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Good morning. It's Friday, June 30. Today we've hit the halfway mark of 2023. Six months have whizzed by in no time! Now's the perfect moment to take a look back at the goals we set for this year, assess our progress, and set our sights on the next six months ahead. Get ready to tackle the rest of the year head-on!
Let's jump right in and explore the latest developments in the world of AI today!
Here are the highlights:
Story — 5 ways AI could change your job.
Industry Spotlight — Generative AI May Accelerate Drug Discovery for COVID Antivirals.
Research Form arxiv— Next Steps for Human-Centered Generative AI: A Technical Perspective.
AI Tools — FRAMER: Generate and publish your site with AI.
Resources — A professional certificate in generative AI by Microsoft and LinkedIn titled Career Essentials in Generative AI by Microsoft and LinkedIn.
AI-Generated Video and Images — The Fight of the Century between Musk vs Zuckerberg! A must-watch.
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STORIES
Five ways AI could change your job, including making it more interesting and helping to convince your boss to let you work from home.
AI could make your job easier and less boring
AI could eliminate some jobs and boost competition for those that remain
AI will make workers more productive, and it's up to leaders to decide who will get to share in the profits
AI could ease managers' "productivity paranoia" and allow some workers to stay remote
AI could help make the 4-day workweek possible
AI Startups, VCs swarm Capitol Hill in generative AI lobbying push.
Sam Altman gained attention in a high-profile hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee earlier this month. The night before, he hosted a private dinner with around 60 lawmakers, some of whom praised his demonstrations of generative AI's capabilities.
In a quieter manner, other AI startups and major US venture capitalists are making their presence felt on Capitol Hill, taking advantage of legislators' increasing scrutiny of generative AI.
The EU still needs to get its AI Act together.
Despite the European Parliament taking over two years to approve its artificial intelligence regulations, AI development has remained active and progressive. European lawmakers presented the AI Act in April 2021, acknowledging that the technology holds the potential for "economic and societal benefits." However, their proposal also emphasized “new risks or negative consequences" for individuals and society.
Nearly 80% of women’s jobs are at risk from generative AI, new research finds.
Although men outnumber women in the workforce, research indicates that generative AI is projected to have a greater impact on women's job security than men's. This is due to the fact that 79 percent of employed women work in occupations that are vulnerable to AI disruption and automation.
The first half of 2023 has been all about AI.
While big tech companies dominate the AI landscape, there is a thriving ecosystem of AI startups that shouldn't be overlooked. Traci Gusher, EY's Americas data and analytics leader, highlights the significant interest that venture capitalists are showing in these AI startups, even amidst a general decrease in VC spending.
AWS pitches gen AI for autonomous operation of networks.
CodeWhisperer empowers software developers to establish fundamental objectives and delegate the task of writing the program to generative AI. Developed by Amazon and trained on an extensive dataset comprising trillions of lines of code, this tool has demonstrated a remarkable productivity increase of 57% on average. Additionally, the Internet giant emphasizes its exceptional versatility.
INDUSTRY SPOTLIGHT
The rise of generative AI on social media.
Machine Learning In Finance: All You Need To Know.
Generative AI May Accelerate Drug Discovery for COVID Antivirals.
Generative AI is already disrupting media and entertainment.
RESOURCES
Article: A professional certificate in generative AI by Microsoft and LinkedIn titled Career Essentials in Generative AI by Microsoft and LinkedIn
Source and image credit: LinkedIn
Article: 20 Must-Have Python Libraries for Data Science in 2023.
Python's rise as a preferred language for data science stems from its multitude of benefits. With a rich ecosystem of libraries like NumPy, Pandas, and SciPy, Python empowers data scientists with robust tools for data manipulation, analysis, and modeling. Its user-friendly syntax appeals to novices, while its flexibility enables experts to create intricate algorithms and workflows. Simply put, Python offers the best of both worlds in the realm of data science.
Tutorial: Generative AI: A Builder’s Guide.
Topics:
The Road to generative AI
Language models
Text-to-Image models
Prompt engineering
Where to from here?
Source and video credit: Build On AWS
Research Paper: Next Steps for Human-Centered Generative AI: A Technical Perspective.
Key points:
Iterative, cross-disciplinary discussions to define and propose the next steps for Human-centered Generative AI (HGAI)
A Roadmap for future directions of Generative AI
Roadmap spans three levels: Aligning with human values, Accommodating humans' expression of intents, and Augmenting humans' abilities in a collaborative workflow
Interdisciplinary research teams to emergent ideas in HGAI
Identification of interested topics while maintaining a coherent big picture of the future work landscape.
Source and image credit: arxiv
AI TOOLS
Coding:
Marketing: FRAMER: Generate and publish your site with AI.
Image Generation: Adobe Firefly (Beta).
Productivity: TORQ AI: Harnessing the prowess of ChatGPT to revolutionize your productivity through advanced AI assistance.
AI-GENERATED IMAGES
Here are a couple of interesting AI-generated images. See all images and the creator’s details at the cited source.
Source and image credit: Reddit
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AI-GENERATED VIDEO: The Fight of the Century between Musk vs Zuckerberg! A must-watch. Click on the image below to watch the video. See the creator’s details in the cited source.
Source and video credit: Reddit
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