🗞 X Plans Grok AI Integration with Copilot-Like Features 🤖

🔎 The Latest on the AI Frontier:

• X Plans Grok AI Integration with Copilot-Like Features 🤖

• Musk's Massive AI Supercomputers Leverage Liquid Cooling 🏭

• AI Health Coach Aims to Revolutionize Chronic Disease Care 🩺

• WhatsApp Tests Meta AI Photo Editing and Analysis Feature 📸

• Apple Delays Major AI-Powered Siri Upgrade to 2025 🍎

• Google's DeepMind Claims Breakthrough in AI Training Efficiency 🚀

• Judge Partially Dismisses AI Code Training Lawsuit ⚖️

• Nintendo Rejects Generative AI for Game Development 🎮

• AI Dominates Venture Capital Funding in 2024 💰

• Job Scams Surge as AI Enhances Fraudsters' Capabilities 🚨

🤖 X (formerly Twitter) plans to integrate Grok AI chatbot with Copilot and Gemini-like features. Link

• X is working on a separate Grok chatbot window for easy access while using the app, similar to Microsoft's Copilot on Windows PCs.

• Grok may be used to research user profiles on X, potentially providing summaries of publicly available account information.

• Users may be able to highlight text in X posts to trigger an "Ask Grok" button for instant AI-powered searches, similar to Google's Gemini chatbot functionality.

🏭 Elon Musk building two massive AI supercomputers with liquid cooling technology. Link

• Tesla's Gigafactory supercomputer will have 50,000 Nvidia GPUs, while xAI's system will have 100,000 H100 GPUs, both expected to be online within months.

• Supermicro CEO Charles Liang praised the use of their liquid cooling tech, claiming it could reduce data center electricity costs for cooling by up to 89% compared to air cooling.

• The supercomputers will be used to train Tesla's self-driving AI and xAI's GrokAI chatbot, with Musk pushing for rapid adoption of liquid cooling in AI data centers.

🩺 AI-driven behavior change could revolutionize healthcare by personalizing interventions for chronic diseases. Link

• Sam Altman (OpenAI CEO) and Arianna Huffington are jointly funding Thrive AI Health to build an AI health coach that provides hyper-personalized recommendations across sleep, nutrition, exercise, stress management, and social connection.

• The AI coach aims to make behavior change more accessible and effective, potentially reducing the $4.1 trillion annual U.S. healthcare spending on chronic diseases.

• This approach could democratize access to personalized health guidance, addressing health inequities and supporting people's wellbeing between doctor visits.

📸 WhatsApp beta tests new Meta AI photo editing and analysis feature. Link

• Users will be able to share photos with Meta AI chatbot to get information, context, or request edits directly within WhatsApp chats.

• The AI will be able to analyze uploaded images, answer questions about photo content, and potentially offer AI-powered photo editing capabilities.

• While still in development, the feature includes privacy options allowing users to delete shared photos, though it requires Meta to analyze and face-scan uploaded images.

🗣️ Apple's major AI-powered Siri upgrade delayed until spring 2025. Link

• The new AI-enhanced Siri, able to understand context and perform complex tasks, won't be available for public testing until around iOS 18.4 in spring 2025.

• Some AI features, including a Siri redesign and ChatGPT integration, will launch earlier with iOS 18 later this year.

• Other Apple Intelligence features coming in iOS 18 beta include AI writing tools, image generation, enhanced photo memories, and a photo cleanup tool.

🚀 Google's DeepMind develops JEST, a new AI training method claiming 13x faster speed and 10x better power efficiency. Link

• JEST (joint example selection) trains AI models using batches of high-quality data, rather than individual data points, to optimize the training process.

• The method uses a smaller AI model to grade data quality and select the best batches for training the larger model, potentially saving significant time and energy.

• This development comes as concerns grow about AI's increasing power consumption, with estimates suggesting AI could use 25% of the U.S. power grid by 2030.

⚖️ Judge partially dismisses claims against Microsoft, OpenAI and GitHub in AI code training lawsuit. Link

• The judge dismissed Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) claims, ruling plaintiffs failed to show their code was reproduced identically by GitHub Copilot.

• This partial dismissal is seen as a win for big tech companies developing generative AI systems, potentially impacting similar lawsuits.

• The case originally sought $1 billion in damages, alleging unauthorized use of programmers' code to train the AI coding assistant.

🎮 Nintendo takes stand against generative AI in game development, citing IP concerns and unique value creation. Link

• Nintendo President Shuntaro Furukawa stated the company is not planning to use generative AI technology for its games, contrasting with industry trends.

• Furukawa emphasized Nintendo's decades of know-how in creating optimal gaming experiences and delivering unique value beyond what technology alone can provide.

• This stance aligns with Nintendo's history of innovation, IP protection, and trend-setting rather than following, setting it apart in the current AI-focused tech landscape.

🚀 AI dominates venture capital, driving 40%+ of new U.S. "unicorns" in H1 2024. Link

• AI accounted for over 60% of the increase in total venture-backed valuation, with 13 new U.S. AI unicorns adding $116 billion in aggregate value.

• AI funding in North America and Europe rose from 15-17% of venture dollars in recent years to about 20% in 2023, with further growth expected in 2024.

• Despite the overall positive trend, some highly valued AI startups from the bull market era are struggling to sustain their valuations or find sustainable business models.

📊 Job scams surge 118% in 2023, fueled by AI and remote work trends. Link

• Consumers lost $367 million to job and business opportunity scams in 2022, with the typical victim losing $2,000.

• Scammers pose as recruiters, post fake job listings, and leverage AI to create more convincing pitches.

• Protect yourself by independently verifying job opportunities, being wary of digital-only interactions, and avoiding upfront payments or sharing sensitive information.

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