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Food manufacturers, including Nestlé, are leveraging AI and real-world patient data to optimize nutrition in their products for diabetics, pre-diabetics, and the general population, with the aim of addressing the significant health challenges posed by conditions like pre-diabetes and diabetes in nearly half of the U.S. population.

⏰ Top 5 Headlines

🔗Link: G-7 plans to ask AI companies to agree to watermarks, audits.

🔗Link: Microsoft may reveal its custom-designed AI chip at Ignite in November.

🔗Link: The BBC is blocking OpenAI data scraping but is open to AI-powered journalism.

🔗Link: Snap hit with an “preliminary enforcement notice” from a UK watchdog over its “My AI” chatbot.

🔗Link: ChatGPT creator OpenAI is considering manufacturing its own AI chips, according to Reuters.

💬 Deeper Dives

Meta is paying the celebrity faces behind its AI chatbots as much as $5 million for 6 hours of work, report says

Meta's latest AI assistants, unveiled by Mark Zuckerberg at the recent Connect event, are set to play diverse roles, acting as an older sister, sports debater, and even a golf instructor. These AI entities feature the likenesses of celebrities like Kendall Jenner and MrBeast, with one top creator reportedly earning a staggering $5 million for just six hours of work in a studio. Despite their current text-based nature, Zuckerberg envisions a future where AI versions of celebrities become more prevalent, addressing the "huge need" for such virtual personas while navigating concerns around brand safety.

The Information reported the number, but the anonymous source apparently didn’t name the celebrity. Our guess is it’s Snoop Dogg.

This science-fiction writer thinks AI needs its own body

In a recent interview with The Wall Street Journal, celebrated science-fiction author Ann Leckie, known for her award-winning novel "Ancillary Justice," proposes a radical idea for the future of AI: she suggests giving AI a body. Leckie, who explores complex themes of identity, gender, and the mind-body problem in her works, contends that for AI to progress beyond mere mimicry, it needs an embodiment akin to human emotions. Drawing parallels with her own diverse narrative choices, where all characters use female pronouns, she envisions a world where gender is irrelevant. Leckie's unconventional perspective challenges conventional notions of AI and prompts contemplation on the path to true machine sentience. (Read more)

Europe's AI startup challenge

As European AI startups strive for regional dominance in the face of global giants like OpenAI, Meta Platforms, and Google, the push for an "OpenAI of Europe" seems driven by regulatory concerns, language-specific nuances, and the quest for a competitive startup ecosystem. The argument for a Europe-specific AI developer, however, falls short as strict regulations haven't hindered Western companies, and the real challenge lies in creating superior AI models. Skepticism from investors towards London-based Conjecture, and challenges faced by Mistral AI's Mistral 7B model, highlight the complexities Europe faces in carving its niche in the AI landscape. (Read more)

Why Walmart thinks AI won’t cut jobs

Walmart is integrating AI tools to enhance efficiency, particularly in tasks like inventory management and truck loading. Despite the increased automation, the retail giant insists that these advancements won't lead to job cuts. Instead, employees are shifted to different roles within the store, such as managing online orders, as Walmart plans to maintain or increase its workforce while expanding AI technology in the coming years. (Read more)

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🤳 Extra reads

• 🔗Futurism: AI chatbots are only useful if you think they are, scientists find.

• 🔗The New Yorker: How will A.I. learn next?

• 🔗Financial Times: Workers could be the ones to regulate AI.

• 🔗Fortune: Meet the 34-year-old CTO behind OpenAI’s ChatGPT.

• 🔗TechCrunch: Artists across industries are strategizing together around AI concerns.

The team behind today’s issue: Lavena Xu-Johnson, Hubert Trinkunas and Rosa Cecilia.