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⚡️ New tech: Lab-grown pet food meat?
Welcome, Tech enthusiasts.
In an industry-first, startup Bene Meat gained EU approval to sell more nutritious, sustainable lab-grown meat for pet food.
Are you ditch your pet’s brown kibble for a lab-grown alternative? Let’s get into it.
In today’s tech rundown:
First lab-grown 'cultivated' meat approved for pet food
New gene therapy treatment lowers cholesterol
10 new products
7 quick stories
Read time: 3 minutes
TODAY’S HEADLINES
FOOD TECH
🐶 First lab-grown 'cultivated' meat approved for pet food
Image source: Bene Meat
The Rundown: A Czech startup called Bene Meat Technologies just received the first-ever approval to sell lab-grown meat for pet food in the EU, marking a new production source for the industry.
The details:
Bene Meat received a license from the EU, allowing it to produce and sell pet food made from animal cells grown in a bioreactor.
This cultivated meat aims to be more sustainable, ethical, and consistent compared to traditional pet food.
The final products, made from living animal cells, could launch in 2024 pending deals with manufacturers.
The relevance: With many ditching the burnt brown chow for better options, this novel protein source could improve pet nutrition and lower environmental impact — the question is if prices can remain competitive with other options.
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MEDICAL RESEARCH
🧬 First human trials of gene therapy lowers cholesterol
Image source: Nature
The Rundown: The first human trial of a precise gene editing technique called base editing successfully reduced LDL cholesterol levels up to 55% in participants but also saw adverse effects — including one death.
The details:
Biotech firm Verve Therapeutics tested their ‘base editing’ treatment VERVE-101, which disables a gene that regulates LDL cholesterol.
10 patients with life-threatening high cholesterol received VERVE-101 injections, showing LDL reductions persisting for 6 months.
However, the trial also saw two concerning adverse events, including one death from a heart attack — raising significant safety questions.
The relevance: Heart disease remains an enormous health burden globally, so potential new options are exciting if proven safe — but safety (and ethical use) of gene editing will be a major hurdle as the tech continues to develop.
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SNIPPETS
Amazon's Alexa app introduces Map View, a digital mapping feature for easy smart home device management and control.
TikTok introduces a feature to save songs directly to Spotify and Amazon Music, streamlining the music discovery and listening experience.
Uber is implementing measures to identify and prevent users from unfairly manipulating ratings for refunds, enhancing fairness and safety for drivers.
DeepMind's new AI system, GraphCast, is now the most precise 10-day global weather forecasting model.
Juno mission detects surface salts on Ganymede, indicating an underground saltwater ocean.
Microsoft is testing new features for Copilot AI in Windows 11, including an option for it to launch automatically on startup and the ability to resize its panel.
The US military is conducting supersonic B-1 Lancer bomber missions in the Middle East, showcasing its rapid combat power projection capabilities.
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🤖 GPT-5 in progress as OpenAI eyes AGI
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Welcome, AI enthusiasts.
OpenAI just revealed it's already working on GPT-5, seeking Microsoft's funds to train the expensive successor in a relentless pursuit of AGI.
The blistering progress makes us wonder — is the world ready for what comes next? Let’s get into it…
In today’s AI rundown:
OpenAI confirms it's working on GPT-5, advanced AI agents
NVIDIA launches new H200 chip for advanced AI workloads
10 new AI tools to try
How to build AI agents with GPT Builder
AI robot chemist cooks up oxygen on Mars
Google eyes big stake in chatbot startup Character AI
Read time: 3 minutes
LATEST DEVELOPMENTS
OPENAI
😱 OpenAI confirms it's working on GPT-5
Image source: Midjourney
The Rundown: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman just revealed the company is actively working on GPT-5 and expects to raise more money from Microsoft to advance the goal of creating AGI.
The details:
OpenAI is currently working on advanced autonomous software agents and GPT-5, requiring more data and computing power.
The company has massive costs of training increasingly complex AI models and is seeking additional funds from Microsoft.
Altman says the training will require procuring more data, both public and private, to improve the model.
The relevance: Last week at DevDay, Sam Altman said that this year’s announcements would look ‘quaint’ compared to next year. If GPT-5 is on the table… We may be in for a wild ride.
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NVIDIA
💾 NVIDIA launches H200 GPU for advanced AI workloads
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The Rundown: NVIDIA just announced their new H200 GPU chip based on the Hopper architecture, a powerful upgrade aimed at accelerating generative AI.
The details:
The H200 features up to 141GB of memory, providing nearly double the capacity and 2.4x more bandwidth than the previous A100 chip.
Upgrades allow the H200 to handle massive data requirements of large genAI models and high-performance workloads.
The H200 will start shipping in computer servers from major manufacturers beginning in mid-2024, and will also be available in NVIDIA's GH200 Grace Hopper Superchip.
Our thoughts: The H200's expanded memory and bandwidth seem optimized to push the boundaries of large generative models — and it’s getting hard to fathom the power these future chips will have. Will this be the push NVIDIA needs to join the top 5 largest publicly traded companies?
TRENDING TOOLS
🤖 Deepgram- Instantly transcribe conversations in multiple languages with the industry-leading Nova-2 model (link)*
🖼️ LogoPicture AI- Create optical illusion art with your logo (link)
🔍 Lebesgue- Scraping global marketing data to make your marketing work (link)
📩 Klu- One search bar for all your Gmail accounts (link)
💪 Planfit- Personalized workout coaching w/ machine learning + ChatGPT (link)
🎨 Uizard- Design wireframes, prototypes, and mockups quickly and easily (link)
🌐 Vondy- A search engine application to guide you to your productivity needs (link)
👩🏽🍳ChefGPT- AI digital chef & kitchen companion (link)
🏗 Softr- Create business apps with no code and AI (link)
🤖 Forefront- Your AI assistant for work (link)
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AI TRAINING
⚡️ How to build AI agents with GPT Builder
OpenAI's new custom GPTs allow anyone to build their own AI agents. By using Actions and Zapier, you can automate your work across 1000+ apps.
Here's an advanced tutorial on how to add actions to your custom GPTs:
What are actions? Actions allow you to connect custom GPTs to an external app using an API. For our example, we’re connecting my GPT to Zapier, allowing it to post to LinkedIn on our behalf.
Configure your GPT & Add actions: Ensure you have an existing custom agent set up first. In GPT Builder, click "Add actions" then "Import from URL" to connect an app API.
Import Zapier (example): Use Zapier to automate across 1000+ apps. Create actions in Zapier by connecting your GPT and target apps.
Configure the Zap: Link accounts, set triggers, and name the Zap. Select "Have AI guess" for custom fields.
Add Zap instructions: Paste the Zapier rule syntax under your existing GPT instructions. Then, edit your actions to customize rules with your Zap's name and confirmation URL.
Test and refresh: Confirm your GPT can authenticate and trigger the automated workflow.
With custom actions, your GPT agents can integrate with other apps to work on your behalf — automate your workflows seamlessly!
QUICK HITS
💸 RSVP for free Predictions 2024 event with Scott Galloway (sponsor)
Join NYU Stern professor Scott Galloway’s annual Predictions event, where he’ll share unfiltered predictions on AI, business, and more and review his wins and losses from 2023.
🤖 AI robot chemist cooks up oxygen on Mars
Chinese researchers just built an AI robot that can extract oxygen from Martian water. By analyzing meteorites, the bot created a catalyst to unlock oxygen from H2O — no Earth imports needed. The AI chemist hints at a future where AI unlocks resources across the solar system.
🤝 Google eyes big stake in Character AI
Google is negotiating a massive investment in Character.AI in the “hundreds of millions,” according to a report from Reuters. A deal would deepen ties between the generative AI chatbot darling and Google Cloud — with the startup already using Google’s services and Tensor chips.
💼 New jobs in the world of AI
Engineering Manager, LLM Scaling at Anthropic
Data Annotator/ AI Data Trainer - STEM at Cohere
Vision Machine Learning Engineer at Hugging Face
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❤️ Rundown review of the day
🤖 GPT-5 in progress as OpenAI eyes AGI
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Welcome, AI enthusiasts.
OpenAI just revealed it's already working on GPT-5, seeking Microsoft's funds to train the expensive successor in a relentless pursuit of AGI.
The blistering progress makes us wonder — is the world ready for what comes next? Let’s get into it…
In today’s AI rundown:
OpenAI confirms it's working on GPT-5, advanced AI agents
NVIDIA launches new H200 chip for advanced AI workloads
10 new AI tools to try
How to build AI agents with GPT Builder
AI robot chemist cooks up oxygen on Mars
Google eyes big stake in chatbot startup Character AI
Read time: 3 minutes
LATEST DEVELOPMENTS
OPENAI
😱 OpenAI confirms it's working on GPT-5
Image source: Midjourney
The Rundown: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman just revealed the company is actively working on GPT-5 and expects to raise more money from Microsoft to advance the goal of creating AGI.
The details:
OpenAI is currently working on advanced autonomous software agents and GPT-5, requiring more data and computing power.
The company has massive costs of training increasingly complex AI models and is seeking additional funds from Microsoft.
Altman says the training will require procuring more data, both public and private, to improve the model.
The relevance: Last week at DevDay, Sam Altman said that this year’s announcements would look ‘quaint’ compared to next year. If GPT-5 is on the table… We may be in for a wild ride.
TOGETHER WITH LUCID REALITY
🧠 Maximize your human intelligence.
The Rundown: Designed for ambitious minds, Lucid Reality is an app that uses science-backed techniques to help you become more awake, alert, and present in the moment.
Get deeper, more restful sleep.
Start lucid dreaming.
Boost daytime alertness and focus.
Learn how to relax and recharge anytime.
Supercharge your brain to achieve its potential. Download Lucid Reality today with an exclusive 30-day free trial.
NVIDIA
💾 NVIDIA launches H200 GPU for advanced AI workloads
Image source: NVIDIA
The Rundown: NVIDIA just announced their new H200 GPU chip based on the Hopper architecture, a powerful upgrade aimed at accelerating generative AI.
The details:
The H200 features up to 141GB of memory, providing nearly double the capacity and 2.4x more bandwidth than the previous A100 chip.
Upgrades allow the H200 to handle massive data requirements of large genAI models and high-performance workloads.
The H200 will start shipping in computer servers from major manufacturers beginning in mid-2024, and will also be available in NVIDIA's GH200 Grace Hopper Superchip.
Our thoughts: The H200's expanded memory and bandwidth seem optimized to push the boundaries of large generative models — and it’s getting hard to fathom the power these future chips will have. Will this be the push NVIDIA needs to join the top 5 largest publicly traded companies?
TRENDING TOOLS
🤖 Deepgram- Instantly transcribe conversations in multiple languages with the industry-leading Nova-2 model (link)*
🖼️ LogoPicture AI- Create optical illusion art with your logo (link)
🔍 Lebesgue- Scraping global marketing data to make your marketing work (link)
📩 Klu- One search bar for all your Gmail accounts (link)
💪 Planfit- Personalized workout coaching w/ machine learning + ChatGPT (link)
🎨 Uizard- Design wireframes, prototypes, and mockups quickly and easily (link)
🌐 Vondy- A search engine application to guide you to your productivity needs (link)
👩🏽🍳ChefGPT- AI digital chef & kitchen companion (link)
🏗 Softr- Create business apps with no code and AI (link)
🤖 Forefront- Your AI assistant for work (link)
Browse the most popular tools ever featured with our tool database.
* = This is sponsored content
AI TRAINING
⚡️ How to build AI agents with GPT Builder
OpenAI's new custom GPTs allow anyone to build their own AI agents. By using Actions and Zapier, you can automate your work across 1000+ apps.
Here's an advanced tutorial on how to add actions to your custom GPTs:
What are actions? Actions allow you to connect custom GPTs to an external app using an API. For our example, we’re connecting my GPT to Zapier, allowing it to post to LinkedIn on our behalf.
Configure your GPT & Add actions: Ensure you have an existing custom agent set up first. In GPT Builder, click "Add actions" then "Import from URL" to connect an app API.
Import Zapier (example): Use Zapier to automate across 1000+ apps. Create actions in Zapier by connecting your GPT and target apps.
Configure the Zap: Link accounts, set triggers, and name the Zap. Select "Have AI guess" for custom fields.
Add Zap instructions: Paste the Zapier rule syntax under your existing GPT instructions. Then, edit your actions to customize rules with your Zap's name and confirmation URL.
Test and refresh: Confirm your GPT can authenticate and trigger the automated workflow.
With custom actions, your GPT agents can integrate with other apps to work on your behalf — automate your workflows seamlessly!
QUICK HITS
💸 RSVP for free Predictions 2024 event with Scott Galloway (sponsor)
Join NYU Stern professor Scott Galloway’s annual Predictions event, where he’ll share unfiltered predictions on AI, business, and more and review his wins and losses from 2023.
🤖 AI robot chemist cooks up oxygen on Mars
Chinese researchers just built an AI robot that can extract oxygen from Martian water. By analyzing meteorites, the bot created a catalyst to unlock oxygen from H2O — no Earth imports needed. The AI chemist hints at a future where AI unlocks resources across the solar system.
🤝 Google eyes big stake in Character AI
Google is negotiating a massive investment in Character.AI in the “hundreds of millions,” according to a report from Reuters. A deal would deepen ties between the generative AI chatbot darling and Google Cloud — with the startup already using Google’s services and Tensor chips.
💼 New jobs in the world of AI
Engineering Manager, LLM Scaling at Anthropic
Data Annotator/ AI Data Trainer - STEM at Cohere
Vision Machine Learning Engineer at Hugging Face
Browse all available AI job positions with our job board.
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⚡️The UK's new battlefield surgery simulator
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Welcome, Tech enthusiasts.
The UK military just unveiled SAM, an ultra-lifelike trauma simulator that breathes, bleeds, and graphically mimics war wounds to prep surgeons.
Can this new tech help better prepare doctors for the horrors of the battlefield? Let’s dig in…
In today’s tech rundown:
UK military unveils ultra-realistic trauma simulator
New 'cooling ceramic' enhances building energy efficiency
10 new products
7 quick stories
Read time: 3 minutes
TODAY’S HEADLINES
MILITARY TECH
🩺 UK military unveils ultra-realistic trauma simulator
Image source: MoD
The Rundown: The UK Ministry of Defence just introduced a new surgical training mannequin called SAM (Surgical Advanced Mannequin) that accurately mimics gruesome war injuries.
The details:
SAM replicates battlefield wounds and conditions using CT scans and 3D printing.
It can breathe, bleed, and undergo exploratory surgery for medics to practice life-saving techniques.
The gory realism provides valuable preparation for military surgeons before deploying overseas.
The newest SAM model was recently implemented for the first time in full-scale field hospital training exercises.
The relevance: Medical mannequins have come a long way from the classic CPR dummies of the past. These ultra-realistic tools can help surgeons better prepare for gruesome situations that were previously impossible to simulate well.
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MATERIAL BREAKTHROUGHS
🏡 New 'cooling ceramic' enhances building energy efficiency
Image source: City University of Hong Kong
The Rundown: Researchers at City University of Hong Kong just developed a ceramic material that passively cools buildings without electricity or refrigerants.
The details:
The ultra-white ceramic scatters almost all sunlight, reflecting 99.6% back out and keeping interiors cooler.
It's made from durable alumina ceramic that stands up to weather, resists UV damage, and mimics the bio-white of the Cyphochilus beetle.
The porous nanostructure also enhances cooling from water evaporation on hot days.
Why it matters: This versatile, durable material could substantially cut energy use across the construction sector — reducing huge amounts of power and emissions from traditional AC usage.
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🎓 Monic AI- Learn anything faster with AI (link)
📢 LOVO- Realistic AI voice generator and text-to-speech (link)
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🥥 Coconaut AI- Create a C=chatbot like ChatGPT powered by your data (link)
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SNIPPETS
Amazon laid off around 180 employees in its games division, shutting down its Twitch-focused Crown Channel and refocusing on Prime Gaming.
The Nepal government has decided to ban TikTok, citing negative effects on social harmony like encouraging hate speech.
Uber is implementing new features to address unfair driver deactivations, like identifying serial complainers seeking refunds and expanding an in-app review process.
The interest cost on U.S. debt surged 87% to $88.9 billion in October as higher bond yields and deficit spending increased concerns over the sustainability of debt levels.
Meta introduces an option to delete Threads accounts independently from Instagram, addressing a common user complaint since the app's launch.
Google files a lawsuit against scammers who were spreading malware disguised as its Bard AI chatbot, tricking users into downloading harmful software.
The U.S. is examining 2,786 MHz of spectrum for next-gen wireless services, aiming to improve allocation and reduce interference.
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❤️ Rundown review of the day
🤖 OpenAI's attempt to steal Google talent
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Welcome, AI enthusiasts.
OpenAI is waving big money at Google AI specialists, aiming to poach more top talent before its valuation skyrockets.
As competition intensifies, winning the AI race increasingly means winning the best minds. Let’s dive in…
In today’s AI rundown:
OpenAI recruits Google AI experts with HUGE offers
Hollywood actors strike ends with deal on AI use
10 new AI tools to try
How to find the best new custom GPTs
New report: AI boosts low-performing employees the most
GPT-4 Turbo model is officially live
RunwayML shows off new motion brush feature
Read time: 4 minutes
LATEST DEVELOPMENTS
OPENAI
💰 OpenAI recruits Google AI experts with HUGE offers
Image source: Midjourney
The Rundown: OpenAI is reportedly enticing top AI researchers from Google to join them with highly lucrative compensation packages as high as a whopping $10 million per year.
The details:
OpenAI's recruiters are focused on luring senior AI talent at Google working on models like Gemini.
The supersized offers come as OpenAI nears completion of a major employee stock sale that could triple its valuation.
New AI chip projects, including Microsoft’s ‘Athena’ and AMD’s MI300X, could provide hardware advantages to OpenAI versus Google's TPUs.
The relevance: While we often highlight the escalating AI race for the top LLMs, there is also a war being fought for the top AI worker talent. No matter the company — its certainly a good time to be a top AI researcher.
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HOLLYWOOD & AI
🎬 Hollywood actors strike ends with deal on AI use
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The Rundown: The SAG-AFTRA actors strike has finally ended after reaching a tentative deal, following months of negotiations over AI use and streaming residuals.
The details:
The 118-day strike was the longest in Hollywood history, halting many productions.
A major sticking point was reuse of AI scans to digitally recreate actors without consent or compensation.
The studios' previous proposal allowed unlimited scans of veteran actors post-mortem, which the union opposed.
The final deal concedes some restrictions and payments around AI model use — and comes on the heels of Hollywood writers securing landmark restrictions on studios' use of AI scripts in September.
Why it matters: The strike ends for now, letting Hollywood productions resume. But with AI’s growth not likely to slow any time soon, the issue of its use in the industry is likely far from settled.
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🧑 VocAI Chatbot- Resolve 80% of your customer support questions with no code (link)
🍎 OllamaC- A macOS app for interacting with the Ollama models (link)
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💬 AlTable.ai- Turn tables into AI chatbots for your website & social media (link)
👩🎨 Looka- AI-powered platform to design a logo and build a brand in seconds (link)
📚 Morise AI- Reads your videos and generates everything in seconds (link)
📊 Sheet AI- Put AI in your Google Sheets (link)
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AI TRAINING
🔎 How to find the best new GPTs
There have been an endless supply of new GPTs created since launching last week. Wondering how to find the best ones?
The Rundown now has a GPT directory, organizing the top community submissions and curating favorites.
Follow the steps below to start exploring:
Step 1: Navigate to the GPTs section of Supertools.
Step 2: Filter based on the type of GPT you are looking for. We’ve broken it up into different categories like Image Generation, Productivity, Developer, Health, etc. to easily find the perfect tools.
Step 3: Submit your own GPT by clicking on the ‘Submit Tool’ tab and providing the relevant details (description, category, link, etc.)
Now you can quickly find the perfect customized GPT for your needs, and share your tool with the community! Let us know your favorites — and check out this thread for some of the coolest ones we’ve seen so far.
QUICK HITS
📶 Study: GenAI boosts low-performing workers most
A new report shows AI tools like ChatGPT are transforming knowledge work, with low-performing employees seeing the biggest benefit. The key for workers — becoming "cyborgs" and "centaurs," meshing AI into workflows vs handing off tasks.
⚙️ Altman: GPT-4 Turbo now live
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman tweeted that the upgraded GPT-4 Turbo model is now live, and should be ‘a lot better’ than the previous models. The upgrade comes after a turbulent week of outages and degraded performance after reported DDoS attacks from hacker groups.
🎥 Runway debuts motion brush
AI video platform Runway introduced an impressive update called ‘motion brush’, a new tool coming to its Gen-2 product that allows for more intuitive movement control within outputs.
💼 New jobs in the world of AI
Research Engineer - Large Language Models at Synthesia
Program Manager, Recruiting Operations at OpenAI
Tech Lead Manager (Security) at Anyscale
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🤖 OpenAI's attempt to steal Google talent
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Welcome, AI enthusiasts.
OpenAI is waving big money at Google AI specialists, aiming to poach more top talent before its valuation skyrockets.
As competition intensifies, winning the AI race increasingly means winning the best minds. Let’s dive in…
In today’s AI rundown:
OpenAI recruits Google AI experts with HUGE offers
Hollywood actors strike ends with deal on AI use
10 new AI tools to try
How to find the best new custom GPTs
New report: AI boosts low-performing employees the most
GPT-4 Turbo model is officially live
RunwayML shows off new motion brush feature
Read time: 4 minutes
LATEST DEVELOPMENTS
OPENAI
💰 OpenAI recruits Google AI experts with HUGE offers
Image source: Midjourney
The Rundown: OpenAI is reportedly enticing top AI researchers from Google to join them with highly lucrative compensation packages as high as a whopping $10 million per year.
The details:
OpenAI's recruiters are focused on luring senior AI talent at Google working on models like Gemini.
The supersized offers come as OpenAI nears completion of a major employee stock sale that could triple its valuation.
New AI chip projects, including Microsoft’s ‘Athena’ and AMD’s MI300X, could provide hardware advantages to OpenAI versus Google's TPUs.
The relevance: While we often highlight the escalating AI race for the top LLMs, there is also a war being fought for the top AI worker talent. No matter the company — its certainly a good time to be a top AI researcher.
TOGETHER WITH GRAFT
🔥 Turn your data into a goldmine of insights
The Rundown: Graft Predict is your key to unlocking AI's predictive power tailored for your business needs.
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HOLLYWOOD & AI
🎬 Hollywood actors strike ends with deal on AI use
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The Rundown: The SAG-AFTRA actors strike has finally ended after reaching a tentative deal, following months of negotiations over AI use and streaming residuals.
The details:
The 118-day strike was the longest in Hollywood history, halting many productions.
A major sticking point was reuse of AI scans to digitally recreate actors without consent or compensation.
The studios' previous proposal allowed unlimited scans of veteran actors post-mortem, which the union opposed.
The final deal concedes some restrictions and payments around AI model use — and comes on the heels of Hollywood writers securing landmark restrictions on studios' use of AI scripts in September.
Why it matters: The strike ends for now, letting Hollywood productions resume. But with AI’s growth not likely to slow any time soon, the issue of its use in the industry is likely far from settled.
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🍎 OllamaC- A macOS app for interacting with the Ollama models (link)
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💬 AlTable.ai- Turn tables into AI chatbots for your website & social media (link)
👩🎨 Looka- AI-powered platform to design a logo and build a brand in seconds (link)
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AI TRAINING
🔎 How to find the best new GPTs
There have been an endless supply of new GPTs created since launching last week. Wondering how to find the best ones?
The Rundown now has a GPT directory, organizing the top community submissions and curating favorites.
Follow the steps below to start exploring:
Step 1: Navigate to the GPTs section of Supertools.
Step 2: Filter based on the type of GPT you are looking for. We’ve broken it up into different categories like Image Generation, Productivity, Developer, Health, etc. to easily find the perfect tools.
Step 3: Submit your own GPT by clicking on the ‘Submit Tool’ tab and providing the relevant details (description, category, link, etc.)
Now you can quickly find the perfect customized GPT for your needs, and share your tool with the community! Let us know your favorites — and check out this thread for some of the coolest ones we’ve seen so far.
QUICK HITS
📶 Study: GenAI boosts low-performing workers most
A new report shows AI tools like ChatGPT are transforming knowledge work, with low-performing employees seeing the biggest benefit. The key for workers — becoming "cyborgs" and "centaurs," meshing AI into workflows vs handing off tasks.
⚙️ Altman: GPT-4 Turbo now live
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman tweeted that the upgraded GPT-4 Turbo model is now live, and should be ‘a lot better’ than the previous models. The upgrade comes after a turbulent week of outages and degraded performance after reported DDoS attacks from hacker groups.
🎥 Runway debuts motion brush
AI video platform Runway introduced an impressive update called ‘motion brush’, a new tool coming to its Gen-2 product that allows for more intuitive movement control within outputs.
💼 New jobs in the world of AI
Research Engineer - Large Language Models at Synthesia
Program Manager, Recruiting Operations at OpenAI
Tech Lead Manager (Security) at Anyscale
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⚡️ A flying car just took it's first flight!
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Welcome, Tech enthusiasts.
The Samson Switchblade, a street-legal vehicle that transforms into a small plane, just achieved a pivotal first successful test flight.
Are flying cars finally moving from fiction to reality? Let’s get into it…
In today’s tech rundown:
Samson Switchblade flying car takes first flight
Ceiling sensors track food waste in kitchens
10 new products
7 quick stories
Read time: 3 minutes
TODAY’S HEADLINES
TRANSPORTATION
🛫 Samson Switchblade flying car takes first flight
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The Rundown: The Samson Switchblade, a street-legal vehicle that transforms into a small airplane, successfully completed its first test flight after 14 years of development.
The details:
The Switchblade flies at 200 mph with a 500 mile range (35 gallon fuel tank), and converts from a motorcycle to a plane in just 3 minutes.
Over 2,300 reservations have been made for the $170,000 vehicle since its announcement over a decade ago.
The model qualifies as both a motorcycle and experimental aircraft to simplify regulations.
The first flight reached 500 ft altitude and lasted 6 minutes before landing safely in Moses Lake, WA.
The relevance: Once thought of as just science fiction, the Switchblade concept shows the potential (and demand) for a practical flying car. Though production, infrastructure, and regulations are still likely years away.
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SUSTAINABILITY
🍽️ Ceiling sensors track food waste in kitchens
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The Rundown: A startup called Positive Carbon is installing camera and lidar sensors in commercial kitchens to track exactly what food enters the trash bins, helping reduce waste by 50%.
The details:
The sensors are mounted on the ceiling above the food waste bins to autonomously monitor what is discarded.
Advanced data analytics are then run to uncover trends and patterns in what is being over-ordered, over-prepped, or over-served.
After a $2.3M funding round, Positive Carbon plans to expand to capabilities like tracking nutritional content in real-time.
Our thoughts: Automated waste tracking is a clever way to cut costs and litter in kitchens — and the potential is limitless for AI to further optimize the food chain while reducing environmental impact.
NEW PRODUCTS
📄 DocuPull- Automate the loan application process & share with lenders (link)
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🎥 VidScrolls- Transport YouTube videos to your Kindle or email (link)
📊 Tabliner- Collect data from spreadsheets without error (link)
⚙️ Bardeen- A no-code automation tool to enhance workflow productivity (link)
👩🎨 Looka- AI-powered platform to design a logo and build a brand in seconds (link)
🎤 Castmagic- Turn long-form audio into ready-to-use content assets, instantly (link)
🛠️ 60sec.site- Generates beautiful landing pages for you in under 60 seconds (link)
🗣 Speechify- transcribe everything into audio for you to listen to (link)
🎙Toasty AI- AI content creation for podcasts (link)
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SNIPPETS
Apple plans to introduce a new 12.9-inch iPad Air and update its entire iPad lineup in early 2024, with a focus on different display technologies and chips.
The Swedish startup Minesto is set to install the world's largest tidal energy 'kite', capable of powering 1,000 homes, as part of its innovative underwater renewable energy generation.
SpaceX is facing scrutiny for high injury rates among workers, attributed by employees to CEO Elon Musk's prioritization of Mars over safety protocols.
Threads users now have the option to prevent their posts from appearing on Instagram and Facebook.
The SAG-AFTRA actors union reached a tentative deal with studios after a months-long strike, securing protections around consent and payment for use of members' likenesses created via AI.
The UK Competition and Markets Authority received complaints about Google's upcoming Chrome IP address cloaking, alleging it violates commitments and harms competitors' fraud prevention.
Newport Wafer Fab, the UK's largest chip plant, was sold by its Chinese-owned operator Nexperia to US firm Vishay for $177M, after the UK ordered a divestment citing national security concerns over the China ties.
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🤖 Humane's AI Pin wants to replace smartphones
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Welcome, AI enthusiasts.
Humane revealed its new $699 smartphone-disrupting AI Pin, delivering AI assistants and apps without the need for a screen.
But can this emerging AI hardware actually put a dent in our screen addictions? Let’s get into it.
In today’s AI rundown:
Humane releases details on smartphone-disrupting AI Pin
Study: AI can detect diabetes through voice recordings
10 new AI tools to try
How to make your own custom GPTs with ChatGPT’s update
Custom GPTs now live for ChatGPT+ subscribers
Hackers damper new OpenAI rollouts with DDoS attacks
Snapchat powering new AR lenses with ChatGPT
Read time: 4 minutes
LATEST DEVELOPMENTS
HUMANE
📍Humane’s smartphone-disrupting AI Pin is here
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The Rundown: Humane has officially released more details on its hotly-anticipated $699 AI Pin, a wearable device for accessing AI hands-free through voice, gestures, and a built-in projector — with preorders set to begin on Nov. 16.
The details:
The lightweight gadget magnetically attaches to clothing and has no screen, instead controlled via touchpad, camera, laser, and built-in speakers.
Humane's AI mic software provides access to LLMs like ChatGPT and Microsoft models and aims to simplify AI use without downloading apps, settings, or always-on listening.
Demoed features include messaging, summaries, music, visual Q&A, photos, real-time translation, and nutrition analysis via food images.
Humane sees the device as a hands-free replacement to phones, and the subscription comes with its own number and service via T-Mobile.
Our thoughts: We first wrote a piece on Humane’s device in July, but these new details shed some serious light on one of the first pieces of consumer AI wearable hardware available on the market (startup since 2018).
Is it weird that of all the features mentioned, we’re most excited about the health and nutrition feature? (Demo’d at 5:55 in full launch video here)
TOGETHER WITH CONVEYOR
🔥 Automate security questionnaire answering with AI
The Rundown: There’s nothing more tedious than answering security questionnaires all day. We’d rather fight Bowser in Super Mario Bros.
So, Conveyor got AI to do it (the questionnaires, not fight Bowser 🙃).
And, they created a fun 8-bit video game to show you how it works.
Check out the interactive adventure about how you can use Conveyor’s GPT-security questionnaire automation software to destroy pesky ‘questionnaire villains’.
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MEDICAL BREAKTHROUGHS
🎤 AI detects diabetes through subtle voice changes
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The Rundown: Researchers have developed an AI system that can detect type 2 diabetes with up to 89% accuracy just by analyzing characteristics of a smartphone recording of a person's voice.
Key points:
The AI studied pitch, strength, vibration, and shimmer (breathiness/hoarseness) in 18,000 voice recordings from 267 people.
It flagged subtle differences imperceptible to humans but correlated with diabetes, with 89% accuracy in females and 86% in males.
The cause of why diabetes changes a voice is unclear — but may relate to vocal cord neuropathy and muscle weakness.
Broader trials are needed to validate accuracy — but If proven, voice screening via smartphones could enable low-cost diabetes detection.
Why it matters: With half of adults with diabetes going undiagnosed and 86% in low and middle-income countries, a test that requires just a voice recording would be a game changer for getting diagnosis and treatment to the masses.
QUESTION OF THE DAY
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AI TRAINING
⚙️ How to make your own custom GPTs
Custom GPTs are now available for ChatGPT+ subscribers — making it easier than ever for you to create your very own chatbot. Follow the steps below to access the new tool:
Craft your builder profile: Navigate to settings → Builder profile and update your information to enable the creation of publicly shared GPTs.
Open GPTs: Click on your name to open the menu, and select ‘My GPTs’.
Describe your creation: Talk with ChatGPT conversationally to describe what you’d like to build.
Knowledge, capabilities, and actions: ChatGPT will suggest conversation starters and more in the ‘configure’ area — which is where you can also make updates like uploading relevant files, selecting which models the GPT should use (Browsing, Code Interpreter, DALL-E), and adding API integrations.
Save and publish: Once satisfied with your creation, you can save, share, and make the GPT public with the drop-down menu.
Happy creating! While future tutorials will dive deeper into specific use cases, here are some awesome ones that have already been built since Monday’s DevDay.
QUICK HITS
🤝 Custom GPTs now live for ChatGPT+ subscribers
Sam Altman just announced that the new custom GPTs feature is now available to all ChatGPT+ subscribers after the company showed off the new builder at Dev Day earlier this week. We went deeper into the new features in Tuesday’s newsletter.
🤳 Snapchat lenses get a ChatGPT boost
Snapchat is tapping ChatGPT to power a new wave of AR lenses, the company announced at its annual developer event. The lenses will now be able to respond to questions and queries on the fly, create filters, and generate 3D masks with the AI chatbot integration.
🤖 Hackers damper new ChatGPT rollout with attacks
Outages plagued OpenAI systems this week after hackers slammed its servers in a massive DDoS attack. OpenAI blamed "abnormal traffic patterns," but hacking group Anonymous Sudan claimed responsibility for the issues — which forced delays in new offerings like customizable GPTs.
💼 New jobs in the world of AI
Technical Artist / 3D Motion Designer at Sanctuary AI
Head of Product Communications at Anthropic
AI Data Trainer - Data Science/Python at Cohere
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