Who's Really in Control of AI's Future? 

In this action-packed news update from December 2nd 2023, we cover:

👨‍💻 Sam Altman reinstated as OpenAI CEO
🔎 The mysterious event that led to leadership change
🏢 Microsoft gets board observer seat
🚀 Intel launches efficient new AI model
📈 Google's multimodal model beats benchmarks
🎥 Pika AI generates realistic videos
♾ Meta researchers remove LLM context window limits with new architecture
🕺 Alibaba's Animate Anyone makes images move
☁️ Amazon launches AI assistant Amazon Q
🌆 Amazon releases its image generator - Titan
🚂 SageMaker Hyperpod for efficient LLM training
✏️ Microsoft adds DALL-E to Paint and other services
📝 Bing Copilot gets GPT-4 Turbo upgrade
📚 Australian schools get AI ethics framework
🧮 AI tutoring boosts test scores

😱 Fake AI influencer earns real money
💡 Church established to literally worship AI

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What if your business data could talk?

In this episode of Leveraging AI, Isar Meitis interviews Anthony Alcaraz, Chief AI Officer at Aldesis, about how AI can help businesses unlock deeper insights from all their data - both quantitative and qualitative.

They discuss how current business intelligence systems rely too much on surface-level consolidated data, masking crucial granular details and anomalies. Anthony explains how his company leverages new multidimensional AI to systematically analyze finance, operations, and other text data at scale - detecting issues and opportunities early and even prescribing solutions.

👇Topics we discussed 👇

• The problem with aggregated data analysis
•  Defining an “insight” vs just stats
• Using AI to connect siloed data sources
• Finding patterns across dimensions
• Combining quant data with qualitative data
• Detecting anomalies early
• Prescribing data-driven actions

Anthony Alcaraz is the Chief AI Officer at Aldesis, where he leverages over 20 years of experience building AI and data analytics systems for large companies.

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Is the battle for AI supremacy being fought over leadership instead of technology? 🤖

This week's episode recaps the drama between OpenAI's board and leadership team. We discuss the temporary firing of CEO Sam Altman, the implications for OpenAI's charter and mission, as well as product updates from Google, Meta, and Anthropic.

Topics we discussed:

💥 Sam Altman reinstated as OpenAI CEO after employee exodus threat
⚖️ Questions remain around OpenAI's non-profit charter and mission

📈 Google delays release of AI model Gemini to compete with OpenAI
✏️ BARD can now summarize YouTube videos
🖼 Meta releases open-source text-to-video model Emu Video
✂️ Meta also launched image/video editing model Emu Edit
👁 Anthropic's Claude 2.1 has 200,000 token context window
💰 Anthropic cuts per-token pricing to compete with OpenAI

No guest for this short news update episode. Check out the Leveraging AI podcast every Tuesday morning for our usual interviews and commentary.

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Is your business missing out on the AI revolution?

Artificial intelligence has exploded onto the business scene, leaving many leaders wondering: How can we leverage AI to boost efficiency, revenue, and results at our company? 🤔

Topics we discussed: 💡

• Tangible ways companies of all sizes are currently using AI in business (no hand waving here) 
• An insider's analysis of the most in-demand AI applications based on surveys of hundreds of companies
• Practical frameworks to assess if and where AI could augment YOUR business 
• Low/no code "starter kits" to get up-and-running with AI quickly 
• Coding assistants and other tools making AI more accessible to non-techies 
• Key considerations as AI capabilities continue their exponential growth 

Our guest Demetrius Brinkmannknows the AI business transformation scene inside out. He founded the 18,000+ member MLOps Community back in 2020 - sharing practical insights on implementing AI. With so much hype and uncertainty around AI, Demetrius provides a refreshingly realistic, business-focused perspective. 

Connect with him on LinkedIn to keep tabs on the latest AI trends and opportunities!

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 What if AI could 10x your business growth? 

On today's episode of Leveraging AI, Isar Meitis talks about the secrets to leveraging AI to take your business from surviving to thriving.

He discusses:

• Stop chasing efficiency gains - focus on transformational outcomes with AI
• Professions → Skills - How AI makes specialized skills accessible
• Use your data and optimization to crush the competition
• AI enables infinite scalability - break traditional business bottlenecks

Whether you're a startup or an enterprise, these practical AI strategies will help you tap into astounding growth opportunities.

AI news of the week:

• China boldly claims it has a plan to mass-produce humanoid robots that can 'reshape the world' within 2 years
• Elon Musk says AI will remove need for jobs and create ‘universal high income.’ But workers don’t want to wait for robots to get financial relief
• UNEMPLOYED MAN USES AI TO APPLY FOR 5,000 JOBS, GETS 20 INTERVIEWS
• Microsoft’s GitHub announces Copilot assistant that can learn about companies’ private code
• New emotional AI prompting method generates improved results
• An AI just negotiated a contract for the first time ever — and no human was involved
• 🚀 𝐄𝐱𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐍𝐞𝐰𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐓𝐮𝐛𝐞: 𝐀𝐈-𝐏𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐕𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐨 𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐂𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧!
• Samsung launches generative AI model made for its devices, beating Apple to the punch
• Adobe researchers create 3D models from 2D images ‘within 5 seconds’ in new AI breakthrough
• GPT-4's 128K context window tested
• ‘Confidential’: Free ChatGPT Users Briefly Get Access to GPT-4
• 🔥 𝐁𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆: 𝐑𝐮𝐧𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐌𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐁𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐡 - 𝐚 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐅𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐌𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢

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Has AI Already Taken Your Job and You Don't Even Know It? 🤔

The AI revolution is here and it's advancing at lightning speed. In this episode, expert Chris Carr joins host Isar Meitis for an eye-opening look at how AI is transforming business. You'll learn practical strategies to leverage AI tools like ChatGPT to boost efficiency and dominate your competition.

On this episode of Leveraging AI, Chris Carr, an experienced entrepreneur and AI expert, runs a digital marketing agency called Farotech and just completed an AI certification from MIT, talked about these topics: 

• Generative AI creates custom video/audio/images tailored to your audience
• Assistants like Pi analyze content and provide strategic insights
• Multimodal AI understands visual info, not just text
• Plugins & extensions enable frictionless transactions through AI
• Regulated industries can use private AI models and stay compliant
• AI drastically cuts time for tasks like proposals and customer service
• Restructure your business to fully capitalize on AI capabilities

AI news of the week: 

• ChatGPT app revenue shows no signs of slowing, but some other AI apps top it
• Google DeepMind boss hits back at Meta AI chief over ‘fearmongering’ claim
• AI pioneers Hinton, Ng, LeCun, Bengio amp up x-risk debate
• Yuval Noah Harari (Sapiens) versus Yann Le Cun (Meta) on artificial intelligence
• New neural-network-based AI outperforms OpenAI's ChatGPT in learning
• Microsoft unveils ‘LeMa’: A revolutionary AI learning method mirroring human problem solving
• Elon Musk Says xAI Chatbot Is ‘The Best that Currently Exists’ Ahead of Trial Launch
• ChatGPT gets GPT-4 32K support for PDF and file chat with longer documents
• Microsoft’s new AI-powered Office assistant is here — if you’ve got $9,000 and 300 friends
• Announcing Grok
• Stable 3D AI creates 3D

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Could AI Actually Replace Your Entire Call Center? 

What if you could cut call center costs by 90% while providing better customer experiences? In this episode, we explore how AI voice agents are revolutionizing customer service and sales.

In this episode of Leveraging AI, Isar Meitis sat with James Lindsay, the CEO of LogicLabsAI, helping businesses implement AI solutions for call centers. With over 15 years of experience, James provides insights into this rapidly evolving technology of conversational AI.

Here are just some of the topics we discussed

• Hear an actual AI sales call that sounds completely human
• The financial impact for businesses implementing AI agents
• How AI agents are trained with data from your best agents
• Integrating AI with your existing CRM and systems
• AI's potential for healthcare, mental health, and more

AI News of the week: 

• Microsoft announces Security Copilot early access program
• MonsterAPI leads the charge in democratizing AI with no-code fine-tuning
• IBM acquires Manta Software Inc. to complement data and AI governance capabilities
• Amazon rolls out AI-powered image generation to help advertisers deliver a better ad experience for customers
• Zephyr-7B-α, A Low-Cost LLM Can Perform Better Than Llama-70B
• Boston Dynamics turned its robot dog into a talking tour guide with ChatGPT
• Outset is using GPT-4 to make user surveys better
• Exclusive: Ilya Sutskever, OpenAI’s chief scientist, on his hopes and fears for the future of AI
• AI ‘breakthrough’: neural net has human-like ability to generalize language
• OpenAI forms team to study ‘catastrophic’ AI risks, including n

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Could AI Be Your Most Valuable (Yet Affordable) Business Advisor? 

Finding world-class advisors to help grow your business often costs a fortune. But what if AI could give you instant access to an elite personal board of experts...without breaking the bank? 

On this episode of Leveraging AI, Isar Meitis unlocks the power of large language models like ChatGPT and Claude2 with Raphaël MANSUY to get tailored advice from an AI-powered dream team of marketing, legal, HR and other genius advisors - all completely customized for your specific business needs! 

Raphaël MANSUY is the CTO and Co-Founder of Elitison and has years of experience leveraging AI. He is a seasoned data and AI strategist and on a mission to democratize data management and AI. 

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Are you leaving piles of cash on the table?

Learn how to tap into the profit-driving power of AI and automation from industry insider Kieran Gilmurray.

In this episode of Leveraging AI, Isar Meitis is with Kieran GIlmurray and uncovered real-world examples of companies that leveraged AI to boost efficiency and profits dramatically.

Topics discussed:

• How one insurance giant segmented customers and optimized pricing using AI—leading to a 333% increase in profitability 
• When to use basic automation vs. advanced AI for maximum impact 
• The step-by-step playbook for launching your own AI/automation initiative successfully 
• Securing executive buy-in and training staff on new AI-enabled procedures 
• Picking champions, quick wins, calculating ROI...and more! 

Kieran Gilmurray is an expert in AI and intelligent automation with over 10 years experience. He provides practical guidance to extract maximum value from AI.

AI News this week: 

• Huggingface releases Zephyr 7B Alpha, a Mistral fine-tune. Claims to beat Llama2-70b-chat on benchmarks
• Calls for AI regulations to protect jobs rise in Europe after ChatGPT’s arrival
• Adobe’s Project Fast Fill is generative fill for video
• Microsoft Lobotomizes Bing’s Image Generating Ai
• Character.AI introduces group chats where people and multiple AIs can talk to each other
• OpenAI has quietly changed its ‘core values’
• Adobe Shows Off New AI-Upscaling Tool for Old Videos, GIFs
• OpenAI’s Revenue Crossed $1.3 Billion Annualized Rate, CEO Tells Staff
• AI just got 100-fold more energy efficient
• MAX Sneaks highlight several new generative AI capabilities across photo, video, audio, 3D and design
• Meta AI Introduces AnyMAL: The Future of Multimodal Language Mo

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Can you turn your marketing strategy from meh to magnificent using AI?

Yes!

This is a goldmine for anyone looking to understand the integration of AI in marketing. From the genesis of the Marketing AI Institute to practical steps for your own business, it's all here. Don't miss out!

In this episode of Leveraging AI, Isar Meitis sits down with Mike Kaput, Chief Content Officer at Marketing AI Institute. They discuss the ins and outs of integrating AI into your marketing world. This isn't just theory; Mike has been in the game for seven years, long before AI became a buzzword. Prepare to be enlightened!

This episode is sponsored by GENERATIVE AI BUSINESS TRANSFORMATION Course  available on Multiply.ai. Whether you're a complete beginner or further along on your AI journey, this course aims to enhance your understanding how to implement AI in a business context and how to build your business strategy.

Use the promo code leveragingai  to get $100 off the course price.

AI news of the week:

• Canva's Magic Studio Demo Video
• Canva unveils Magic Studio, its AI-infused design platform
• LinkedIn goes big on new AI tools for learning, recruitment, marketing and sales, powered by OpenAI
• Sam Altman backs teens’ AI startup automating browser-native workflows
• Zoom’s Founder Turns To AI In Hopes Of Regaining Pandemic Highs
• Deepmind's Promptbreeder automates prompt engineering
• Meta debuts generative AI features for advertisers
• Walmart experiments with generative AI tools that can help you plan a party or decorate
• Decomposing Language Models Into Understandable Components
• OpenAI is reportedly considering making its own chips
• Assistant with Bard: A step toward a more personal assistant

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