Step into ‘The AI Economy’: Your Curated AI News Corner

Welcome to 2024! In this first issue of “The AI Economy,” I’ve curated the week’s top articles on artificial intelligence. But rather than featuring content offering basic tutorials, we’ll explore AI’s impact on businesses, the workforce, society, and today’s technology. The goal is to help working professionals better understand one of the biggest innovative disruptions in our lives.

Why Should You Trust Me?

As a seasoned journalist for The Next Web and VentureBeat, I’ve actively followed evolving technology. With nearly five years of leading editorial efforts at Flipboard, I’m no stranger to curation. Trust that I bring a discerning eye to identify high-quality stories from respected reporters.

But before we get to this week’s AI roundup, here’s today’s prompt:

Previewing CES 2024

The annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) runs from January 9 to 12 and expect to face a deluge of gadget news. However, one theme experts believe will be prominent this year is how AI will be baked into the latest product releases.

Anticipate a “tsunami” of company announcements heralding machine learning-powered devices. This isn’t the first year we’ve seen AI at CES — the technology has been around for some time with robotics and autonomous vehicles. But after its breakthrough moment with ChatGPT, AI will be everywhere.

As you read about the enhancements coming to new TVs, the latest computing form factor, and the next-gen health-focused wearables, take heed of what might go unmentioned: the intricate ways companies are using data to shape personalized services. Plus, be cognizant of broader AI applications, extending beyond the conventional chatbot landscape.

➡️ Read my CES preview write-up here.

What You Need to Know About AI

Here’s your curated look at the state of artificial intelligence for the week of January 1:

🏭 Industry Insights

• There was never such a thing as ‘open’ AI (The Atlantic)
• Predictions for AI in 2024 and its impact on the U.S. presidential elections (Vox)
• Sony, Canon and Nikon to fight deepfakes with digital signature tech in future cameras (TechRadar)
• U.S. Homeland Security looking for insights into synthetic data generation to build AI applications and machine learning models (NextGov)

✏️ Generative AI

• OpenAI’s ChatGPT app store reportedly could launch next week (TechCrunch)
• Microsoft shipping Copilot key with new PCs and laptops (The Verge)
• Google said to be working on an ‘advanced’ paid version of Bard (The Verge)
• Apple could announce Siri GenAI capabilities at WWDC (9to5Mac)
• Samsung’s Galaxy AI to be unveiled in January, but don’t get too excited (Digital Trends)
• ChatGPT could replace Google Assistant on Android (Android Authority)
• Microsoft executive Dee Templeton reportedly tapped to be OpenAI nonvoting observer (Bloomberg)
• Forrester: Five barriers to GenAI’s success (VentureBeat)
• Intel spins out enterprise-focused GenAI software company Articul8 AI (TechCrunch)

⚙️ Hardware News

• Databricks: Intel’s Gaudi beats Nvidia on price performance for AI accelerators (VentureBeat)
• Nvidia to develop new chips for China working with U.S. to comply with export curbs (CNN)

💰 Funding News

• Anthropic seeks to raise $750 million but wants a lower valuation (Semafor)
• GenAI search engine Perplexity raises $74 million at $520 million valuation (Silicon Angle)
• Nabla raises $24 million to help build an AI copilot that aids how doctors work with patients (VentureBeat)

⚖️ Copyright and Regulatory Issues

• Google creates ‘Robot Constitution’ to prevent violence from AI droids (The Verge)
• Why copyright law is AI’s 2024 battlefield (Axios)
• EU antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager to meet with CEOs of Apple, Alphabet, Broadcom and Nvidia (Reuters)
• What’s next for AI regulation in 2024? (MIT Technology Review)
• California Senate to debate bill regulating state’s use of AI (CBS News)

💥 Disruption

• Why The New York Times vs. OpenAI will be the copyright fight to watch in 2024 (VentureBeat)
• Adult porn stars say AI threatens to take consent — core to the business — away (Forbes)
• Profile of Midjourney CEO David Holz and how the GenAI company is preparing for the 2024 U.S. presidential election (Bloomberg)

🔎 Opinions and Research

• Apple’s LLM gap is real. It might not last much longer. (Joan Westenberg)
• Researchers use AI to map human activity at sea, revealing clandestine fishing activity and a boom in offshore energy development (The Verge)
• Google’s DeepMind shares advanced systems and models for autonomous robot training (Silicon Angle)
• Investor Fred Wilson offers 2024 predictions, saying we are ‘moving into the application era of AI’ (A VC)

End of the Line

Those are all the articles from this week, but you can keep track of everything I’m reading by following my Flipboard Magazine, “FYI”.

What did you think of the inaugural edition of “The AI Economy?” Please share your feedback with me — leave a comment or drop me a note on LinkedIn. What did you love? Hate? Is there something you think I should include in future editions?

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