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This week, we see the chip battle heat up, with AMD and Intel releasing new, updated chips to compete with each other and Nvidia. We also see the major advancements in humanoid robots with Tesla’s latest showcase.

🤖 Tesla showcases Optimus Gen 2, capable of handling delicate objects

💰 OpenAI funding research on alignment with “Super Intelligent” AI

💻 AMD and Intel release new chips, competing in a tight race

💪Mistral releases an AI model that beats ChatGPT 3

📰 AI in the News

Tesla Shows Off Their Latest Humanoid Robot: Optimus Gen 2

Tesla has unveiled a new demo video featuring Optimus Gen 2, its latest humanoid robot prototype, showcasing significant technological advancements since its initial public demonstration.

Optimus Gen 2, the successor to Tesla's first humanoid prototype, exhibits notable mobility, balance, and object manipulation improvements. The robot is designed with Tesla's custom actuators and sensors, including articulated toes and a two-degree-of-freedom neck. Key enhancements include a 30% increase in walk speed, 10 kg weight reduction, and delicate object handling capabilities, demonstrated by safely manipulating eggs. Despite these advancements, Optimus Gen 2 remains a prototype, illustrating Tesla's long-term vision of robots capable of replacing human labor in various tasks.

The release of the Optimus Gen 2 demo video marks a significant step in Tesla's journey towards creating functional humanoid robots. While still not ready for production, these advancements highlight Tesla's progress in robotic technology. (Full Story)

OpenAI Launches $10 Million Grant Program Superhuman AI Alignment Research

OpenAI has announced a substantial $10 million grant program, the Superalignment Fast Grants, to propel research in the alignment and safety of superhuman AI systems. This initiative reflects the growing focus on developing AI that surpasses human intelligence in economically valuable work, while ensuring these systems align with human values and interests. OpenAI's commitment to this project highlights the potential benefits and risks associated with superhuman AI, emphasizing the need for breakthroughs in controlling AI systems smarter than humans.

The Superalignment Fast Grants, supported by former Google CEO Eric Schmidt, aim to attract a diverse range of researchers and engineers to address the challenges of aligning superhuman AI with human values. The program offers grants ranging from $100K to $2M for academic labs, nonprofits, and individual researchers, along with a one-year $150K fellowship for graduate students. This initiative opens doors for new perspectives in AI research, inviting applicants without prior experience in alignment to contribute fresh ideas. (Full Story)

More Stories

• AMD Unveils Breakthrough AI Chips for Lightning-Fast Training. (link)

• EU Reaches Provisional Deal on AI Act for Regulation. (link)

• Intel Unveils Gaudi3 AI Chip to Compete with Nvidia and AMD. (link)

• Mistral Releases AI Model that Beats GPT 3.5. (link)

• Google Admits Misleading Gemini AI Demo Video. (link)

• AI with Human Brain Cells Masters Speech. (link)

• Instagram Introduces AI-Powered Backgrounds for Creative Posts. (link)

• Sports Illustrated Publisher Fires CEO Amid AI Controversy. (link)

• WeRide Expands Autonomous Vehicle Testing to Singapore. (link)

• Stability AI releases a new image-to-3D model. (link)

💡 Industry Insights

🏥 Healthcare

Google's MedLM for Healthcare: Google has launched MedLM, a suite of AI models specialized for healthcare tasks, now accessible to some Google Cloud customers and trialed by entities like HCA Healthcare for patient note creation, marking a significant step in tech firms' exploration of AI in healthcare, despite concerns about accuracy and ethics. (link)

AI in Healthcare Hiring: The CEO of Incredible Health discussed how generative AI can accelerate the hiring process in the healthcare industry. AI significantly streamlines the recruitment process by efficiently matching healthcare workers with suitable jobs. This technological integration illustrates AI's expanding role in optimizing workforce management in healthcare. (link)

🏠 Real Estate

AI Integration in Real Estate Blockchain: Everlodge has incorporated AI into its blockchain-based real estate marketplace to improve investment decisions by analyzing and forecasting global property values, aligning with its goal of simplifying global real estate investing and attracting significant investor interest.(link)

AI Innovation in Real Estate Forecasting: Markerr's new AI Data Scientist in its Markerr Data Studio utilizes advanced machine learning for multifamily rent forecasting, offering real estate investors and operators real-time, user-friendly insights from complex data. (link)

🔐 Cyber Security

Cisco's AI-Driven Cybersecurity: Cisco is advancing its cybersecurity approach by incorporating AI, introducing an AI Assistant for Security and an AI-powered Encrypted Visibility Engine to address network and firewall misconfigurations, demonstrating the company's commitment to using advanced technology for network safety and data analysis. (link)

AI and Cybersecurity Risks for Small Businesses: At a House subcommittee hearing, experts highlighted the increased risk of AI-enhanced cyber threats to small businesses, with suggestions including collective defense, incident reporting, an AI "ingredients" inventory, and enhanced AI education and best practices sharing in cybersecurity. (link)

💰 Finance

Hyperplane's AI Revolution in Banking: San Francisco-based startup Hyperplane has raised $6 million to transform banking with AI, using foundation models to analyze first-party data for personalized banking services and to better predict customer behavior. (link)

AI Tax Filing Assistant by H&R Block: H&R Block's new AI Tax Assist feature in its DIY tax software offers personalized tax guidance and access to human experts, aiming to simplify tax preparation for users, particularly small business owners and gig workers. (link)

⚖️ Legal

AI in Legal Document Drafting: The U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals is proposing rules to mandate human review of AI-assisted legal documents for accuracy, following an incident of a lawyer submitting an AI-generated brief with errors, highlighting concerns over AI's reliability in legal matters. (link)

AI Law at Purdue: Purdue Global Law School's new course, CL810 - Artificial Intelligence Law, will delve into AI's influence on legal fields like intellectual property and privacy, focusing on its evolving legal implications, ethical considerations, and the need for human oversight in AI's legal applications. (link)

📈 Venture Deals

• NY State joins IBM and Micron to invest $10 billion in a semiconductor research facility. (link)

• SumUp taps €285 million more in growth funding. (link)

• Line Next secures $140 million in funding for its web3 platform. (link)

• Seattle biotech hub advances 'DNA typewriter' with $75 million from tech billionaires. (link)

• Essential AI raises $56.5 million in Series A to build the enterprise brain. (link)

• Twin Health raises $50 million to target chronic metabolic disease with AI. (link)

• MaintainX raises $50 million for AI in industrial operations. (link)

• Neuralink, Elon Musk’s brain implant startup, raises an additional $43 million. (link)

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