Lumian Gen AI Newsletter Issue #20

⏱️ News Flash

The 2-Minute Scoop to Keep You in the Loop

1/ Meta is putting AI chatbots everywhere

Meta is diving headfirst into the AI chatbot party, rolling out celeb-inspired bots across platforms like WhatsApp, Instagram, and Messenger to charm the Gen Z crowd. These chatbots, powered by Meta's own language model Llama 2, offer features such as image generation, real-time web results in partnership with Bing, and context-aware interactions. With billions of users across its platforms, Meta aims to leverage its vast user base to compete with established chatbots like OpenAI's ChatGPT.

2/ Amazon to invest up to $4B in A.I. Start-Up Anthropic

Amazon is deepening its AI footprint by pouring up to $4 billion into Anthropic. The start-up, which boasts chatbot Claude, places a premium on responsible AI development. As part of the deal, Anthropic will be using Amazon’s custom chips and cloud services to build and deploy its AI software. The duo aims to foster enhanced AI safety and access, signaling a major play in the tech landscape.

3/ Spotify translates podcasts into new languages

Spotify is piloting an AI-powered Voice Translation feature that translates podcasts into multiple languages while preserving the original podcaster's voice and style. The tool, developed in collaboration with OpenAI's voice generation technology, offers translations in Spanish, French, and German for select episodes from podcasters like Lex Fridman and Steven Bartlett. This innovation aims to bridge language barriers, expanding global access to podcasts and deepening connections between creators and listeners.

🤖 Doodles to Digital!

ChatGPT Levels Up Multi-Modal Capabilities

Just when you thought your chats were getting too predictable, OpenAI spices things up with voice and image interactivity. Diving into this AI innovation, here’s a tweet to show you its potential:

🤑 Fundraising

The (AI) Intelligent Investor

• Tencent-backed AI chip startup Enflame raises $274M

• Elicit raises $9M and becomes a public benefit corporation

• Correcto grabs $7M to build out its ‘Grammarly for Spanish’

🤖 Nerd Out

Technical and Business Readings

• Confessions of a Viral AI Writer

• Copyright liability for generative AI pivots on fair use doctrine

• What builders talk about when they talk about AI

😜 The Plagiarism Predicament!

To Ask ChatGPT or Not?

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Best,

Robin and Saswat