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Google’s new AI feature can now take notes for you during meetings, making human note-takers a thing of our prehistoric, non-AI past.
But with the feature directly challenging several AI startups, is any AI wrapper safe from Big Tech’s AI dominance? Let’s get into it…
In today’s AI rundown:
Google Meet adds new note-taking AI
AGI one step closer with supercomputers
Try Gemini 1.5 Pro ‘Experimental‘ for free
FCC cracks down on AI voice calls
6 new AI tools & 4 new AI jobs
More AI & tech news
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LATEST DEVELOPMENTS
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The Rundown: Google is rolling out a new "Take notes for me" feature powered by its Gemini AI for it’s Google Meet feature, allowing users to focus on the meeting while the AI automatically captures key points.
The details:
The AI-powered tool will automatically take notes during Google Meet calls, reducing the need for manual note-taking.
The feature is powered by Google's Gemini AI and will be available to Workspace customers with specific add-ons.
"Take notes for me" is part of the AI Meetings and Messaging add-on, which costs $10 per user/month across most Google Workspace plans.
Admins can configure the feature's availability through the Google Workspace Admin console.
Why it matters: Taking notes during meetings will soon be a thing from our prehistoric, non-AI past — with Google pushing for a more practical, AI-assisted future of work. Alongside this, the tech giant is directly competing against smaller AI startups such as Otter AI and Fireflies who’ve thrived by selling a nearly identical features to users.
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SINGULARITYNET
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The Rundown: SingularityNET is launching a worldwide network of supercomputers to host and train the architectures required for Artificial General Intelligence (AGI), with the first node coming online as early as September.
The details:
The network will use advanced hardware including Nvidia GPUs and AMD processors to create a "multi-level cognitive computing network."
SingularityNET's OpenCog Hyperon, an open-source software framework, is purpose-built to implement the AGI ecosystem environment on this new hardware infrastructure.
The project uses a tokenized system for access, allowing users to contribute to and utilize the growing dataset.
The company ultimate goal is to provide access to data for the growth of AI, AGI, and the hypothetical superintelligence.
Why it matters: While AI giants like OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google all currently have a stranglehold on the development of AGI, SingularityNET’s new decentralized approach could change that. It will be interesting to see if champions of open-source like Meta are willing to collaborate with the new OpenCog Hyperon.
AI TRAINING
The Rundown: Gemini 1.5 Pro ‘Experimental’ recently surpassed both GPT-4 and Claude 3.5 Sonnet in the LMSYS Chatbot Arena, and it’s now available to try for free.
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FCC
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The Rundown: The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) just proposed new regulations requiring AI-generated voice calls to disclose the use of artificial intelligence.
The details:
The proposal aims to combat the rise of AI-generated voices in unwanted and potentially fraudulent ‘robocalls’.
AI voices would be required to explicitly state they are artificial at the beginning of calls.
The FCC is also exploring tools to alert people when they receive AI-generated calls and texts, including enhanced call filters, AI-based detection algorithms, and improved caller ID flagging.
Why it matters: As AI voices become indistinguishable from human speech, these regulations are crucial in combating highly targeted scams. But with enforcement likely to be a cat-and-mouse game against scammers, the best defence is education—especially for those most vulnerable to AI deception.
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QUICK HITS
NVIDIA and California launched an AI collaboration to train 100,000 students, educators, and workers in AI skills.
ChatGPT's Advanced Voice Mode unexpectedly imitated a user's voice during testing, revealed in OpenAI’s recent safety report.
Delphi unveiled an AI clone feature that creates lifelike digital replicas of individuals, demonstrating its capabilities in a TV interview on FOX Business.
Amazon's Alexa division lost $10 billion in 2022 alone, prompting layoffs and a pivot to generative AI to revitalize the smart assistant.
JPMorgan Chase rolled out an internal AI assistant called LLM Suite, powered by OpenAI, to over 60,000 employees for productivity tasks.
Will Eastcott released SuperSplat, a free, open-source web tool for inspecting and editing 3D images created by AI.
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