Plugged-In

• Revolutionizing Reading: Google Chrome's AI Summarizes Articles

• OpenAI GPT-4's Breakthrough: Redefining Content Moderation

• Introduction of Amazon Bedrock service for accessible FMs through API

• Text to Sticker: WhatsApp's AI Wizardry Unleashed

Revolutionizing Reading: Chrome's AI Summarizes Articles

• New generative AI capabilities in Search

• Google launches AI-powered Search experience (SGE)

• Definitions within AI-generated responses

• A better understanding of coding information in AI overviews

• Easier learning using generative AI while browsing the web

OpenAI GPT-4's Breakthrough: Redefining Content Moderation

• OpenAI develops GPT-4 for content moderation - lightens burden on human moderation teams - link

• GPT-4 prompted with policy for moderation judgements & Test set of content examples created for evaluation

• The process reduces the time for new policy implementation to hours

• OpenAI's approach differs from rigid methods like Anthropic's

• AI-powered moderation tools are not new. Google's Perspective launched years ago.

• Startups offering automated moderation: Spectrum Labs, Cinder, Hive, Oterlu

Introduction of Amazon Bedrock service for accessible FMs through API

• Amazon introduces the "Bedrock" service for easy access to FMs (Few-shot Models) from AI21 Labs, Anthropic, Stability AI, and Amazon through an API.

• Bedrock simplifies building and scaling generative AI applications, democratizing access.

• Offers powerful FMs for text and images, including Amazon's Titan FMs, via AWS-managed service.

• Customers can find, customize, integrate, and deploy models without managing infrastructure.

Cutting-edge FMs available, such as Jurassic-2 multilingual LLMs, Claude for conversational tasks, and Stability AI's text-to-image models.

Text to Sticker: WhatsApp's AI Wizardry Unleashed

• WhatsApp testing AI-generated stickers

• Similar to Midjoureny or OpenAI's DALL-E models

• Generates images based on text alone

• Allows creation of basic, personalized images

• Shareable as stickers with WhatsApp friends or groups

AI Research

LiteLLM - A streamlined library for standardizing OpenAI, Cohere, Azure, Anthropic, Llama2, and LLM Input/Output

light package to simplify calling OpenAI, Azure, Cohere, Anthropic, Huggingface API Endpoints. It manages:

• Translating inputs to the provider's completion and embedding endpoints

• Guarantees consistent output, text responses will always be available at ['choices'][0]['message']['content']

• Exception mapping - common exceptions across providers are mapped to the OpenAI exception types

Revolutionizing Edge AI: Kneron's KL730 NPU Breakthrough

• Qualcomm-backed Kneron introduces breakthrough KL730 NPU chip for edge AI.

• KL730 chip features an integrated Image Signal Processor (ISP) for secure and energy-efficient AI. Applications include enterprise-edge servers, smart home appliances, and advanced driving assistance systems.

• Kneron previously launched a KL530 edge AI chip supporting transformer neural networks.

• Companies like Toyota, Quanta, Hanwha, and Dessmann rely on Kneron's expertise for tech advancements.

Using Generative Artificial Intelligence in the Auto Industry: Design, Engineering, Production, and Sales

• Smart factories' adoption of Omniverse and generative AI APIs

• Connection of design and engineering tools for digital twins

• Utilization of NVIDIA AI and Omniverse Cloud

• Development of unified 3D workflows and OpenUSD applications

• Enhanced capabilities for automotive OEMs & more efficient creation of personalized visual content

Product Launches

Based on 5 years of proprietary data, Dialpad launches generative AI

• Dialpad announces the launch of DialpadGPT

• First LLM designed for customer service, sales, and recruiting

• Automates tasks like summarizing sales, customer service, and team activities

• Dialpad acquired TalkIQ, an enterprise AI leader in conversational data, in early 2018

Marqeta Unveils First Generative AI Investments

• Marqeta unveils Marqeta Docs AI - AI-powered external-facing Q&A tool

• Early test results from the internal code generation tool

• Reduced coding and testing tasks time by up to 75%

• Easier integration with APIs and embedding payment solutions

• Generates new revenue streams and increases customer loyalty

• Opens the door for additional tools to reduce time to value and increase the speed of results

Finances

Symmetry Systems raises $17.7 million to enhance its AI-driven data security platform

• Symmetry Systems secures $17.7 million funding for Data Security Posture Management (DSPM) platform.

• Notable investors include ForgePoint Capital, Prefix Capital, W11 Capital Management, and TSG.

• DSPM offers vigilant monitoring, exposure risk mitigation, and compliance audits.

• AI integration focus with LLM-based natural language interface introduction.

• Symmetry DataGuard stands out for meticulous data object and identity scrutiny.

• Symmetry Systems received $3 million in 2020 and $15 million in 2021.

$15 million is raised by Voiceflow, a platform for building conversational AI experiences

• Launched in 2019 by a Toronto-based trio. Initially built apps for Amazon Alexa.

• Competitors: Google-owned Dialogflow, IBM Watson, AWS Lex, Microsoft Bot Framework, Quiq, Yellow Messenger, Rasa, Level AI

• Competing startups raised over $100 million collectively

• Voiceflow has 450 customers, including Amazon, JP Morgan, The Home Depot, State Farm, Vodafone, and an unnamed government agency

• Approximately 130,000 users on the platform

Clari's acquisition of Groove for enhancing sales engagement and revenue process

• Clari acquires Groove to enhance sales engagement capabilities and integrate with Revenue Platform.

• Expanded Clari capabilities offer predictions, insights, playbooks, and full revenue workflow execution.

• CEOs can achieve revenue visibility, predictability, and control through the integration.

• Groove's pipeline creation and conversion strengths complement Clari's Revenue Platform.

Cash Rain Alert: Persefoni's Climate Quest Gets $50m Boost

• Funding round led by TPG Rise - Persefoni secures $50 million in Series C-1 funding

• Offers climate management and accounting platform (CMAP) for financial institutions and businesses

• Other participants: Alumni Ventures, Bain & Co., Clearvision Ventures, EDF, ENEOS Innovation Partners, NGP Energy Technology Partners, Parkway Ventures, Prelude Ventures, Rice Investment Group

• Current partners: Workiva, Deloitte, ERM, Bain & Co.

AI Table Talks 🗣️

Pinterest's Senior VP Jeremy King on images and inspiration with artificial intelligence

Covariant Co-founder Peter Chen: A Conversation on AI Robotics

• 2023: pivotal year, "ChatGPT moment" for robotics

• Covariant Brain's AI-powered robots ready for extensive scaling

• Diverse industries to be impacted

• Rapid growth and transformative impact expected

• Marks culmination of AI Robotics journey

AI in Show Business

Writers are being offered AI and metrics as part of studio proposals

• Studios may provide writers with viewership metrics for streaming content

• Showrunners could gain more authority over production staffing size

• Stricter regulation of AI technology usage proposed. Full details of the proposal not disclosed

• New offer from the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers to the Writers Guild of America

Extras

• Startups with the potential to make a billion dollars by 2023 - link

• Baby Bump Behind Bars: When Facial Recognition Gets a Little Too Personal - link

• A.I.: Not the Architect, But It's Racing the Clock - link

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