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| Here's a look at today's AI briefing: - Companies show off their latest AI technologies during CES.
- Nvidia's new graphics cards speed up on-device PC AI processing.
- Duolingo replaces some contractors with AI.
- Ex-Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal raises $30M for secretive AI startup.
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| 1 | | AI is a predominant theme across this week's CES, previously the Consumer Electronics Show. The year's largest consumer tech conference is a place for companies to showcase their latest AI gadgets, tech, software, and hardware. Here are some of the top AI-related announcements so far: - Samsung announced Ballie, an AI-powered home robot "companion." The robot controls smart home devices and responds to voice commands, with a built-in projector to stream content on walls.
- AMD unveiled its Ryzen 8000-series desktop processors that can better handle AI. The fastest chip in the desktop series, the Ryzen 7 8700G, features a neural processing unit specifically designed for AI.
- Nvidia showed off the latest developments in generative AI-driven NPCs (non-player characters) for gaming through its Avatar Cloud Engine (ACE). The technology leverages speech-to-text and text-to-speech features alongside AI-driven facial animation and automated personas to generate computer-created character interactions.
- LG showcased its new OLED TV lineup featuring the latest AI processor, resulting in a four-fold increase in AI performance. The OLED TVs feature upgraded AI upscaling for sharper images and improved color refinement.
- Panasonic announced its partnership with Fresco, an AI-based smart kitchen company. Fresco will integrate its AI-powered cooking assistant with Panasonic's hardware, including microwaves and countertop ovens.
- Volkswagen plans to introduce an AI-powered chatbot, based on Cerence's Chat Pro software and OpenAI's large language model, in vehicles that have its voice assistant. Volkswagen plans to launch an AI chatbot in Europe first in the second quarter, available in various VW EVs like the ID.7, ID.4, ID.5, ID.3, Tiguan, Passat, and Golf models.
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| 2 | | Nvidia unveiled new graphics cards engineered for running generative AI applications on desktop computers. The company is marketing the GeForce RTX 40 Super series as consumer-level graphics chips geared for "AI PCs," a new category of laptops and desktops optimized to run AI applications locally instead of in the cloud. Details: Nvidia announced the graphics cards, the RTX 4060 Super, RTX 4070 Ti Super, and RTX 4080 Super, during today's CES, formerly the Consumer Electronics Show. While primarily designed for gaming, the graphics chips also excel with AI applications due to their tensor cores that accelerate AI performance. Nvidia GPUs in the cloud handle large language models, while the RTX tensor cores in PCs are optimized for running latency-sensitive AI applications. What the numbers say: The tensor cores can perform up to 836 trillion operations per second. According to Nvidia, the RTX 4080 Super processes AI video 1.5 times and images 1.7 times faster than its predecessor, the RTX 3080 Ti GPU. What brands should care: Nvidia will also provide graphics cards for laptops from leading brands like Acer, Dell, and Lenovo. These RTX AI laptops, also from ASUS, HP, MSI, Razer, and Samsung, will offer generative AI capabilities and performance boosts compared to neural processing units. Shipping this month, the laptops mark Nvidia's latest efforts, alongside AMD, Intel, and Qualcomm, to bring AI PCs into the consumer and enterprise markets. AI PCs, also known as "edge compute" devices, leverage in-device AI chips to handle tasks like language modeling and image generation, eliminating the need for cloud-based processing. The Canalys research group projects that by 2027, 60% of personal computers shipped will be AI-capable. 
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| 3 | | Language translation app Duolingo has let go of 10% of its contractors and replaced them with generative AI to develop content. In a November shareholder letter, CEO Luis von Ahn said Duolingo uses generative AI to create new content, such as language learning scripts and shows, "dramatically faster." More: - A Duolingo spokesperson said the company's reduced need for some contractors is partially attributable to AI.
- The spokesperson clarified that the contractors were not laid off but rather offboarded after completing their projects at the end of 2023.
- While Duolingo uses AI "for many different purposes," including generating course content, its human employees "are still very involved in the creation of Duolingo's content," the spokesperson said.
- The move comes after an anonymous Duolingo contractor claimed the company offboarded a large percentage of contractors working on translations.
- The person alleged that Duolingo switched to AI for translations because it's faster and saves money.
Zoom out: - Last year, Duolingo announced a paid subscription tier with chatbot features powered by GPT-4.
- One feature allows users to ask Duo, the company's owl-themed chatbot, for explanations, examples, and clarifications about their answers.
- Another lets users try out their language conversation skills in scenarios, such as ordering food at a French cafe.
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| 4 | | Former Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal has raised approximately $30M in funding for his secretive AI startup, which is focused on creating software for developers of large language models, according to The Information. Elon Musk fired Agrawal and other senior executives in October 2022 when he assumed control of Twitter, now known as X. More: - OpenAI investor Khosla Ventures led the undisclosed funding round for Agrawal's startup.
- Additionally, Index Ventures and First Round Capital reportedly joined in on the investment.
- While Agrawal's startup is developing software for both creators and users of large language models, the exact details of the products and the startup's name remain undisclosed.
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| 5 | | Waymo will begin testing its self-driving vehicles on highways in Phoenix, Arizona. Starting this month, Waymo employees will have the option to drive on highways exclusively in "rider-only" mode without a backup safety driver. More: - Waymo, previously the Google self-driving car project, has offered its ride-hailing service exclusively on surface streets at low speeds in metro Phoenix.
- Expanding the driverless cars to highways could halve travel times, which have been a major drawback of Waymo over traditional ride-sharing services.
- At first, only company employees and their guests will have access to the autonomous highway tests, though that's expected to expand as the vehicles demonstrate a safe track record.
Zoom out: - As Waymo advances, its rival Cruise has faced setbacks after an accident in which a company car unintentionally dragged a pedestrian, causing serious injuries.
- General Motors recently said it will slash spending on Cruise after California's DMV suspended its permits and GM issued a recall for Cruise's entire 950-robotaxi fleet.
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| 6 | | AI Events and Conferences: - Generative AI for Marketing Summit: Feb. 27-28, London, U.K.
- AAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence: Feb. 20-27, Vancouver, British Columbia.
- Nvidia GTC AI Conference & Expo: March 18-21, San Jose, California, and virtual.
- World Summit AI Americas: April 24-25, Montreal, Canada.
- Data Innovation Summit: April 24-25, Stockholm, Sweden, and online.
- Enterprise Generative AI Summit West Coast: May 21-22, Silicon Valley, California.
- AI Expo Tokyo: May 22-24, Tokyo, Japan.
- Data Cloud Summit 2024: June 3-6, San Francisco.
- SuperAI: Jun. 5-6, Singapore.
- 2024 IEEE Conference on Artificial Intelligence: June 25-27, Singapore.
- The AI Conference: Sept 18-19, San Francisco.
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 | AI and technology writer | | Beth is a contributing editor and writer of Inside's AI and Tech newsletters. She has written for notable publications like USA Today and the Arizona Business Gazette. During her time as a public policy reporter at The Arizona Republic, she received recognition with a Pulitzer Prize nomination and a First Amendment Award for her collaborative reporting on pension cost increases. Beth also authored a book on the solar photovoltaic industry in 2016. You can reach her at Beth.Duckett@yahoo.com. | | This newsletter was edited by Aaron Crutchfield | |
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