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Last Week’s Events

Webinars

The recording for Embracing AI in advanced Business Workshop by Maureen Edwards will be published in the Knowledge Jar Community this week in case you missed it.

Tutorials

• In the What is Prompt Engineering video, you will understand what Prompt Engineering means.

• We walk through Perplexity AI’s new learning card features in the Data Mining Visually with AI video. 

• In the Summarizing Books with AI video, we learn how to summarize books with AI quickly.

This Week’s Events

AI News

• Google’s AI is terrible. Google's new AI-powered search tool, designed to provide concise summaries, has faced backlash for generating misinformation, including absurd claims like "Barack Obama was the first Muslim president" and "Pythons are mammals," likely due to the AI's inability to scrutinize data sources and its tendency to hallucinate or fabricate information when unable to find relevant facts.

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• Elon Musk warns of job risks due to AI. Elon Musk warns that AI could make many jobs obsolete, necessitating a "universal high income" from governments while simultaneously raising $6 billion for his AI company xAI to advance AI technology.

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• Microsoft got its groove back. Microsoft has unveiled its vision for the future of Windows, introducing an AI-powered operating system called "Windows Copilot" at the Build 2024 conference, which aims to enhance user productivity and streamline tasks across PCs.

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• Will we need Financial Advisors in the future? A new study from the University of Chicago reveals that GPT-4 surpasses human financial analysts in predicting earnings changes, potentially revolutionizing the financial services industry.

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• A new AI Model for Sign Language. Researchers have developed an innovative model that can translate between multiple sign languages, paving the way for improved communication and accessibility for the deaf and hard-of-hearing community across different countries and cultures.

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• The new ChatGPT is around the corner. OpenAI has begun training the successor to GPT-4, aiming to enhance its capabilities and address current limitations, though specific details about the new model remain undisclosed.

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• Open AI employee joins the other team. Jan Leike, a former OpenAI researcher, has joined Anthropic due to concerns over OpenAI's safety culture, emphasizing the need for scalable oversight and alignment research in AI development.

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• Open AI has a media partner. OpenAI has entered a multiyear deal with News Corp. to use its news content for training AI and answering user questions, marking a significant collaboration between AI and journalism.

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• The ability to be bilingual with AI. Scientists at the University of California, San Francisco have developed a groundbreaking bilingual AI brain implant that enables a stroke survivor to communicate in both Spanish and English for the first time since his paralysis.

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• The new AI Netflix. Showrunner is revolutionizing the entertainment industry by becoming the "Netflix of AI," offering a platform where AI-generated content is created and consumed seamlessly.

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• Microsoft seems to be scared of the Open AI + Apple partnership. Microsoft is concerned about OpenAI's potential deal with Apple, which could shift AI market dynamics and impact Microsoft's own AI ambitions.

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