Vision Beyond Sight, Notion's AI Strategy and more

07/07/23 • 5 min

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In today's episode:
1. The GPT-4 model presents a transformative potential for visually impaired individuals, offering a more vivid and engaging experience of their surroundings despite challenges in precision and real-time responsiveness.
2. Despite a new fund of €300 million, Notion remains cautious about significant investments in generative AI startups, underscoring concerns about the technology's current capabilities, ethical considerations, and market readiness.
3. OpenAI has established a dedicated team to mitigate the risk of rogue AI, an initiative that echoes the rising anxieties about superintelligent AI surpassing human capabilities and potentially causing catastrophic consequences.
4. A Gartner survey reveals that 79% of global corporate strategists view AI, analytics, and automation as critical for success, indicating their growing importance in shaping corporate strategies, despite challenges in upskilling and strategic implementation.
5. As the incidence of AI-assisted cheating increases, so too does the demand for industries dedicated to its detection. However, keeping up with the rapidly advancing world of AI manipulation is an ongoing challenge.
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Grammys Embrace Tech, Math Trick, Not Threat and more

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1. The Grammy Awards have confirmed that music partially crafted with AI tools will be eligible for major awards, reflecting the evolving landscape of the music industry.
2. An AWS executive recently downplayed the existential threat of AI, likening it to a "mathematical parlor trick," emphasizing AI as a problem-solving tool, not a sentient being.
3. MAPFRE is pioneering research to understand and mitigate the risks associated with AI, aiming to enable the deployment of Responsible AI (RAI).
4. An automotive executive stated that AI will extend beyond just products, emphasizing that AI and digital tools will revolutionize various aspects of business operations.
5. Bridgewater Associates is leveraging AI for high-return investment strategies, navigating challenges like data privacy, potentially setting a precedent for other financial institutions.
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GPT-4 API: Now Accessible, AI Shapes Crypto World and more

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In today's episode:
1. OpenAI has announced the general availability of GPT-4 through its API, its latest text-generating model. This model can generate text and accept both image and text inputs, marking a significant advancement in AI capabilities. However, it's not without its limitations, as it sometimes "hallucinates" facts and makes reasoning errors.
2. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is becoming increasingly valuable in navigating the complexities of the cryptocurrency market. AI offers a range of benefits, including automated trading, market analysis, risk management, fraud detection, price prediction, portfolio management, enhanced security, regulatory compliance, market sentiment analysis, and liquidity assessment.
3. A recent incident involving an AI-generated article published on Gizmodo's science fiction section io9 has sparked controversy within the media industry. The article, riddled with factual errors and omissions, was published without the input of the site's human writers, leading to widespread criticism.
4. VersusGame has launched VersusLM, an AI technology that enables the creation of prediction games for virtually any media. The technology, integrated with VersusGame’s flagship product MiniGames, allows customers and partners to generate contextually relevant content without any additional workload.
5. Yuval Noah Harari, the renowned Israeli historian and author, has called for stringent criminal sentences for creators of AI bots that impersonate humans. Speaking at the UN’s AI for Good global summit, Harari warned of the potential societal implications of allowing AI bots to proliferate unchecked.
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