Daily AI NEWS - July 13, 2024
AI, Advances, and Updates
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Today's AI news highlights stress on power grids from generative AI, advances in reasoning tasks by OpenAI, and an upcoming major update for Samsung's Bixby in 2024.
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AI's Environmental Impact
Generative artificial intelligence tools, now part of the everyday user experience online, are causing stress on local power grids and mass water evaporation.
The tech giants both report surges in greenhouse gas emissions as they double-down on adding artificial intelligence to all of their products.
AI-Enhanced Devices and Reviews
The Swift Go 16 is a good laptop that features a couple of cool AI tricks, sure. But it's far from being a true "AI machine".
Lenovo and Qualcomm team up to make an otherwise great laptop stymied by lackluster AI and underwhelming battery life.
Lenovo and Qualcomm team up to make an otherwise great laptop stymied by lackluster AI and underwhelming battery life.
OpenAI Advances and Classifications
OpenAI is reportedly nearing breakthroughs with AI systems that can perform reasoning tasks. The company has introduced a new five-level classification system to measure capabilities, where Level 2 AI achieves "human-level problem solving."
An OpenAI spokesperson disclosed that the scale ranks progress towards Artificial General Intelligence (AGI). This could indicate significant strides in developing more advanced forms of AI.
Samsung's AI and Device Updates
Samsung's TM Roh confirmed that a massive Gen AI update will hit Bixby in 2024.
Samsung has introduced its latest Galaxy wearables and foldable phones at the recent Unpacked event in Paris, featuring the new Galaxy Ring, Z Fold 6, Watch, and Buds.
Samsung launched a slew of new devices at its much-trailed Unpacked event on Wednesday, and now it's unboxed them all, too.
AI in Creativity and Copywriting
Research shows AI tools can enhance the creativity of amateur writers, allowing them to produce stories that are seen as more inventive. However, the overall creativity of the group was observed to decline, suggesting a complex dynamic between individual and collective creativity when using AI.
With millions invested in developing AI, enterprises are increasingly aware that cross-functional collaboration is essential to creating user-centric AI products. This approach ensures that AI solutions meet real customer needs rather than just pushing technological boundaries.
Selected articles of the day
The music Industry is coming for AI
A new lawsuit filed by record labels Universal, Sony and Warner says their catalogs have been ripped off by two AI music generators. But there’s a twist: It’s not clear the courts are on their side.
Read on NPR
Research shows AI can boost creativity for some, but at a cost
Amateur writers using AI tools produced stories that were deemed more creative, but the research suggests the creativity of the group overall went down.
Read on NPROpenAI is reportedly nearing AI systems that can reason. Here's why that could be a cause for concern.
OpenAI recently shared a new five-level classification system for AI systems with employees, according to a new Bloomberg report.
Read on Business InsiderThe AI chip race is minting thousands of new millionaires in Taiwan, but not everyone is benefiting
Taiwan was already home to 788,799 US dollar millionaires in 2023. This number could surge by 47% to 1,158,239 millionaires in 2028, per UBS.
Read on Business Insider
Meet Patronus AI’s ‘Lynx’: The open-source bullshit detector outsmarting GPT-4
Patronus AI launches Lynx, an open-source AI hallucination detector that outperforms GPT-4, revolutionizing enterprise AI trustworthiness and challenging tech giants.
Read on VentureBeat