AI-Weekly for Tuesday, September 17, 2024 – Issue 130

The Week’s News in Artificial Intelligence

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

A.) The Nvidia AI Antitrust Investigation Is ‘Escalating’ Reports Bloomberg | TheVerge.com | September 3, 2024

According to Nvidia, ‘We have inquired with the U.S. Department of Justice and have not been subpoenaed.’

B.) Nexus: A Brief History Of Information Networks From The Stone Age To AI By Yuval Noah Harari Review — Rage Against The Machine | TheGuardian.com | September 10, 2024

The author of the bestselling Sapiens offers a penetrating critique of the insidious dangers of machine learning and its capacity to manipulate the truth.

C.) Reflection 70B Faked?! What We Know So Far… | Matthew Berman | YouTube.com | September 9, 2024

Reflection 70b might be too good to be true. Here’s everything we know and my own “reflection” on how I can do better next time as your source of AI information.

D.) OpenAI Co-Founder Sutskever’s New Safety-Focused AI Startup Ssi Raises $1 Billion | Reuters.com | September 4, 2024

Safe Superintelligence (SSI), newly co-founded by OpenAI’s former chief scientist Ilya Sutskever, has raised $1 billion in cash to help develop safe artificial intelligence systems that far surpass human capabilities, company executives told Reuters.

E.) The Biggest Announcements from The Apple iPhone 16 Launch | WhatsTrending.com | September 9, 2024

Apple’s “It’s Glowtime” event has concluded, unveiling a range of new products that extend beyond the anticipated iPhone 16. While the iPhone 16 was the centerpiece of the showcase, Apple also introduced exciting updates to its smartwatch and AirPods lines, marking a significant expansion in their product offerings.

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September 16, 2024 📅️

6.) Runway Announces An API For Its Video-Generating AI Models | TechCrunch.com | September 16, 2024

Runway, one of several AI startups developing video-generating tech, today announced an API to allow devs and organizations to build the company’s generative AI models into third-party platforms, apps, and services.

7.) Microsoft’s Office Apps Are Getting More Useful Copilot AI Features | TheVerge.com | September 16, 2024

Copilot can now help organize your Outlook inbox, perform advanced analytics in Excel, and build better PowerPoint decks.

8.) Oracle’s Larry Ellison Says That AI Will Someday Track Your Every Move | TechCrunch.com | September 16, 2024

Speaking at an Oracle financial analysts meeting, Oracle founder Larry Ellison said he expects AI to one day power massive law enforcement surveillance networks.

9.) Google Partners With Experts To Launch FireSat For Wildfire Detection | BetaNews.com | September 16, 2024

Wildfires are increasingly becoming a global issue due to rising temperatures and drier climates. Google Research is stepping in with a game-changing solution —- FireSat, a new satellite constellation aimed at detecting wildfires as small as a classroom (around 5×5 meters) within just 20 minutes. This could revolutionize how firefighters and emergency responders handle early-stage wildfires.

September 15, 2024 📅️

10.) How I Create Viral News Videos on YouTube Using AI (Prompt Breakdown) | The Next Wave | YouTube.com | September 15, 2024

Episode 23: How can AI simplify complex workflows and enrich language learning? Matt Wolfe and Nathan Lands take you on an insightful journey exploring diverse AI use cases and tools.

11.) Almost Timely News: Next Generation AI Models | Chris Penn | YouTube.com | September 15, 2024

In this week’s issue, you’ll get a sneak peek into the future of AI. We’ll be diving deep into the exciting world of next-generation AI models and what they mean for you. You’ll learn the differences between reasoning and creative AI models and how sensory data will revolutionize AI capabilities. Tune in to discover the second-order effects these advancements will have on your job, your life, and the world around you.

12.) Real V Fake: How The Harris-Trump Debate Laid Out Different Takes On AI | TheGuardian.com | September 15, 2024

One candidate revels in AI-generated images of cats and geese, while the other posts real photos of her grandparents.

September 14, 2024 📅️

13.) AI News: OpenAI Finally Released Their New Model! | Matt Wolfe | YouTube.com | September 14, 2024

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

September 13, 2024 📅️

14.) GPT-o1: The Best Model I’ve Ever Tested — I Need New Tests! | Matt Berman | YouTube.com | September 13, 2024

Let’s run GPT-o1 through our LLM Rubric.

15.) Facebook Admits To Scraping Every Australian Adult User’s Public Photos And Posts To Train AI With No Opt-Out Option | ABC.net.Au | September 13, 2024

Facebook is scraping the public data of all Australian adults on the platform, it has acknowledged in an inquiry. The company does not offer Australians an opt out option like it does in the EU, because it has not been required to do so under privacy law.

16.) Oprah Just Had An AI Special With Sam Altman And Bill Gates — Here Are The Highlights | TechCrunch.com | September 13, 2024

Late Thursday evening, Oprah Winfrey aired a special on AI, appropriately titled “AI and the Future of Us.” Guests included OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, tech influencer Marques Brownlee, and current FBI director Christopher Wray.

September 12, 2024 📅️

17.) Famous Investor Predicts $24 Trillion Market for Humanoid Robots | Matt Berman | YouTube.com | September 12, 2024

ARK Invest put out a great report on the potential market size for humanoid robots. Let’s review!

18.) OpenAI Releases GPT Strawberry Intelligence Explosion! | Matt Berman | YouTube.com | September 12, 2024

OpenAI just released GPT o1, an incredible model that can think long-term, reason, perform math and science, and so much more. Let’s review the announcement!

19.) OpenAI Introduces Its Latest State Of The Art Model OpenAI O1 | OpenAI.com | September 12, 2024

We’ve developed a new series of AI models designed to spend more time thinking before they respond. They can reason through complex tasks and solve harder problems than previous models in science, coding, and math. Today, we are releasing the first of this series in ChatGPT and our API. This is a preview and we expect regular updates and improvements. Alongside this release, we’re also including evaluations for the next update, currently in development.

20.) Salesforce’s Agentforce: The AI Assistants That Want To Run Your Entire Business | VentureBeat.com | September 12, 2024

Salesforce unveiled Agentforce on Thursday, a suite of AI-powered autonomous agents designed to augment human workers across various business functions. The company positions this as the “third wave” of AI, moving beyond predictive models and generative AI to what it calls “agentic systems.”

21.) Facebook And Instagram Are Making AI Labels Less Prominent On Edited Content | TheVerge.com | September 12, 2024

Labels for AI-generated content remain front and center, but labels for content ‘only modified or edited by AI tools’ will appear behind a menu.

22.) Google’s AI Notebook Can Generate A Podcast About Your Notes | Engadget.com | September 12, 2024

Two AI hosts will discuss the materials you’ve uploaded to NotebookLM.

23.) Cybever Unveils AI-Based 3D World Creation Platform | VentureBeat.com | September 12, 2024

Cybever announced today it is launching the beta for its AI-based 3D world creation platform at the end of the month. Designed to streamline and democratize 3D content development for creators and developers alike, the platform has already garnered interest from creative studios and asset marketplaces, the company said.

24.) Introducing O1: OpenAI’s New Reasoning Model Series For Developers And Enterprises On Azure | Azure.Microsoft.com | September 12, 2024

We are excited to add OpenAI’s newest models o1-preview and o1-mini to Microsoft Azure OpenAI Service, Azure AI Studio, and GitHub Models. The o1 series enables complex coding, math reasoning, brainstorming, and comparative analysis capabilities, setting a new benchmark for AI-powered solutions.

25.) First Look: Exploring OpenAI O1 In Github Copilot | Github.Blog | September 12, 2024

We’ve tested integrating OpenAI o1-preview with GitHub Copilot. Here’s a first look at where we think it can add value to your day to day.

26.) Google Shows Off Their Latest Advances In Robot Dexterity | Google Deepmind | September 12, 2024

Two new AI systems, ALOHA Unleashed and DemoStart, help robots learn to perform complex tasks that require dexterous movement.

27.) Suno Releases New ‘Covers’ Feature To Reimagine Music You Love | Suno On X | September 12, 2024

Reimagine the music you love with Covers! Covers can transform anything, from a simple voice recording to a fully-produced track, into an entirely new style all while preserving the original melody that’s uniquely yours. Our newest feature, now available in early-access beta, helps you experiment with new genres, add lyrics to instrumentals, and even transform your own singing voice.

28.) Daz 3D And Yellow3D Announce The AI Character Shape Generator | Daz 3D On X | September 12, 2024

Announcing the AI Character Shape Generator by
@yellow_3d_. This handy Daz Studio plug-in allows you to generate character mesh shapes from simple text prompts, transforming the character creation process.

September 11, 2024 📅️

29.) Google’s Notebooklm Can Discuss Your Notes With You Now. How To Access It (And Why You Should) | Zdnet.com | September 11, 2024

Need someone to go over your class material with you? Talk to AI.

30.) China’s AI Models Lag Their U.S. Counterparts By 6 To 9 Months Says Former Head Of Google China | Cnbc.com | September 11, 2024

Chinese artificial intelligence models may be at least half a year behind those made in the U.S., but Chinese AI apps will likely take off much faster, said Kai-Fu Lee, founder of the startup 01.AI and former head of Google China. “Apps, I would predict, by early next year will proliferate in China much faster than in the U.S.,” Lee said, noting that the cost of training a good AI model has fallen significantly.

31.) SAG-AFTRA And Women’s Groups Urge Gavin Newsom To Sign AI Safety Bill | TheVerge.com | September 11, 2024

Newsom has until September 30th to decide SB 1047
s fate, and both sides are lobbying hard.

32.) The NFL And AWS Expand Their Partnership To Tackle More AI Use Cases | SiliconAngle.com | September 11, 2024

Just in time for the 2024 season, the National Football League and Amazon Web Services Inc. continue to push the boundaries of artificial intelligence and machine learning in football. Through a partnership that began in 2017, the NFL has used AWS technology to improve player performance analysis, game strategies and fan experiences.

33.) Adobe Previews Its Upcoming Text-To-Video Generative AI Tools | TheVerge.com | September 11, 2024

The angles, motion, and shooting distance of generated video clips can be adjusted using simulated camera controls.

34.) Mistral Releases Pixtral 12B Its First Multimodal Model | TechCrunch.com | September 11, 2024

French AI startup Mistral has released its first model that can process images as well as text. Called Pixtral 12B, the 12-billion-parameter model is about 24GB in size. Parameters roughly correspond to a model’s problem-solving skills, and models with more parameters generally perform better than those with fewer parameters.

September 10, 2024 📅️

35.) Reflection 70B Model Maker Breaks Silence Amid Fraud Accusations | VentureBeat.com | September 10, 2024

Matt Shumer, co-founder and CEO of OthersideAI, also known as its signature AI assistant writing product HyperWrite, has broken his near two days of silence after being accused of fraud when third-party researchers were unable to replicate the supposed top performance of a new large language model (LLM) he released on Thursday, September 5.

36.) PS5 vs PS5 Pro Specs Compared: The New Model Uses AI Upscaling | Yahoo.com | September 10, 2024

Mark Cerny is done talking up the new PS5 Pro and we now know what’s in store for us when the mid-cycle refresh lands in our living rooms. On paper, the PS5 Pro represents a marked step up from the original console, boosting overall rendering power by 45% thanks to a “larger” GPU, though exactly what that GPU is remains to be seen.

37.) The iPhone 16 Will Ship As A Work In Progress | TheVerge.com | September 10, 2024

The iPhone 16 was apparently designed for Apple Intelligence ‘from the ground up,’ but the first Apple Intelligence features won’t be there at launch.

38.) Parallels Desktop 20 Offers Free AI-Ready Virtual Machines For Seamless Experimentation And Deployment Of AI Tools | Betanews.com | September 10, 2024

Alludo has announced the release of Parallels Desktop 20.0 for Mac. Available in Standard, Pro, Business and — new to version 20 — Enterprise editions, the virtualization software makes it easy for Mac users to run Windows, macOS and Linux virtual machines on their desktop.

39.) Bumble To Leverage AI To Help Users With Profile Creation And Conversations | TechCrunch.com | September 10, 2024

Bumble is increasing its investments in AI and branching out with new features to stay relevant amid a generational shift in dating behavior among younger users. During Goldman Sachs’ annual technology conference on Monday, Bumble CEO Lidiane Jones unveiled more details about the app’s upcoming AI capabilities, including a photo selection tool as well as features to help with conversations and profile creation.

40.) ESPN’s AI-Generated Sports Recaps Are Already Missing The Point | TheVerge.com | September 10, 2024

The network is turning to AI to ‘augment existing coverage’ of less-followed sports.

41.) Fine-Tuned Models Are Now In Limited Public Beta For Github Copilot Enterprise | Github.Blog | September 10, 2024

Our mission is to create an AI assistant that’s not only ubiquitous and trustworthy but also uniquely tailored to each organization’s needs. By integrating features like repository indexing and knowledge bases, we’ve enhanced GitHub Copilot to deliver more contextual and personalized assistance.

42.) Workspaces In The Anthropic API Console | Anthropic.com | September 10, 2024

We’re introducing Workspaces in the Anthropic API Console to help developers efficiently manage multiple Claude deployments. Workspaces are unique environments that enable you to organize resources, streamline access controls, and set custom spend and rate limits on a more granular level.

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43.) Meshy Announces The Launch Of Next-Gen Generative AI For 3D: Meshy-4 | Techbullion.com | September 9, 2024

After the success of Meshy-3, Meshy announced the launch of its next 3D GenAI solution, Meshy-4. Meshy is an innovative technology company based in Santa Clara, dedicated to developing cutting-edge 3D generative AI technology that helps creators and businesses in industries such as gaming, film, and design easily create high-quality 3D content.

44.) Amazon Is Allowing Audible Narrators To Clone Themselves With AI | TheVerge.com | September 9, 2024

The company says performers will retain creative control over their AI voice and will be compensated on a ‘title-by-title basis.’

45.) Apple Upgrades watchOS With AI-Powered Features Including Translation | TechCrunch.com | September 9, 2024

Apple’s watchOS is getting a few AI-powered upgrades, the company revealed at its Apple Event 2024 on Monday. Most were revealed at the company’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) in June, but Apple shed a bit more light during its keynote this morning.

46.) iPhone 16 Event: All The News From Apple’s Keynote | TheVerge.com | September 9, 2024

Apple has revealed the iPhone 16 lineup as its first new phones since announcing Apple Intelligence at WWDC 2024. We’ve already gone hands-on with many of the new devices, including the new flagship iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max.

47.) Apple Introduces iPhone 16 And iPhone 16 Plus | Apple.com | September 9, 2024

Built for Apple Intelligence with the all-new A18 chip, both models feature Camera Control, powerful upgrades to the advanced camera system, the Action button to quickly access useful features, and a big boost in battery life.

48.) Apple Intelligence Comes To iPhone, iPad And Mac Starting Next Month | Apple.com | September 9, 2024

Helpful Writing Tools, Mail and notifications summaries, a more natural and flexible Siri, the Clean Up tool in Photos, and many more Apple Intelligence features roll out in the U.S., with additional English-language support coming later this year.

49.) Roblox Introduces New Earning Opportunities For Creators Teases Generative AI Project | TechCrunch.com | September 6, 2024

At the annual Roblox Developers Conference, the company announced on Friday a series of changes coming to the platform in the next few months and years. Most notably, Roblox is adding more ways for creators to earn money through their experiences, and the company is unveiling a project that will power generative AI creation on the platform.

50.) US, EU and UK And Others Sign Legally Enforceable AI Treaty | TheVerge.com | September 6, 2024

The global treaty lays out a set of principles that signatories commit to enforcing.

51.) Microsoft Updates Their Approach To Tackling Intimate Image Abuse | Microsoft.com | September 6, 2024

Since 2015, Microsoft has recognized the very real reputational, emotional, and other devastating impacts that arise when intimate imagery of a person is shared online without their consent. However, this challenge has only become more serious and more complex over time, as technology has enabled the creation of increasingly realistic synthetic or “deepfake” imagery, including video.

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