Global AI Weekly
Issue number: 36 | Wednesday, January 24, 2024
Highlights
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Mark Zuckerberg’s new goal is creating artificial general intelligence
As Zuckerberg explains it, Meta’s new, broader focus on AGI was influenced by the release of Llama 2, its latest large language model, last year. The company didn’t think that the ability for it to generate code made sense for how people would use a LLM in Meta’s apps.
theverge.com
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10 unexpected ways to use GitHub Copilot
GitHub Copilot is widely known for its code generation feature. Learn how the AI assistant’s abilities can extend beyond just code generation.
github.blog
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Microsoft Adds Copilot Pro for Individuals to Generative AI Offerings
Copilot Pro adds generative AI to Word, PowerPoint, Outlook and OneNote on PC, Mac and iPad. Plus, Copilot for Microsoft 365 offers generative AI services for business.
techrepublic.comVideo
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Unconfuse Me Ep. 6: Sam Altman | Bill Gates
In the sixth episode of my podcast, I sat down with Sam Altman to talk about where AI is headed next and what humanity will do once it gets there.
gatesnotes.com
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New to Copilot? Get started with these 3 prompts | AI at work with Microsoft's Jared Spataro
Microsoft's CVP of Modern Work Jared Spataro shares his three go-to Copilot prompts that help him get up to speed, stay ahead and prioritize work.
youtube.comArticles
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Democratic inputs to AI grant program: lessons learned and implementation plans
We funded 10 teams from around the world to design ideas and tools to collectively govern AI. We summarize the innovations, outline our learnings, and call for researchers and engineers to join us as we continue this work.
openai.com
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The Future of Voice Synthesis with AI
AI voice generators are rapidly transforming the digital content landscape, offering highly realistic and versatile synthetic voices. With significant progress made in recent months, these innovative tools are empowering companies and individuals across various industries to create engaging and accessible content. From automated customer service to immersive entertainment experiences, the future of voice synthesis with AI promises even more advanced capabilities and applications. Advancement of AI-Generated Voices In recent years, AI voice synthesis has been playing a growing role in […] The post The Future of Voice Synthesis with AI appeared first on AutoGPT Official.
autogpt.net
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How AI can help you banish bad meetings
Bad work meetings are rough, but here are nine easy ways you can use AI to make them better.
news.microsoft.comSemantic Segmentation with Generative Models: Semi-Supervised Learning and Strong Out-of-Domain Generalization
Semantic Segmentation with Generative Models: Semi-Supervised Learning and Strong Out-of-Domain Generalization Training deep networks with limited labeled data while achieving a strong generalization ability is key in the quest to reduce human annotation efforts. This is the goal of semi-supervised learning, which exploits more widely available unlabeled data to complement small labeled data sets. In this paper, we propose a novel framework for discriminative pixel-level tasks using a generative model of both images and labels.
research.nvidia.comMicrosoft Expands Free Azure AI Infrastructure Access to Startups
In November, Microsoft for Startups announced the availability of Azure AI infrastructure for high-end GPU virtual machine clusters for use in training and running large language models and other deep learning models, with access to Y Combinator and M12 startups. Today, we are excited to announce we are extending the offer to additional organizations that... The post Microsoft Expands Free Azure AI Infrastructure Access to Startups appeared first on Microsoft for Startups Blog.
startups.microsoft.comUpcoming Events
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Global AI Bootcamp 2024
The Global AI Bootcamp is an annual event that occurs worldwide, where developers and AI enthusiasts can learn about AI through workshops, sessions, and discussions. Local chapters of the Global AI Community host the events in various locations across the globe. This year, the bootcamp will take place in the full month of March 2024.
globalai.community