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👀 Weekly AI news: Did you miss it?!
👨🚀 The most important AI updates at a glance
Die AInauten
November 30, 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!
Alright, let's get into it. Maybe you didn't catch all the exciting news, tools and hacks about AI last week, or you've just landed here. No need to worry!
We've summarized our highlights from the past week:
Finally, the most important quick news for you - so you can keep an eye on all relevant developments with just one click! Ready? Let's go!
The new gold diggers are solo hustlers who generate really solid revenue with AI! Thanks to powerful tools, anyone with a clever idea can go it alone. And Sam Altman is already betting on the first one-person unicorn = billion-dollar company.
From Tony Dinh to Pieter Levels, solopreneurs are showing what's possible. And how are you using the AI revolution for yourself? With AI, you can build apps, offer services or help companies jump on the bandwagon. The possibilities are endless, you just have to do it.
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Anthropics Prompt Improver is your magical helper for better AI prompts! It pimps your existing prompts with chain-of-thought reasoning and takes them to the next level.
To use the Prompt Improver, log in to the Anthropic console or create an account. Select "Improve an existing Prompt", enter your prompt and describe what you want to optimize.
Use {Variable} as a placeholder or click on "Templatize" to create a reusable structure. Start the 6-step process and then test your optimized prompt!
ChatGPT is rocking the internet and is now in the top 10 most visited websites - with a whopping 3.7 billion visits in October! One reason for this was branding: the switch to chatgpt.com caused traffic to explode, and Sam Altman has now also snapped up chat.com for a whopping 15 million dollars.
But before we get too euphoric, we should take note: Progress on the latest models appears to be stagnating. Because now that the internet has been exhausted as a data source and every meme cat has already been fed in, things are starting to get tight. And more GPUs? That's not a miracle solution either, says a16z investor Ben Horowitz. Perhaps the key is simply to use the tools more cleverly?
Attention, meme fans! If you want to stand out in the social media jungle, there's no getting around memes - they are the secret ingredient in the recipe for online success.
Whether it's politics, finance or your personal brand, memes have a hand in everything. But don't worry, you don't have to become a meme guru and do everything yourself. AI tools such as SUPERMEME and GLIF APP make it super simple to come up with clever memes.
Klarna laid off 700 employees over two years ago and replaced them with AI, mainly in customer support. The result? Customer support costs down by 14%, marketing spend reduced by 16% thanks to AI content, and 90% of employees use AI every day!
Of course, tech and IT costs have increased, but the productivity gain clearly outweighs this. Klarna shows how an open and admittedly aggressive use of AI brings measurable results. However, the sticking point seems to be that the quality of customer service suffers as a result ...
The Dream Machine from Luma Labs has been upgraded and is now even more user-friendly! Create boards, use the brainstorming function and let the AI develop different styles for you that you can refine further. The visually appealing approach is really fun - even if you don't consider yourself a creative genius.
📰 AI news quickie: The HAI-lights from the industry
Once again this week, we've put together the most exciting topics for you and couldn't resist a few cheeky comments!
OpenAI, Anthropic, Amazon, Google, Apple - news from the big players
Amazon pumps another 4 billion dollars into Anthropic and makes AWS its main cloud partner. The battle for supremacy is getting more and more expensive - but you can afford it.
OpenAI is attacking Google in two ways: apparently it is working on its own browser and infinite AI memory for 2025. Impressive - but if anyone can challenge Google for market share, it's OpenAI.
Google counters with Gemini for Android apps and will soon allow codebases to be uploaded to Gemini. Cool, but there is still a lot to do for Big G. The competition is nibbling away at the market share (even if only in small bites).
Apple is quietly and secretly working on a new LLM-Siri, for 2026. That's half an eternity, hopefully it will be good by then - so far, the Apple AI features leave a lot to be desired.
Tools & innovations
@cj_zZZz shows how he realized 19 projects with apps like Cursor and without coding. That just goes to show that anyone can build an app these days!
We are superfans of NotebookLM, and two of the creators, Raiza Martin & Steven Johnson, let us take a look behind the scenes. Super likeable.
The beta version of ComfyUI Desktop is now available for Windows and Mac. Finally easy to install, without terminal lines of code!
Hume AI gives Claude a more human voice - uncannily good, almost too good...
NVIDIA's Edify 3D creates complete 3D worlds from simple text commands that can be edited. This is really shaking up the gaming & film industry!
The AI Agents Directory offers a comprehensive overview of 477 AI agents. You really are spoiled for choice ...
With the AI-supported forms from Surface Labs (a Y-Combinator startup), companies increase engagement and conversion rates. A smart solution, we could have thought of that too!
Science & Research
Wharton Profax Ethan Mollick was crowned MBA Professor of the Year for his integration of AI into teaching. We've been following him forever and love his thoughts and impulses, a well-deserved honor.
Google presents HAI-DEF, a model for medical applications, and the combination of AI and CRISPR is revolutionizing genetic research. Our motto: Just don't die, you might live forever!
303 new Nazca Lines in Peru. Who discovered them? AI, of course! Sometimes it takes an algorithmic view to unravel historical secrets.
Researchers simulate political predictions for 1000 people with GPT-4. Fascinating and frightening at the same time.
Stanford & DeepMind achieve 85% accuracy in simulating personalities. Uhh... who wants to meet their digital self? Seriously...
A new study shows that Gen Z is afraid of losing their job due to AI, while employers remain calm. We know: the fear is justified, the big bang is yet to come and everyone is the architect of their own fortune!
Business & Startups
Palmer Luckey's Anduril reaches a 14 billion dollar valuation in the defense sector. The Oculus founder is shaking up military technology with AI - controversially, but successfully.
Zoom surprises everyone and declares itself an AI-first company. Bold transformation, or rather a desperate attempt to stay relevant?
Spines wants to shake up the book industry and publish 8,000 books by 2025 with the help of AI. Quantity instead of quality? Well, hopefully not.
Investor Stanley Druckenmiller sells Nvidia and backs Broadcom. A bold move - does he have the right instinct? We'll hold on and watch.
Thomson Reuters revolutionizes the legal industry with CoCounsel. The number of users has risen by 1400%. Can an AI actually take the law exam? Asking for a friend.
And that’s a wrap! Enjoy the rest of your weekend.
Your AInauts,
Fabian & Reto
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