AI-Weekly for Tuesday, June 4, 2024 – Issue 115

The Week’s News in Artificial Intelligence

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

A.) Microsoft’s Copilot Enhances AI Accessibility for Everyone, with Special Focus on the Disabled | AnalyticsIndiaMag.com | May 27, 2024

Copilot was designed with special accessibility features from the beginning, reshaping human-computer interaction to be more inclusive.

B.) Could AI Help Cure ‘Downward Spiral’ Of Human Loneliness? | TheGuardian.com | May 27, 2024

Hollywood may have warned about the perils of striking up relationships with artificial intelligence, but one computer scientist says we may be missing a trick if we do not embrace the positives that human-machine relationships have to offer. Despite the travails of Joaquin Phoenix’s introverted and soon-to-be-divorced protagonist in the 2013 movie Her, one professor says we should be open to the comforts that chat bots can provide.

C.) Elon Musk’s xAI Raises $6 Billion To Fund Its Race Against ChatGPT And All The Rest | TheVerge.com | May 27, 2024

Musk claims xAI is valued at $18 billion, as it reportedly seeks to build its own AI supercomputer by late next year.

D.) AI-Weekly Surpasses 20,000 Weekly Readers | EINPresswire.com | May 27, 2024

The world’s leading human-curated AI news aggregation service celebrates a major milestone.

E.) Musk’s xAI Raises $6 Billion in Bid to Challenge OpenAI | Bloomberg.com | May 27, 2024

Sequoia Capital, Andreessen Horowitz among VC backers. Musk announced AI firm in July with Google, Tesla veterans.

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5.) Which Artificial Intelligence Newsletter Is The ‘Best’? | Aaron Di Blasi | AI-Weekly | June 4, 2024

In this article, Aaron Di Blasi, Publisher for the AI-Weekly newsletter, discusses the various AI newsletters available, emphasizing that the “best” newsletter often depends on your own individual needs and preferences. He highlights several top options: The Neuron for daily updates and YouTube content, FutureTools.io for less frequent updates and YouTube content and AlphaSignal for AI professionals seeking more technical AI news, along with The Batch by DeepLearning.ai. Di Blasi also introduces AI-Weekly, his own newsletter, which provides a weekly human-curated list of only the most important news articles, offering a streamlined, editorial-free overview of the AI landscape each week. The article underscores the importance of choosing a newsletter based on your own personal interests and information needs.

June 3, 2024

6.) I Tried All The AI Glasses (So You Don’t Have To) | Matt Wolfe | YouTube.com | June 3, 2024

I compared a bunch of glasses with AI and AI features.

7.) AI Builds Your Website As You Click! (TLBrowse Tutorial) | Matthew Berman | YouTube.com | June 3, 2024

TLBrowse uses AI to build a website as you click it, which is the first step towards “just in time” code.

8.) Windows AI Feature That Screenshots Everything Labeled A Security ‘Disaster’ | TheVerge.com | June 3, 2024

A security researcher is concerned about Windows 11’s new Recall feature after testing it.

9.) X Now Permits AI-Generated Adult Content | ArtificialIntelligence-News.com | June 3, 2024

Social media network X has updated its rules to formally permit users to share consensually-produced AI-generated NSFW content, provided it is clearly labelled. This change aligns with previous experiments under Elon Musk’s leadership, which involved hosting adult content within specific communities.

10.) People Are Using AI Music Generators To Create Hateful Songs | TechCrunch.com | June 3, 2024

Malicious actors are abusing generative AI music tools to create homophobic, racist, and propagandic songs — and publishing guides instructing others how to do so.

June 2, 2024

11.) Create Viral AI Shorts With A Single Prompt | Matt Wolfe | YouTube.com | June 2, 2024

Learn more about Invideo AI.

12.) Open-Source Vision AI — SURPRISING Results! (Phi3 Vision vs LLaMA 3 Vision vs GPT4o) | Matthew Berman | YouTube.com | June 2, 2024

Phi3 Vision, LLaMA 3 Vision, and GPT4o Vision are all put to the test!

13.) Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang Keynote At Computex 2024 | Nvidia On Youtube | June 2, 2024

NVIDIA founder and CEO Jensen Huang delivered a live keynote address ahead of COMPUTEX 2024 on June 2, 2024 at 7 PM in Taipei, Taiwan, outlining what’s next for the AI ecosystem.

14.) Jensen Huang Computex Keynote: Nvidia Reveals New AI Software And Services | Bloomberg.com | June 2, 2024

CEO Jensen Huang reveals plans for annual upgrade cycle. Company details plans for Blackwell Ultra and subsequent chips.

15.) Nvidia Announces New AI Chips Months After Latest Launch As Market Competition Heats Up | CNBC.com | June 2, 2024

Nvidia unveiled its next generation of AI chips, just months after announcing its previous model. The quick turnaround highlights the competitive frenzy of the AI chip market and Nvidia’s sprint to keep its top spot. CEO Jensen Huang has pledged to release new AI chip technology on a one-year basis, faster than the company’s previous two-year timeline.

16.) Nvidia Aims to Launch AI Platform Rubin in 2026 | PYMNTS.com | June 2, 2024

Nvidia will debut an artificial intelligence (AI) platform in 2026, part of a series of tech rollouts. Speaking at National Taiwan University on Sunday (June 2, 2024), Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said the company aims to update its AI accelerators each year, with the Blackwell Ultra chip due in 2025, followed by the next-generation platform dubbed Rubin the next year.

17.) Power Tool: Generative AI Tracks Typhoons, Tames Energy Use | Nvidia.com | June 2, 2024

A diffusion model running on NVIDIA GPUs shows weather forecasters how accelerated computing enables new uses and increases energy efficiency.

June 1, 2024

18.) Almost Timely News: Generative AI and the Synthesis Use Case | Chris Penn | YouTube.com | June 1, 2024

In today’s episode, you’ll discover the power of the seventh use case for generative AI: synthesis. You’ll learn how to use large language models to analyze complex information, like LinkedIn’s algorithm, and translate it into actionable insights. I’ll walk you through a step-by-step process, using Google Gemini 1.5, to gather, synthesize, and distill vast amounts of data into a comprehensive LinkedIn marketing guide. Watch to unlock a deeper understanding of AI’s capabilities and gain a competitive edge!

19.) Meta Is Using Your Posts To Train AI. It’S Not Easy To Opt Out. | Mashable.com | June 1, 2024

Your Facebook and Instagram posts are a buffet of data for hungry AI models.

20.) Will Siri Become More Like ChatGPT? All Eyes On Apple’s WWDC | CNET.com | June 1, 2024

Apple’s virtual assistant has its work cut out for it to catch up to competitors. Here’s how Siri could evolve in a world with flashy AI-powered chatbots.

May 31, 2024

21.) AI News: A TON of News (and DRAMA) This Week! | Matt Wolfe | YouTube.com | May 31, 2024

Here’s the news from this week that you might have missed.

22.) Elon’s Vision of “Truth Seeking” AI (Vivatech 2024) | Matthew Berman | May 31, 2024

Elon Musk’s interview at Vivatech 2024. He discusses xAI, truth-seeking, AGI, woke AI, and more.

23.) Google’s AI Overviews Will Always Be Broken. That’s How AI Works | Wired.com | May 31, 2024

Google rushed out fixes after its AI search feature made errors that went viral. Fundamental limitations of generative AI mean that it will still screw up sometimes.

24.) Why Google’s AI Overviews Gets Things Wrong | TechnologyReview.com | May 31, 2024

Google’s new AI search feature is a mess. So why is it telling us to eat rocks and gluey pizza, and can it be fixed?

25.) Meta’s AI Is Summarizing Some Bizarre Facebook Comment Sections | TheVerge.com | May 31, 2024

Meta’s AI sums up all the good and bad things people have to say about a post.

26.) AI Search Company You.com Launches Custom AI Assistants | Cnet.com | May 31, 2024

Custom Assistants can be built on GPT-4o, Llama 3 or Claude 3 Opus.

27.) Fable Studio Plans Artificial Intelligence Streaming Platform | HollywoodReporter.com | May 31, 2024

Fable, the studio behind the viral AI-generated ‘South Park’ clips, has announced a streaming platform that allows users to create their own content.

28.) Tribeca To Screen AI-Generated Short Films Created By OpenAI’s Sora | IndieWire.com | May 31, 2024

“Nanny” director Nikyatu Jusu is among the five filmmakers who created a film for the festival using the tech.

29.) OpenAI Is Restarting Its Robotics Research Group | TheRobotReport.com | May 31, 2024

OpenAI LLC, which is best known for ChatGPT, is restarting its robotics research group. The San Francisco-based company has been a pioneer in generative artificial intelligence and is returning to robotics after a three-year break.

30.) AI Generated Sound Effects Are Here | Elevenlabs.Io | May 31, 2024

If you can describe it, we can generate it. Text to Sound is here. Our newest AI Audio model can generate sound effects, short instrumental tracks, soundscapes, and a wide variety of character voices, all from a text prompt. Available now for all users. All of the sounds you hear in this video were generated by ElevenLabs.

May 30, 2024

31.) The State Of AI In Early 2024: Gen AI Adoption Spikes And Starts To Generate Value | Mckinsey.com | May 30, 2024

As generative AI adoption accelerates, survey respondents report measurable benefits and increased mitigation of the risk of inaccuracy. A small group of high performers lead the way.

32.) BOMBSHELL: Ex-OpenAI Board Members Reveal Sam’s Lies | Matthew Berman | YouTube.com | May 30, 2024

Sam Altman has been having a terrible couple of weeks. New information has come to light that shows he has actually been “not consistently candid.” Let’s review!

33.) Chatbots Are Entering Their Stone Age | Wired.com | May 30, 2024

Anthropic and other big AI startups are teaching chatbots “tool use,” to make them more useful in the workplace.

34.) Google Admits Its AI Overviews Search Feature Screwed Up | Wired.com | May 30, 2024

Liz Reid, Google’s head of search, said in a blog post that the company had made adjustments to its new AI search feature after screenshots of its errors went viral.

35.) ChatGPT Is Coming For Higher Education, Says OpenAI | Forbes.com | May 30, 2024

OpenAI has announced ChatGPT Edu. This will be a specialized version of its AI platform designed specifically for universities. This move aims to deploy AI across academic, research and operational teams on campuses around the world.

36.) AI-Directed Drones Could Help Find Lost Hikers Faster | TechnologyReview.com | May 30, 2024

Search and rescue drones are already in use, but planning their search paths is more art than science. AI could change that.

37.) The Spacetop G1 Arrives This Fall. We Try the AR Laptop With No Screen | Wired.com | May 30, 2024

Sightful’s augmented reality computer now has a pimped design and better specs — and it’s finally available for pre-order.

38.) The WIRED AI Elections Project | Wired.com | May 30, 2024

More than 60 countries are holding elections in 2024. Throughout the year, WIRED will be tracking every instance of AI’s use in and around those campaigns.

39.) Introducing OpenAI For Nonprofits | OpenAI.com | May 30, 2024

We’re launching a new initiative to enhance the accessibility of our tools for nonprofit organizations, including discounted rates for ChatGPT Team and Enterprise.

40.) Disrupting Deceptive Uses Of AI By Covert Influence Operations | OpenAI.com | May 30, 2024

We’ve terminated accounts linked to covert influence operations; no significant audience increase due to our services.

41.) What Happened With AI Overviews And Next Steps | Google.com | May 30, 2024

In the last week, people on social media have shared some odd and erroneous overviews (along with a very large number of faked screenshots). We know that people trust Google Search to provide accurate information, and they’ve never been shy about pointing out oddities or errors when they come across them — in our rankings or in other Search features. We hold ourselves to a high standard, as do our users, so we expect and appreciate the feedback, and take it seriously. Given the attention AI Overviews received, we wanted to explain what happened and the steps we’ve taken.

42.) Magic Leap And Google Enter Into A Partnership To Advance Xr Technologies | MagicLeap.com | May 30, 2024

Magic Leap announces a multi-faceted, strategic technology partnership with Google. The companies will combine Magic Leap Augmented Reality (AR) expertise and optics leadership with Google’s technology platforms to collaborate on AR solutions and experiences.

43.) Tech Giants Form An Industry Group To Help Develop Next-Gen AI Chip Components | TechCrunch.com | May 30, 2024

Intel, Google, Microsoft, Meta and other tech heavyweights are establishing a new industry group, the Ultra Accelerator Link (UALink) Promoter Group, to guide the development of the components that link together AI accelerator chips in data centers.

44.) Introducing Perplexity Pages | Perplexity.com | May 30, 2024

You’ve used Perplexity to search for answers, explore new topics, and expand your knowledge. Now, it’s time to share what you learned.

45.) Perplexity AI’s New Feature Will Turn Your Searches Into Shareable Pages | TechCrunch.com | May 30, 2024

AI-powered summaries of web pages are a feature that you will find in many AI-centric tools these days. The next step for some of these tools is to prepare detailed and well-formatted web pages for your search queries. The Arc browser is doing this to some extent through its Arc Search app. Apple is rumored to soon release its own smart recap feature for web pages and articles. The latest addition to this trend is Perplexity AI.

46.) Claude Can Now Use Tools | Anthropic.com | May 30, 2024

Tool use, which enables Claude to interact with external tools and APIs, is now generally available across the entire Claude 3 model family on the Anthropic Messages API, Amazon Bedrock, and Google Cloud’s Vertex AI. With tool use, Claude can perform tasks, manipulate data, and provide more dynamic — and accurate — responses.

47.) OpenAI For Education | OpenAI.com | May 30, 2024

An affordable offering for universities to responsibly bring AI to campus.

May 29, 2024

48.) Introducing the Property Graph Index: A Powerful New Way to Build Knowledge Graphs with LLMs | LlamaIndex.ai | May 29, 2024

We’re thrilled to announce a new feature in LlamaIndex that expands our knowledge graph capabilities to be more flexible, extendible, and robust. Introducing the Property Graph Index!

49.) Former OpenAI Board Member Explains Why They Fired Sam Altman | TheVerge.com | May XX, 2024

Helen Toner explains last year’s OpenAI coup as the result of ‘outright lying’ that made it impossible to trust the CEO.

50.) The New Udio-130 Allows Up To 2-Minute AI Song Generations | Udio | X | May 29, 2024

Today we’re delighted to launch more new features, starting with a model capable of two-minute generations, udio-130. This makes it much easier to create tracks with long-term coherence and structure. Check out the track below for a taste of what’s possible using a single prompt.

51.) Gavin Newsom Warns Against Perils Of Over-Regulating AI | Politico.com | May 29, 2024

The Democratic governor of California is a longtime ally of the tech industry.

52.) Custom GPTs Open For Free ChatGPT Users | TheVerge.com | May 29, 2024

Other chatbot features like data analytics, vision, and Memory are also available for free now.

53.) Enhancing News In ChatGPT With The Atlantic | OpenAI.com | May 29, 2024

We’re making The Atlantic’s reporting and stories more discoverable to millions of our users.

54.) Mistral AI Introduces Codestral Their First Model Fine-Tuned For Coding | Mistral.AI | May 29, 2024

We introduce Codestral, our first-ever code model. Codestral is an open-weight generative AI model explicitly designed for code generation tasks. It helps developers write and interact with code through a shared instruction and completion API endpoint. As it masters code and English, it can be used to design advanced AI applications for software developers.

55.) Vox Media And OpenAI Form Strategic Content And Product Partnership | Voxmedia.com | May 29, 2024

In a multi-faceted agreement, Vox Media’s content will enhance the output of OpenAI’s ChatGPT, and the company will build on OpenAI’s technology to develop products to better serve its audiences and advertisers.

56.) GTA 7 Will Be Built ‘In A Twin Of The Real World’ Says Former Googler | Bbenzinga.com | May 29, 2024

Former Google Maps product manager Bilawal Sidhu said that he is confident the next Grand Theft Auto game — the one after GTA 6 — will be built in a virtual twin of the real world, not a rendered version of it.

May 28, 2024

57.) Why Google Search Isn’t Going Anywhere Anytime Soon | Bilawal Sidhu | The Next Wave Podcast | YouTube.com | May 28, 2024

Episode 8: Is Google’s dominance in search engines at risk with the rise of generative AI models? Hosts Matt Wolfe and Nathan Lands dive into this topic with guest Bilawal Sidhu, a host of The TED AI Show and a former Google employee experienced in AR/VR projects and creating 3D maps for Google Maps. In this episode, Bilawal explores the potential challenges facing Google’s search engine supremacy due to advancements in generative AI models and discusses the implications for the future of search engines and advertising. He dives into the impact of AI-generated content on search results and the need for a nuanced approach in navigating the evolving landscape of digital information.

58.) AI Headphones Let Wearer Listen To A Single Person In A Crowd, By Looking At Them Just Once | Washington.edu | May 28, 2024

Noise-canceling headphones have gotten very good at creating an auditory blank slate. But allowing certain sounds from a wearer’s environment through the erasure still challenges researchers. The latest edition of Apple’s AirPods Pro, for instance, automatically adjusts sound levels for wearers — sensing when they’re in conversation, for instance — but the user has little control over whom to listen to or when this happens.

59.) Microsoft launches Copilot for Telegram | TheVerge.com | May 28, 2024

Microsoft Copilot for Telegram will only work with text-based requests for now.

60.) OpenAI’s Board Learned About The Launch Of ChatGPT via Twitter | Bilawal Sidhu | X | May 28, 2024

What REALLY happened at OpenAI? Former board member Helen Toner breaks her silence with shocking new details about Sam Altman’s firing. Hear the exclusive, untold story on The TED AI Show. Here’s just a sneak peek.

61.) New AI Tools Much Hyped But Not Much Used, Study Says | BBC.com | May 28, 2024

Very few people are regularly using “much hyped” artificial intelligence (AI) products like ChatGPT, a survey suggests. Researchers surveyed 12,000 people in six countries, including the UK, with only 2% of British respondents saying they use such tools on a daily basis.

62.) Apple’s WWDC 2024 Invite Is Out. The Wait for iOS 18 and AI Is Almost Over | CNet.com | May 28, 2024

The June 10 event will likely bring updates across MacOS, iPadOS and VisionOS, too.

63.) Anthropic Hires Former OpenAI Safety Lead To Head Up New Team | TechCrunch.com | May 28, 2024

Jan Leike, a leading AI researcher who earlier this month resigned from OpenAI before publicly criticizing the company’s approach to AI safety, has joined OpenAI rival Anthropic to lead a new “superalignment” team.

64.) Elon Musk and Yann LeCun’s Social Media Feud Highlights Key Differences In Approach To AI Research And Hype | VentureBeat.com | May 28, 2024

Over the Memorial Day weekend, while most Americans were firing up their grills and enjoying a cold one, Yann LeCun, Meta’s chief AI scientist, and Elon Musk, the enigmatic CEO of Tesla and xAI, were engaged in a no-holds-barred digital dustup on X.com (formerly Twitter). This clash of the AI titans exposed some of the key fault lines in the fast-moving, hype-fueled field of artificial intelligence.

65.) OpenAI Board Forms Safety and Security Committee | OpenAI.com | May 28, 2024

This new committee is responsible for making recommendations on critical safety and security decisions for all OpenAI projects; recommendations in 90 days.

66.) AI-Powered Seeing Robot Guide Dog Provides New Leash On Life For The Blind | FoxNews.com | May 28, 2024

Imagine a world where the visually impaired navigate public spaces with ease, their steps guided not by a furry friend, but by a chatty robotic companion. This is a reality that could soon be possible with the help of experts at the University of Glasgow, who are working on the RoboGuide project.

Last Week

67.) Chatbot Maker Character.ai Discussing Potential Partnerships With Meta, xAI | PYMNTS.com) | May 27, 2024

Chatbot maker Character.ai has reportedly held exploratory talks with both Meta and Elon Musk’s xAI, discussing potential partnerships. The firm has talked with both companies about working together to pre-train and develop AI models, the Financial Times (FT) reported Friday (May 24). The discussions have centered on research, rather than an acquisition, and no deal has been struck, according to the report. Character.ai uses large language models (LLMs) to develop chatbots that can converse in the style of different personas, the report said.

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