• Of course Netflix is making a film about learning to love AI

    The logline for Netflix’s upcoming film, Atlas, reads, “Atlas Shepherd (Jennifer Lopez), a brilliant but misanthropic data analyst with a deep distrust of artificial intelligence, joins a mission to capture a renegade robot with whom she shares a mysterious past. But when plans go awry, her only hope of saving the future of humanity from AI is to trust it.” Which begs the question did an AI write this? Technically, no. The film was penned by Leo Sardarian (StartUp) and Aron Eli Coleite (The...

  • Europe taps deep learning to make industrial robots safer colleagues

    Demand for industrial robots is rising in Europe, especially driven by the benefits of automation. However, there are ongoing challenges in ensuring seamless collaboration with humans while maintaining safety. To address this issue, a consortium of European universities, technology accelerators, and private research labs is launching the RoboSAPIENs project. The aim is to build the necessary safety mechanisms with a particular focus on adaptive industrial robots — a category of autonomous...

  • Who wins AI? How do they Make Money? Will Voice Be the Main Interaction to AI?

    Microsoft is doing very well by buying OpenAI. OpenAI is making money now. AI Models are becoming commoditized. In the long run, there seems to be a race to the bottom on pricing. Open Source AI models like Meta could be used to become the Platform. All of the development happens on your platform. If

  • Representation In AI Development Matters — Follow These 5 Principles to Make AI More Inclusive For All

    Four out of five leaders and other execs want to learn more about how to use AI in their professional roles, but how can you craft it to also make diversity and inclusion a collective North Star?

  • Multi-Modal AI on Ray-Ban Smart Glasses Makes Wearable AI Less Dumb

    The Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses II, which Chris Niccolls described as impressive but ultimately a "luxury solution in search of a problem" in his review for PetaPixel, look to have found a problem to solve thanks to some fancy new AI technology. [Read More]

  • Forget Work-Life Balance, Samsung Makes 6-Day Work Week Mandatory For Executives

    Samsung , in a bold move to address its recent financial challenges, has mandated a six-day work week for its executive staff.Last year, the South Korean conglomerate faced a significant financial challenge, with its operating profit dropping by 85% to $4.7 billion, marking its worst performance since 2009.Despite this, the company's net profit remained strong, albeit with a 73% decrease in the final quarter of 2023 to $11.24 billion, demonstrating Samsung's resilience in the face of...

  • Dropzone AI gets $16.85M for autonomous cybersecurity AI agents that reduce manual work by 90 percent

    Dropzone AI announced a $16.85 million Series A round led by Theory Ventures to help bring its cybersecurity AI agents to market.

  • People are making 'digital clones' of themselves — to do their work for them

    Holistic health advocate Deepak Chopra, 77, is one of several people who have digitally “cloned” themselves — his lifelike-AI fills in on Zoom calls.

  • Embedding AI into education will personalize learning

    Today’s education system is driven by rules and standardization, too often ignoring the specific needs of individual learners, particularly those already facing disadvantages. AI can change that.  AI can be the catalyst we need to finally bridge the digital divide and uplift all students. AI can redefine education, creating personalized, dynamic learning pathways that are attuned to each learner’s needs. With AI, each student can proceed at their own pace, with AI adjusting to a real-time...

  • 'AI helps me to make wine for younger drinkers'

    The winemakers using artificial intelligence to help them grow grapes and blend their wines.

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    12 Hot AI Startups That Brands Are Working With

    While buzzy AI startups like OpenAI and Stable Diffusion have caught marketers’ attention, many lesser-known gen AI startups have secured investments and contracts with major brands such as L'Oréal, ESPN, Pepsi, and Garnier. AI funding in the U.S. grew by 14% year-over-year in 2023, (OpenAI released ChatGPT in Nov. 2022), raising $42.5 billion across 2,500 equity rounds, per CB Insights. There is a ballooning number of gen AI startups—Dealroom counts some 1,200—which are solving problems...

  • How to setup ChatGPT to make automated phone calls for you

    If you are interested in learning more about how you can automate ChatGPT to make phone calls for you this quick guide will show you how. By integrating ChatGPT-4 with telephony services to enable both businesses and individuals to to use ChatGPT to make outbound voice calls on your behalf. The simple automation system uses […]