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👀 Google is introducing "Duet AI" in Google Meet, an artificial intelligence integration that can attend meetings on behalf of users, take notes, and provide real-time summaries, among other features.

⏰ Top 5 Headlines

• 🔗Link: Baidu's Ernie Bot, approved by the Chinese government, achieved 1 million users in 19 hours.

• 🔗Link: Call of Duty will use AI to moderate voice chats.

• 🔗Link: Walmart turns on a generative AI workplace app for 50k employees.

• 🔗Link: UK publishers urge Sunak to protect works ingested by AI models.

• 🔗Link: Microsoft filed a patent for an AI backpack straight out of a sci-fi movie.

🚀 Company Spotlight

• 🔗Link: AI21 Labs, a large-language model developer that competes with OpenAI, announced a $155 million Series C round.

• 🔗Link: Context.ai, which offers a product analytics platform for LLM-powered applications, announced $3.5 million in seed funding.

💬 Tool of the Week

🔗Elessar — Automatic engineering documentation and reporting with LLMs.

OpenAI’s moonshot: Solving the AI alignment problem

In a groundbreaking move, OpenAI is setting its sights on solving the AI alignment problem, marking a significant step in the quest for safe and beneficial artificial intelligence. The organization, known for its pioneering ChatGPT, aims to harness its expertise to ensure that superintelligent AI systems don't pose existential threats. OpenAI's dedication to addressing the ethical and safety concerns surrounding advanced AI underscores its commitment to responsible AI development. With this moonshot initiative, OpenAI is paving the way for a future where artificial intelligence serves humanity without compromising our collective well-being. 🔗Read more

A new AI-generated map of the world’s trees and renewable energy projects could help fight climate change

The Allen Institute for AI, founded by Paul Allen, unveiled Satlas, a groundbreaking tool using AI to enhance low-quality satellite images from the European Space Agency's Sentinel-2 satellites. Satlas employs "Super-Resolution" through deep learning to create high-resolution images, aiding global renewable energy and tree coverage mapping. While it occasionally has accuracy issues due to regional differences, it's a valuable tool for policymakers. Development involved manual labeling and model training. Future plans include identifying global crop types for Earth monitoring in the face of climate change and other challenges. 🔗Read more

Salesforce shows incumbents’ power in AI race

Salesforce is emerging as a dominant corporate investor in the AI startup landscape, backing 11 AI startups since May, including renowned large-language model developers. As AI startups seek customers to match their valuations, they are increasingly partnering with tech incumbents like Salesforce, leveraging their expansive customer bases and distribution advantages. 🔗Read more

Industry weighs potential of AI-designed watches

The watch industry is grappling with the potential of AI-generated designs, as artificial intelligence-generated imagery continues to disrupt the world of art and design. While some luxury brands like Hermès remain committed to the human touch in their creations, others are experimenting with AI's possibilities. Rapid advancements in AI text-to-image software have made it easier for designers to generate watch designs, potentially revolutionizing the creative process. However, established luxury watch brands are reluctant to embrace AI, leaving it to independent brands like Bamford Watch Department to lead the way. Despite AI's potential, many in the industry emphasize that human creativity and intuition remain essential in the design process. 🔗Read more

Anguilla's windfall: How a tiny Caribbean island made millions from .ai domains

A small Caribbean island called Anguilla is making a lot of money, about $30 million, just by owning a special type of internet domain name, ".ai." This island has been in charge of giving out these domain names since the 1990s, and recently, many companies, especially in the field of AI, want these ".ai" domains for their websites. So, they pay Anguilla money to use them. This sudden demand for ".ai" domain names is because of the growing interest in AI technology around the world. This is a big deal for Anguilla because it's a small place, and this money is helping their economy a lot. The island charges companies around $140 for every two years they use a ".ai" domain, and they are making a lot of money from this. It's like a digital gold rush for AI-related domain names. 🔗Read more

🤳 Extra reads

• 🔗Link: Nvidia and AMD say they face new restrictions on AI chip sales.

• 🔗Link: How CFOs should be strategizing about generative A.I. spend.

• 🔗Link: Will AI kill the management consultant?