Today in AI

• News roundup

• Today’s big story

• AI research changing the world

• The tool we’re loving

• This week on the podcast

News roundup

The top stories in AI today.

FUTURE OF WORK

Jobs are changing — are you?

• How to Effectively Use AI to Generate Blogs, Articles and Other Text

• AI Tools Drive Surge in 2024 U.S. Ad Spending

• Amazon is Using Generative AI to Make Prime Deliveries Even Faster

• How to Balance AI Expertise and Industry Acumen in App Development

• The Implications of Advanced AI Reasoning for Human Creativity and Identity

NEW LAUNCHES

The latest features & products in AI innovation.

• OpenAI Just Made Accessing Its Strawberry Model Easier with Free o1-mini Release

• Salesforce Boosts Data Cloud with AI-Powered Data Tools

• Vention’s New AI Platform Simplifies Robot Deployment for Manufacturing

• Microsoft to Enhance Copilot with AI Agents — Here’s What They Can Do

• Intel and Amazon Team Up to Develop Advanced AI Chips

• Google Unveils AI Image Authentication for Search and Ads

• Runway Launches New AI Tool That Will Transform Your Existing Videos

MODELS

Deployment, research, training, infrastructure

• Early o1 Users Get Warnings from OpenAI for Probing Model’s Inner Thoughts

• Why Startup Martian Thinks ‘Model Routing’ Is Key to Enterprise AI Success

• SambaNova Announces Challenger to OpenAI’s o1 Model with New Demo

• Luma Launches Dream Machine API Heating Up AI Video Rivalry

GOVERNMENT

Press releases, regulation, defense & politics.

• Government CIOs warn of AI's potential to amplify cybersecurity threats

• Bipartisan Bill Targets AI Misinformation in Political Campaigns

• Tunisia Launches AI Hub to Train 100,000 African Developers

• Global Democracy Hits 50-Year Low as AI Threats Emerge

HARDWARE

Computers, phones, & other AI powered devices

• Google’s $13M AI Satellite Project Will Detect Wildfires Early

• Google Pixel 8a AI Smartphone Now $100 Cheaper

• Review: Plaud’s New ‘NotePin’ is a Great Voice Recorder that May Stand No Chance

• AI Supercomputer Fuels Environmental Concerns in Memphis

What’s happening in AI right now

Looking at OpenAI’s o1 release

Step-by-step reasoning: A new frontier

OpenAI's recent release of o1-mini, a free version of its new reasoning AI model family, has set off a chain reaction in the industry. Now available for free in ChatGPT, o1-mini introduces unique step-by-step problem-solving capabilities aimed at reducing errors and hallucinations. While it has limitations like longer response times and text-only input, its performance in certain areas is impressive.

This introduction of step-by-step reasoning models could significantly impact how businesses and individuals utilize AI for complex problem-solving tasks. However, effective use requires specific prompting strategies, which may necessitate a learning curve for some users.

The transparency dilemma

OpenAI's decision to hide the raw chain of thought in its reasoning process has sparked controversy within the AI community. Researchers and developers have expressed frustration over hindered safety research and lack of transparency. OpenAI's strict enforcement against users attempting to uncover these hidden processes raises questions about the balance between protecting competitive advantage and fostering open AI development. As AI becomes more integrated into critical systems and decision-making processes, the implications of this approach could be far-reaching.

Competition heats up

In response to OpenAI's moves, other players in the AI space are quickly adapting and innovating. SambaNova Systems has unveiled a demo on Hugging Face showcasing a fast, open-source alternative to OpenAI's o1 model using Meta's Llama 3.1 Instruct model. This demonstration achieves impressive speeds of 405 tokens per second with the 405B parameter Llama 3.1 model.

SambaNova's approach, utilizing Meta's open-source model, stands in stark contrast to OpenAI's closed ecosystem. This development could accelerate the trend towards more accessible and adaptable AI technologies, potentially leading to a more diverse and competitive AI ecosystem.

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AI research changing the world

The latest breakthroughs and most pivotal papers — broken down in language anyone can understand.

Meta’s 3D Gen

Imagine a world where creating complex 3D assets for games, movies, and virtual reality is as simple as typing a text description. This sci-fi-like scenario is now a reality, thanks to Meta's groundbreaking 3D Gen technology. In a landscape where 3D content creation traditionally requires extensive time, skill, and resources, Meta's research team has unveiled a system that can generate high-quality, textured 3D objects in under a minute – a task that typically takes hours or even days for human artists. This breakthrough has far-reaching implications for industries ranging from entertainment to e-commerce, potentially democratizing 3D content creation and accelerating the development of immersive technologies. Meta 3D Gen combines two powerful components: Meta 3D AssetGen for initial 3D generation and Meta 3D TextureGen for high-quality texturing, outperforming industry baselines in both speed and quality. The system's ability to support Physically-Based Rendering (PBR) ensures that generated assets can be realistically integrated into various lighting environments, a crucial feature for game developers and VFX artists.

With user studies showing a 68% preference rate over existing models, 3D Gen is poised to reshape creative workflows and potentially disrupt the job market for traditional 3D artists. However, this raises important questions about the future of digital artistry: As AI takes over routine 3D asset creation, how will the role of human creators evolve? Will we see a new renaissance of digital creativity, or a homogenization of visual styles in our virtual worlds?

The AI tool we’re loving right now

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BigVu

There’s no way around it — being a content creator, influencer or business leader these days requires publishing high-quality video content. That’s why BigVu is such a powerful tool. BigVu uses the power of AI to allow you traverse the entire lifecycle of video creation and publishing with some very cool features:

• Eye contact correction

• Subtitle & caption generation

• Video-to-text transcription

• Script generation

• Teleprompter

• AI voice changing & cloning

• Background music generator

• Post Scheduler

• Landing page generator

• And much more

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This week on the podcast

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In this episode Anthony, Shane, and Elizabeth discuss the transformative impact of AI on sales processes and e-commerce. The conversation highlights the competitive edge that AI-native companies have over traditional businesses, the evolving landscape of customer interactions, and the potential for AI to streamline workflows and enhance personalization at the same time.