Weekly AI - 9 Sept 2023
Welcome back to the weekly newsletter on Artificial Intelligence. As September continues, children return to school and we settle back into routine. This week we see AI rapidly advancing across many fields, with highlights in robotics, animal communication, and image generation. Read on to learn about applications of AI in education, predicting smells, and more.
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Duet AI Assistant Launches for Google Workspace
On August 29th, Google launched Duet AI, an AI assistant for Google Workspace that helps automate repetitive tasks like creating presentations and taking meeting notes. This long-awaited assistant has great potential to save time for the billions of Google Workspace users.
AI Predicts Smells of Chemicals from Their Structures
A new AI system can analyze a chemical's molecular structure and predict what it will smell like, using descriptive words like grassy. This could help design new scents without having to synthesize chemicals first.
Teaching with AI: Useful ways to leverage ChatGPT in the classroom
Open AI releases a guide for teachers using ChatGPT in their classroom—including suggested prompts, an explanation of how ChatGPT works and its limitations, the efficacy of AI detectors, and bias.
How artificial intelligence could help us talk to animals
What might sperm whales and other animals be saying to each other? Using artificial intelligence, researchers are working to learn how to translate what their sounds mean.
X's privacy policy confirms it will use public data to train AI models
X’s recently updated privacy policy informing users it would collect biometric and job data to train AI models.
Ideogram launches AI image generator with better text handling
Ideogram, a new AI image startup, generates impressive typography and text handling, currently lacking in Midjourney and other rivals.
Google's RT-2 AI model brings robots closer to Wall-E
Google's new RT-2 AI model allows robots to perform complex tasks using only natural language instructions.
HubSpot unveils HubSpot AI, incorporating new and existing AI pieces
HubSpot announced a comprehensive AI strategy called HubSpot AI, bringing together new and existing AI across content, customer service, insights and more.
Doppelgangers: Using AI to disambiguate similar 3D structures
Researchers propose a new dataset and learning approach to determine if two similar images depict the same or distinct 3D surfaces, avoiding reconstruction errors.
Anthropic introduces paid Claude Pro plan with 5x more usage
Anthropic launched a $20/month Claude Pro plan that offers 5x more usage, priority access, and early feature access for its Claude 2 AI assistant.
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