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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

https://open.spotify.com/episode/6DS3f6RoF5lwUq1WPRaDSZ

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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Revolutionizing Reading: 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

AI Research

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

Revolutionizing Edge AI: Kneron's KL730 NPU Breakthrough

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

Product Launches

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

Marqeta Unveils First Generative AI Investments

Finances

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

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

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

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

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

AI in Show Business

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

Extras