Anthropic Claude Artifacts to Kill App Store Soon

ORIGINAL LINK: https://analyticsindiamag.com/ai-origins-evolution/anthropic-claude-artifacts-to-kill-app-store-soon/

Inside the Pod: Can AI Solve the Adult Friendship Problem?

Thank you to everyone who is watching or listening to my podcast, AI & I. If you want to see a collection of all of the prompts and responses in one place, Every contributor Rhea Purohit is breaking them down for you to replicate. Let us know what else you’d like to see in these guides.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://every.to/chain-of-thought/inside-the-pod-can-chatbots-fill-the-void-of-adult-loneliness

Another Disastrous Year of ChatGPT School Is Beginning

Instructors across the country still seem to have no clue how to handle the technology. This is Atlantic Intelligence, a newsletter in which our writers help you wrap your mind around artificial intelligence and a new machine age. Sign up here.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2024/08/another-disastrous-year-of-chatgpt-school-is-beginning/679672/

Using Generative AI To Get Insights From Disorderly Data

This article shares some best practices on how we have used generative AI to analyze our data at my firm to more effectively run operations. It took a while but I was able to get approval from Marketing, Legal, Security, and PR teams at Salesforce to publish this article.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://towardsdatascience.com/using-generative-ai-to-get-insights-from-disorderly-data-af056e5910eb

Hollywood will need permission to make AI deepfakes of long-gone stars

California is another step closer to defining how and when moviemakers and others can use AI versions of celebrities in their projects.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://www.techradar.com/computing/artificial-intelligence/hollywood-will-need-permission-to-make-ai-deepfakes-of-long-gone-stars

Most AI avatars look female, young and attractive. Are they a passing trend or here to stay?

What do German tabloid reporter Klara, Korean newsreader Zaein and Mexican entertainment news presenter NAT have in common? ‘NAT’ stands for Neural AI Technology; Klara Indernach’s initials spell out ‘KI’ for Künstliche Intelligenz, AI in German; and Zaein’s body is played by a team of

ORIGINAL LINK: https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/most-ai-avatars-look-female-young-and-attractive-are-they-passing-trend-or-here-stay

There are many reasons why companies struggle to exploit Gen AI, says Deloitte survey

Most companies are struggling to move their generative artificial intelligence (Gen AI) projects from initial stages into production, according to a report by consulting giant Deloitte.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://www.zdnet.com/article/there-are-many-reasons-why-companies-struggle-to-exploit-gen-ai-says-deloitte-survey/

A third of all Gen AI projects will be abandoned, says Gartner

Companies are "struggling" to find value in the generative artificial intelligence (Gen AI) projects they have undertaken and one-third of initiatives will end up getting abandoned, according to a recent report by analyst Gartner.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://www.zdnet.com/article/a-third-of-all-gen-ai-projects-will-be-abandoned-says-gartner/

Government Test Finds That AI Wildly Underperforms Compared to Human Employees

Generative AI is absolutely terrible at summarizing information compared to humans, according to the findings of a trial for the Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) spotted by Australian outlet Crikey.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://futurism.com/the-byte/government-ai-worse-summarizing

Google quietly launches Gemini AI integration in Chrome’s address bar

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More Google rolled out a major update to its Chrome browser on Tuesday, integrating its advanced Gemini AI chatbot directly into the address bar.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://venturebeat.com/ai/google-quietly-launches-gemini-ai-integration-in-chromes-address-bar/

I put 7 leading AI image generators to the test with the same prompt — here’s the winner

Image generation is one of the most mature forms of artificial intelligence creation able to turn a simple idea into a graphic photograph or image of any kind Well, the underlying technology is fairly mature.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://www.tomsguide.com/ai/ai-image-video/i-put-7-leading-ai-image-models-to-the-test-with-the-same-prompt-heres-the-winner

Grokking, a New Form of Reasoning

Here’s a bold statement for you: This article will make you more ‘AI smarter’ and, in the meantime, will shed light on the crude reality of frontier AI models today: they are pretty dumb.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://medium.com/@ignacio.de.gregorio.noblejas/grokking-a-new-form-of-reasoning-6785ea89d2ec

I used ChatGPT Advanced Voice to go on a time-travel adventure — and you have to hear it

OpenAI’s GPT-4o Advanced Voice is one of the most powerful and potentially important artificial intelligence tools of the year. It lets you have a human-like natural conversation with an AI voice and even interrupt it when it's speaking too much.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://www.tomsguide.com/ai/chatgpt/i-used-chatgpt-advanced-voice-to-go-on-a-time-travel-adventure-and-you-have-to-hear-it

I won an AI image award with a real photo to show we’re not adapting to the technology fast enough. Then it was my turn to be surprised

As a writer and photographer, the implications of AI-generated content are at least twofold for me. I’m not all that concerned about the impact this disruptive technology might have on my own work though. I have created my personal creative language that the machine simply does not speak.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/won-ai-image-award-real-115000314.html

This Week in AI with Reed Hepler and Steve Hargadon (August 30, 2024)

"It’s true - @stevehargadon is a national treasure." @markjotter "Steve is an amazing facilitator. He brings this wonderful combination of humility, hospitality and insight to conversations that matter in education.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://www.stevehargadon.com/2024/08/this-week-in-ai-with-reed-hepler-and_30.html

OpenAI’s New Model, Strawberry, Explained

Was this newsletter forwarded to you? Sign up to get it in your inbox. The AI researcher Andrej Karpathy likens what ChatGPT sees to hieroglyphs, rather than letters. So asking it to count the number of “r”’s in strawberry is a little like asking it to count the number of “r”’s in 🍓.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://every.to/chain-of-thought/openai-s-new-model-strawberry-explained

OpenAI supports California AI bill requiring 'watermarking' of synthetic co

ORIGINAL LINK: https://www.reuters.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/openai-supports-california-ai-bill-requiring-watermarking-synthetic-content-2024-08-26/

Post-apocalyptic education

Last summer, I wrote about the Homework Apocalypse, the coming reality where AI could complete most traditional homework assignments, rendering them ineffective as learning tools and assessment measures. My prophecy has come true, and AI can now ace most tests.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://www.oneusefulthing.org/p/post-apocalyptic-education

Gmail Q&A: A new way of searching your inbox with Gemini on Android devices

Today, we’re excited to announce that the Gmail Q&A feature is rolling out now on Android devices and coming soon to iOS. Gmail Q&A offers similar functionality as the side panel on the web.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://workspaceupdates.googleblog.com/2024/08/gmail-q-new-way-of-searching-your-inbox.html

Google’s AI chatbot for your Gmail inbox is rolling out on Android

Google recently started letting you use its Gemini AI chatbot to ask questions about your Gmail inbox on the web, and now, that feature is coming to mobile. The company says its Gmail Q&A feature is starting to roll out on Android and that the feature will be “coming soon” to iOS.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/29/24231824/google-gmail-q-a-gemini-ai-chatbot-android

Gemini gets smarter with file uploads for more context and analysis

Gemini – Google AI’s language model – just got even smarter. Thanks to a recent update, you can now directly upload files to Gemini chats to help add context, clarification, and deeper analysis to your work.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://chromeunboxed.com/gemini-gets-smarter-with-file-uploads-for-more-context-and-analysis/

Claude AI got a major ChatGPT-beating upgrade – here’s how to use Artifacts

Starting today all Claude.ai users – whether you pay for the service or enjoy it for free – can create and view Artifacts across the website, as well as Android and iOS apps, and it’s an upgrade ChatGPT is sorely lacking.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://www.techradar.com/computing/artificial-intelligence/claude-ai-got-a-major-chatgpt-beating-upgrade-heres-how-to-use-artifacts

Why AI can’t spell ‘strawberry’

How many times does the letter R appear in the word “strawberry?” According to formidable AI products like GPT-4o and Claude, the answer is twice. Large language models can write essays and solve equations in seconds. They can synthesize terabytes of data faster than humans can open up a book.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://techcrunch.com/2024/08/27/why-ai-cant-spell-strawberry/

Google’s custom AI chatbots have arrived

Google will soon let Gemini subscribers create custom chatbots that can serve as a gym buddy, cooking partner, writing editor, and more. Users can give the chatbots — called Gems — distinct personalities and specialties by simply describing a set of instructions.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/28/24230490/google-custom-ai-chatbots-gems-launch

Chinese and US scientists create AI model to help develop new drugs

Scientists in China and the United States say they have developed a new artificial intelligence (AI) model that could help overcome some major challenges to drug development and discovery.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3275821/chinese-and-us-scientists-create-ai-model-help-develop-new-drugs

Musk shocks Silicon Valley

After OpenAI (alongside other tech companies, politicians, and influencers) publically opposed the new Californian SB 1047 AI safety bill, which Senator Scott Weiner introduced to prevent AI from harming humanity by requiring big tech companies to introduce tighter safety protocols, Elon Musk has op

ORIGINAL LINK: https://www.aitoolreport.com/articles/musk-shocks-silicon-valley

Anthropic's AI secrets exposed

Anthropic has revealed, to the public, the system prompts it uses to teach its range of chatbots (Claude 3.5 Sonnet, Claude 3 Opus, and Claude 3.5 Haiku) how to behave, marking the first-ever tech company to reveal this ‘top secret’ information.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://www.aitoolreport.com/articles/anthropics-ai-secrets-exposed

UK scientists use AI on 1.6 million brain scans to predict dementia early

“AI and other advanced technologies are beginning to play a powerful role in medical research,” said Dr. Niranjan Bose, Managing Director of Health & Life Sciences at Gates Ventures.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://interestingengineering.com/health/uk-scientists-use-ai-on-1-6-million-brain-scans-to-predict-dementia-early

AI multi-agents with corporate structures

Multi-agents are taking over. Research shows that AI systems with 30+ agents out-performs a simple LLM call in practically any task (see More Agents Is All You Need), reducing hallucinations and improving accuracy.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://alexsima.substack.com/p/ai-multi-agents-with-corporate-structures

I’d gladly spend $16,000 on a humanoid AI robot to do all my chores

The arrival of generative AI products like ChatGPT has made many people realize the imminent dangers of AI. Not everyone worries about cataclysmic events caused by future highly intelligent AI.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://bgr.com/science/id-gladly-spend-16000-on-a-humanoid-ai-robot-to-do-all-my-chores/

This Week in AI with Reed Hepler and Steve Hargadon (August 23, 2024)

"It’s true - @stevehargadon is a national treasure." @markjotter "Steve is an amazing facilitator. He brings this wonderful combination of humility, hospitality and insight to conversations that matter in education.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://www.stevehargadon.com/2024/08/this-week-in-ai-with-reed-hepler-and_23.html

Spellbook Launches Associate: ‘First Full-Fledged’ Legal AI Agent

Spellbook, a pioneer in legal genAI, has launched ‘the first full-fledged AI agent’ for legal work. The agentic capability, branded ‘Associate’, aims to eliminate drudgery and unlock a new level of efficiency for lawyers.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://www.artificiallawyer.com/2024/08/22/spellbook-launches-associate-first-full-fledged-legal-ai-agent/

AI multi-agents with corporate structures

Multi-agents are taking over. Research shows that AI systems with 30+ agents out-performs a simple LLM call in practically any task (see More Agents Is All You Need), reducing hallucinations and improving accuracy.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://alexsima.substack.com/p/ai-multi-agents-with-corporate-structures

Every Leading Large Language Model Leans Left Politically

Large language models (LLMs) are increasingly integrating into everyday life – as chatbots, digital assistants, and internet search guides, for example.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://dailynewsfromaolf.substack.com/p/every-leading-large-language-model

Fascism 2.0 – The changing face of social media censorship

Facebook make only about £34 a year from the average customer in the UK – a little under £3 a month (and that’s before costs) so clearly there is no head-room or motivation, for a human level of customer service or attention.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://off-guardian.org/2024/08/21/fascism-2-0-the-changing-face-of-social-media-censorship/

5 ways talking to Gemini Live is much, much better than using Google Assistant

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission. Learn more. Since Gemini Live became available to me on my Pixel 8 Pro late last week, I’ve found myself using it very often.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://www.androidauthority.com/gemini-live-vs-google-assistant-3472788/

Authors sue Claude AI chatbot creator Anthropic for copyright infringement

A group of authors is suing artificial intelligence startup Anthropic, alleging it committed “large-scale theft” in training its popular chatbot Claude on pirated copies of copyrighted books.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://apnews.com/article/authors-sue-anthropic-claude-ai-chatbot-chatgpt-copyright-54ae787070bdfc8019ab29b70487c02d

The Mantra of This AI Age: Don’t Repeat Yourself

Was this newsletter forwarded to you? Sign up to get it in your inbox. Contrary to popular belief, this generation of artificial intelligence technology is not going to replace every single job. It’s not going to lead employers to fire every knowledge worker.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://every.to/chain-of-thought/the-mantra-of-this-ai-age-don-t-repeat-yourself

British journalist arrested and detained at Heathrow Airport

Richard Medhurst says he was arrested at Heathrow Airport, London, under the Terrorism Act, Sec 12. He believes he is being persecuted because he reports on Palestine. Six police officers were waiting for him at the entrance of the aircraft at Heathrow.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://expose-news.com/2024/08/20/journalist-arrested-and-detained-at-heathrow-airport/

Sam Altman wants to scan your eyeballs using Worldcoin, but governments worldwide crack down on it

Governments worldwide are not buying Sam Altman's Worldcoin initiative, which is a plan to distinguish humans from AI or robots by scanning the eyeballs of every person on earth as a pre-requisite for making crypto payments, according to a Wall Street Journal report.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://www.hindustantimes.com/business/sam-altman-wants-to-scan-your-eyeballs-using-worldcoin-but-governments-worldwide-crack-down-on-it-101724048874295.html

'We're not chasing a technology that is a moral threat to our greatest jewel : human creativity' : Popular digital drawing app Procreate rejects generative AI, here's what creatives are saying

In the video, Cuda said, "I don't like what's happening in the industry, and I don't like what it's doing to artists." When you head to Procreate's AI page, it boldly reads, "Generative AI is ripping the humanity out of things.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://www.laptopmag.com/ai/generative-ai-is-ripping-the-humanity-out-of-things-built-on-a-foundation-of-theft-the-technology-is-steering-us-toward-a-barren-future-popular-digital-drawing-app-procreate-rejects-generative-ai-heres-what-creatives-are-saying

'We're not chasing a technology that is a moral threat to our greatest jewel : human creativity' : Popular digital drawing app Procreate rejects generative AI, here's what creatives are saying

In the video, Cuda said, "I don't like what's happening in the industry, and I don't like what it's doing to artists." When you head to Procreate's AI page, it boldly reads, "Generative AI is ripping the humanity out of things.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://www.laptopmag.com/ai/generative-ai-is-ripping-the-humanity-out-of-things-built-on-a-foundation-of-theft-the-technology-is-steering-us-toward-a-barren-future-popular-digital-drawing-app-procreate-rejects-generative-ai-heres-what-creatives-are-saying

Study suggests that even the best AI models hallucinate a bunch

The research suggest that models aren’t hallucinating much less, despite claims to the contrary from OpenAI, Anthropic and the other big AI players. The U.S.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://techcrunch.com/2024/08/14/study-suggests-that-even-the-best-ai-models-hallucinate-a-bunch/

Generative AI hype is ending – and now the technology might actually become useful

Less than two years ago, the launch of ChatGPT started a generative AI frenzy. Some said the technology would trigger a fourth industrial revolution, completely reshaping the world as we know it. In March 2023, Goldman Sachs predicted 300 million jobs would be lost or degraded due to AI.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://theconversation.com/generative-ai-hype-is-ending-and-now-the-technology-might-actually-become-useful-236940

Build your own AI-powered robot: Hugging Face’s LeRobot tutorial is a game-changer

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More

ORIGINAL LINK: https://venturebeat.com/ai/build-your-own-ai-powered-robot-hugging-faces-lerobot-tutorial-is-a-game-changer/

As an amateur photographer, Google’s AI photo editing tools make me feel uncomfortable

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission. Learn more. More than a year ago, Google introduced Magic Editor, and some of us here at Android Authority were… discouraged. Us photo purists lamented the loss of authenticity and the dangers of quick-fix editing going mainstream.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://www.androidauthority.com/googles-ai-photo-editing-tools-make-me-uncomfortable-3469021/

I tested Gemini Live for 24 hours — the good, the bad and the weird

AI developers have been trying to crack the digital personal assistant nut for a while, offering a service that's smart, easy to interact with and always on call.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://www.tomsguide.com/ai/google-gemini/i-tested-gemini-live-for-24-hours-the-good-the-bad-and-the-weird

This Week in AI with Reed Hepler and Steve Hargadon (16 August 2024)

We've released our latest "This Week in AI" recording, back on Fridays. Hope you enjoy! AI summary provided by summarize.tech: https://www.summarize.tech/www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQA5oYNrYR8.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://www.stevehargadon.com/2024/08/this-week-in-ai-with-reed-hepler-and_17.html

Elon Musk touts uncensored AI images on X’s chatbot, calling Grok the ‘most fun AI in the world.’ Others call it ‘reckless’

Musk is biased of course: Grok is the AI chatbot developed by his X.AI startup and offered to premium subscribers of X, the social media platform he owns.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://fortune.com/2024/08/15/elon-musk-xai-grok-ai-images/

AI stole my job and my work, and the boss didn't know – or care

Column Earlier this year I got fired and replaced by a robot. And the managers who made the decision didn't tell me – or anyone else affected by the change – that it was happening.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://www.theregister.com/2024/08/15/robot_took_my_job/