This is the AI News Briefing of August 18, 2023.

(00:35) Snapchat's MyAI posts eerie story; freaks users
(01:19) GenAI hits peak in Gartner's Hype Cycle
(02:07) OpenAI's strategic acqui-hire: Global Illumination team
(02:49) AI industry investments: Anthropic, Modular, Serve Robotics

Snapchat's MyAI posts eerie story; freaks users: https://edition.cnn.com/2023/08/16/tech/snapchat-my-ai-chatbot-glitch/index.html
GenAI hits peak in Gartner's Hype Cycle: https://www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2023-08-16-gartner-places-generative-ai-on-the-peak-of-inflated-expectations-on-the-2023-hype-cycle-for-emerging-technologies
OpenAI's strategic acqui-hire: Global Illumination team: https://openai.com/blog/openai-acquires-global-illumination

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