AI Insights Weekly: Latest News & Tools - Listen On The Go!

Hello AI Enthusiasts,

Welcome to this week’s edition of AI Insights Weekly! I am thrilled to bring you the most exciting updates from the world of artificial intelligence, now available also in an audio format for those on the move. Whether you’re a tech enthusiast, content creator, journalist, developer, or business professional, my goal is to keep you informed and you stay ahead of the curve.

AI news weekly ( audio only) : 14 mins under normal speed
AI Top Trending AI tools for the week ( audio only) : 32 mins under normal speed

Today’s Menu

🔧 40 Cutting-Edge AI Tools trending this week

🧠 Stay Ahead of the Curve with the Latest in AI news

AI in Action!

Brave Leo AI - An AI assistant in the Brave browser to stay updated with search results.

Leap AI Lead Research: An AI tool to The platform provides a range of pre-built templates and features designed to streamline various tasks:

StoryBlock: A CMS that leverages AI to extract value from content faster.

Huly: An open-source replacement for tools like Linear/Jira, Slack, and Notion

Claude 3.5 Sonnet : Anthropic's upgraded AI model offering enhanced performance in reasoning, code, math, and knowledge tasks.

BotX: A no-code AI platform for creating and deploying AI-driven workflows and chatbots.

Potion - A tool that personalizes videos to book more meetings and convert sales.

Rely.io - An internal developer portal providing a centralized software catalog and AI assistant for DevOps workflows.

Humanlinker - An AI Sales Assistant for personalized prospecting and efficient meeting preparation

Teamtailor - An AI tool transforming recruitment experiences for candidates and companies.

SEOmatic - Automates and scales content creation for SEO and PPC strategies

Watto AI - A conversational AI platform for natural interactions and task automation across various industries

Coachvox - Generates leads with an AI chatbot version of you.

Gradio - A tool to build and share user-friendly machine learning model applications

Dottypost - Creates posts and grows LinkedIn audiences with AI.

MagicPublish - Automatically generates YouTube titles, tags, and descriptions.( Launching soon) 

CAMB AI - Dub sports commentary, movies, and other content into over 140 languages with AI.

Spinach - An AI Project Manager that takes meeting notes, captures action items, and updates project boards.

Amnesia - An educational AI game that teaches topics through interactive storytelling.

Olvy - Organizes and manages surveys, interviews, and reviews, turning chaos into clear actionable insights

AutoKT - A tool for code documentation generation and maintenance

FusionOS - Improves the effectiveness of ad campaigns with AI.

CreateAIcourse - An AI tool for building online courses

IdeaPicker - Uses AI to generate startup ideas

Constructor - An AI search engine that helps shoppers find products.

Autify - An AI agent that aids software engineers in testing software end-to-end

Human Native AI - Develops a marketplace where AI companies can compensate publishers for their content data

Zeta Labs - Builds AI agents that can perform tasks in your browser.

Manifest - An AI chatbot that helps shoppers find what they need and convert faster, providing a human-like touch to enhance the shopping experience

Sintra - A platform that automates repetitive tasks, freeing up time to focus on creative and strategic aspects of work. It is designed to streamline workflows and increase productivity

Grantable - AI-powered response drafting tool designed to accelerate the grant writing process. It helps users create detailed and tailored responses efficiently

In the AI World…

Nvidia’s New Open-Source AI Models

Nvidia introduced the Nemotron-4 340B family of open-source language models designed to generate high-quality synthetic training data and build powerful AI applications across various industries.

Chinese Startup Creates Realistic Robots:

Ex-Robots is developing ultra-realistic humanoid robots that can mimic human facial expressions and emotions using multimodal AI and small motors embedded in silicone faces.

Canva's 'Magic Switch

Canva launched an AI feature called ‘Magic Switch’ that converts presentations into blog posts automatically.

Tiny LLM Matches GPT-4 on Math

Shanghai AI Laboratory developed a new algorithm, MCT Self-Refine, allowing an 8B-parameter model to achieve GPT-4 level performance on complex math problems

Anthropic Launches Claude 3.5 Sonnet:

Anthropic released Claude 3.5 Sonnet, a model upgrade that surpasses GPT-4o and Opus in benchmarks, featuring speed boosts and cost reductions.

Swallowable Robots Enter Clinical Trials:

Endiatx’s PillBot, a swallowable robot with cameras and sensors for gastrointestinal examinations, entered clinical trials and aims for an FDA review.

AI’s Impact on Finance:

Citigroup's report on AI in finance predicts major changes, with significant automation risks and new roles emerging in banking.

Altman Explores Converting OpenAI into PBC

Sam Altman is considering transitioning OpenAI to a Public Benefit Corporation, supported by Microsoft executives

Snowden Criticizes OpenAI

Edward Snowden criticized OpenAI for adding former NSA director Paul Nakasone to its board, calling it a betrayal of privacy rights.

Amazon Invests $230 Million in AI Startups:

Amazon is investing $230 million to support startups building generative AI applications

Bill Gates Funds $1 Billion Nuclear Power Plant:

Bill Gates is funding a nuclear power plant in Wyoming to power AI data centers and homes.

Meta Pauses EU AI Plans:

Meta agreed to pause AI training in Europe following regulatory concerns from the Irish Data Protection Commission and the UK's Information Commissioner’s Office.

Runway Releases Gen-3 Alpha Video AI:

Runway introduced Gen-3 Alpha, a model capable of generating realistic 10-second video clips from text prompts and images.

Perplexity to Launch Premium Features:

Perplexity is planning a subscription service and ad-based model with revenue-sharing for news publishers.

Luma Labs Launches Dream Machine

Luma Labs released Dream Machine, an AI text-to-video generator that creates high-quality videos from text prompts

OpenAI and Color Partner on AI Cancer Care:

Health tech company Color partnered with OpenAI to create an AI assistant for crafting personalized cancer screening and treatment plans

DeepMind Creates Sound for Videos

Google DeepMind developed a video-to-audio (V2A) system that generates synchronized soundtracks for videos.

Microsoft Delays Copilot+ Recall Feature:

Microsoft delayed the launch of its Copilot+ Recall feature, now set for a preview release to testers.

McDonald’s Removes AI Drive-Thru System:

McDonald’s is removing its AI-powered drive-thru ordering system following customer frustrations and technical issues.

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