The Knowledge Jar AI Community Rewind: April 28, 2024

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Victor Cuevas
April 28, 2024

Welcome back to The Knowledge Jar AI Community!

In this update, we will recap last week's events and preview this week's events. We will also be sure to summarize articles related to AI. By joining our community, you will have access to webinars and tutorials and can stay informed about upcoming in-person events.

Last Weeks Events

Webinar

Checkout the replay of “AI Basics for Small Business” with Tim Contado and Ann Duignan

Tutorials

This Weeks Events

AI Basics for Small Business

Megan Torrance is CEO and founder of TorranceLearning, helping organizations connect learning strategy to design, development, data and ultimately performance. Megan has over 25 years of experience in learning design, deployment and consulting. 

Megan and the TorranceLearning team are passionate about sharing what works in learning, offering professional development programs in instructional design, learning technologies, racial equity and Agile methods. 

At TorranceLearning, Megan has brought several products to market – Eleventure® (an off-the-shelf curriculum of business skills topics), LLAMA® (an adaptation of Agile methods for the instructional design context), and xapi.ly® (the statement builder for xAPI learning products) – as well as founded the xAPI Learning Cohort (a 12-week learning experience offered twice a year with recent enrollment topping 850 worldwide), the ID Ways of Working professional development curriculum and CREW (Cultivating Racial Equity in the Workplace).

Megan is the author of Agile for Instructional Designers (2019), The Quick Guide to LLAMA (2012), and two ATD TD at Work publications: Agile and LLAMA® for ISD Project Management (2014) and Making Sense of xAPI (2017). She is a frequent speaker at conferences nationwide. TorranceLearning is on the 2018 list of Michigan 50 Companies to Watch. In 2019, the Learning Guild named Megan as a Guild Master for her contributions to professional development in the workplace L&D industry.

A graduate of Cornell University with a degree in Communication and an MBA, and an eCornell Facilitator in the Women's Executive Leadership curriculum, Megan lives and works near Ann Arbor, Michigan.

AI News

  • Creative Artists Agency (CAA) is testing AI clones of A-list celebrities to explore new technological opportunities in the entertainment industry  Learn More

  • Parler-TTS Mini is a Hugging Face Space that provides free text-to-speech services.  Learn More

  • The 2024 AI Index report highlights the dominance of foundation models, falling benchmarks, soaring prices, and the prominent global position of the U.S. in AI development.  Learn More

  • Adobe Firefly is a new AI model introduced by Adobe, designed to enhance creative projects with advanced artificial intelligence capabilities. Learn More

  • Apple has acquired Datakalab, a French AI startup specializing in on-device processing, to enhance its devices with sophisticated AI capabilities while maintaining user privacy and data security.  

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  • Sakana AI has released EvoSDXL-JP, a high-speed image generation model that supports Japanese prompts and showcases the potential of merging evolutionary models to create efficient, language-specific AI models. Learn More

  • Microsoft introduced Phi-3, a new family of small language models (SLMs) that offer superior performance and cost-effectiveness, available in various sizes and configurations for diverse AI applications. 

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  • Meta has launched new styles of Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses in the US and Canada, featuring multimodal AI that allows users to interact with their environment through voice commands and receive intelligent feedback. Learn More

  • Researchers at Profluent have developed the world's first precision gene editing tool, OpenCRISPR-1, designed entirely by AI, which demonstrates enhanced performance and specificity compared to traditional CRISPR-Cas9 systems.  Learn More

  • OpenELM is a new language model family that includes an open-source framework for training, evaluation, and inference, specifically designed to enhance collaboration in the research community and support future open research initiatives.  Learn More

  • Tesla's Q1 2024 earnings call, led by executives including Elon Musk, discussed significant progress in AI infrastructure and announced plans to showcase a Robotaxi in August, highlighting a bright future and ongoing investment in AI technology. Learn More

  • Moderna has partnered with OpenAI to integrate ChatGPT Enterprise across its operations, enhancing efficiency and innovation in developing mRNA medicines and planning to launch up to 15 new products in the next five years. Learn More

  • SenseTime has launched SenseNova 5.0, a comprehensive update to its large model series, featuring the industry-leading "Cloud-to-Edge" full-stack product matrix that enhances generative AI applications across various sectors. Learn More

  • Sanctuary AI has introduced its seventh generation 'Phoenix' robots with enhanced human-like motion and sensory capabilities, significantly accelerating the automation of new tasks. Learn More

  • Synthesia has launched the world's first expressive avatars, capable of showing emotions based on text semantics, featuring natural voices, and offering instant previews of AI avatars. Learn More

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