California Governor Newsom Vetoes AI Regulation Bill SB 1047
While AI regulation is certainly needed, we agree with Governor Newsom this bill was heavy-handed and not fully thought out. It’s important to give proper time and consideration to AI safety measures, while not creating stagnation (ahem, EU’s AI Act!) or putting undo pressure on companies. That said, we’re glad that people are putting significant […]
Revolutionary AI Identifies Existing Drugs for Rare Diseases Treatment
This fantastic application of AI is helping find possible use cases from existing medicines that could immediately help people with rare diseases, without needing to spend lots of money creating novel new medicines. This method also avoids lengthy FDA approval times, which in turn helps people who are currently suffering get treatment. What a great […]
Expanded Access to ChatGPT’s New Advanced Voice Mode
Low latency voice interaction is key to establishing a natural way of interacting with AI. There have already been some great examples of small companies making large progress in this arena but finally OpenAI, the juggernaut behind ChatGPT, has entered the fray with guns blazing. We should get ready for some very interesting use cases… […]
Deep Learning’s Role in AI: Transforming Society for All
We just read an incredibly inspiring short essay from the one and only Sam Altman. In it he says “We have an innate desire to create and to be useful to each other, and AI will allow us to amplify our own abilities like never before.” And we agree. What an amazing time to be […]
Three Mile Island Reopens to Power Microsoft Cloud Operations
It’s been a big week for AI energy developments. We’ve been thinking for some time that the only way we’re going to meet the energy needs of AI, without completely throwing all previous carbon neutral goals out the window, is to leverage nuclear energy. While it still has a stigma attached to it, nuclear remains […]
Middle Eastern Sovereign Funds Pour Billions into AI Startups
The Middle East has lots of money and lots of access to cheap energy, so it’s understandable that it’s becoming an influential player in the AI landscape. Governments that prioritize investment in AI development will be better positioned in our fast approaching future, in which AI transforms every aspect of human life. We will find […]
OpenAI Hires Coursera Exec to Boost AI in Education
Yesterday we were asked to be guest AI experts at a middle school. We applaud the principal for wanting to give his kids this opportunity, and inspiring them be future-ready. Generative AI is already transforming education so it’s going to fun to put together this class. We imagine the same content will be useful to a […]
Google’s NotebookLM Transforms Research with New Audio Feature
NotebookLM is one of the most fun AI tools we played with recently. It takes any text sources or URLs you feed it AND makes a podcast from it—with TWO co-hosts!—that you can listen to. Our first test was on yesterday’s newsletter. You could use it to bring a Wikipedia page, or even a boring […]
AI-Replicated James Earl Jones’ Darth Vader Voice: Future Insights
Licensing actor’s likeness to AI has begun. It starts with their voices, and full video licensing is right around the corner. And this won’t be just for famous people. Tech companies are already beginning to give regular people the option of having their data used in AI training. But it may well go beyond that… […]
