Sunday Signal #25

Apple's WWDC, DeepMind's AlphaDev and Cohere Lands $270M

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You’re reading Sunday Signal where I filter > 500 AI updates and deliver the best straight to your inbox. London skipped spring and is now deep summer so I’ve been outside catching those rays with a cold one in hand. In a week full of noise let’s get to the signal.

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💎 5 News Nuggets

Apple Vision Pro / Apple

  • 🔗 Link: Apple's latest Worldwide Developers Conference showcased game-changing tech. It debuted Apple Vision Pro, a spatial computer that merges digital and physical realities.

  • 🔗 Link: OpenAI released a ChatGPT guide. It’s a treasure trove of strategies to dial in your prompts based on the last 6 months of collective wisdom.

  • 🔗 Link: Instagram is allegedly prepping a new chatbot that answers questions, provide advice and assists with composing messages. Plus, there's a pick of 30 AI personalities for a tailored user experience.

  • 🔗 Link: EU and US legislators are accelerating efforts to create an AI Code of Conduct. The key question remains: will major AI firms willingly adhere to these non-legally binding standards?

  • 🔗 Link: A man has taken legal action against OpenAI claiming ChatGPT unfairly linked him to a financial scandal at The Second Amendment Foundation, a gun rights nonprofit.

🎨 4 Cool Creations

Demis Hassabis Co-founder & CEO Google DeepMind / BBC

  • 🔗 Link: DeepMind announced AlphaDev, an AI that uses reinforcement learning to discover enhanced computer science algorithms. It surpasses those honed by scientists and engineers over decades.

  • 🔗 Link: Generative Fill is Adobe’s new tool that allows users to modify images using just text prompts. Now everyone can become a Photoshop expert.

  • 🔗 Link: RunwayML launched Gen-2, a text-to-video model that’s accessible to everyone. Forecasted to create full movies within two years, it stands out as one of the first of its kind available commercially.

  • 🔗 Link: Adobe's generative AI tool, Firefly, is expanding to enterprise. After a successful consumer adoption, the design software leader is set to offer the features to 12,000 business customers.

💡 3 Startup Spotlights

Ivan Zhang, Aidan Gomez and Nick Frosst / Cohere

  • 🔗 Link: Cohere raised $270M in Series C funding. Led by Inovia Capital this skyrockets the company's valuation to $2.2 billion.

  • 🔗 Link: Segway teamed up with Drover AI and Luna Systems to use their computer vision tech for smarter e-scooter navigation.

  • 🔗 Link: Contextual AI emerges from stealth with a $20M Seed round. Established by veterans from Facebook AI Research, the round was led by Bain Capital Ventures with participation from Lightspeed and Greycroft.

🐥 2 Top Tweets

u/SrafeZ / Reddit

  • 🔗 Link: The future of AI deception is here. Watch Generative fill in action as woman fools friends with a fake hospital selfie.

  • 🔗 Link: Meta just released MusicGen, a simple model for music generation. This is some of the best AI-generated music I’ve heard.

🍿 1 Media Marvel

u/Philipp / Reddit

  • 🔗 Link: I found this 80s themed AI-generated artwork which sparked some serious thought. Does it show a work-free future or digital slavery? Is the human controlling the humanoid or is the humanoid heading on vacation? Share your interpretation—I'm eager to hear your thoughts.

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