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🤖 Google reveals massive AI developments
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Google just went all out at their ‘Next’ conference, mass revealing new AI developments to rival other tech giants in this AI gold rush. Let’s dig into it.
P.S. Exciting announcement incoming… 🎉
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In today’s AI rundown:
🤑 Google announces slew of AI upgrades
🔥 Tesla fires up new AI supercomputer
🛠️ 6 new AI tools
✍️ How to master ChatGPT with prompting frameworks
🤖 3 quick AI updates
Read time: 4 minutes
LATEST DEVELOPMENTS
🤑 Google announces slew of AI upgrades
Image source: Google
The Rundown: Google unveiled an avalanche of new AI tools and capabilities at the kickoff of the company’s three-day Google Next conference in San Francisco yesterday.
Key developments:
Google’s Cloud service adds 20 new prebuilt AI models optimized for enterprises, with customers gaining access to third-party systems like LLaMa-2 (Meta) and Claude 2 (Anthropic).
A new AI watermarking tool called SynthID aims to help distinguish AI images while curbing disinformation and deepfakes.
Open access for cloud customers to next-gen TPU v5e AI training chips optimized for generative AI and LLMs.
Google’s Duet AI assistant is officially being rolled out across the major Workspace apps, with a price tag of $30 per month (per user) for enterprise.
Updates across Google’s cloud-based Vertex AI platform include upgrades to PaLM 2, enhanced code generation, and new search and conversational models.
New Google AI partnerships include General Motors, FOX Sports, Estee Lauder, and Ginkgo Bioworks (more detailed in quick hits below).
The relevance: While OpenAI’s ChatGPT Enterprise launch dominated the headlines on Monday, Google really said “hold my beer” with a laundry list of new AI updates across its sprawling tech empire just a day later.
Iron continues to sharpen iron in the quest for AI dominance.
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🔮 Future-proof your career using AI
The Rundown: AI is moving fast, and we’re all trying to not get left behind. You can take action to future-proof your career today using Innovating with AI’s free course.
In this AI career-growth lesson, you’ll learn:
The best no-code tools to get you started building with AI
How to get into The Innovator’s Mindset so you can rapidly launch new ideas
How to persuade your clients and bosses to invest in AI (and make a smart risk-benefit analysis)
The full AI industry landscape so you can be the smartest person in the room
TESLA
🔥 Tesla fires up new AI supercomputer
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The Rundown: Tesla just launched a powerful $300 million AI supercomputer with 10,000 Nvidia chips, aiming to accelerate its controversial self-driving tech.
Key points:
The new system’s performance capabilities reportedly place it as one of the most powerful supercomputers in the world, and it aims to speed up training on Tesla’s Full Self-Driving software.
The launch is part of Tesla’s $4B+ investment in AI training over the next two years.
Tesla’s AI moves come on the heels of both Elon Musk’s FSD demo this past weekend, as well as the company’s upcoming legal battles over previous fatal crashes.
Why it matters: Tesla continues to push autonomous limits and is in a prime position to capture massive value in the AI boom. However, looming regulatory concerns may hinder the pace of development.
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AI TRAINING
✍️ Master ChatGPT with prompting frameworks
Learning how to prompt effectively can help you get the most accurate, relevant responses from ChatGPT. Try utilizing these frameworks to get amazing results:
Contextual prompting: Provide background context before asking a question. Ex: "I'm planning a trip to Paris. What are the top 3 tourist attractions I should visit?"
Explicit instruction: Clearly specify the type of answer or format you want. Ex: "Summarize the key events of WWII in a bulleted list."
Step-by-step instruction: Break down complex requests into smaller, simpler questions. Ex: Ask about losing weight first, then building muscle.
Mastering ChatGPT is all about mastering the art of the prompt! For more frameworks and visual examples, click here.
QUICK HITS
🏈 FOX Sports taps Google AI to unlock archives
FOX Sports expanded its partnership with Google Cloud, with plans to apply AI across its vast sports footage archives. Using Google's Vertex AI Vision, FOX can rapidly search 1.9M videos to create new content and assets, automating manual processes.
🚙 GM leveraging AI for OnStar requests
GM is utilizing Google's conversational AI to handle simple OnStar requests like navigation, freeing up human operators for more complex issues on the safety system. The AI reduces wait times and has reportedly received positive feedback so far. GM is also planning more in-vehicle uses for AI, including user handbook assistance and schedule integration.
🏛️ Top tech CEOs to attend Schumer's AI forum
Over half a dozen major tech CEOs will join an AI event hosted by Sen. Chuck Schumer on Sept. 13, with attendees including heads of Google, Meta, Microsoft, Nvidia, and more.
It's the first of nine AI forums aimed at educating lawmakers before regulating the technology, with the closed-door sessions bringing experts together with legislators seeking to better understand AI's risks and benefits.
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🤖 New version of ChatGPT revealed
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Welcome, AI enthusiasts.
Unlimited access to GPT-4 is here with ChatGPT Enterprise.
Will OpenAI’s latest release change how businesses operate? Let’s dive in...
In today’s AI rundown:
💼 OpenAI Introduces ChatGPT Enterprise
🎙️ DoorDash rolls out AI voice ordering
🛠️ 7 new AI tools
🗺️ Create maps with ChatGPT
🤖 3 quick AI updates
Read time: 3 minutes
LATEST DEVELOPMENTS
OPENAI
💼 OpenAI introduces ChatGPT Enterprise
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The Rundown: OpenAI just introduced ChatGPT Enterprise, an organization-focused version of ChatGPT promising better security, customization, and unlimited, higher-speed access to the powerful GPT-4 model.
Key points:
Enterprise provides business-grade privacy controls and encryption, and emphasizes that no data will be used to train OpenAI’s models.
The upgraded version gives unlimited fast access to GPT-4 with no usage caps and has an expanded context window of 32k (compared to ~8k on the normal model) for larger files.
Enterprise includes a rebranded version of Code Interpreter called ‘advanced data analysis’, as well as shared chat templates to collaborate and build out consistent workflows.
The update also includes shareable chat templates for your company to build collaborative workflows!
Our thoughts: So the new ChatGPT is SOC2 compliant (it doesn’t train on your data), has no GPT-4 message cap, has no Code Interpreter limit, a 32k context window, AND a new feature in shareable prompt templates.
This is so good it almost sounds like GPT-4.5.
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DOORDASH
🎙️ DoorDash rolls out AI voice ordering
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The Rundown: DoorDash has just launched AI-powered voice ordering tech, aimed at helping restaurants capture every call and boost revenue.
The details:
The move hopes to enable businesses to better answer customer phone calls — with a reported 50% (!) currently going unanswered.
The tech will allow AI to handle peak call volumes, freeing up human staff to focus on in-store needs.
Doordash’s AI will provide personalized recommendations during the ordering process and will be available in multiple languages with minimal wait times.
Our take: By filling restaurants' call-handling gap with AI, DoorDash makes a smart play to own the full delivery lifecycle — while showing a use case of how AI tech can optimize business processes.
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AI TRAINING
🗺️ How to create maps with ChatGPT
Did you know that ChatGPT can be your own personal mapmaker?
ChatGPT’s Earth plugin lets you visualize locations in every style imaginable - from light to dark, streets to satellite, and more.
To generate a custom map:
Enable the Earth plugin (requires ChatGPT+ membership)
Generate a map using coordinates, specific locations, landmarks, etc. You can also pick specific styles for your map, like light/dark, streets, outdoors, etc.
Example:
"Create a map of downtown Vancouver, BC in dark, satellite mode."
QUICK HITS
📊 Poll: Employees welcome workplace AI
A recent survey found that more employees welcome AI in the workplace — and contrary to mainstream sentiment, 58% of respondents don’t believe the technology is a threat to their jobs. Areas where workers felt AI could improve output included enhanced communication, automating tedious tasks, and time management.
Rather than fearing replacement, workers (at least in this survey) see AI's potential to augment human jobs.
⚙️ Poe launches desktop app and new AI features
Poe, the AI chatbot platform by Quora, expanded with a Mac desktop app and new capabilities. Users can now chat with multiple bots like Claude and Llama 2 simultaneously — with Poe aiming to be the one-stop shop “web browser” for accessing all AI chatbots. The update also adds Japanese language support and an enterprise service.
🎁 Yahoo Mail AI scans for forgotten gift cards
Yahoo Mail just unveiled new AI tools, including Shopping Saver —which hunts down unused gift cards and discounts in your inbox. Yahoo is leveraging Google's AI cloud tech, and the AI beta expansion also includes tools for search, writing, and message summaries.
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⚡️ iPad's massive upgrades
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Welcome, Tech enthusiasts.
We’re proud to officially announce the launch of our Tech newsletter!
Similar to our AI newsletter, we’ll do all the hard research in the world of Tech for you, so you can stay in the know with just a 3-minute read.
From LK-99 to longevity biotech to the Metaverse, there’s a lot happening in the tech world that our AI newsletter simply can’t cover, but we’re dying to share.
So this is our solution. We hope you enjoy reading it as much as we enjoy writing it, and please hit us with any feedback at the end of today’s email!
In today’s tech rundown:
🍎 Apple planning major iPad Pro upgrades
✈️ Google Flights adds new insights for cheap fares
🚘 Tesla faces first trial over fatal Autopilot crash
🛠️ 7 new products
🗞️ 6 quick news snippets
Read time: 3 minutes
TODAY’S HEADLINES
APPLE
🍎 Apple planning major iPad Pro upgrades
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The Rundown: Apple is reportedly planning major updates for its iPad Pro in 2024, including a new Magic Keyboard, an upgraded M3 chip, and sharper displays to help reinvigorate sales.
The details:
The new iPad Pro will feature a larger trackpad, Magic Keyboard, and M3 chip for the first time, along with OLED displays that will offer brighter visuals than current models.
A larger 13-inch screen size will be available alongside the standard 11-inch option.
The launch is expected in the spring or summer of 2024, not at the September iPhone event.
Why it matters: The iPad Pro overhaul feels long overdue after only subtle updates in recent years. While the premium price tag may still limit the mainstream appeal, these features could inspire pro users to upgrade and help boost Apple's tablet revenue.
✈️ Google Flights adds new insights for cheap fares
Image source: Google
The Rundown: Google Flights just released a handy new feature, helping travelers identify and track the cheapest times to book flights to their destination.
Key points:
The tool uses historical data to show when prices are typically lowest for selected routes and dates — helping consumers decide when to book or wait for a better deal.
A new ‘price guarantee badge’ will signal that Google is confident the fare won’t get lower before departure — with a refund available for the difference if it does.
The new insights build on existing price tracking, guarantees, and typical price data on the platform.
The relevance: This addition makes Google Flights an even more powerful tool for scoring deals and maximizing savings — helping take the guesswork out of when to book your next trip.
TESLA
🚘 Tesla faces first trial over fatal Autopilot crash
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The Rundown: Tesla is set for its first trials defending against allegations that its Autopilot defects caused fatal crashes, in a major legal test of the company’s self-driving claims.
Key points:
The first trial scheduled for September involves a 2019 crash that killed the owner when a Model 3 veered off the highway — with the suit alleging that Autopilot was defective and Tesla knew it.
A second trial slated for October investigates another deadly 2019 collision.
Tesla denies liability and blames driver inattention, though emails suggest Musk and engineers may have known about the limitations.
Why it matters: As self-driving hype hits the courtroom, Tesla faces some difficult questions about its lofty claims versus potentially unsafe realities. Will the court hit the brakes on Elon’s race to autonomous market dominance?
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🧘 Focusmate- Virtual coworking to get anything done (link)
⚡️ Notion AI- Your notes, on steroids. Access the limitless power of AI, right inside Notion (link)
🎟️ Superful- A new take on NFT raffles (link)
📱 Twinr- Convert any website into a mobile app (link)
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SNIPPETS
Meta's Quest Pro 3, previewed in a leaked video on X, is set to challenge Apple's $3,500 Vision Pro with a $500 price tag. Details are anticipated at Meta's Sept. 27-28 Connect event.
LA's Impact Theory, aiming to be "the next Disney", settled with the SEC for $6.1M over illegal NFT sales totaling nearly $30M. This marks the SEC's inaugural NFT-related enforcement.
Cruise, backed by General Motors, is initiating piloted autonomous vehicle tests in Seattle to adapt to its hilly terrain and varying weather. Cruise’s cars will have humans on board and collect data to evaluate its system's readiness.
XPeng is acquiring Didi's smart EV assets for $744 million, forming the "Mona" sub-brand for a 2024 launch. This strategic move aims to boost XPeng's presence, leveraging Didi's massive user base in China and abroad.
Amazon debuts the Fire TV Channels app, offering Fire TV users 400+ free ad-supported channels, including ABC News, CBS Sports, and Fox Sports, among others.
Microsoft introduced Python integration in Excel, letting users combine Python scripts with Excel formulas; initially available to Microsoft 365 Insiders in the Excel for Windows beta channel.
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🤖 Elon puts his life in AI's hands
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Welcome, AI enthusiasts.
Elon Musk cruising around Palo Alto might not normally make headlines.
But when the new Tesla update is entirely powered by AI… 👀
In today’s rundown:
🚗 Musk demos Tesla's AI-only self-driving tech
🇨🇳 Alibaba makes AI leap with image reading models
🛠️ 7 new AI tools
🎁 Create personalized gifts with AI
🤖 3 quick AI updates
Read time: 3 minutes
LATEST DEVELOPMENTS
TESLA
🚗 Musk demos Tesla's AI-only self-driving tech
Image source: Elon Musk on X
The Rundown: Elon Musk live-streamed a demo for Tesla's latest "Full Self-Driving" software on Saturday — which relies entirely on AI with no hand-coded rules.
Details:
Neural networks trained on large volumes of driving data power the AI, which was able to effortlessly handle turns, speed adjustments, and obstacles during the joyride around Palo Alto, CA.
The system navigated construction zones, bicyclists, and roundabouts it had never seen before — with Musk taking control just once when the car wrongly tried entering a busy intersection.
FSD V12 marks a major shift from earlier versions which relied on programming logic and code, and is being tested by employees globally to improve through more real-world AI training data.
Relevance: Though imperfections remain, Musk's demo highlights rapid advances in AI capabilities — and shows that autonomous driving is another sector ready to be supercharged by artificial intelligence.
TOGETHER WITH INNOVATING WITH AI
🎯 How to market to AI early adopters
The Rundown: Do you have a game-changing AI product, but don’t know how to market it? Innovating with AI has the answers.
In this free AI product marketing crash course, Rob Howard (a 20-year tech startup veteran) will show you how to:
Define your audience
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Avoid the common pitfalls of overspending on ads that don’t bring in long-term customers
ALIBABA
🇨🇳 Alibaba makes AI leap with image reading models
Image source: Alibaba
The Rundown: Chinese tech giant Alibaba unveiled two new open-source AI models on Friday that can understand images and have more complex conversations, representing a big advance for China's tech sector.
Key points:
The two releases, Qwen-VL and Qwen-VL Chat are ‘vision language’ models that read images rather than text (unlike ChatGPT and Bard).
Qwen-VL can generate captions for images and answer open-ended visual queries.
Qwen-VL Chat can compare multiple images and sustain dialogues.
The models come on the heels of China’s first AI regulations greenlighting releases and continue the intensifying US-China rivalry brewing over future AI dominance.
Why it matters: With its ambitious AI push, China is signaling it won't cede tech leadership. While the US has plenty of competition in-house, don’t count out major players like Alibaba as the global AI field continues to grow stronger.
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AI TRAINING
🎁 Create personalized gifts with AI
Need a new gift idea? Surprise loved ones with an AI-generated work of art that's completely unique to them.
Utilizing platforms like Midjourney can enable you to turn treasured memories and inside jokes into your own digital masterpieces.
Example Prompt: "Generate a stylized digital painting depicting [describe a special memory or moment]. Use a vivid, whimsical art style with vibrant colors."
Customize prompts with descriptors like details about the recipient, important settings, activities, or nostalgic references. Generate variations until you get an image you love — then use the vary (region) in-painting feature to get even more specific.
Then print and frame it for a heartfelt, one-of-a-kind AI-generated gift made just for them.
QUICK HITS
🔥 California tests AI for early fire detection
California firefighters are training AI to scan live feeds for early signs of smoke and rapidly detect emerging wildfires. Though still in the early stages, the AI pilot has improved response times, catching some fires before 911 calls.
🚀 Ideogram launches text-smart image generator
AI startup Ideogram just launched with $16.5M in funding, aiming to outshine Midjourney and Dall-E 2 by reliably generating text and typography within images. Its web app opened in beta this week, showing impressive lettering capabilities — but the overall image quality is reportedly inconsistent, and core features like zooming are still a bit lacking.
🇪🇸 Spain forms AI regulator before EU law
Spain just announced the establishment of an agency to oversee artificial intelligence, becoming one of the first EU countries with a national AI regulator. The AESIA aligns with Spain's goals to be a world leader in ethical AI and comes ahead of the AI Act, which mandates agencies for all countries in the EU.
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🤖 The next big AI giant...
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Welcome, AI enthusiasts.
What do Google, Amazon, Nvidia, Salesforce, and IBM all have in common?
They’re all investing in Hugging Face. Find out why…
In today’s rundown:
🤗 Hugging Face raises $235M
📈 Nvidia stock continues record-setting surge
🛠️ 7 new AI tools
✍️ How to use Custom Instructions to fine-tune ChatGPT
🤖 3 quick AI updates
Read time: 4 minutes
LATEST DEVELOPMENTS
HUGGING FACE
🤗 Hugging Face raises $235M from tech giants
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The Rundown: AI startup Hugging Face announced a $235M Series D raise on Thursday, led by a star-studded roster of tech giants including Google, Amazon, Nvidia, Salesforce, and IBM.
Details:
The platform provides tools for sharing and running open-source AI, as well as libraries and other tools for customizing systems — currently hosting 500,000 different models and 250,000 data sets.
The round brings the company’s total raise to $395.2M to date, putting the startup at a whopping $4.5B valuation.
CEO Clem Delangue says AI “is the new way of building all software” and hopes to have 100M AI builders relying on Hugging Face in the next five years.
The relevance: This mega round highlights the soaring demand for collaborative AI development. As custom models continue to explode, Hugging Face's platform has emerged as a predominant figure in the open-source sector.
TOGETHER WITH INNOVATING WITH AI
🔥 Fire up your AI career engine
The Rundown: AI is moving fast, and we’re ALL trying to not get left behind. You can take action to future-proof your career today using Innovating with AI’s free course.
In this AI career-growth lesson, you’ll learn:
The best no-code tools to get you started building with AI
How to get into The Innovator’s Mindset so you can rapidly launch new ideas
How to persuade your clients and bosses to invest in AI (and make a smart risk-benefit analysis)
The full AI industry landscape so you can be the smartest person in the room
NVIDIA
📈 Nvidia stock continues record-setting surge
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The Rundown: Nvidia continued to blow away Wall Street on Wednesday afternoon. With their earnings report in the spotlight, the company's stock achieved unparalleled heights, reflecting the ongoing robust demand for AI chips.
Key points:
Nvidia’s revenue doubled last quarter on soaring data center demand, surging 100%+ from the previous year and beating the already lofty market expectations.
Production constraints have led to an intense scramble for the limited chips, and a rumored shortage has some startups even using scarce GPUs as collateral for loans.
CEO Jensen Huang (whose net worth reportedly rose a cool $4B this week) said that “a new computing era has begun”.
Why it matters: As the AI chip kingpin, Nvidia currently holds the keys to the castle — and every major player must go through them for the precious GPUs fueling the arms race. For now, the AI boom has a clear champion.
The lesson: During a gold rush, sell the shovels.
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🤖 Bruinen- Integrate end-user data and actions into your LLMs (link)*
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🦙 Code Llama- Meta’s open-source LLM for coding (link)
📆 Vimcal- Calendar app on steroids. Assists users in scheduling and organizing events efficiently (link)
💌 HoppyCoppy- Generate better emails and newsletters in seconds with AI (link)
💘 Longshot- ChatGPT for enterprises. Upload your docs, fact check, ensure zero hallucinations, and integrate anywhere (link)
✏️ Yaara- Use AI to write proven, high-converting copy (link)
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AI TRAINING
✍️ How to use Custom Instructions to fine-tune ChatGPT
Leveraging some of ChatGPT’s lesser-known settings can help take your experience to the next level. Try using the Custom Instructions feature to personalize exactly how ChatGPT interacts with you.
To access: Click the menu (the three dots next to your name in the bottom left corner) -> Custom Instructions
Examples:
Freelancer:
What ChatGPT Should Know: "I am a freelancer managing multiple projects across various domains like writing, design, and digital marketing."
Desired Response: "Help me draft project proposals and invoices, and suggest time management tips tailored to a multi-project freelance schedule."
Parent Assisting Children with Homework
What ChatGPT Should Know: "I'm a parent helping my kids with their homework and educational activities."
Desired Response: "Use simple language and avoid complex terms when helping with homework or explaining concepts."
We encourage you to play around with these examples for your desired needs, and let us know what you come up with! ⭐️
QUICK HITS
🏈 Amazon loads up TNF broadcast with AI
Amazon is bringing new AI tools to its Thursday Night Football broadcasts this season. A new secondary ‘Prime Stream’ will include AI enhancements, including highlighting blitzing defenders, suggesting play calls, calculating situational statistics, and more. The AI additions come as part of an effort to make games more engaging for data-driven fans.
🦙 Meta debuts new AI tool for coders
Meta announced the release of a new tool called 'Code Llama’ on Thursday, which generates and discusses code via text prompts. The open-source LLM supports popular languages like Python and JavaScript.
🤝 OpenAI partners with Scale AI for fine-tuning
OpenAI named data-labeling startup Scale AI as its ‘preferred partner’ for fine-tuning GPT-3.5, letting the company apply its expertise to customize models for clients. The announcement comes on the heels of a recent pilot showing that fine-tuned GPT-3.5 matched GPT-4 in quality for less cost.
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🤖 Microsoft's new AI upgrades
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Welcome, AI enthusiasts.
The innocent days of Microsoft Paint might be over thanks to Microsoft’s massive potential Windows 11 AI upgrades. Let’s dive in…
In today’s rundown:
⚙️ Microsoft eyes AI upgrades for Windows
🧠 Brain implant lets paralyzed speak with AI
🛠️ 9 new AI tools
📶 5 community AI hacks to boost productivity
🤖 3 quick AI updates
Read time: 4 minutes
LATEST DEVELOPMENTS
MICROSOFT
⚙️ Microsoft eyes AI upgrades for Windows apps
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The Rundown: Microsoft is reportedly adding AI capabilities like object recognition and generative image creation to apps like Photos, Snipping Tool, and even Paint in Windows 11.
Key points:
‘Photos’ could gain the ability to cut out people and objects using AI, while the Snipping Tool and Camera may get text recognition from screenshots.
‘Paint’ is also potentially integrating AI features, based on the same tech that powers Bing Image Generator.
More details are expected at Microsoft’s upcoming event on Sept. 21, with the next Windows platform release in 2024 expected to significantly incorporate AI.
Our thoughts: Microsoft is smartly eyeing AI's potential to evolve familiar apps rather than reinventing the wheel — and like Google’s integrations, could speed up mass adoption by embedding tech into high-usage applications.
TOGETHER WITH INNOVATING WITH AI
🎵 Learn how to make ‘fake’ Drake songs with AI
The Rundown: Remember when hit songs by AI versions of Drake and The Weeknd topped the charts? You can now learn to make your very own with Innovating With AI’s free audio video lesson.
Here’s what you’ll learn:
How they made the fake Drake song (changing voice timbres, building audio tracks, and more)
How Meta’s new AudioCraft models will change music by generating high-quality audio and sound instantly
How artists are responding to the threat of AI-generated music
MEDICAL ADVANCES
🧠 Brain implant lets paralyzed ‘speak’ with AI
Image source: UCSF
The Rundown: Researchers have created a brain implant that decodes thoughts into synthesized speech and facial expressions for paralyzed patients, allowing for communication through a digital avatar.
Details:
The implant converts brain signals into text at nearly 80 words per minute, focusing on phonemes vs. whole words to enhance speed.
The AI generates realistic vocals (mirroring a patient’s pre-injury voice) and facial animations that aim to enable more natural communication.
The breakthrough brings the tech closer to real-world use, with the next step being a wireless model that doesn’t require a physical connection to the interface.
Why it matters: Restoring communication for those with paralysis is an innovation that would change countless lives. And while it sounds crazy, mind-reading implants seem to be inching closer to reality.
TRENDING TOOLS ⭐️
📈 Danelfin- AI-powered stock-picking tool with up to a 94% win rate (link)*
👨💻 Kombai- Prompt with UI designs and get instant results (link)
🧱 Bloc- Chat with any knowledge base in 2 minutes (link)
📹 Pictory- Automatically create short, branded videos from long-form content (link)
📧 Superhuman- The fastest email experience ever made, with AI-powered features (link)
📱 Synthesia- Create professional videos without mics, cameras, or actors using an AI-generated character (link)
🌖 MoonBeam- A long-form writing AI assistant to never write from scratch again (link)
🕵️♂️ GPT Zero- Detect whether an essay is ChatGPT or human-written (link)
🔮 Supertools- Organizes 100’s of AI tools for you in one spot (link)
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AI TRAINING
📈 5 community AI hacks to boost productivity
Wondering how the rest of the world is using AI to ramp their productivity up?
We asked the AI community for their most effective hacks — and received some fantastic insights. Here are five responses we had to share:
@MinChoi: Using ChatGPT’s Code Interpreter to make videos and manipulate images from a single prompt (link)
@FiscalCliffW: Creating videos with Claude, Midjourney, and Canva (link)
@dr_cintas: 18-in-1 Custom Instructions to maximize your ChatGPT experience (link)
@AnnaPoplevina: Custom prompts tailored to specific business needs (link)
@iamkylebalmer: Analyzing and creating X posts using Code Interpreter (link)
Check out additional community suggestions and share your own AI workflows in the comments of this thread.
QUICK HITS
📺 Banijay bets big on AI for future of TV
Banijay, the global TV production giant behind hit shows like ‘Survivor’ and ‘Big Brother’, is launching a creative fund to develop show formats that utilize AI. The world’s largest independent producer says it sees "endless possibilities" as AI shapes society, and follows other studios making similar pushes amid Hollywood strikes over the technology’s impact on the industry.
🛡️ Google fortifies Workspace with AI security
Google unveiled several upcoming AI-powered security boosts for Workspace on Wednesday, including data classification in Drive and enhanced protection for Gmail. Other features include context-aware sharing controls, log scanning, and client-side encryption for mobile.
🤝 Twilio charges ahead on CustomerAI
Twilio announced significant updates to its CustomerAI capabilities at its annual Signal Conference. This includes new voice intelligence that extracts insights from conversations and ‘Generative Journeys’ that allow users to automatically build campaigns from natural language prompts. The company also unveiled ‘AI Nutrition Labels’, which aim for more transparent AI usage.
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🤖 OpenAI's newest product update!
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Welcome, AI enthusiasts.
We just witnessed another classic Tuesday in the world of AI. Huge developments from Meta, Open-sourced AI, OpenAI, Midjourney, and Snap. Let’s get into it.
In today’s rundown:
🗣️ Speak 100 languages with Meta AI
🎥 CoDeF makes AI video edits seamless
🛠️ 9 new AI tools
🔌 5 game-changing Figma AI plugins
🤖 3 quick AI updates
Read time: 4 minutes
LATEST DEVELOPMENTS
META
🌐 Meta unveils breakthrough language AI
Image source: Meta
The Rundown: Meta has open-sourced an AI model called SeamlessM4T, which translates and transcribes nearly 100 languages across text and speech.
Details:
SeamlessM4T combines speech recognition, translation, and text-to-speech in one model.
Text-to-speech you to switch languages mid-sentence.
The model was trained using tens of billions of scraped sentences and four million hours of speech data.
Why it matters: This multilingual model brings us one step closer to Star Trek-style universal translators — and continued advances could soon make global language barriers a thing of the past.
TOGETHER WITH INNOVATING WITH AI
💡 Find your breakthrough AI business idea
The Rundown: Launching an AI product is tough, but Innovating with AI managed to launch two new AI products in 1 month.
Luckily, they created a free video lesson and cheat sheet to help you do the same, and are giving it away for free.
Here’s what’s inside:
The AI Business Model Matrix: How to combine your skills, interests, and advanced AI tools in unique and exciting ways
The AI Venture Mindset: How to use rapid experimentation and industry uncertainty to your advantage
The AI Marketing Cookbook: Where to share and promote your new AI-powered business for maximum growth
AI RESEARCH
🎥 CoDeF makes AI video edits seamless
Image Source: CoDeF Research Paper
The Rundown: Researchers have just developed CoDeF, an extremely impressive open-sourced AI system that allows for seamless style transfers and editing across video frames.
Key points:
CoDeF introduced a new method that captures the static elements of a video with a reference image and tracks how this image changes or morphs over time to match each video frame.
The system offers superior consistency across video frames than other methods and is capable of tracking non-rigid objects like water and smog.
The model enables easy application of image edits to entire videos and can track key points without training.
Noteworthy: AI has already unlocked some mind-blowing capabilities in video editing, but CoDeF might be the most impressive model we’ve seen so far. Check out some of the wild sample video outputs here.
TRENDING TOOLS
🖼️ OpenArt- Create stunning AI images without prompts (link)*
🌈 Rainbow AI- Precise weather forecasting with AI (link)
🪓 Pickaxe- Embed AI anywhere on the web (link)
📜 SEC Insights AI- Document analysis lightning fast (link)
📊 Speak AI- Turn your language data into insights, fast and with no code (link)
✍️ Rytr- An AI writing assistant that helps you create high-quality content, in just a few seconds (link)
✨ Magic Studio- Create amazing product photos in minutes (link)
🐦 TweetHunter- All-in-one Twitter growth tool to create content using AI, build an audience, and schedule posts (link)
🔮 Supertools- Organizes 100’s of AI tools for you in one spot (link)
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AI TRAINING
🔌 5 game-changing Figma AI plugins
Do you spend a lot of time in Figma? These AI plugins can give you a serious productivity boost:
FigGPT- Connect ChatGPT in Figma to generate and refine copy (link)
Automator- One-click task automation to speed up workflows (link)
Magician- AI-powered design tool for stunning visuals (link)
PixCut- Auto background remover for free (link)
AI Image Upscaler- Enables 8X upscaling with AI for crisp graphics (link)
Try weaving AI into your design process to unlock new creative possibilities and take your skills to the next level.
QUICK HITS
🧠 OpenAI unlocks GPT-3.5 Turbo fine-tuning
OpenAI just launched a massive product update, enabling fine-tuning for GPT-3.5 Turbo. It allows developers to customize models for better performance on specific tasks. Early tests show the fine-tuned GPT-3.5 Turbo can match GPT-4, with use cases including improved steerability, output formatting, and custom tone. Fine-tuning for GPT-4 is reportedly coming this fall.
🖌 Midjourney debuts inpainting feature
Midjourney launched a new inpainting feature called Vary (Region), letting users easily modify parts of a generated image by highlighting a section and describing edits. It solves the headaches of re-generating or using external editing tools for minor tweaks. The new tool can be found as an option after upscaling an image on the platform.
👻 Snapchat preps fantasy AI selfie maker
Snapchat is back at it again, reportedly brewing a new AI feature called ‘Dreams’, allowing users to turn selfies into imaginative scenes. The code includes a ‘Dreams With Friends’ element for multiple users in a single image, along with purchasable ‘Dream Packs’ that hint at monetization down the road.
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🤖 A new era for music and AI
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Welcome, AI enthusiasts.
Are you ready for AI versions of your favorite musician’s work?
That reality is now one step closer with YouTube’s latest announcement. Let’s dive in…
In today’s rundown:
🎵 YouTube launches Music AI Incubator
💼 Massive AI job ‘reskilling’ is coming
🛠️ 9 new AI tools
🔌 7 essential ChatGPT plugins
🤖 3 quick AI updates
Read time: 3 minutes
LATEST DEVELOPMENTS
YOUTUBE
🎵 YouTube launches ‘Music AI Incubator’
Image source: Midjourney
The Rundown: YouTube just announced a new Music AI Incubator, revealing plans to collaborate with artists to develop generative AI technologies and gather insights.
Details:
The incubator kickstarts a huge partnership between YouTube and Universal Music Group, which includes stars like Anitta, OneRepublic's Ryan Tedder, and the Frank Sinatra estate.
YouTube CEO Neal Mohan outlined three core principles to guide the company’s AI use, which signal a forward-thinking approach that aims to both protect artists and unlock new opportunities.
The move aims to boost innovation while avoiding copyright risks and follows a spike in AI interest on the platform.
Noteworthy: With nearly three billion (!) monthly users, YouTube embracing AI could chart a completely new course for tech in the music industry — especially after initial backlash and copyright enforcement.
TOGETHER WITH INNOVATING WITH AI
🥷 Become a low-code AI ninja
The Rundown: Don’t let the lack of coding skills hold you back from launching your own AI product. Our friends over at Innovating with AI created a free cheat sheet, to help you speedrun the entire process.
Here’s what’s in store for you:
No-code magic: Discover top-notch tools to launch AI-powered apps.
Bridge the gap with low-code AI: Master the art of seamless interaction with software developers.
Supercharge your workflow: Integrate potent AI models without typing out a single line of code.
AI IN THE WORKFORCE
💼 IBM study: 40% of workforce may need AI 'reskilling’
Image source: IBM
The Rundown: A new IBM report estimates 40% of the global workforce will need to ‘reskill’ in the next three years as AI transforms business operations.
Key points:
The company surveyed 3,000 execs and 21,000 workers on AI's evolving impact in the workplace.
A whopping 87% of execs reported viewing AI as enhancing rather than replacing roles, leveraging AI boosted revenues by 15% for tech adopters.
People skills rose in importance, with AI enabling employees to accomplish more technical skills with less training
The report humbly stated "AI won't replace people—but people who use AI will replace people who don't"
Why it matters: While a potentially seismic shift is coming to the workplace, this report is a reminder that with the right retraining, workers can become enhanced users — not replaced.
Our advice: Read The Rundown, test tools and integrate the best into your workflows, and stay curious. You’ll be miles ahead of the world.
TRENDING TOOLS
🕵️♀️ Incogni- Remove your personal data from the web now with an exclusive 55% discount for the annual plan with code ‘RUNDOWN’ (link)*
👨💻 Vzy AI- Create websites 10x faster (link)
📅 Savvy Planner- Project management platform powered by AI (link)
📈 Kypso- Scale your teams’ operations with AI (link)
🕸️ 10Web- Build or recreate any website in minutes with the power of AI (link)
🪄 Clay HQ- The first AI navigator for your entire network (link)
🔥 YouLearn- Learn any YouTube video with AI (link)
🥗 MealPractice- Effortless meal planning with AI-generated recipes (link)
🔮 Supertools- Organizes 100’s of AI tools for you in one spot (link)
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AI TRAINING
🔌 7 essential ChatGPT Plugins
With hundreds of tools already on the ChatGPT Plugin store, it's hard to know which are worthwhile. Here are seven options we recommend exploring:
Zapier- Automate workflows by connecting ChatGPT to 5,000+ apps.
ChatWithPDF- Discuss and learn from any PDF. Perfect for students!
WolframAlpha- Enables real math capabilities lacking in ChatGPT.
VoxScript- Search and browse YouTube, webpages, and more.
Website Performance- Analyze website metrics like SEO and speed.
ScholarAI- Explore 40M papers and scientific PDFs to supercharge research.
Shownotes - Get summaries of long podcasts.
Utilizing the right plugins can supercharge your ChatGPT experience and take your productivity to the next level. ⭐️
QUICK HITS
🇬🇧 UK buys AI chips amid global semiconductor race
The UK will reportedly spend £100M of taxpayer funds on chips as it aims to scale AI capabilities — but critics say the amount pales in comparison to EU, US, and China's massive investments in homegrown chip tech.
🎓 University of Michigan offers custom AI for all
The University of Michigan is providing custom AI platforms like ChatGPT to all students, faculty, and staff — a first for a major institution. UM aims to lead in accessible AI in higher education, but the costs after an initial free trial are still TBD.
💰 AI biotech startup bags $200M
Genesis Therapeutics, an AI and biotech crossover startup, just hauled in a massive $200M Series B on Monday. The round, led by a16z, will fund moving drug candidates discovered by its AI into clinical trials. Genesis has now raised over $280M to date.
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