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The first presidential bot has been released and eliminated, it will be a very interesting election year. Is the AI Phone coming? and also some leaders are very concerned about AI, Should we?

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• Presidential Bots are out, get Ready.

• Are the AI Phones Coming?

• Global Leaders are Concerned about AI

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• 📰 News and Trends

• 🤔 What Does that even Mean? Term of the Day (Principal Component Analysis)

• 💰 Follow the Money

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📰 AI News and Trends

• The generative AI future will not be free (BI)

• Japan is plugging its labor shortage with AI and robots (FT)

• OpenAI signs up its first higher education customer, Arizona State (TC)

• Google DeepMind scientists in talks to leave and form AI startup (Bloomberg)

• Nightshade, the free tool that ‘poisons’ AI models, is now available for artists to use (VB)

🌐 Other Tech news

• Lamborghini licenses MIT’s new high-capacity, fast-charging organic battery tech (TC)

• Cryptographers Just Got Closer to Enabling Fully Private Internet Searches (Wired)

• How Public Cameras Recognize and Track You (Wired)

• Hologram Lectures are here (Guardian)

• Samsung’s smart ring might signal the start of a new wearable era (TheVerge)

• Snap’s Snapchat+ subscription may be giving teenage users too much insight into their friends (TheInformation)

Presidential Bots are out, get Ready.

And the Developer has been banned.

OpenAI suspended the developer of a bot mimicking Democratic presidential hopeful Dean Phillips, marking its first action against the use of its technology in a political campaign. The bot, Dean.Bot, was a project of Silicon Valley entrepreneurs Matt Krisiloff and Jed Somers, who created a super PAC supporting Phillips with a $1 million contribution from billionaire Bill Ackman. Developed by AI startup Delphi using OpenAI’s ChatGPT, the bot was designed to converse with voters.

However, following a Washington Post report, OpenAI suspended Delphi's account due to a violation of its policies banning the use of its technology in political campaigns and impersonation without consent. Delphi subsequently took down Dean.Bot. This incident highlights the challenges and ethical considerations in the application of AI technologies in political contexts. Despite the bot having disclaimers, researchers warn of the potential risks these technologies pose to elections, such as spreading disinformation. Krisiloff, who had asked Delphi to replace ChatGPT with open-source technologies, is a former associate of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, but Altman is not involved in the super PAC.

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Are the AI Phones Coming?

Samsung will unveil new phones this week, touted as the most advanced AI-driven phones yet. This announcement follows the trend of integrating ChatGPT-like features in devices, as seen at CES 2024. The focus is on how AI can enhance mobile devices, a concept not fully realized yet. Current technology limitations mean large AI models like ChatGPT aren't natively run on phones. For instance, Google's Pixel 8 Pro can run some AI models on-device, but its capabilities are still emerging, with features like AI-assisted transcript summarization and video enhancements.

Google's AI chatbot, Bard, introduced with the Pixel, is gaining capabilities and might be involved in Samsung's upcoming announcement. This raises questions about Google's Bixby and the potential collaboration between Google and Samsung in the AI space.

An interesting development in AI for mobile devices is the Rabbit R1, a device that has sold over $8M in a few weeks and is designed to act as an AI assistant for phones, handling tasks like booking flights or ordering pizza. Its popularity, demonstrated by rapid pre-orders, suggests a strong consumer interest in using AI to simplify phone interactions.

The upcoming Galaxy S24 launch is anticipated to reveal whether Samsung will integrate these advanced AI capabilities, transforming them from mere tech demos to practical, everyday functionalities.

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Global Leaders are Concerned about AI

In a marked shift from last year's enthusiasm, global leaders at the Davos World Economic Forum expressed growing concerns about the potential dangers of artificial intelligence.

The tone at this year's conference highlighted apprehensions about AI's impact on job loss, and disinformation, especially in the context of the upcoming American presidential election, and the overarching need for responsible AI development. Chinese Premier Li Quang emphasized the imperative of human control over machines, advocating for a "red line" in AI development that must not be crossed. Even OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff, whose companies are heavily invested in AI, acknowledged the risks. Benioff notably warned against an "AI Hiroshima," recognizing the potential for technology to go awry. Despite this newfound caution, a quarter of the Davos attendees still plan to replace employees with AI, reflecting the complex and evolving relationship between global leaders and AI technology.

💰 Follow The Money

• $500M secured by Grok, Elon’s potty-mouthed potential rival to ChatGPT, now valued at $15B - $20B, while OpenAI cofounder and CEO Sam Altman is reportedly trying to raise billions from firms like Abu Dhabi's G42 and Softbank Group to build factories that can manufacture AI chips. 

• $80M raised by ElevenLabs after Releasing New Voice AI Products.

• $10M obtained by farm-ng to further develop the Amiga robot for agriculture.

• $6M raised by Alt Mobility, a technology-enabled electric vehicle (EV) leasing and lifecycle management platform.

• $3.7M collected by Tandem, a Chicago, IL-based provider of an app for couples to manage their finances together.

• $1.09M raised by Runnr.ai, the Netherlands-based provider of a conversational guest engagement platform for hotels.

🤔 What Does that even Mean? Term of the Day

Principal Component Analysis (PCA): A statistical procedure that uses an orthogonal transformation to convert a set of observations of possibly correlated variables into a set of values of linearly uncorrelated variables.

Example: A research team uses PCA to analyze a large dataset of environmental data, including temperature, humidity, pollution levels, and more. PCA helps them reduce the dataset's complexity by identifying the key factors that explain the most variance in the data, allowing for easier interpretation and analysis.

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