Computerspeak by Alexandru Voica – Détails, épisodes et analyse

During a media tour to hype up Grok 3 ahead of its release, Elon Musk appeared at Welt’s Economic Forum in Germany where he put superintelligence among the top 10 most important milestones in the history of life on Earth.I explain the consequences of his statement in this week's newsletter: https://www.computerspeak.co/p/agi-making-humanity-multiplanetary

The most meaningful achievement of the AI Action Summit in Paris is not what happened at the event, but in fact what we didn’t see. For the first time at a global AI event, the AI grift industrial complex, comprised of alarmists, doomers, skeptics, privacy and safety fanatics, and other conspiracy theorists, was relegated to where they’ve always belonged: at fringe events, preaching to their cleverly-named think tanks and foundations, without anyone who actually matters in the world of AI in attendance.

Learn more at https://www.computerspeak.co/p/rip-to-the-ai-grift-industrial-complex

TikTok’s parent company ByteDance has just previewed X-Portrait 2, a new portrait animation model built in cooperation with researchers from Tsinghua University, China’s best-ranked university in science and technology.

The model is an evolution of the first-generation X-Portrait technology (which was presented earlier this year at SIGGRAPH) and provides similar functionality to Runway’s Act-One tool

Learn more at https://www.computerspeak.co/p/bytedances-new-ai-turns-photos-into

Also in the news this week:

• VentureBeat: Mistral AI takes on OpenAI with new moderation API, tackling harmful content in 11 languages
• Bloomberg: AI Will Transform Medicine. There's Just One Catch
• FT: UK government launches new AI safety platform for businesses
• Bloomberg: Saudis Plan $100 Billion AI Powerhouse to Rival UAE’s Tech Hub
• TechCrunch: AI startups will need ‘quality of revenue’ to raise in 2025, seed VCs warn
• Business Insider: For women building AI startups, finding community has been the key to success
• Washington Post: A deepfake showed MLK Jr. backing Trump. His daughter calls it ‘vile.’
• Axios: What AI knows about you
• The Information: The Generative AI Spending of 50 Companies, From Coke to Walmart
• New York Times: An ‘Interview’ With a Dead Luminary Exposes the Pitfalls of A.I.
• WSJ: The Giant Supercomputer Built to Transform an Entire Country—and Paid For by Ozempic
• Business Insider: AI chatbots are the new priests
• FT: AI’s huge power needs give oil majors incentive to invest in renewables, says Adnoc boss
• Reuters: Walt Disney forms business unit to coordinate use of AI, augmented reality

Welcome to Computerspeak! I’m starting this newsletter and podcast to keep track of new breakthroughs in AI and other emerging technologies, and share them with you every week. Computerspeak will be published on Friday on a weekly basis, providing a selection of the most interesting media articles about AI. Learn more at https://www.computerspeak.co/© 2024 Black Knight Entertainment Ltd

Countries in Asia are adopting AI at an accelerated rate and, if that trend continues, we’re likely to see AI-related investments in the region surpass $100 billion by 2028, according to IDC. Learn more at https://www.computerspeak.co/ © 2024 Black Knight Entertainment Ltd

Several reporters have been telling me that there's mounting skepticism of AI startups and their revenue potential among investors in the Valley. Here are the are two contributing factors to this cooling off. Learn more at https://www.computerspeak.co/ © 2024 Black Knight Entertainment Ltd

My thoughts after attending TED AI Vienna, the first AI-focused TED conference held in Europe. Learn more at https://www.computerspeak.co/ © 2024 Black Knight Entertainment Ltd

Remember nine months ago when the world collectively was rolling its eyes every time Mark Zuckerberg mentioned the metaverse on an earnings call? Well, maybe it’s time to roll them back, put on a pair of Ray-Ban Meta glasses, and take a closer look at what Meta is doing because the metaverse could be finally revealing itself to us in its hype-less, tangible future glory. Learn more at https://www.computerspeak.co/ © 2024 Black Knight Entertainment Ltd

In the race for AI supremacy, a new innovation hub is emerging according to a story from Reed Albergotti in Semafor: the Middle East. As the UAE and Saudi Arabia build data centers capable of training foundational models, more startup founders and investors are relocating to the region, taking advantage of recently established free zones where entrepreneurs can experiment freely with emerging technologies. Learn more at https://www.computerspeak.co/ © 2024 Black Knight Entertainment Ltd

In her new book Supremacy, Parmy Olson goes behind the scenes of the AI industry’s two-year rollercoaster ride which began in November 2022 with the launch of ChatGPT. She focuses on the evolution of two founders: Sam Altman of OpenAI and Demis Hassabis of Google DeepMind, and chronicles their journeys from the early startup days where both had lofty goals of solving science and providing economic abundance to their more corporate-focused, present day predicaments, where their fortunes are closely tied to the business realities of Big Tech. Learn more at https://www.computerspeak.co/ © 2024 Black Knight Entertainment Ltd