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