org Launches $20M Generative AI Accelerator Program | TechCrunch.com | March 28, 2024

Google.org, Google’s charitable wing, is launching a new program to help fund nonprofits developing tech that leverages generative AI.

31.) Meta’s Smart Glasses Are Getting A Chatty AI Update Next Month | QZ.com | March 28, 2024

The AI feature from Facebook parent Meta lets wearers ask the glasses questions to get realtime information and recommendations

32.) AI Is Quietly Revolutionizing The News. Here’s How | QZ.com | March 28, 2024

Beyond high-profile wins and faceplants, understated but impactful applications of generative AI are transforming newsrooms.

33.) Boston Dynamics Unleashes New Spot Variant for Research — Get Ready For Some Wild New Quadruped Skills | Spectrum.ieee.org | March 28, 2024

At Nvidia GTC last week, Boston Dynamics CTO Aaron Saunders gave a talk about deploying AI in real-world robots — namely, how Spot is leveraging reinforcement learning to get better at locomotion (We spoke with Saunders last year about robots falling over). And Spot has gotten a lot better — a Spot robot takes a tumble on average once every 50 kilometers, even as the Spot fleet collectively walks enough to circle the Earth every three months.

34.) AI Music: It’s Way Better Than You Think | Matt Wolfe | YouTube.com | March 28, 2024

AI Music has gotten so good…

35.) OpenAI Launches Pilot Program for GPT Monetization | FutureTools.io | March 28, 2024

OpenAI announces a pilot program to pay creators for GPT usage. The program is designed to reward builders for the popularity of their GPTs. The initiative aims to foster a robust ecosystem of creative GPT applications. Feedback from participants will shape the future of GPT monetization. The pilot is currently exclusive to builders in the United States.

36.) Asking Claude 3 What It REALLY Thinks about AI… | Matt Berman | YouTube | March 27, 2024

Claude 3 has been giving weird covert messages with a special prompt.

37.) Amazon Spends $2.7B On Startup Anthropic In Largest Venture Investment | CNBC.com | March 27, 2024

Amazon is spending billions more to back an artificial intelligence startup as it looks for an edge in the new technology arms race.

38.) Microsoft Says This Single Key Is The Difference Between An AI PC And Just A PC With AI | WindowsCentral.com | March 27, 2024

Intel made several AI announcements at its AI PC Acceleration Program in Taipei, Taiwan this week. During the event, Intel unveiled Microsoft’s definition of an AI PC, which includes some surprising requirements.

39.) “The King is Dead” — Claude 3 Surpasses GPT-4 On Chatbot Arena For The First Time | ArsTechnica.com | March 27, 2024

Anthropic’s Claude 3 is first to unseat GPT-4 for #1 since launch of Chatbot Arena in May ’23.

40.) Nvidia Sweeps AI Benchmarks While AMD Misses The Boat. Again. | Forbes.com | March 27, 2024

Nvidia did not submit results for Blackwell either, as it wasn’t ready when results had to be submitted, but still won the race with the Hopper GPU by up to 4X.

41.) Inside the Creation of the World’s Most Powerful Open Source AI Model | Wired.com | March 27, 2024

Startup Databricks just released DBRX, the most powerful open source large language model yet — eclipsing Meta’s Llama 2.

42.) Scientists Turn To AI To Make Beer Taste Even Better | TheGuardian.com | March 26, 2024

Researchers in Belgium use artificial intelligence to improve taste, but say the skill of the brewer remains vital.

43.) Elevenlabs Gives Lifelike Voice To Rabbit’s R1 Device | ElevenLabs.io | March 27, 2024

Making futuristic technology simple to use.

44.) Adobe Launches New AI Tools And Microsoft Partnership | QZ.com | March 26, 2024

But Adobe did not announce any video capabilities, leaving OpenAI and its recently announced text-to-video tool Sora without a major competitor.

45.) Google’s New AI Search Results Promotes Sites Pushing Malware, Scams | BleepingComputer.com | March 26, 2024

Google’s new AI-powered ‘Search Generative Experience’ algorithms recommend scam sites that redirect visitors to unwanted Chrome extensions, fake iPhone giveaways, browser spam subscriptions, and tech support scams.

46.) OpenAI Has New Features In The Pipeline For GPT-4 and DALL-E 3 | The-Decoder.com | March 26, 2024

X user Tibor Blaho has found evidence that OpenAI is planning new features for its GPT-4 and DALL-E 3 models. One piece of good news might be that the GPT-4 message limit is going away.

47.) WWDC 2024 Will Show Off Apple’s AI Efforts On June 10, 2024 | AppleInsider.com | March 26, 2024

Apple has revealed that the 2024 Worldwide Developer Conference will run from June 10 until June 14, which will introduce the upcoming releases of iOS 18 and other operating systems.

48.) Hot AI Job Market Means Meta Is Offering Jobs Without Interviews, Zuck Emailing Candidates Himself | Inc.com | March 26, 2024

If you have the latest in-demand tech skill set, Meta likes you. Really, really, likes you.

49.) Adobe Summit Opening Keynote 2024 | YouTube.com | March 26, 2024

Kick off your Summit experience with an exploration of the latest insights for growing your business through personalized experiences. Adobe executives and customers from leading brands will explore the future of generative AI and share the best innovations and technologies to tackle business challenges.

50.) Elon Musk Says All Premium Subscribers On X Will Gain Access To AI Chatbot Grok This Week | TechCrunch.com | March 26, 2024

Following Elon Musk’s xAI’s move to open source its Grok large language model earlier in March, the X owner on Tuesday said that the company formerly known as Twitter will soon offer the Grok chatbot to more paying subscribers. In a post on X, Musk announced Grok will become available to Premium subscribers this week, not just those on the higher-end tier, Premium+, as before.

51.) Airtable Brings AI Summarization To Paying Users | TheVerge.com | March 26, 2024

Airtable users can organize information with AI, which could be one of the more effective ways to use it so far.

52.) OpenAI Wants Hollywood To Use Sora | BensBites.Beehiv.com | March 25, 2024

OpenAI is making moves into the film industry. OpenAI is showing Hollywood a new tool called ‘Sora’. It’s a text-to-video generator that could seriously change the way movies get made.

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