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Everyday AI
March 01, 2024
Outsmart The Future
Today in Everyday AI
6 minute read
🎙 Daily Podcast Episode: How can we get more women in AI roles? We lay out a guide to rebuilding the staffing industry to get more women in tech and AI roles. Give it a listen.
🕵️‍♂️ Fresh Finds: An AI user research tool, Alphabet falling behind in AI, and a viral AI photo of McDonald’s. Read on for Fresh Finds.
🗞 Byte Sized Daily AI News: Elon Musk Sues OpenAI, Apple’s AI struggles, and Microsoft Windows 11 Copilot gets an update. For that and more, read on for Byte Sized News.
🚀 AI In 5: There's some brand new Dall-E features Microsoft Copilot! We're showing you how they work and where you can access them. See it here
🧠Learn & Leveraging AI: So how can we help to get more women in the AI space? Here’s some things to consider. Keep reading for that!
↩️ Don’t miss out: Did you miss our last newsletter? We talked about Probability of AI visuals, OpenAI accuses NYT of hacking, reviewing Microsoft Copilot's new features. Check it here!
Rebuilding The Staffing Industry: How to get more women in AI roles 🤔
AI is great for many reasons but one thing that isn’t so great is the lack of diversity around AI.
So how can we get more women in AI roles?
It's an important conversation we need to have, especially in the IT and tech space in the US.
Dona Fanara, VP of Women Impact Tech, joins us to discuss how we can rebuild the staffing industry and get more women into AI roles.
Join the conversation and ask Jordan and Dona questions on women in AI here.
Also on the pod today:
• Traits for Success in AI and Tech Roles 🛂
• Traits for Success in AI and Tech Roles 🚨
• Advice for Women Breaking into Tech and AI Roles ✅
It’ll be worth your 26 minutes:
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Here’s our favorite AI finds from across the web:
New AI Tool Spotlight – Persona Chat is an AI user research tool, LTX Studio is an AI filmmaking platform, and Humaan.AI helps you build human-like intelligence apps.
Trending in AI – CEO of an Italian defense giant says stupidity is a bigger threat than AI.
Big Tech - Tech giant Alphabet is in danger of falling behind in AI with all of Google’s recent AI mishaps.
Social Media – Here’s how Elon Musk is using his AI startup to boost X (formerly Twitter).
Fun and Weird – This viral photo of a man smoking in McDonald’s was made by AI.
1. Elon Musk Sues OpenAI Over Alleged Betrayal 🧑‍⚖️
Elon Musk drops a bombshell lawsuit on OpenAI co-founders for allegedly shifting focus to profits instead of humanity. Musk claims OpenAI transformed into a for-profit model, partnering with Microsoft to maximize profits, a far cry from its non-profit mission. The lawsuit alleges a stark betrayal of the original agreement, raising concerns about AI ethics and humanity's future.
2. Apple's AI Struggles: Will It Bounce Back? 🍎
Apple's shares dropped over 3% in the first two months of 2024. Amid Microsoft's AI success, Apple's AI initiatives face scrutiny following the halt of its electric car project. Speculations swirl around Apple's upcoming major AI announcements in June, hinting at a potential tech resurgence.
3. Microsoft Windows 11 Copilot Gets an Update đź’»
Microsoft is set to roll out new skills for Copilot, enabling it to handle a myriad of tasks like changing settings, making reservations through services like OpenTable and Shopify, and even assisting with video editing in apps like Clipchamp. This update also includes AI integrations in default apps such as Photos, offering generative erase features, and automatically removing silence from videos.
4. Deepmind’s Genie: The Future of Video Game Development? 🎮
Google’s Deepmind team recently introduced Genie, an AI model capable of creating action-controllable 2D worlds for video games based on text and image prompts. Through 200,000 hours of training on video gameplay, Genie can generate coherent frames in real-time, allowing for the creation of basic 2D platformer-style games.
5. Spanish Bank Uses AI To Pick Customers’ Stocks 🏦
A Spanish bank, Openbank, is using AI to pick stocks for its clients across Europe, boasting an impressive success rate of up to 56% over different time horizons. Director Gonzalo Pradas revealed that this cutting-edge AI tool has been fine-tuned through analysis of over 2000 variables and daily updates.
New AI image features in Copilot!
There's some brand new features in DALL-E!
These features are specific to DALL-E inside Microsoft Copilot.
We're showing you how they work and where you can access them! If you think you know Dall-E, this might change your mind….
Check out today's AI in 5.
Or see this related video:
🦾How You Can Leverage:
It’s hard for women to break into AI roles.
How can we change that?
It starts with important conversations, and that’s actually what we had on today’s show with Dona Fanara.
Dona is the VP of Women Impact Tech, a group that aims to advance women in technology.
Here’s what we learned — women have the deck stacked against them when it comes to breaking into AI and tech roles.
One of the main reasons?
Bias.
For decades, tech and AI roles have been thought of as male-dominated fields, perpetuating the stereotype that women are less capable in these roles.
Wrong.
This bias often leads to fewer opportunities for women in AI and tech industries, deepening the divide even more.
So here’s what you need to know from our conversation today with Dona on what needs to be done.
1 – Find a network and mentor 👥
When women are few and far between in highly visible AI roles, it’s even more important for women in AI and tech roles to network with their peers.
It can’t be an afterthought, though.
Dona said that because women face ongoing bias in the tech and AI space and it can be more difficult for them to be promoted, networking and mentorship aren’t just nice-to-haves.
They’re required.
Try this:
Speaking of women in AI and tech, we’ve had some fantastic women on the Everyday AI show.
Here’s a few other episodes from women in tech and AI roles who are worth connecting with. (And listening to their shows.)
2 – More resources from corporate 🏢
Sometimes change comes from the bottom up.
Sometimes, it needs to be pushed from the top down.
Dona encouraged companies to take on initiatives at the corporate level to encourage change and increase representation for women in tech and AI roles.
It can start simply, with Employee Resource Groups around elevating more women into tech and AI roles.
Dona also said some of that responsibility should be shouldered by HR departments and DEI initiatives.
With enough buy-in and feedback, Dona said corporations can start to level the playing field.
Try this:
IBM has an in-depth guide on how companies can foster a better environment for women to thrive in AI and tech roles.
And if you want to see a more landscape of women in tech and AI roles?
This page not only has a bevy of important stats but also links to other resources and studies on women in tech.
3 – Start younger 👩
The approach to getting more women in tech and AI roles is twofold: we have to address the current corporate culture but also pave the way for a better future.
Dona highlighted the importance of initiatives to get girls and younger women into tech fields.
A reactive approach alone won’t cut it. You’ve gotta be proactive.
Try this:
Berkeley has free programs for girls and young women to advance in tech, and CIO has an in-depth list of different orgs and programs paving the way.
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Numbers to watch
$9.33 billion
Dell hit a whopping 38% surge, fueled by AI-optimized servers and better-than-expected sales profits, reported a revenue of $9.33 billion in the fiscal fourth quarter alone.
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