The British telecommunications company O2 has launched Grandma Daisy, an advanced AI persona designed to analyze phone calls, identify suspicious patterns, and detect potential fraud. Operating 24/7, Daisy provides information, warns of scams, offers advice, and assists customers in safeguarding themselves against telephone fraud. Utilizing cutting-edge technologies such as speech recognition, emotion detection, and natural language processing, Daisy exemplifies the innovative application of artificial intelligence to combat telephone fraud. The company blocked 89 million fraudulent text messages last year, preventing over £250 million in fraud.
Google’s AI Learning Companion
Google’s AI Learning Companion, named “Learn About,” is an innovative educational tool designed to enhance the learning experience by providing interactive and adaptive support. Utilizing Google’s LearnLM AI model, it offers a visually rich interface that includes quizzes, lists, and contextual information, making complex topics more accessible and engaging for users. Unlike traditional chatbots, Learn About organizes information dynamically, suggesting related articles and videos to deepen understanding. This tool is particularly beneficial for students and researchers, as it sources content from reliable educational platforms, ensuring academic credibility. Currently in an experimental phase, Learn About is available in select regions with plans for broader accessibility in the future. Overall, it aims to create a personalized learning environment that encourages exploration and deeper engagement with various subjects.
AI-Powered Binoculars Revolutionizing Wildlife Observation
Good news for nature enthusiasts, hunters, explorers, and curious nature lovers. Swarovski Optik, the renowned company in the optics field, has launched a new and world-first binocular called the AX Visio, which integrates advanced artificial intelligence technology. The binoculars offer a unique viewing experience, allowing users to identify objects such as animals, plants, buildings, and more, while receiving detailed real-time information, including names, species, unique characteristics, and more. This information is displayed on a built-in LCD screen. This development showcases the potential of AI technologies to enhance the user experience and provide new insights into the world.
Robot surgeon
Robot that watched surgery videos performs with skill of human doctor.
Breakthrough training system utilizing imitation learning opens ‘new frontier’ in medical robotics. Advanced surgical robots are learning to perform complex surgeries by watching videos of experienced surgeons. In a groundbreaking experiment, a robot successfully executed surgical tasks with the same level of skill as human doctors. This development brings us closer to an era of fully autonomous surgeries, where robots could perform intricate procedures without human intervention.
Generative AI trains robots
A new study demonstrates how generative AI can teach a robot dog to navigate a new environment. Researchers from the University of California used generative AI to teach Spot, developed by Boston Dynamics, how to navigate in an unfamiliar setting. The researchers used AI to create 3D maps of the environment, enabling Spot to learn and understand the new surroundings. Spot used these maps to identify its location, navigate the area, and perform various tasks. It was able to overcome obstacles, detect doors, find alternative paths, and adapt to changing environments. The study highlights the potential of generative AI to enhance the navigation capabilities of robots, which could be useful in various fields such as search and rescue, agriculture, industry, and more. This allows robots to orient themselves in new and complex environments much faster than with traditional methods, adapt to changes, and complete tasks more efficiently. It could accelerate the robots’ learning process and increase their productivity.
Would you trust your AI clone to make decisions for you?
A recent breakthrough in artificial intelligence has excited and intrigued researchers. Scientists have developed an AI system capable of creating digital replicas of human personalities, a significant step towards more human-like machine intelligence. The AI, trained on extensive datasets of human behavior and language, can now generate personalized responses and engage in conversations that mimic an individual’s unique style and mannerisms. This technology has the potential to revolutionize how we interact with machines, blurring the lines between human and AI communication. What’s particularly fascinating is the AI’s ability to learn and adapt to new information, much like a human would. It can incorporate feedback and adjust its responses, ensuring a more natural and dynamic interaction. This level of sophistication raises intriguing questions about the future of AI and its potential to understand and replicate complex human emotions and thoughts.
Coca-Cola AI ads for the holidays
Coca-Cola is using AI-generated ads for the holiday season. The company has partnered with Dada AI to create personalized ads that use machine learning to recommend specific Coke products to consumers based on their interests and shopping habits. The AI-generated ads aim to make Coca-Cola’s marketing more targeted and effective, allowing the company to reach customers with relevant messages and promotions during the holiday season.
AI News
YouTube is experimenting with a new feature that lets select creators use AI to remix songs. By describing the desired style or genre, creators can have the AI generate a 30-second remix snippet, perfect for use in their YouTube Shorts videos
Perplexity, an AI-driven search engine, is introducing an ad program on its platform this week. Users will start seeing “sponsored follow-up questions” displayed alongside the AI-generated responses. According to Perplexity, these ads won’t compromise the objectivity or accuracy of its answers, which will continue to be generated by its AI system.
Perplexity’s new shopping feature allows you to both research and buy products instead of just providing answers.
Claude recently released a new prompt improver that takes an existing prompt and refines it with prompt engineering techniques like chain-of-thought reasoning. to Anthropic’s Console and Select the ‘Improve an existing prompt’ option to access the prompt optimizer.
Anthropic has added a new feature to Claude that allows paying subscribers to select from a variety of writing styles or even create their own custom style by training the model.
Alison platform offers online AI courses with Certification and Diploma.
OpenAI launched a new course that teaches K-12 educators how to implement ChatGPT in the classroom.
Google is updating Lens to help you shop better in stores. With the new update, you can take a photo of a product and instantly see customer reviews, compare prices, and check availability at nearby stores.
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