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| 1 | | Anthropic, an AI startup founded by former OpenAI engineers, says its chatbot Claude can now read and analyze full novels in under a minute. The company bumped up the chatbot's context window from 9,000 to 100,000 tokens, which translates to approximately 75,000 words. More: - This means Claude could read and comprehend entire novels such as "A Farewell to Arms," "Frankenstein," and "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer," which range from 69,000 to 74,800 words in length.
- In a test, Anthropic altered one sentence in "The Great Gatsby" and asked Claude to identify the change, which it did in just 22 seconds.
- Anthropic says the average person can read 100,000 tokens of text in about five hours, while Claude can do this "in less than a minute."
- The company says the upgrade will help businesses with tasks that require processing large amounts of information at a time.
Zoom out: - An AI model's context window refers to the text it takes into account prior to generating additional text, whereas tokens are the fundamental elements of text.
- For example, the word "fantastic" is divided into the three tokens of "fan," "tas," and "tic."
- Claude's context window is now larger than any other chatbot. For example, OpenAI's GPT-4 model can process up to 8,000 tokens, while its extended version can handle 32,000 tokens. ChatGPT is currently limited to about 4,000 tokens.
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| 2 | | What happened: Microsoft's latest Work Trend Index report found that 82% of leaders globally believe that employees will need new skills in an "AI-powered future," with analytical judgment, flexibility, and emotional intelligence being the top skills that leaders say are essential. The big picture: Companies are already rolling out AI-powered tools for businesses, and employees will need to equip themselves with new skills required to work alongside AI. Colette Stallbaumer, GM for Microsoft 365 and "future of work," was optimistic about AI's positive impact on work, comparing it to the rise of PCs and the internet when new jobs were created during the technology's diffusion phase. "We really believe that AI will create more jobs than it replaces," she told CNBC. What it means: The CEOs of Google and Microsoft believe that AI will revolutionize the working world and impact every industry, but also create new jobs. "I do think there are big societal labor market disruptions that will happen," Google CEO Sundar Pichai recently told The Verge. Despite the AI advancements, Pichai believes that certain skills and careers will be needed, such as lawyers. "I think it'll touch everything we do," he added. 
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| 3 | | Microsoft has invested in Builder.ai, a no- and low-code builder startup that uses an AI assistant called Natasha to help users create apps. Their new partnership will see Natasha integrated into Microsoft Teams, where users could ask the bot to help create custom business apps within the platform. More: - Natasha suggests features and breaks down the development process for software builders.
- The system also compiles and tests the generated code to ensure an app is compatible and meets requirements.
- Through its strategic collaboration with Builder, Microsoft will also provide AI algorithms to enhance Natasha's voice and make it sound more human-like.
- As well, Builder.ai and its clients will use Microsoft's Azure cloud computing services and gain access to Microsoft-backed OpenAI's AI services.
- Similarly, Azure users will have the opportunity to utilize Builder.ai's network of experts.
Funding: - On Friday, London-based Builder announced an equity investment of an undisclosed amount from Microsoft.
- Sources told TechCrunch that the investment was "significant."
- Builder.ai secured $100M in funding last year in a Series C round led by Insight Partners.
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| 4 | | Google has developed an open-source AI tool called "Project Gameface," which allows users to control a PC using their facial and head movements. The technology relies on a webcam and machine learning to detect 468 points on a person's face and mimic cursor movements based on that feedback, making gaming more accessible to people with disabilities. More: - Google developed the tool in partnership with Lance Carr, a PC gamer from Colorado who has a rare form of muscular dystrophy.
- The company and Carr worked together to create the Windows-only software for users to control their computer through head movement and gestures using a webcam.
- Using the tool's interface, players can assign various actions and shortcuts to each facial expression, like assigning right-click when they raise an eyebrow.
- While still in development, the tool is available in a preview build through GitHub.
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| 5 | | SoftBank Group, the tech investing giant, has announced its intention to invest in more AI companies, especially those using generative AI. SoftBank has sold most of its stake in Alibaba and reduced its spending on startups as it experiences extended losses in its tech-focused Vision funds. More: - SoftBank's Chief Financial Officer, Yoshimitsu Goto, said the company is preparing to take a proactive stance as the "AI revolution" grows nearer.
- During a presentation, he spoke highly of ChatGPT and said that Softbank's CEO, Masayoshi Son, is devoting time to studying SoftBank's AI approach.
- "AI has finally come, especially generative AI," Goto said.
- The news comes after SoftBank Vision Fund reported a seismic loss of ¥4.3 trillion ($32B) for the latest fiscal year.
- According to Goto, SoftBank will not miss out on investment opportunities in emerging technologies, such as ChatGPT.
- However, he cautioned that the company is not yet ready to speed up its deal-making activity.
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| 6 | | Weekly roundup — Other top AI stories you might have missed this week: - Google announced a new Search Generative Experience that displays AI-generated answers and information at the top of search results. The opt-in experimental "AI snapshots" are generated by large language models and drawn from across the open web. The AI-generated answers will be available to test out in the coming weeks via a Google Labs waitlist.
- Google introduced PaLM 2, its latest large language model that powers AI features across 25 different products. The model shows improved multilingual, reasoning, and coding capabilities.
- Google also announced the launch of "Help Me Write," an AI tool in Gmail that can write entire emails, and AI-powered automatic table generation in Sheets and image creation in Slides and Meet. The company rebranded its generative AI tools across its productivity Workspace apps as "Duet AI."
- Wendy's plans to test an AI drive-thru chatbot that runs on Google's natural-language processing software at an Ohio location in June. The chatbot is trained to be conversational, upsell products, and adapt to customers' changing orders. Similar AI ordering technology is also being rolled out to Carl's Jr. and Hardee's drive-thrus in partnership with Presto Automation, OpenCity, and Valyant AI.
- Sam Altman, OpenAI's CEO, will make his debut testimony before Congress next week as lawmakers aim to pursue regulations for the rapidly expanding AI sector. On Tuesday, Altman will address the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and the Law, where he will discuss strategies to maintain control over AI as it becomes more prevalent.
- Striking Hollywood screenwriters are demanding restrictions on AI use, including preventing AI from writing or rewriting scripts and using writers' work to train AI. As the strike by movie and TV writers for better compensation and job security drags on, the Writers Guild of America (WGA) is pushing for safeguards to curb the use of AI in scriptwriting.
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 | AI and technology writer | | Beth is a writer and editor at Inside.com covering artificial intelligence and daily technology news. She has written the Inside AI newsletter since 2019. You can reach her at Beth.Duckett@inside.com. | | This newsletter was edited by Aaron Crutchfield | |
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