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October 25th, 2024

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Voxstar Weekly AI Report: Google Deepmind Breakthroughs and the Latest AI Tools

Issue #17 | 25th October 2024

🔍 Introduction

Welcome to this week's edition of the Voxstar Weekly AI and Automation Report! In this issue, we explore how Google DeepMind has announced the open-source release of SynthID, an advanced watermarking system for AI-generated content. The tool is already in use with Gemini and other Google products.

📈 Industry Insights

DeepMind Releases Open-Source AI Watermarking Tool

Meta recently announced its cutting-edge AI model, Movie Gen, a revolutionary system capable of generating high-definition videos with integrated audio entirely from text prompts. This model can also edit existing videos, allowing users to apply stylistic changes and add new elements through natural language instructions. The AI even produces sound that synchronizes perfectly with the visuals, such as background noise, ambient sounds, and sound effects. However, the model remains in its research phase due to high processing costs and slow video generation times.

• Key Features:

- The system uses a 'tournament sampling' method to embed invisible watermarks while maintaining text quality.

- Tests on 20 million Gemini user interactions showed no drop in response quality or user satisfaction.

- SynthID's watermarks apply to various content types, including audio, images, and video.

- DeepMind has open-sourced SynthID, aiming to make it a standard tool for developers and companies across the industry.

- It's already integrated into Gemini, ImageFX, VideoFX, and Vertex AI's image tools, marking the first large-scale rollout of AI watermarking.

Why It Matters:

With the rise of AI, distinguishing between real and AI-generated content has become almost impossible. Google hopes SynthID will set the industry standard, though competitors are working on similar solutions. Either way, the watermarking challenge seems closer to a solution.

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🛠️ AI Tools

Featured AI Tools of the Week

Discover the latest tools transforming workflows, boosting productivity, and enabling creative breakthroughs in AI-powered solutions:

Here’s a fresh take with the tools highlighted:

1. - 📝 Paperguide - Effortlessly discover, read, write, and manage your research.

2. - 📸 Pixmaker - Boost business revenue with AI-generated professional photos and videos.

3. - 🎥 Mochi by Genmo - An open-source, state-of-the-art AI video generation model.

4. - 👗 Delle - Use AI to create studio-quality fashion images in any size.

5. - 🖥️ Agent.exe- Let Claude 3.5 Sonnet take control of your computer.

6. - 📝 TalkStack AI - Instantly create 1,000 sales and customer support agents with just one click

These tools represent the forefront of AI-powered innovation, each one bringing significant efficiency and creativity to your digital toolbox. Whether you're looking to break language barriers or enhance your social media profiles, these solutions are designed to streamline complex tasks and increase productivity.

🚀 Case Study/Success Stories

• Object detection - Grovety created an AI-powered device for object detection and classification to help save wildlife. The device was able to solve challenges such as limited data availability, false positives, and battery and power constraints

• Customer service - TGH Urgent Care used AI to manage patient inquiries and provide after-hours support. The AI solution increased the call answer rate to 80% and reduced the incoming call volume by 40%.

• Sales analytics - Awecomm uses AI to analyze sales data and identify high-potential leads.

• Marketing - Awecomm uses AI for image generation for blogs and posts.

• Personalized offers - Starbucks integrated AI into their mobile app and loyalty program to personalize offers.

• Dog face recognition - A mobile app uses AI for dog face recognition and identification with an accuracy of 91.96%.

• OCR - AI is used to recognize and extract data from driver's licenses, ID books, and smart cards

🔗 Trending Signals

What’s Happening in AI Right Now:

1. Multi-modal AI - Uses machine learning to process multiple modalities, such as speech, images, video, audio, text, and numerical data sets. This approach aims to create a more human-like cognitive experience

2. Generative AI - This has become a popular topic in 2024, with business leaders exploring its potential to transform content creation, user engagement, software development, and data analysis.

3. AI trading signals - AI algorithms can analyze market data in real time to identify trading opportunities. This can help traders make more informed decisions and stay ahead in competitive financial markets

4. AI trading signals - AI algorithms can analyze market data in real time to identify trading opportunities. This can help traders make more informed decisions and stay ahead in competitive financial markets

🧠 Lecture/News of the Week

OpenAI’s former Chief Technology Officer, Mira Murati, is reportedly seeking funding from venture capitalists for her stealth-mode AI startup, according to sources cited by Reuters.

The new venture is focused on developing AI products based on proprietary models, though it’s still unclear if Murati will take on the CEO role. Early talks suggest that Murati's startup could raise over $100 million, given her reputation and the high costs tied to proprietary model development. However, the final numbers are yet to be confirmed.

Barret Zoph, another prominent AI researcher who left OpenAI alongside Murati in late September, may also be involved in this project. Previous reports from The Information mentioned Zoph's plans to start his own AI company, while Murati has been actively recruiting OpenAI talent for her new endeavour.

🔍 More News

News on AI Technology

• AI-Powered Productivity Tools That Can Make Life Harder | Pulitzer Center - Tech used to summarize notes or generate transcripts does not always work for deaf employees

• The Evolving Role of Human Expertise in Managing AI Technologies - AI Business. AI Should Enhance Curiosity - Not Replace or Stifle It ... The technology will raise awareness and exposure to new ideas to create more work - better

• AI will amplify human intelligence, not replace it, says Meta's Yann LeCu | World News. According to him, India, going forward, has an important role to play, not just in technology development and product development.

News on AI Automotive

• How Wayve's driverless cars will meet one of their biggest challenges yet. With its move to the US, the startup's self-driving AI must now learn to drive on the right.

• How AI is transforming motorsports and the car industry in Saudi Arabia | Arab News RIYADH: Artificial intelligence is transforming the automotive industry, from the advent of fully electric autonomous vehicles to radical advances

• First Shift: How used-vehicle giants use AI Video from Automotive News. Why Ram U.S. sales are on the rebound • How used-vehicle giants use AI • Why Ram U.S. sales are on the rebound • Toyota plans 20% more Sienna

News on AI Healthcare

• How we're using AI to make emergency healthcare more accessible - The Keyword. One case study looking at geography and access to emergency obstetric care sheds light on how technology can make healthcare more accessible.

• NHS in England to trial AI tool to predict risk of fatal heart disease - The Guardian. In a world first, it will initially be trialled at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

• AI model can predict health risks, including early death, from ECGs. Researchers at Imperial College London and Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust believe their work, published today in Lancet Digital Health

News on Seed Financing

• Munich-based ExoMatter gets €1.7 million pre-seed for AI-based materials R&D. ExoMatter, a pioneer in AI-driven materials research, announced a €1.7 million pre-seed funding round led by Vanagon Ventures, a leading venture

• Solar AI startup Aether closed a $2.5M seed round to build its products and expand in Europe Solar AI startup Aether has raised a $2.5 million seed round to continue to build out its software for rooftop solar installers, the company tells

• YC-Backed AI Startup Raises Series C From Korea's Doosan And Hyundai - Forbes KT Investment, the corporate venture arm of South Korean telecom operator KT, has been investing in Superb AI since its seed round in 2019

News on AI Retail

• Shop Till Your AI Bot Drops - Crunchbase News Using Crunchbase data, we identified more than a dozen companies funded in recent quarters with offerings tied to both AI and shopping collectively

• Sam's Club has a new AI-powered store with a pizza robot slinging 100 pies an hour. The Walmart-owned retailer plans to leverage its parent company's tech offerings without incurring added costs.

• Coca-Cola is using AI to read the reactions of product testers - The Stack. AI — retail — Coca-Cola — earnings. Coca-Cola is using AI to read the faces of product testers.

Voxstar News

• AIToolboard.com - working with many different clients who want to be on this Toolboard for its visibility and reach across the world.

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📢 Call to Action

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