👩‍✈️ Microsoft Is Giving Their 365 Suite an AI Copilot

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• 👩‍✈️ Microsoft's 365 Suite is getting a Copilot

• ⌨️ Claude, aka ChatGPT rival by Google-backed Anthropic, is in early access

• 🦄 Adept raises $350M in funding for enterprise AI development

• 🙅 AI isn't close to sentience as we might think

• ⚒️ 5 tools to add to your tech stack

Plus a lot more! This will only take 5 minutes. Off you go! 🚀

📌 BIG NEWS

Microsoft Is Giving Their 365 Suite an AI Copilot

Businesses can now use an AI-powered assistant to help them do work with the launch of Microsoft's Copilot on Dynamics 365.

The new tool brings a GPT-style "business chat" experience to Microsoft's productivity platforms, allowing users to pull data and perform tasks across applications with just a written command.

It can perform manual data entry, content generation, note-taking, and create presentations.

Microsoft CEO, Satya Nadella, is confident that this next generation of AI will "unlock a new wave of productivity growth" for businesses.

The company is already testing the new features with select users and has implemented measures to prevent AI bias, misuse, and errors during the pilot run.

The launch of Copilot has also led Credit Suisse to predict a sky-high $14.9 billion in earnings for Microsoft over the next five years. The announcement also propelled the company as a top contender in tech giants' race to be an AI powerhouse.

📰 MORE HEADLINES

Anthropic unveils Claude AI assistant. ⌨️ It’s marketed as a “helpful” and” harmless” AI system. Experts view it as ChatGPT’s main rival. (VentureBeat)

Baidu unveiled their Ernie bot. 🤖 Shares drop 6.4% after launch amid warning of imperfections. Ernie bot is trained on 550 billion facts. Baidu CEO claims the product is not yet perfect. (CNBC)

China introduces AI news anchor. 🎤 AI ‘news anchor,’ Ren Xiaorong promises to be everywhere. Available at China's People's Daily app only. Netizens fear AI takeover in news reporting. (Mothership)

AI-focused crypto assets surge.💰 AI tokens reap GPT4 launch hype. Singularitynet's AGIX rises 25.63%. Four other AI cryptos gain double-digit value. (Bitcoin.com)

Midjourney launching a print magazine. 🖨️ Pages will include AI-generated image, natch. Plus interviews with image makers and prompts. Subscription is at $4 a month. (Gizmodo)

💰AI FUNDING

Adept raises $350M in funding. 🦄 Building enterprise AI applications. Funding round led by General Catalyst and Spark Capital. Rumors flying it's a 'unicorn' or valued at $1bn. (Reuters)

HealthPlix secures $22M in funding. ⚕️ This startup automates medical records. It uses AI for prescription translation. The funding will boost its AI engineering team. (TechCrunch)

Tinyclues is acquired by Splio. 🤝 Tinyclues leverages AI for predictive marketing. The transaction makes Splio Europe’s top AI CRM provider. (CMSWire)

Glider AI raises $10 million in series A funding. 💰 Funding will be used to develop proprietary technology. Aims to expand hiring solutions offering. Plans global venture. (Hunt Scanlon Media)

UK Chancellor to give $1.2M prize for top AI research.🏆 Called Manchester Prize, it includes $1M annual fund for AI research resources. Plus Exascale supercomputer. And additional $3B fund for 10-year quantum research program. (BBC)

🛠️ TOOLS

• The Loops. Helps supercharge support operations. Provides insights and automation. Integrates customer data. Helps upskill agents.

• Yuma. AI-powered ticket assistant. Drafts responses to customer queries. Speaks 15 most common languages. Ensures on-brand tone and voice. Seamless integration with other tech tools.

• Pencil. Creates ads 10x faster. Generates unlimited ad variations. Helps run top-performing ad creatives. Provides insights on ad performance.

• Octane.ai. Creates quizzes and surveys. Get tailored product recommendations. Increase sales and customer engagement. Has quiz templates for every industry.

• Fetcher. AI recruitment tool. Curate candidate lists. Automate outreach emails and messages. Analyze and categorize your talent pool.

🛡️AI SAFETY & ETHICS

AI is not close to sentience. 🙅 LLMs are just "sophisticated sentence completion" apps. AI may pass Turing Test, but it could mean Turing Test might not be as useful as we thought. The real problem is anthropomorphization. (The Conversation)

Fraudulent medical research are being created with AI.🔬 Researchers used ChatGPT. AI produced convincing fabricated abstracts. Trustworthy AI detection tools are needed. (Medical Xpress)

New AI tool flags parents with disabilities. ♿ Child welfare agencies using AI to predict child harm risk. The tool is currently being used in 26 states. Concerns for historic biases were raised. Parents fear being labeled forever. (ABC News)

Chatbots can mimic official companies. 💬 Can open customers up to scams. Cybercriminals can steals personal information. Multiple security layers are encouraged. (Economic Times)

Romance scammers using AI to dupe victims. 💘 Over 1,400 cases reported in Canada. Profiles look and sound real. Authorities warn against sending money or personal info. (Global News)

🏥 AI IN HEALTH & MEDICINE

AI creates new cancer drug in 30 days. 💊 AI predicts human protein structures. New treatment pathway found quicker. New drug expected to treat aggressive cancer. Potentially saving 700,000 people a year. (Yahoo News)

Singapore hospital pioneers AI-assisted colonoscopy. 🏥 AI tech shows effectiveness in detecting polyps. Aims to improve cancer detection. Other Asian hospitals started adapting AI-assisted screening. (Healthcare IT News)

AI and neuroscience work together. 🧠 They help predict and detect brain disorders. AI learns from brain structure. This can improve medical treatment. (News Medical)

🎙️ FROM PODCASTS (Powered by Deciphr AI)

The AI Podcast: Increased reliance on search engines predicted. But search engines and ML models can't be trusted with accurate data. People will need to adapt and learn what information to trust. New technologies can either improve or worsen data accuracy. ["Glean Founders Talk AI-Powered Enterprise Search on NVIDIA Podcast - Ep. 190" episode at 00:25:26]

Lex Fridman Podcast: AI opens concerns about leadership styles in companies. Constant learning and taking risks are encouraged. Balancing mentoring and autonomy is key. Deeper commitment to company values is important.["#362 – Ginni Rometty: IBM CEO on Leadership, Power, and Adversity" episode at 00:19:46]

Brain Inspired: Developments in AI highlight need to update neuroscience knowledge. Plan to update the current brain model is in the pipeline. Oscillatory dynamics manipulation is being studied. But, causality in the brain proves to be more complex than people think.["BI 162 Earl K. Miller: Thoughts are an Emergent Property" episode at 01:16:32]

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