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Elon Musk predicts when AI will be smarter than humans, Spotify's new AI feature, game-changing ChatGPT feature in DALL-E 3, and more!

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April 08, 2024

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🎙 Daily Podcast Episode: Is Google really charging money for AI search? How can big tech help AI job loss? We’re covering this week’s AI news and what’s important to know. Give it a listen.

🕵️‍♂️ Fresh Finds: Elon Musk predicts when AI will be smarter than humans, Creating interactive map stories, how tech giants collect AI data, and overcoming AI fears to lead. Read on for Fresh Finds.

🗞 Byte Sized Daily AI News: Microsoft's London AI hub, Spotify's new AI playlist feature, and TSMC to create US chips in Arizona. For that and more, read on for Byte Sized News.

🚀 AI In 5: This new ChatGPT feature in DALL-E 3 is going to change the way we make AI images! See it here.

🧠 AI News That Matters: What happens if Google decides to charge for AI search? Can big tech save job loss due to AI? We’re breaking down the AI news that matters and how it impacts you. Keep reading for that!

↩️ Don’t miss out: Did you miss our last newsletter? We talked about AWS' key to GenAI adoption, China and North Korea's AI cyber attacks, how ChatGPT's memory works. Check it here!

AI News That Matters - April 8th, 2024 📰

Is Google really going to charge money for AI search?

Will job loss be so bad that we'll need to be saved by....big tech?

And is AI music actually so good that the world's biggest musicians are worried about it?

We'll be talking about that and more on News That Matters for the week of April 8, 2024.

Join the conversation and ask Jordan any questions on AI here.

Also on the pod today:

• Anthropic Claude's new AI tool 🛠️
• OpenAI working on AI device 📱
• JPMorgan Chase CEO on AI 🏦

It’ll be worth your 35 minutes:

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Here’s our favorite AI finds from across the web:

New AI Tool Spotlight – Muraena helps you find sales leads, UI Bakery App Generator generates web apps, and MapStory lets you create interactive map stories.

AI and Intelligence — In a recent interview, Elon Musk said that the best AI systems will be smarter than the smartest humans within a year.

Open Source AI — Is there another Perplexity and Google SGE competitor on the block? Maybe with AI-powered answer engine morph.

Big Tech - This is how tech giants cut corners to collect AI data.

Trending in AI – This millionaire says that this is the number 1 skill young people need in the AI era.

Future of Work - If you’re looking to lead, you need to overcome the fear of AI first.

AI in Society – Here is how companies are using AI to support mental health.

1. Microsoft Makes Big Move in London with New AI Hub 🇬🇧

Microsoft is setting up a new AI hub in London, led by AI scientist Jordan Hoffmann from Inflection AI. The new hub will focus on developing language models and infrastructure, aligning with Microsoft's £2.5 billion investment in the U.K. for AI development over the next three years.

2. TSMC to Revolutionize US Chip Production Scene 🇺🇸

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. is set to make cutting-edge 2-nanometer chips in Arizona by 2028, boosting US semiconductor production efforts. This move aligns with the White House goal to bring 20% of advanced chip manufacturing onshore by 2030. TSMC has a massive investment of up to $65 billion and support from the US government.

3. Spotify Unveils AI Playlist Beta for Curated Tracklists 🔊

Spotify is shaking things up with its latest beta tool, allowing users in the UK and Australia to create personalized playlists using text prompts. This new feature, dubbed AI Playlist, lets you craft a vibe like never before with prompts ranging from movie characters to colors and emojis.

4. Japanese Giants NTT and Yomiuri Sound Alarm on Unchecked AI 🚨

Japan's top telecom company, NTT, and leading newspaper, Yomiuri Shimbun, team up to push for urgent laws to control generative AI, fearing a collapse of democracy and order if left untamed. With the European Parliament already restricting some AI uses, concerns are escalating among U.S. allies about the dominance of American AI tech.

5. JARS AI Raises $3M to Revolutionize Interactive Shows 🎭

JARS AI just scored a whopping $3 million in funding to shake up the world of interactive shows! With a web-based platform using large language models, they're creating personalized episodes like "JARS Tank" and "Love AIsland." This innovative approach aims to deliver fun and engaging consumer experiences, promising a whole new level of entertainment.

ChatGPT's new in painting feature in DALL-E 3!

ChatGPT has released a new in painting image editing feature inside of DALL-E 3!

This feature will change the way AI images are made going forward.

We’re breaking down how the feature works and putting it to work to see what the eclipse is gonna look like in Chicago!

Or see this related video:

1 – Google charging for AI-search? 😬

Google is contemplating charging for its AI-based search, a departure from its ad-revenue model, as reported by the Financial Times.

That prolly won’t turn out well.

While Google’s ad revenue has not dropped, its rate of growth has. And Google is facing stiff competition from companies like ChatGPT, Microsoft’s Copilot and Perplexity, so it’s looking for innovative ways to pivot and monetize.  

What it means:  Don’t get us wrong, Google Search Generative Experience is one of the few AI offerings from Google that we think is a leader. 

But, we think this potential move from Google could be disastrous as the user experience of free alternatives such as Copilot, Perplexity and ChatGPT continues to improve. 

Check this video that shows how Google’s SGE works compared to Perplexity.

2 – Dynamic duo looking to fundraise at least $1 billion️ 🤑

Could there be a better 1-2 combination for a future AI-enabled hardware product? 

According to The Information, famed Apple Designer Jony Ive and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman are fundraising for their AI-powered personal device startup. 

Although nothing has been confirmed, reports have shown for months that Ivy and Altman were going in on a secret project together. 

The new news here – they’re reportedly in talks currently with big VC firms like Emerson Collective and Thrive Capital to raise at least $1 billion. 

What it means – We’re not sure, but it’ll likely big an immediate hit or flop. Ive is known for helping create world-changing products like the Mac, iPhone and other Apple devices that changed the world and Altman is leading the most popular Generative AI company. 

Put them together – who knows what could happen. All we know right now is the project is not supposed to be a mobile device, but is supposed to change how us regular humans interact with AI-powered devices. 

3 –Anthropic launches ‘Tool Use’ 🛠️

Is Anthropic’s Claude getting more useful? 

Kind of. 

Anthropic AI has introduced a beta version of its "tool use" feature for all Anthropic Message API users, enhancing the functionality of Claude suite's generative AI models.

Developers can now integrate external tools into Claude, enabling real-time information retrieval and third-party feature integration within Claude's workflow.

What it means: Is Claude super useful now with third-party tools and access to the internet? Nope. This update only allows these capabilities for third-party tools and developers. 

Go check out this recent comparison we did between ChatGPT’s GPT4, Gemini Ultra and Claude 3 Opus.

4 – Musicians uniting against AI 👩‍🎤

A slew of big-name musicians is coming out belting the high notes against AI. 

More than 200 musicians signed an open letter urging tech companies to refrain from using AI music generation tools that could jeopardize human creativity.

The artists, including big names like Billie Eilish, Nicki Minaj, Jon Bon Jovi, highlight the risks AI poses to privacy, identity, and livelihoods in the music industry.

What it means – We’ve seen the incredible results that tools like Suno and Stability AI are already capable of. (And apparently, there’s another AI-powered tool in the wild that rivals Suno, who we interviewed this spring on the show.) 

Will AI ultimately replace musicians? Maybe. But in the short term, you better believe AI-generated clones and remixes of popular musicians will keep their legal teams busy. 

5 – Big tech companies unite against AI 🤝

Google, IBM, Indeed, Eightfold, Accenture, Intel, Microsoft, and SAP, along with six advisers, have formed the AI-Enabled ICT Workforce Consortium led by Cisco.

The consortium aims to positively impact over 95 million individuals globally in the next ten years by providing upskilling and reskilling opportunities due to accelerated AI adoption.

What it means – Better late than never, we supposed. (Shrug.)

We know we’re in the minority here, but we like to cut it straight with y’all about AI and job loss. Yes, AI will create millions of jobs that don’t exist today. But we ultimately believe Generative AI will bring with it a net-negative impact on total jobs. 

However, we’re clapping for Big Tech here, as upskilling and reskilling is sorely needed. Like yesteryear. 

6 – Chase CEO says AI will be as impactful as electricity 🔌

Pretty big 180 here from Jamie Dimon, the CEO of JPMorgan Chase. 

After being one of the first big companies to completely ban ChatGPT for its employees, now JPMorgan Chase’s CEO is kinda changing his tune. 

In a letter to shareholders today, Dimon emphasizes the profound impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on society. Dimon foresees AI as potentially transformative, comparing its impact to major historical technological inventions like the printing press, the steam engine, and the Internet.

What it means – We’d say companies can learn a thing or two here from JPMorgan Chase.

They undoubtedly dropped the ball when it came to early GenAI implementation, but seem to be heading in the right direction now with these recent statements from Dimon and their LLM-extension DocLLM for multimodal reasoning.

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Numbers to watch

$2.4 Billion

The Canadian government is setting aside $2.4 billion to build AI capacity, with $2 billion going into a new AI Compute Access Fund.

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