Clarify Capital, a small business lender, asked 250 investors and 250 business owners to rate a set of human-created and GPT-4-generated pitch decks without letting the participants know that AI was involved. To make matters more interesting, the human-generated pitches were successful ones that had secured funding in the past. Read more…
Mercedes is adding OpenAI’s ChatGPT to its MBUX infotainment system. “U.S. owners of models that use MBUX will be able to opt into a beta program starting tomorrow, June 16, activating ChatGPT functionality,” reports TechCrunch. “This will enable the highly versatile large language model to augment the car’s conversation skills. Read more…
Scientists have created synthetic human embryos using stem cells, in a groundbreaking advance that sidesteps the need for eggs or sperm. Scientists say these model embryos, which resemble those in the earliest stages of human development, could provide a crucial window on the impact of genetic disorders and the biological Read more…
Texas Governor Greg Abbott has signed a bill prohibiting children under 18 from joining various social media platforms without parental consent. Similar legislation has been passed in Utah and Louisiana. The bill, HB 18, requires social media companies to receive explicit consent from a minor’s parent or guardian before they’d Read more…
[A]ccording to a new GitHub programmer survey, “92% of US-based developers are already using AI coding tools both in and outside of work.” GitHub partnered with Wakefield Research to survey 500 US-based enterprise developers. They found that 70% of programmers believe AI is providing significant benefits to their code. Specifically, Read more…
According to global consulting leader McKinsey and Company, Generative AI could add “2.6 trillion to $4.4 trillion annually” to the global economy. That’s almost the “economic equivalent of adding an entire new country the size and productivity of the United Kingdom to the Earth ($3.1 trillion GDP in 2021),” notes Read more…
Google Lens, the company’s computer vision-powered app that scans objects and brings up relevant information, is now able to search for skin conditions, like moles and rashes. “Uploading a picture or photo through Lens will kick off a search for visual matches, which will also work for other physical maladies Read more…