🤖 Bing AI will start answering with ads

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• 🤖 Microsoft is adding ads in Bing AI

• ✋ Midjourney ends free trials

• 🪟 A new Windows is on the way

• 🪢 AI and humans are now inseparable

• ⚒️ 5 new tools powered by AI

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📌 BIG NEWS

There'll be Ads in Bing AI

Chatting with Bing's new AI-powered search agent? Get ready for sponsored responses and targeted ad experiences.

Bing's AI-powered chatbot will soon show more ads to users as Microsoft looks to drive traffic to publishers and increase revenue.

"First, we want to drive more traffic to publishers in this new world of search," the company says. "It is a top goal for us, and we measure success in part by how much traffic we are sending from the new Bing/Edge. Second, we want to increase revenue to publishers."

In addition to ads, Microsoft is expanding the hover experience for Bing users, allowing them to display more links from an advertiser's website.

However, critics have raised concerns about the potential impact of ads on the traditional search engine model, which may deny traffic to both ads and online publishers.

📰 MORE HEADLINES

Midjourney ends AI image generator free trials. ✋ Deepfakes created keep goingg viral. Misuse led to extraordinary demand. Concerns raised about spread of misinformation. (Engadget)

Google reshuffles virtual assistant unit. 🔀 Priority given to Bard AI technology. Possibility of Bard integration in Google Assistant products looms. Signals new strategy for Google in AI race. (CNBC)

Microsoft developing new version of Windows. 🪟 Called CorePC, it will feature better security and faster updates. Will use state separation to prevent malware. Will use AI to provide on-screen content and contextual cues. (Engadget)

New AI tool beats Google and GPT-4 translation capabilities.🗣️ Called Contextual AI Engine. Uses in-context learning for enterprise-grade translation. Can deal with context-specific data. (Businesswire)

Google launches AI-powered tools vs. climate change. 🌎 Features extreme heat alerts, tree canopy tracking, and cool roof planning. Available to civil servants and community organizers. Global expansion soon. (Engadget)

💰AI FUNDING

Birdseye raises $500,000 pre-seed funding. 🛍️ AI-powered system helps e-commerce businesses increase sales. Helps identify valuable products, ads, and channels to focus on. Funds will be used to enhance marketing recommendation tool. (Businesswire)

DataDome raises $42M in Series C financing. 🛡️ Provides bot protection services. AI models help detect bots. Platform analyzes each traffic request. Funds to support commercial rollout. (TechCrunch)

AI-focused crypto protocol Fetch.ai raised $40 million. 💰 Platform deploys autonomous economic agents. Provide a machine-to-machine ecosystem. Funding will be used to deploy decentralized machine learning. (Coindesk)

🛠️ TOOLS

• Loopin AI. Transforms calendar into workspace. One platform for meetings, notes, and tasks. Blocks time for tasks that matter. Auto-share meeting outcomes and assign action items.

• Usemotion. Creates AI-powered daily schedules for individuals and teams. Automatically prioritizes work, tracks deadlines, and reschedules undone work. Limits meetings and guards time for uninterrupted work.

• Zoocial. An all-in-one solution for businesses to manage social networks. Includes tools for automating comments and replies on posts. Has a social media poster and an e-commerce store creation feature.

• Crystal. Provides personality-based guidance for sales reps, recruiters, and executives. Gives tips on comms, trust, and negotiations with prospects. Useful for internal comms and leadership.

• Qualifyed.ai. Media buying platform for sales. Uses AI to target high-quality sales leads. Optimizes advertising across multiple placements. Helps reduce customer acquisition costs by 87% and increase online conversions by 10x.

🛡️AI SAFETY & ETHICS

Complaint vs. OpenAI and GPT-4 filed. 💼 Center for AI and Digital Policy says it violated Federal Trade Commission (FTC) rules. Claims GPT-4 is biased, deceptive, and a risk to privacy and public safety. FTC rulemaking about AI could be coming within 2023. (Venture Beat)

US government to scrutinize AI. 🕵️‍♂️ Antitrust fears with AI's scale. Warns about big companies becoming bigger and squelching rivals. Expansion of FTC's authority to emerging tech industries. (The Verge)

UNESCO urges implementation of ethical AI framework. 📝 Aims to maximize AI benefits, reduce risks. Includes readiness assessment tools for AI regulation. More than 40 countries working with UNESCO on AI checks and balances. (Fox News)

🎙️ FROM PODCASTS (Powered by Deciphr AI)

Machine Learning Street Talk: AI tools are now inseparable from people. Hence, responsibility must be considered in AI use. This requires a reconceptualization of roles. AI should remain just a tool for humans.["#109 - Dr. DAN MCQUILLAN - Resisting AI" episode at 02:01:39]

Practical AI: AI can revolutionize people's lives. Strong language understanding will become a standard in the future. AI can act on behalf of people to make their lives easier. Eventually, any text input could become an interface for AI.["Episode #215" episode at 00:21:40]

Brain Inspired: AI may help make humans smarter. It will free up time for harder tasks. Routine tasks can be automated. It can enhance critical analysis. But AI won't replace human thinking.["BI 163 Ellie Pavlick: The Mind of a Language Model" episode at 00:02:56]

🏥 AI HEALTH & MEDICINE

AI-powered app designed to monitor Parkinson's. ⌚ Detects symptoms. Captures bradykinesia, tremor, dyskinesia. Gets FDA clearance for safe usage. Available on Apple Watch. (Parkinsons News Daily)

AI tool predicts lung cancer. 🫁 Helps detect and track suspicious lung nodules. Classifies patients into risk categories. Reduces unnecessary biopsies and treatment. (News Medical)

AI helps assess psoriasis severity. 🦶🏻 Model trained on 14,096 images. Model outperformed dermatologists in accuracy. Enables long-term disease self-management. (Health IT Analytics)

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