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| Here's a look at today's AI briefing: - UAE AI company G42 divests Chinese stakes to reassure U.S. partners.
- Former Pakistan PM Khan declares victory in AI speech.
- Microsoft Copilot app tops charts after Super Bowl ad.
- Google to invest $27M in AI skills training in Europe.
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| 1 | | Abu Dhabi's AI leader, G42, said it has sold its stakes in Chinese firms to reassure U.S. partners amid the UAE's push into AI. The announcement comes after a U.S. congressional committee asked the Commerce Department to consider trade restrictions on G42 due to its ties to China. More: - G42's tech investment arm has divested from all its investments in China, the company informed FT.
- While the company did not provide specifics, sources said it sold its stake in TikTok parent ByteDance, valued at around $100M.
- G42 CEO Peng Xiao said the company will invest in Western markets, including the U.S., where its primary AI partners are based.
Zoom out: - Chaired by UAE national security adviser Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed al-Nahyan, G42 is working on AI projects across many sectors and collaborates with partners including Microsoft and OpenAI.
- However, The New York Times highlighted U.S. concerns over G42's ties with Chinese groups like Huawei and the potential for genetic data to be accessed by the Chinese government and companies.
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| 2 | | Imran Khan, the jailed former Prime Minister of Pakistan, declared his allies' victory in the country's general elections through an AI-manipulated speech. The Election Commission has since confirmed that independent candidates, mostly affiliated with Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party, secured the most parliamentary seats in last week's election. More: - Imprisoned and barred from the election, Khan used AI to create a stand-in voice for the video announcing the election win to supporters.
- In the footage, Khan is visible in front of the camera, but a mismatch between his voice and lip movements indicates AI manipulation.
- The video, which included a disclaimer about its AI origins, dismissed the victory claim of Khan's rival, former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.
Zoom out: - Pakistan Election Commission reported that independents, mostly aligned with PTI, won 102 seats in the election, followed by Sharif's PMLN with 73 and PPP with 54.
- No major party secured the 169 seats needed for a parliamentary majority, meaning the next prime minister remains undecided.
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| 3 | | Microsoft's Copilot AI app briefly ranked as the second-most popular free app in the Apple App Store after the company aired a Super Bowl commercial. Microsoft's ad showed the Copilot AI assistant doing tasks like generating storyboards, game coding, and creating quizzes. More: - Microsoft launched Copilot as an app for iPhones and iPads in late December.
- Like OpenAI's ChatGPT app, Microsoft's app can draft and summarize text, as well as create images via DALL-E 3 integration.
- The Copilot app offers free access to OpenAI's latest GPT-4, unlike the free version of web ChatGPT, which uses GPT-3.5.
- Microsoft also released the Android app for Copilot in December.
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| 4 | | Google has committed €25M ($26.9M) to support AI education and skills across Europe. Google's nonprofit arm will donate the funding to boost AI training, particularly for Europe's "vulnerable and underserved" population, according to the company. More: - About $10.8M is earmarked to equip Europe-based workers with AI skills to prevent them from being "left behind" in the AI revolution.
- The effort will fund startup "growth academies" in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, supporting ventures that use AI to tackle societal challenges.
- Google will also tap the funds to expand language options for its free AI courses.
Zoom out: - The tech giant has opened applications for nonprofits and social enterprises to deliver the training to those who would benefit the most.
- The Centre for Public Impact, a Boston Consulting Group-funded foundation, is collaborating with Google on the nonprofit part of the initiative.
- Adrian Brown, the center's executive director, noted that AI could worsen existing inequalities, particularly with economic security and employment.
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What the numbers show: 85% of this year's college seniors are aware of tools like ChatGPT and DALL-E, a jump up from 61% of 2023 graduates. Like their predecessors, the 2024 class has mixed feelings about generative AI, though fewer of them feel unsure about how generative AI will impact their careers, according to Handshake's survey. More: One-third of 2024 graduates knowledgeable about generative AI plan to use it in their careers. About 20% said they are more likely to pursue jobs offering the chance to experiment with generative AI. Tech majors show the highest interest in using AI in their careers, though a large share of non-tech fields like business and humanities also plan to use AI. Quotable: Valerie Capers Workman, Handshake's chief legal officer, told Axios that Gen Zers are "actually digging in on AI" and "see it as an opportunity to be on the cutting edge of a transformational technology." | | | |
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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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