👀 Weekly AI news: Did you miss it?!

👨‍🚀 The most important AI updates at a glance

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October 20, 2024

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👀 Weekly AI news: Did you miss it?!

👨‍🚀 The most important AI updates at a glance

AI-HOI and happy weekend, dear AInauts!

Maybe you didn't catch all the exciting news, tools and hacks about AI last week, or maybe you've just joined us. No need to worry!

We have summarized the highlights of the past week for you:

Finally, there are also the most important quick news for you below - so you can keep an eye on all relevant developments with just one click! Ready? Let's go!

AI is making huge progress in 2024 - and still, we are only at the beginning! Click here for the original report - and here for our summary.

OpenAI's o1 model takes AI intelligence to a new level, but at an astronomical cost. While less smart models are enough for everyday life, advances in multimodality are exploding - video AI is the next wave to hit us. NVIDIA remains the undisputed hardware king, despite brave challengers. Security concerns? They are being overrun by commercial interest. Regulation? Lagging behind. Science is celebrating AI Nobel Prizes and robots are getting smarter. Conclusion: Vive la R-AI-volution!

👩‍💼 How AI is radically changing B2B sales right now

Who would have thought that single sales ninjas would be using AI to catch the big fish? With smart use of AI, LinkedIn interactions become door openers, data is scraped from post-engagers and refined with AI. The result? Super-exciting, personalized outreach campaigns that don't smell like regular spam. Tools like HubSpot's Breeze Intelligence turn data enrichment, purchase intent and smart forms into a breeze. If you're still stuck in legacy sales, it's time to ignite the sales turbo and let AI do the work.

✍️ Improve your prompts with the OpenAI Meta Prompt

AI geeks know already: The better the prompt, the better the result. But who has time to write complex prompts? That's where the new OpenAI Meta Prompt comes in! Anthropic had it, and now OpenAI is following suit. It lets you turn your simple ideas into sophisticated system prompts - a prompt upgrade at the touch of a button, so to speak. Simply copy the Meta Prompt into the system instructions of your GPT and voilà, your personal prompt generator is ready to go! For the lazy among us, there's even a direct link to our GPT prompt. Have fun with smarter prompts and even smarter AI answers!

Dario Amodei, CEO of Anthropic, has written an essay on how AI will dominate the next 10 years. His top three prophecies?

AI accelerates advances in biology and medicine that would otherwise take 50 - 100 years to just 10 years. It could strengthen democracies by exposing misinformation and undermining authoritarian regimes... or maybe the opposite 😉.

And maybe AI can even address most mental illnesses and take the human experience to a new level. Sounds like science fiction? Maybe, but definitely worth reading!

📰 AI news quickie: HAI highlights from the industry

There were some nice updates this week

Language models

Picture & Video

  • Google launches Imagen 3 - the brand-new image generator under Gemini, with mega-realistic images without annoying artifacts. Time to get creative!

  • Meta AI takes the win in the AI image generator showdown with realism and detail - ChatGPT shines creatively and Google Gemini stays close to the mark.

  • Meta also presents CoTracker3: A new AI approach to pinpoint video tracking that remains reliable even when obscured!

  • HeyGen launches interactive avatars - now you can chat with virtual supporters and vendors in real time.

  • With these 5 new prompts you can now control great video transformations in RunwayML.

  • Try Adobe's Firefly Video Model in public beta now! The impressive results are usable without fear of copyright issues.

  • Hailuo AI launches the image-to-video function - turn your images into vivid videos. For creative content creators, things are getting exciting!

  • Bring your pictures to life with Suno Scenes! Create unique songs from photos and videos directly in the app.

  • Amazon Ads launches the AI Creative Studio and Audio Generator to make advertising campaigns more creative and customer-centric.

  • KREA AI packs all the top video models together - create cool videos with Hailuo_AI, MiniMax, LumaLabsAI & Co. via one platform!

Industry

  • Microsoft and OpenAI's "bromance" is being put to the test: financial pressures and new alliances are causing tensions, but Microsoft could still get a massive stake in OpenAI.

  • Databricks Apps allows you to create AI apps in just 5 minutes - fast, secure and without developer stress!

  • Apple presents the new iPad mini with A17 Pro chip and Apple Intelligence - now in blue & purple. Performance meets portability!

  • Zoom's CEO Eric Yuan focuses on AI for work - Can it compete with Microsoft and Google? An improved AI companion is coming to Zoom.

  • Microsoft AI VP Sebastien Bubeck joins OpenAI to drive AGI forward.

  • The EU AI Checker uncovers: Big Tech's AI models often fail on safety and fairness. That could lead to penalties of up to 7% of their revenue!

  • Great interview with NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang, where he explains how AI is revolutionizing the energy industry and promoting sustainability.

Your AInauts,
Fabian & Reto

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