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☆ Can AI carry on this fashion designer’s legacy?
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-06 | by ( Marc Bain | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

A few years back, she began thinking about AI after working on a fashion game tied to a line she designed for Walmart. The tagged imagery is fed into the AI model to train it. “It took us about a month to get it to the right point,” said Cyril Foiret, founder and creative director of Maison Meta. Foiret said they essentially had to develop a mini AI model just for that. Last year, she contacted Maison Meta, which was creating a name for itself through projects like organizing the first AI Fashion Week with Revolve.

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☆ Tech execs are telling investors they have to spend money to make money on AI
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-02 | by ( Hayden Field | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +10 min

One theme investors heard repeatedly from top execs is that, when it comes to AI, they have to spend money to make money. Last year marked the beginning of the generative AI boom, as companies raced to embed increasingly sophisticated chatbots and assistants across key products. One key priority area, based on the latest earnings calls, is AI models-as-a-service, or large AI models that clients can use and customize according to their needs. Alphabet executives highlighted Vertex AI, a Google product that offers more than 130 generative AI models for use by developers and enterprise clients such as Samsung and Shutterstock. Alphabet executives touted Google's Duet AI, or "packaged AI agents" for Google Workspace and Google Cloud, designed to boost productivity and complete simple tasks.

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☆ ChatGPT probably won't help create biological weapons, OpenAI says
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-01 | by ( Tom Carter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Read previewOpenAI thinks there's only a slight chance that ChatGPT could be used to help create biological threats. Experts have warned that AI could be used to facilitate biological terror attacks, either by helping terrorists create biological and chemical weapons or by helping them plan their attacks. The GPT-4 group was given access to a research-only version of the model that, unlike ChatGPT, has fewer "security guardrails in place" it said. OpenAI did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Business Insider, made outside normal working hours.

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☆ Generative A.I.’s Biggest Impact Will Be in Banking and Tech, Report Says
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-01 | by ( Steve Lohr | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

A new generation of artificial intelligence is poised to turn old assumptions about technology on their head. For years, people working in warehouses or fast food restaurants worried that automation could eliminate their jobs. But new research suggests that generative A.I. — the kind used in chatbots like OpenAI’s ChatGPT — will have its biggest impact on white-collar workers with high-paying jobs in industries like banking and tech. “There’s no question the workers who will be impacted most are those with college degrees, and those are the people who always thought they were safe,” said Matt Sigelman, president of the Burning Glass Institute.

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☆ Meet the 6 startups reimagining the future of customer engagement with generative AI
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-01 | by ( Sponsor Post | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

2023 was a breakout year for generative AI that significantly advanced how companies build and deploy AI-powered products and experiences. Out of the many applications, Twilio selected six exceptional startups that leveraged practical generative AI applications across healthcare, hospitality, logistics, and more. The honorees demonstrated extraordinary advances toward the future of trusted communications and customer engagement and proved the real promise of generative AI. By layering AI technology on top of legacy systems, FleetWorks is able to automate the most time-consuming part of logistics management: live order issue handling. Learn how to transform your communication channels with Twilio and Generative AI by visiting Twilio's website or by tuning into this recent webinar.

Persons: Twilio, Khozema Shipchandler, Brandon Leen, Sinead Bovell, Arist, Arist Arist, Fleetworks, Milo, Smith.ai Smith.ai Organizations: Twilio Ventures, BMO, DoorDash, World Health Organization, OpenAI, Insider Studios

☆ Here's the magnitude of AI's effect on Microsoft's bottom line and what it means for the stock
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-31 | by ( Samantha Subin | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Microsoft seemed to pass Wall Street's latest test when it demonstrated its ability to monetize artificial intelligence. The action came a day after Microsoft issued light guidance but delivered a top-and-bottom line beat and strong AI-focused commentary. Wall Street analysts across the board regarded Microsoft's results as an affirmation of its AI leadership position. Piper Sandler's Brent Bracelin said in a Tuesday note that the results "reinforced Microsoft's first-mover advantage in AI applications." Meanwhile, Goldman Sachs analyst Kash Rangan called the company one of the "most compelling" opportunities across sectors, viewing AI as a major boon for an "already strong growth profile."

Persons: Brent Thill, Satya Nadella, Amy Hood, Morgan Stanley's Keith Weiss, Piper Sandler's Brent Bracelin, Goldman Sachs, Kash Rangan, Mark Murphy, — CNBC's Michael Bloom Organizations: Microsoft, Barclays, Raimo, Wall Street

☆ China is building its own AI at a rapid pace
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-30 | by ( Tom Carter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Chinese tech giants are racing to catch up with US firms like OpenAI in the AI arms race. Over 40 AI models have been approved for public use by the government, per local news reports. China has tight controls on AI , with tech companies required to "adhere to socialist values." Unlike their US rivals, Chinese companies that develop their own chatbots face political as well as technological challenges. That has meant that many of the country's most advanced AI models have a tendency to avoid sensitive topics, such as the status of Taiwan.

Persons: —, Ernie, OpenAI's, Bytedance, China's, Ernie Bot Organizations: Service, Reuters, Baidu, Google, Apple, Huawei, Xiaomi, Bloomberg Locations: China, Taiwan

Soon after, an Amazon executive sent a private message to an executive at another company. He said Anthropic had won the deal because it agreed to build its A.I. Amazon, he wrote, wanted to create a viable competitor to the chipmaker Nvidia, a key partner and kingmaker in the all-important field of artificial intelligence. over the last year exposed just how dependent big tech companies had become on Nvidia. They have spent billions of dollars on Nvidia’s systems, and the chipmaker has not kept up with the demand.

Persons: Amazon, Anthropic Organizations: Amazon, Nvidia Locations: Anthropic, San Francisco

☆ Elon Musk compares the AI race to playing poker — you need to spend billions every year just to sit at the table
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-29 | by ( Tom Carter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Read previewElon Musk has compared the AI arms race to a high stakes game of poker, with companies needing to spend billions on AI hardware just to stay competitive. "Tesla will spend more than that on Nvidia hardware this year. The table stakes for being competitive in AI are at least several billion dollars per year at this point," he added. AdvertisementThe billionaire previously said on X that Tesla is an AI and robotics company rather than a carmaker. In a post on X, he said he was "uncomfortable" building up Tesla's AI capacity without having more control of the company.

Persons: —, Elon, Tesla, Mark Zuckerberg, Musk Organizations: Service, Business, Nvidia, eBay, AMD, SpaceX

☆ A tutor shares 3 rules for writing college application essays, including how to use ChatGPT the right way
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-29 | by ( Ella Hopkins | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Stanford graduate Carter Osborne started a side hustle tutoring high school students on their college application essays in 2017. Osborne shared three tips for students writing their college application essays with Business Insider — including how to use and not use AI chatbots. Students should stick to their personal storiesOsborne told BI the key to writing college essays is making it personal. An AI chatbot like ChatGPT can help brainstorm — but it can't write it for youOsborne would never write his students' essays for them, he said. But AI can provide an outline to help students structure the first draft of their essays, he added.

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Political Cartoons View All 253 ImagesMicrosoft’s years-long relationship with OpenAI is the best known of the partnerships. Google and Amazon have more recently made multibillion-dollar deals with Anthropic, another San Francisco-based AI startup formed by former leaders at OpenAI. The European Union and the United Kingdom have already signaled that they might also scrutinize the relationship with Microsoft and OpenAI. Antitrust advocates welcomed the actions from both the FTC and Europe into the deals that some have derided as quasi-mergers. The companies have 45 days to provide information to the FTC that includes their partnership agreements and the strategic rationale behind them.

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☆ Apple, Zuck, Elon, and the lesson of Microsoft Windows
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-24 | by ( Alistair Barr | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

However, this person has been investing for more than 2 decades and sold a startup to a big tech company in the first dot-com boom. "The lesson of Microsoft Windows"Then this hedge funder schooled me on the "lesson of Microsoft Windows." He also pointed out that if you don't own a big platform, your life kinda sucks. AdvertisementThe biggest betsThis is why big tech companies are investing 100s of billions of dollars to find the next big platforms. Big Tech is all about winning our attention and being the first "funnel" that sends us out into the world.

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☆ AI chatbots are trying to join the race for president
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-22 | by ( Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. AdvertisementThe creation of Dean.Bot was funded by the Super PAC We Deserve Better, WaPo reported. Delphi's account was suspended for violating the political rules late Friday, just a day after WaPo wrote about the creation of Dean.Bot. Despite OpenAI's new rules, Dean.Bot won't be the last AI creation we see this election season. The outlet reported that several lawmakers, including Sen. Amy Klobuchar and Sen. Susan Collins, have also introduced congressional proposals to address AI use in advertisements.

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☆ Parcel delivery firm faces PR nightmare after AI-powered chatbot cusses and mocks the company
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-20 | by ( Rebecca Rommen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The bot used inappropriate language in a customer support exchange and criticized the company. AdvertisementParcel delivery firm DPD have replaced their customer service chat with an AI robot thing. pic.twitter.com/aq4wDitvQW — Chris Bakke (@ChrisJBakke) December 17, 2023The AI element supplements human customer service, a DPD spokesperson told Business Insider. The spokesperson told BI: "We are aware of this and can confirm that it is from a customer service chatbot. In addition to human customer service, we have operated an AI element within the chat successfully for a number of years.

Persons: —, chatbot, Ashley Beauchamp, ingle Organizations: Service, BBC, Business, ust Locations: uman

☆ Don't worry — the machines won't be as smart as humans for a long time, because they've still got a lot to learn
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-20 | by ( Hasan Chowdhury | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Much of today's most popular AI models, such as OpenAI's GPT-4, are trained on what's publicly available on the internet. It's worth noting that AI models exist today that are pretty effective at generating images, but these are text-to-image models, like Midjourney and Stable Diffusion. Koller also sees issues with today's LLMs. This isn't the first time doubts have been raised about the capacity of today's AI models. Steve Jennings/Getty Images for TechCrunchThis is not to say today's LLMs are useless.

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☆ What the global elite are saying about AI behind closed doors
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-19 | by ( Matt Turner | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

AdvertisementThe annual World Economic Forum just wrapped up in Davos, Switzerland, and talk of artificial intelligence was just about everywhere. AdvertisementPlenty of companies touted their AI wares at the World Economic Forum in Davos this year. Related storiesAt Automation Anywhere, which, as its name suggests, works on automating work, the customer-service team shrank when AI was implemented. Others I spoke to agreed: Many businesses have small-scale AI experiments running, often with promising results so far. These AI projects are expensive, and not every company has the financial or human capital to pursue an ambitious AI strategy.

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☆ The generative AI future will not be free
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-19 | by ( Alistair Barr | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Our paid AI futureToday, we're at the start of a similarly exciting new technology wave with generative AI. Even Google, the master of free online services, is considering paid subscriptions for some of its new AI offerings. So, why will generative AI offerings be paid from the start? One possible answer is that ads may not work as well in this new generative AI future. Charging for new generative AI services is one way to create new earnings.

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☆ Mark Zuckerberg is sitting on a mountain of the hottest commodity in tech right now
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-19 | by ( Aaron Mok | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. CEO Zuckerberg expects Meta to have amassed a total of 600,000 GPUs, including Nvidia's A100s and other AI chips, by year-end. That's three times more than to companies including Google, Amazon, and Oracle, Omdia estimates. Last September, Microsoft's chief technology officer Kevin Scott said that the tech company is finding it easier to get hold of Nvidia's chips, CNBC reported. AdvertisementStill, Zuckerberg said that Meta's current arsenal of Nvidia AI chips may spell trouble for other companies who want to cash in on the hype.

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☆ How the blockchain could solve one of AI’s biggest problems
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-19 | by ( Matthew Fox | Nicholas Carlson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. But what could be new this time around is a solution to the problem, according to Grayscale CEO Michael Sonnenshein. It's yet another issue that could ultimately be solved by the blockchain, according to Sonnenshein. It only makes sense for the blockchain to be integrated in generative AI technologies going forward, according to Sonnenshein. That symbiotic relationship should ultimately benefit creators and open the door to transparent compensation, according to Sonnenshein.

Persons: —, OpenAI, Michael Sonnenshein, Sonnenshein, Nicholas Carlson, it's, It's, Midjourney — Organizations: Service, Business, New York Times, OpenAI, Microsoft, Parliament's House, Lords Communications, Getty Locations: blockchain

☆ Arizona State students will get their own ChatGPT-powered tutors as OpenAI partners with the university
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-19 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Read previewStudents at Arizona State University will soon have access to personalized OpenAI's ChatGPT Enterprise. This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. The university plans to build personalized AI tutors and avatars for students and expand its prompt engineering course. Representatives for OpenAI did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Business Insider, made outside normal working hours.

Persons: —, Lev Gonick, OpenAI, ChatGPT Organizations: Service, Arizona State University, Business, ASU, Universities Locations: OpenAI

☆ Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg makes biggest pledge to AI yet
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-18 | by ( Samantha Murphy Kelly | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced on Thursday that Meta plans to build its own artificial general intelligence, known as AGI, which is artificial intelligence that meets or surpasses human intelligence in almost all areas. Zuckerberg’s latest announcement is one of its biggest pledges to double down on artificial intelligence. Big Tech companies including Microsoft, Google and Amazon continue to share new AI tools and visions amid a heightened and renewed AI arms race. Earlier this year, Zuckerberg said Meta is creating a new “top-level product group” to “turbocharge” the company’s work on AI tools. “That trope around ‘every company is now a technology company’ has evolved to be every company is now an AI company,” he said.

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☆ How Will A.I. Change My Vacation This Year?
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-18 | by ( Julie Weed | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

It is hard to believe that it has only been about a year since travelers started dabbling in ChatGPT-created itineraries. is like a teenage intern,” said Chad Burt, co-owner of the travel adviser network Outside Agents, “better, smarter, faster than you, but you need to lead them.”The expanding use of A.I. could influence how we book online, what happens when flights are canceled or delayed, and even how much we pay for tickets. For example, it could improve automatic rebooking onto new flights when customers miss connections or weather snarls runways. At United Airlines, for example, smarter software can offer rebooking options and issue food and lodging vouchers when a flight is canceled, rather than just rebooking a flight.

Persons: ”, Chad Burt, “, Oren Etzioni, Gilbert Ott Organizations: University of Washington, United Airlines Locations: Point.me

☆ 2023's AI boom was about 'obvious' plays — here's how to invest in the next leg, according to Citi
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-18 | by ( Weizhen Tan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Here are four areas that are "clear beneficiaries from the coming integration of AI into everyday business and personal lives," according to Citi. AI infrastructure Key suppliers along the global semiconductor value chain are set to be big beneficiaries in 2024, Citi said. That will include chipmakers, semiconductor equipment and data centers. The continuing manufacturing and e-commerce boom will lead to the need for more automation and robotics, according to Citi. Cybersecurity Citi warned of a sinister side to the proliferation of AI: hackers using AI chatbots to write the code to carry out cyberattacks.

Persons: Kristen, there's, Cybersecurity Organizations: Nvidia, Citi, Citi Global Wealth, Semiconductor, FDA, Citi Research, Robotics, Cybersecurity Citi Locations: Singapore

☆ OpenAI announces first partnership with a university
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-18 | by ( Hayden Field | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

OpenAI on Thursday announced its first partnership with a higher education institution. Starting in February, Arizona State University will have full access to ChatGPT Enterprise and plans to use it for coursework, tutoring, research and more. With the OpenAI partnership, ASU plans to build a personalized AI tutor for students, not only for certain courses, but also for study topics. The access to ChatGPT Enterprise means students will no longer be limited by usage caps. OpenAI and ASU's joint release specified that any prompts the ASU community inputs into ChatGPT "remain secure," and that OpenAI "does not use this data for its training models."

Persons: Lev Gonick, Gonick, Brad Lightcap, OpenAI Organizations: Arizona State University, ChatGPT Enterprise, ASU, OpenAI's, CNBC, ChatGPT, CNBC PRO Locations: Seattle , Los Angeles and New York

☆ Google unveils a new way to search
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-18 | by ( Samantha Murphy Kelly | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

The company said it’s been quietly testing the tools to see how generative AI, the technology that underpins viral chatbots including ChatGPT, can make Search more personalized and intuitive since last year. It will also launch on a handful of other high-end Android smartphones, including the Pixel 8 and the Pixel 8 Pro, starting January 3. The first feature, called Circle to Search, allows Android users to circle, tap, highlight or scribble on pictures, videos or text to learn more about what they see, such as a landmark in the back of someone’s social media page. Google gave the example of coming across an unfamiliar board game at a yard sale, and asking the tool about how the game is played. Over the years, Google has made changes to Search such as enabling search-by-voice or its Lens tool, which uses image recognition technology through a smartphone’s cameras to learn more about the world around them.

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