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🗼This week in AI: Pope Francis tackles AI ethics
Also, Bill Gates foresees AI surge, Google unveils Imagen 2, and Airbnb's AI cracks down on parties.
In this edition, we dive into significant AI developments: Pope Francis advocates for AI regulation, and top AI chatbots like Google Bard and ChatGPT compete in innovation. Discover Google's Imagen 2, Bill Gates' AI-focused 2024 vision, Airbnb's AI-driven party prevention, and AI's impact on real estate. We also spotlight AI tools like Circleback and Drafthorse AI, and Meredith Whittaker's ethical AI efforts. Join us for a snapshot of AI's transformative journey.
AI NEWS 🗞️
Pope, once a victim of AI-generated imagery, calls for treaty to regulate artificial intelligence. Pope Francis steps into the AI ethics arena, urging a global treaty to govern artificial intelligence. His call to action emphasizes ethical oversight against AI's potential for creating a 'technological dictatorship', resonating across societal and religious boundaries. This plea marks a critical moment in the international debate on AI's influence in our lives. (Link)
ChatGPT vs Google Bard vs Copilot vs Grok vs Ernie: Here's how AI chatbots outperform each other. Witness the titanic struggle among leading AI chatbots Google Bard, ChatGPT, Copilot, Grok, and Ernie, each showcasing unique strengths. This contest unveils the distinct capabilities of each AI in language processing and innovation, offering insights into the evolving AI chatbot landscape and who leads in this high-tech race. (Link)
Google launches Imagen 2, its most powerful AI image generator yet. Elevating AI's creative potential, Google unveils Imagen 2, a state-of-the-art text-to-image generator. This breakthrough tool redefines digital artistry, producing contextually rich, photorealistic images. Imagen 2's launch heralds a new era in digital visual expression, expanding the horizons of AI-generated art and content creation. (Link)
Bill Gates’ predictions for 2024: fewer undernourished kids, more AI. Bill Gates envisions 2024 as a watershed year with transformative advancements in AI and global health. He anticipates key breakthroughs in combating child malnutrition and expanding AI applications. His forecast also underscores the potential of AI in addressing climate change, with nuclear energy innovations playing a crucial role. This vision sets a hopeful tone for technological and environmental progress in the coming year. (Link)
Airbnb uses AI to weed out guests who throw house parties. Naba Banerjee spearheads Airbnb's global initiative against unauthorized parties, leveraging AI to reduce such incidents by 55%. This AI-driven system meticulously analyzes booking data to preemptively flag high-risk scenarios. Banerjee's approach not only enhances community trust but also showcases Airbnb's commitment to fostering responsible hosting practices and safeguarding neighborhood tranquility. (Link)
How AI is revolutionizing Real Estate and empowering your life choices. AI is transforming real estate, reshaping property investment and personal decision-making. This insightful article delves into AI's burgeoning role in the real estate sector, highlighting its ability to open new investment avenues and influence lifestyle choices. It spotlights AI's potential in enhancing global living standards, changing the dynamics of home ownership and property investment, and revolutionizing the way we approach our living environments. (Link)
3 TOOLS 🔧
Circleback is an AI-driven tool that transforms meeting note-taking with seamless integration on Zoom, Google Meet, and Teams. It accurately captures key points and action items, ensuring no detail is missed.
Drafthorse AI is a dynamic AI SEO engine, simplifies content creation. It rapidly generates SEO-optimized articles using target keywords and integrates seamlessly with platforms like WordPress and Shopify. Enhance organic traffic with its Content Refreshing tool and effortless publishing across various platforms.
Magnific is an AI-driven image upscaling tool that enhances resolution and details in various images, including portraits, illustrations, and landscapes. Suitable for film, design, and photography, it uses generative AI to add creative depth and quality to images, catering to a wide range of professional and artistic needs.
1 PROCESS 💡
Notion AI's Q&A feature allows instant access to information stored in the Notion app, simplifying the process of finding answers to various queries right where you work.
How to Use Q&A in Notion?
Accessing Q&A within the Notion App
Option 1: Utilize the Search function.
Navigate to the sidebar in the Notion app.
Click on 'Search' and select 'Ask AI anything'.
Option 2: Use the Sparkle Button.
Find the sparkle icon at the bottom right of the app window.
Click it to activate the Q&A feature.
Accessing Q&A outside of the Notion App
Use Keyboard Shortcuts.
For Mac: Press Cmd + Shift + K.
For Windows: Press Ctrl + Shift + K.
Activate the shortcut and ask your question, regardless of where you are on your computer.
Q&A taps into your Notion workspace for instant answers. It efficiently pulls information from Notion's pages and databases. Whether joining a project late or starting as a new employee or student, Q&A quickly provides essential information, streamlining your workflow and saving time.
Learn more here
AI CHAMPIONS 🏆
Meredith Whittaker - President, Signal
Meredith Whittaker's AI insights date back to her time at Google around 2013, during its shift towards AI with DeepMind acquisition and retraining engineers. A proposed AI project on predicting genocides led her to question AI's ethical implications, especially with inaccurate data. Her journey into AI understanding revealed its reliance on massive data and computing power, exclusive to big tech firms.
Whittaker's Google tenure included protesting workplace issues and AI military work, leading to her 2019 exit over claimed retaliation. She advised at the FTC on AI's role in corporate power concentration before joining Signal Foundation in 2022. Her work at Signal, an encrypted messaging app, addresses AI's ethical concerns, opposing data scraping used by tech companies for AI training. Whittaker views Signal as a countermeasure to tech industry's data misuse, promoting privacy and challenging data-driven AI systems.
Learn more here
THE NERD CORNER 🤓
HALLUCINATE
Nominated as the 2023 Word of the Year by Cambridge Dictionary, "hallucinate" traditionally means perceiving nonexistent things. This year, it gained a new AI-related meaning: when AI systems like ChatGPT generate false information. The new usage reflects AI's imperfections and highlights the importance of human critical thinking in interacting with these technologies. AI hallucinations show the need for accurate human-generated data to train these models effectively. The term's selection underscores the evolving relationship between humans and AI, emphasizing the need for careful usage and understanding of AI's current limitations.
IN CULTURE 🤌
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